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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
NUMBER 1
Alumnae $le civil rights complaint against College
Shocked administration charged with bias against women 's hockey team
By Tom Davidson
bowdoin publishing co.
Five former members of the
women's ice hockey team have filed
a complaint with the Boston Office
of Civil Rights of the Department of
Education alleging unfair treatment
by Bo wdoin College. The complaint
cites naked discrimination in favor
of the men's football and hockey
teams as the reason for taking legal
action to keep their program from
being eliminated. The team filed the
complaint on May 14 and a copy
was immediately forwarded to the
College.
According to 1992-93 Co-captain
Anne Reed, the team considered
three options in a score of meetings
last spring: A lawsuit, fund-raising
for self-sustainment, and the Title
IX complaint . Reed commented that
"theTitle DC complaint was a middle
ground between the two."
The case fell directly into the lap
of the newly appointed Dean of the
College, James E. Ward. Ward then
had 15calendardays to comply with
requests for information from the
Department of Education. The time
frame included the Fourth of July
weekend . Ward was asked to submit
scores of data about budgets, costs
per sport, financial aid information,
and
coaches
salaries,
and to
describe
carefully
competition
scheduling,
arena use,
and
practice
time
allocation.
"We are
But while administrators admit
that having Bowdoin's name
splashed across the pages of the
Boston Globe, New York Times and
n
t
pleased to
be the
object of a
Title IX
complaint
but we
intend to The women's hockey team in action last year. Photo by Jim
respond to
itpromptly and forthrightly. If there
are any problems in what we do, we
will do anything we can to address
h."
Washington Post followed by
charges of sexual discrimination
hurts the institution, Ward believes
that the outside review could be a
Governing Boards finalize permanent
ban on single-sex Greeks in May
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
The policy is clear: single-sex
fraternities and sororities are now
prohibited at Bo wdoin," said Dean
of the College Jim Ward in a letter
to students and parents this
summer.
After years of overlooking the
"unrecognized" single-sex Greek
organizations, the College's
Governing Boards passed a
resolution on May 22, that will
effectively disband the houses at
the close of classes in May of 1993.
Officially, the houses must
disband by July 1,1993.
Upon adopting the
recommendations of the Henry
Report, issued in 1988, theCollege
demanded that all of Bowdoin's
fraternities offer co-ed
membership on both the national
and local levels by September 1,
1991. Four Greek organizations
have been in violation of this policy
for morethana year nowtall-male
Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsflon,Zeta
Psiand the Alpha Beta Phisorority.
The Governing Boards' May
decision to ban single-sex Greeks
permanently capped a tumultuous
spring semester. The issue bitterly
divided thecampus upon President
Edwards' announcement of the
impending policy inFebruary. After •
several open forums, rallies and
countless letters to the Orient, the
Governing Boards has vowed to
stand by its latest action. This issue
will not be revisited," said Dean
Ward earlier this week.
The new policy is similar to the
original proposal presented to the
Governing Boards in March by
Edwards and then-Dean of the
College Jane Jervis. Amid
considerable student opposition to
the proposal, the Boards voted to
ban only those single-sex
organizations that provided lodging
and dining facilities. Supporters of
the single-sex organizations felt that
they had won a partial victory, as
that proposal would not affect the
sorority or DKE.
As promised, however, the
Governing Boards once again
discussed the issue when students
had left campus for the academic
year. Meeting on May 22, the
Boards adopted the
administration's original
proposal. "Any fraternity,
sorority, or other similar
organization that d iscriminates on
the basis of.. .gender. ..shall be
prohibited. Membership in such a
prohibited organization will bethe
basis for disciplinary action by the
College," said the Governing
Boards.
Especially important is the
clause that prohibits any "similar
organization" from existing. For
example Zeta Psi no longer
publicly acknowledges itself as a
fraternity. It is now simply "40
Harpswell Street." The Boards
anticipated such action and stated
"a 'similar organization' shall
mean an organization having
purposes or attributes of a
fraternity or sorority."
In May the Boards said that the
single-sex Greeks must disband,
by September 1, 1993, and halt
any further initiations by
September 1, 1991 On June 29,
however, the Executive
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positive experience. "We are trying
to derive as many positive aspects
as we can from this experience."
The College submitted all of the
requested
data on time
and the
Department
of Education
has 135 days
to issue their
report from
that date. The
initial day of
release for
the report
where they
will reveal
their
findings was
September
25 but has
now been
pushed back
two weeks.
The
College is
anticipating that officials of the
Department of Education will visit
the campus on a "fact finding"
mission to further supplement the
Sabo.
data offered by the College by the
end of September.
The complaint comes at a time
when budget cutting has dominated
campus life at Bowdoin and
numerous universities and colleges
nationwide, leaving no programs,
either acad emic or athletic, safe from
the axe.
The complaint goes further to
criticize the recent hiring of Mike
Woodruff as Head Coach of the
Women's team, replacing Lee
Hunsaker who had coached for four
seasons. Athletic Director Sid
Watson said he didn't think that
men's sports received a
disproportionate amount of
attention or financial assistance and
pointed out that there are currently
more women's teams than men's
teams since the College went
coeducational in 1971.
For now, the College will wait for
the report from the Civil Rights
Office. In determining whether
violations of their regulations have
occurred, the Office will consider
numerous factors including
equipment, supplies, number of
coaches, and scheduled games.
Mel's coming!
Actor Mel Gibson signs autographs for students in Moulton Union as
he visits in July. Courtesy of College Relations. STORY ON PAGE 3.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1. 1992
Orientation
Rodney King rally revisited
Troy Woodson '94 and Rick Pino '94, speakers at last spring s protest
reflect on their involvment and Bowdoin's role in racial equality.
5
An Interview with Jim Ward
irnnai. ^
The new Dean of the College discusses single-sex organizations, the
Hyde Cage project and the women's hockey team Title IX complaint.
Women's soccer gears up
Orient Sports takes a look at women's soccer, field hockey, men's and
women's x-country, and football's road to Tufts and Ireland. *
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Calvin and Hobbes
Student Speak 15
Quayle Quotes of the Week
With the Presidential election coming up in November,
your friends at the Orient thought you should all have the
inspiring words of our esteemed Veep, as well as the
occasional compliment paid to him, to carry you through
each week and to remind you just what happens when your
I.Q. is equal to your golf handicap.
coMPiLti) by Brian Faknham
Feb 3, 1989: Says U.S. expects El Salvador "to work toward the
elimination of human rights."
May 9, 1989: While addressing the United Negro College Fund
luncheon and trying to quote its slogan says, "'What a
waste it is to lose one's mind,' or, 'Not to have a mind is
being very wasteful.' How true that is."
May 22, 1989: Says, "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward
more freedom and democracy—but that could change."
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13. Unusual
14. Sleeveless Arabic garment
15. Stellar
17. Elevated railway
18. Decay
19. Lawsuit
21. Across; over (pref.)
23. One who leaves
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28. Architectural design
29. Drooping of head
31. Place
34. Mother (informal)
35. Giving loving care (abbr.)
37. Excavate
39. Southern state (abbr.)
40. Finisx
42. Potato
44. Servant
46. Bone
48. Unending
50. Poison
53. Painful
54. Egg (pi.)
55. Near
57. Slanted type
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62. Circuits
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9. Irritate persistently
10. Black
11. Rodents
16. Not usually
20. Even (poetic)
22. For example
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24. Dash
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THE BOWDOIN ORIElfT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1 992
Class of 1996 members hail
from varied backgrounds
Mel Gibson adds Bowdoin to his cast
By Josephine White
orient asst. news editor
The newest members to the
Bowdoin campus, the Gass of 1996,
are accompanied by unusual trends.
One-thousand five hundred men
and 1483 women comprised the
applicant pool. Of the 3081
applications received, a total of 1058
acceptance letters were mailed out
in return; 472 going to men and 586
going to women. As is normally the
case, various candidates to the class
declined the offer of admittance,
leaving the class of 1996 with a total
configuration of 411 students.
However, the class enjoys the
serendipitous distinction of having
a higher percentage of female
students (55%) than male students
(45%).
I n terms of the ad mission process,
there was less than a two percent
decline for regular admission, but a
decline of over seven percent for
Early Decision. Bowdoin again
admitted a higher percentage of
applicants. 34.7% of applicants were
accepted as opposed to 32.3% last
year.
Only a few years ago Bowdoin's
acceptance percentage was in the
low to mid 20% range, raising
questions of an increasingly less
competitive admissions office. In
order to maintain current levels of
enrollment, many private schools
are being forced to raise their
acceptance rate because the
applicant pool has dwindled with
on-going economic recession.
This year's admission process also
reveals a decline in the enrollment
of students of color. Applications
from students of color fell from 281
last year to 228 this year . The number
of students of color who planned to
matriculate is also down from 54 to
46. Subsequently, students of color
make up ten percent of the class of
19%.
Fifty-seven percent of the
matriculating students come to
Bowdoin from the public school
arena, while forty-three percent are
graduates of private, parochial, or
independent school systems.
The geographic distribution of the
class of 1996 resembles that of
previous years. A total of forty-four
states (including D.C.) and nine
foreign countries are represented.
Forty-seven percent of the class is
composed of New England ers.
Twenty-two percent of the students
are from the mid-Atlantic states
(N.Y., NJ., and Penn.), eleven from
the west, seven from the mid-west,
and nine percent from the south.
Students with international
addresses make up four percent of
the first-year class.
By Kevin A. Petri e
ORIENT NEWS EDITOR
Working on his directorial debut,
Mel Gibson, of Tequila Sunrise"
and 'Lethal Weapon" fame, is
rolling his movie entourage onto
Bowdoin's campus in late
September. Bowdoin's Moore Hall,
Sills Hall, Hubbard Hall, and
Whittier Field will serve as the
locations for several scenes in the
movie tentatively titled "Man
Without a Face."
On September 25, 28, and 29,
Gibson will direct the filming of
several scenes; he only acts in one
scene himself. Preparation will
begin two or three days prior to this.
Makers of the movie will need
extras to fil 1 the backgrounds of these
scenes as well. Tryouts for these
positions are today, Friday,
September 11.
On Friday, September 4, Sharon
Mann, production manager, Andy
Arey, location manager, and other
members of the technical crew met
with Richard Merserau, Ana Brown,
Scott Hood and other college
officials and discussed the plans for
filming here. They signed a contract
concerning fees and insurance.
Walking about the campus
throughout the afternoon and
examining the sites, these folks from
Hollywood quickly made clear the
scale of this production.
"Condors," 30,000 lb. cranes
holding cameras and lighting
equipment, and three and four ton
trucks will rumbleontothecampus,
along with a hefty caravan of movie
makers. The crew itself consists of
about 120 workers, excluding cast
members and extras.
"He's a great guy . Very focussed,"
said production manager Sharon
Mann of Mel Gibson. She says this is
the first time she has worked with
him.
"'Man Without a Face' is a
poignant drama about the
friendship that develops between
Chuck, a young boy struggling with
the loss of his father, and Justin
McLeod, the town recluse, whose
scarred face and mysterious history
make him the object of rumor and
scorn among the townspeople." So
reads the synopsis offered by
Garthorpe, Inc., creators of the
production.
Mel Gibson plays McLeod, who
was an instructor at a prestigious
military academy before a car
accident derailed his life. Nick St ah 1
plays the character of the troubled
young Chuck Norstadt.
So what is Bowdoin's role in the
production?Theopening scene may
involve a shot of cirrusclouds in the
sky, then of the gate leading to
Whittier Field. A dream sequence
follows, in which Chuck describes
his fantasy of a heroic graduation as
an Air Force cadet. His narration
concludes, "There's always a face
that I can't see. That I keep missing.
Out beyond the edge of the
crowd..." (Gibson?) And so our field
introduces the audience to "Man
Without a Face."
The Hubbard Conference Room
West appears next, hosting a frantic
exam shuation.The script describes,
"While the others scribble away
furiously, Chuck sits doodling,
distracted." The crew plans to hang
a type of smoke in the air here,
letting the heavy mist mark the
oppressive tone of the scene. At the
meeting Friday, Bowdoin officials
expressed a concern that this may
trigger a smoke detector . Production
manager Sharon Mann assured
them this was extremely unlikely,
although this stuff did manage to
activate the fire alarm and sprinkler
system in a crowded restaurant
scene she worked on for "L. A. Law."
The crew and actors soon found
themselves ankle-deep in water, she
said.
The first floor of Moore Hall will
provide a window from which
Chuck "makes a stealthy exit" in
the evening, and Room 109 in Sills
Hall will also serve as a classroom
setting.
At Whittier Field again, Chuck is
in the midst of the thrill of a real
graduation from Holy field Military
Academy. He is lifted to the
shoulders of fellow graduates. The
script reads, "He spins around.
Exulting in the moment. And then
he stops. Time seems to stand still as
he sees a man in the huge crowd
turning and walking away. CLOSE
ON MAN as he walks away, making
his way through the crowd. We do
not see his face but he has a look
about him and a walk that recalls
another man. Is it McLeod or not?
We cannot be certain."
Plans about the scenes here are
tentative, but these folks from
Hollywood are coming to
Brunswick. Stay tuned.
f A n Investigation j
Antitrust ruling against MIT marks a common trend among colleges
Court case raises questions about financial aid practices
By David Simmons
orient staff writer
A federal judge ruled last week
that the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology was guilty of violating
antitrust laws when it shared
confidential financial aid
information with other Ivy League
schools to formulate the amount of
aid received by commonly admitted
students. The decision was the
culmination of three years of
uncertainty and anticipation among
higher-education institutions and a
summer-long lawsuit that has cost
MIT more than one million dollars.
The lawsuit originated in July of
1989, when the Justice Department
began an investigation of the
financial aid practices of 23 colleges
and universities collectively known
as the Overlap Group, which
includes Bowdoin College as well
as MIT and the rest of the hries. The
group was founded in 1958 by
schools in New England, New York,
and Pennsylvania who were
interested in developing a formula
for calculating financial aid awards
based strictly on meeting the
demonstrated needs of students and
their families. The practice of sharing
information in such a manner led to
important breakthroughs in need-
blind admissions policies, but also
led to scrutiny by the Justice
Department, which maintains that
the removal of merit-based aid
awards from aid packages limits
the choices of p rospect i ve students
by eliminating economic
competition.
The investigation took many
college officials by surprise, since
the activities of the Overlap Group
have never been secret or
conspiratorial in nature. There are
many such groups in various
geographic areas all over the
country, and they have the wide
support of the higher-education
community for providing fairer,
more accurate aid awards to the
greatest number of needy students.
Administrators at the affected
schools can only speculate as to why
the Justice Department decided to
take legal action now, after more
than thirty years of the group's
existence.
The Overlap Group formally
disbanded in 1991, when the Justice
Department threatened legal action
against the Ivies if they did not sign
a consent decree agreeing to cease
participation in the group. Faced
with the prospect of expensive trials
and a possible loss of prestige, all of
the Ivy League schools except MIT
complied. MIT, believing that
colleges and universities are not
subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act
as non-profit organizations, decided
to fight the charges in court, and the
case went to trial in Philadelphia
this June.
Bowdoin had a 1 read y voluntarily
removed itself from Overlap in 1989,
when the college was served a Gvil
Investigative Demand (CI D) by the
Justice Department, along with 57
other schools, most of whom were
not part of the group. While a CIDis
not a lawsuit, the College complied
with the demand, by surrendering
all relevant documents, which the
department still holds. So far, no
action has been taken against those
schools in the "second tier", but
Overlap has not affected Bowdoin's
financial aid policies for three years.
U.S. District Judge, Louis C.
Bechtle, of Pennsylvania, handed
down his biting 49 page decision on
September 3rd, rejecting most of
MIT's arguments. Although MIT
claims that its financial aid awards
are charity. Judge Bechtle feels that
aid is nothing more than a discount
on a charge for a service provided,
and i st herefore subject to the market
forcesof competition. MIT attorneys
also argued that the social good of
providing the best education for
needy students outweighed the
apparent crime of exchanging
information, which the antitrust
attorney rebutted by pointing out
that "social policy justifications are
no defence to naked restraints of
trade"
MIT president, Charles M. Vest,
is one of a number of higher
education officials who feel that if
the decision stands, "the concept of
need-blind admissions could slowly
erode away," as the limited pool of
financial aid funds would be used
for merit based a wards to entice the
best students a way from first-choice
schools offering smaller awards.
Because less money would be
available for needier students, some
applicants would have to be denied
admission if schools ever became
involved in bidding wars for the
nation's best and brightest. Need-
blind admissions policies also tend
to diversify the student population
at predominantly "white" schools.
Judge Bechtle is skeptical,
however. "If MIT and the other Ivy
League schools which were to so
easily abandon these objectives of
equality of educational access and
opportunity] merely because
Overlap was not in play, then the
court could only conclude that their
professed dedication to these ends
was less than sincere," he wrote in
his decision.
The decision will impact on the
changes that have been made in
how colleges and universities
perceive financial aid since Overlap
quietly fell apart in 1989, now that
individual institutions are alone in
determining who receives how
many of a limited number of aid
dollars. In September of last year,
when formal charges were filed
against the Ivies, the Chronicle of
Hi gher Education reported that
already, fall applicants were
receiving aid packages from former
Overlap schools that differed by as
much as $15,000, forcing students
to make decisions based on cost,
which the Overlap Group was
formed to avoid. Bowdoin's director
of student aid, Walter H. Moulton,
said in the same article "economic
life in the United States has become
very complicated. Consequently,
measuring ability to pay in middle-
and upper-income families has
become an art form of mammoth
proportions," which in part
accounts for t he hugediscrepancies.
Although Moulton did not feel
free to discuss the specifics of
Bowdoin's financial aid policies
during a Justice Department
investigation, he did point out that
Bowdoin has gotten along fine for
three years without Overlap.
Bowdoin's own formula has so far
remained unchanged, and Moulton
links any changes from the aid
packages from three years ago to
the economy, rather than any break
with the Overlap Group.
Dean of Admissions, Richard
Steele, also downplays the effect of
the break on Bowdoin' s admissions
policies. "Diversity is a very high
priority," he says, "and we are as
need-blind as we possibly can be"
with the amount of aid available in
any given year. Financial aid files
are not a part of the admissions
process until the third round of
reading applications. Until that
point, the demonstrated needsof all
students are met, and the round
continues until the money is gone.
By this time, all of the applications
considered are of equal caliber, and
some tough financial decisions must
be made. Since this is Steele's second
year at Bowdoin, he doesn't know
what the policy was during Overlap.
Steele also speculates that a thin
year for ethnic diversity has more to
do with a failure of recruiting than
financial aid concerns.
A statement released by the
financial aid office stated that,
"because the number of qualified
applicants seeking financial aid this
year was considerably higher than
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.1992
Orientation
Gathers
First-years
By Joshua Sorensen
orient asst. news editor
On Sunday, August 30, the
Bo wdoin community welcomed the
400 plus members of the class of
19%. In order to better acquaint the
class of 1996 with life here in
Brunswick and at Bowdoin College,
all first-year students went through
a four-day Orientation session. This
year the new student Orientation
consisted of various academic and
social events. For example, students
attended placement exams, a
presentation concerning academic
life at Bowdoin by the College's
deans, meetings with academic
advisors, group discussions and
formal matriculation in President
Edwards' office.
Said Dean Ana Brown, "I hope
that the class of 1 9% was able to get
a good understanding and
appreciation of academics here at
Bowdoin,anopportunity to become
acquainted with the many different
campus offerings and resources and
an awareness of alcohol problems,
racism and sexism on campus."
This year administrators hoped
to schedule events in a more
deliberate manner, with the focus
on academics. Also, in order to
supplement student Orientation,
this year the Office of the Dean of
Students has introduced first-years
to a Wednesday Brown Bag Lunch
Series.This series consists of various
presentations concerning subjects
such as stress, sexual harassment,
"Testing the Waters in Math and
Science" and "What Sex Can Do for
You."
Most first year students attended
the events at which their attendance
was expected. According to Jobi
Whiting '96, "Orientation was
helpful because it showed me where
all the stuff on campus was. Also,
my meeting with my academic
advisor was very helpful, but the
discussion groups were pretty
useless because nobody read the
book." For Ann Frekko '96,
Orientation was helpful because "I
was able to meet a lot of the people
that are in my class." All first-years
have been asked by the Off ice of the
Dean of Students to complete a
survey evaluating this year's
Orientation.
Kaster relives Bowdoin's history during
well-received Convocation address
Proud members of Security's new division. Photo by Adam Shopis.
Security's new infantry:
mounted cyclists i
By Seth Jones
orient staff writer
With mounting student
frustration over the safety of the
Bowdoin community, the Security
force, headed by new Chief Donna
Loring, has come up with some
innovative ways to fight and prevent
crime.
The most noticeable of these
changes are the new bicycle patrols
made by officers. The College
recently purchased three mountain
bikes to be used exclusively for the
bike patrol.
Security officer Michael Lloyd, in
charge of crime prevention, points
out that the use of bikes "combines
both mobility and accessibility -a
combination that neither the cruiser
patrol nor the foot patrol can offer."
The effectiveness of the bike patrol
was confirmed during the
significant reduction of break-ins,
especially in the storage areas in the
vicinity of Farley Field House. The
use of bikes allows a larger area to
be covered in a shorter amount of
time.
Bike patrols are increasingly
being used by police departments
and university security
departments throughout the nation
because of their effectiveness.
Still feeling the effects of budget
cuts last year, Security also believes
that the use of the bike patrol is
economically efficient. It's safety at
a minimal cost.
'The bike patrol also makes
Security officers more accessible to
students," said Loring.
In the fall and spring, the bike
patrol will normally ride in evening
and night shifts. However, the cold
weather and snow during the
winter will substantially decrease
the frequency of patrols.
The Security department is
extremely optimistic and excited
about the use of the bike patrol.
By Kevin A. Petrie
ORIENT NEWS EDITOR
With President Robert H.
Edwards presiding, Bo wdoin's 1 91 st
Convocation summoned the
Bowdoin community back to
campus and launched the College
into its 1992-93 academic year.
Students, faculty, alumni and
other members of the college
community gathered under the
rafters of the First Parish Church in
Brunswick on Wednesday,
September 2, and witnessed the
Convocation Address of Barbara J.
Kaster, Professor of Oral
Communication in the Department
of English.
Over the last three years, Kaster, a
professor of film that intend s to retire
after this semester, has created a
film that charts the 200-year history
of Bowdoin College. This
opportunity, along with herdeclared
love for Bowdoin and its heritage,
was a theme in her address.
"Listen to this voice. It is the voice
of a woman," declared Kaster as she
opened her speech. She described
her 19-year tenure at Bowdoin, and
spoke of her feelings at her first
Convocation. "I was, frankly, more
than a little awed and frightened... I
didn't fit in."
She said that Bowdoin's "heart"
has "four chambers: students,
faculty, administrative staff, and
alumni." She said these four
components are interdependent, and
cooperate with one another. If one
chamber slackens, others pick up
the pace. Kaster then eased into a
colorful account of salient Bowdoin
characters over the years.
Remarks about Joshua
Chamberlain, who wasa Bowdoin
professor and Civil War hero,
William Hyde, and Ken Sills
decorated Kaster's account of
Bowdoin's valuable contributors.
She spoke of folks from her own
time, such as Joan Benoit, the
marathon star, and Professors Mayo,
Butcher and Pike, creators of the
acclaimed Micro-Scale Laboratory.
"What [they] designed changed the
teaching of chemistry throughout
the world."
The ultimate taskof an institution
of higher education, said Kaster, is
the improvement of society. She said
of early professors here: 'They
believed their teaching had actual
consequence for the common good."
"The heart of the College is what
it always was: individual men and
women trying to serve the common
good." She concluded, "I believe
the best days of Bowdoin are yet
ahead."
The Convocation also included
an introduction by President
Edwards, in which he spoke of
college developments. This summer
six architects met in order to consider
the design of Bowdoin's new
Campus Center at Hyde Cage, a
projected $3-4 million endeavor that
is slated for completion in eighteen
months. Half of the funds necessary,
said Edwards, may be in hand by
the end of next month.
"Our trajectory towards a
balanced budget" rises before us,
said Edwards. The budget deficit
will probably fall to $350,000 by the
end of this year, and will soon be
eliminated.
Edwards offered a map of College
goals: a balanced budget for 1993-
94, construction of the Campus
Center, and a "capital campaign,"
to begin in eighteen months, to raise
tens of millions of dollars of much-
needed funds.
In addition, "We will begin the
refinement and elimination of
ambiguity in the Honor Code." A
committee of students is working
with Dean Lewallen to meet this
goal.
Finally Edwards said that in order
to "mirror the hopes and aspirations
of this society," there will be no
more gender bias in sports and
residential life.
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expected, financial aid became a
factor in admissions decisions for
the second year in a row, and the
third time in twenty-three years
affecting just over 2 percent of the
admitted group. Twenty-six
students areaf fected, fourteen fewer
than last year. Of these twenty-six
students, it is assumed that thirteen
would have chosen to matriculate
at Bowdoin... except for the class of
1994 and 1995, students have been
admitted based on their academic
records, not on their ability to pay-
a process designated need-blind."
In response to the decision, James
Ward, Bowdoin' s Dean of the
College, said, "clearly we are
concerned about this. Bowdoin's
contributions to financial aid make
up 13% percent of the operating
budget, and that's a lot of money.
We are concerned that we spend
that money fairly. We would love to
be need-blind, but because of the
economy, parental incomes are flat,
and consequently thedemonstrated
need is bigger than ever." Ward
also said that the underlying
principles in participating in
Overlap were "fairness to students,
and to enable students to choose
colleges regardless of price
differences or differences in the
financial aid packages." Although
colleges and universities are
restricted from sharing individual
cases, the reauthorization of the
Higher Education Act, recently
signed into law by President Bush
for a period of two years, permits
them to confer about principles and
procedures regarding financial aid.
Ward sees this as a good sign, but as
far as the MIT decision goes,
"Bowdoin certainly intends to abide
by the law."
Richard Mersereau, Director of
College relations stresses that "the
practical effect [on Bowdoin
College] should be nil, because we
ceased participation in Overlap
three years ago when the CID was
first issued." MIT plans to appeal
the decision, and the Justice
Department has not decided
whether or not to take action against
the other Overlap schools. When
asked what might happen at
Bowdoin, should MIT win its
appeal, or Bowdoin itself be served
with charges, Mersereau said, "the
consequences are too complicated
to want to speculate. The ball is still
in the Justice Department's court.
We're simply in the position of
waiting to hear what their next step
will be. (But the decision] certainly
raises questions about the nature of
education." In the meantime, Scott
Hood of the College Relations Office
said that, as in the past three years
since Bowdoin stopped sharing
information in the Overlap Group,
it is "business as usual" here at
Bowdoin College.
Social concerns that persist
An Update on protestors at the Rodney King Rally
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
The Rodney King trial verdict and
ensuing Los Angeles riots last spring
provoked a rally at Bowdoin College
to protest the decision and questions
about racist overtones. While the
memories of the rally and even the
riots have faded into the backs of
people's minds, the problems and
issues that were raised still remain.
When asked if things have
changed since last spring, Ricardo
Pino '94, a former officer of the Latin
American Student Organization
(LASO), and a speaker at the rally
last spring, said, "Are things
different? That's hard to say. I think
that the riots and everything else
helped to strengthen people's points
of view, whatever they may have
been."
"The issues that the rally dealt
with were nothing new for Bowdoin
or for America. They were ideas
that had been around that no one
had paid attention to, but they were
there. It grabbed people's attention
and forced them to look at these
problems."
Regarding the state of things at
Bowdoin, 'Things don't really
change from year to year. For the
new students, they probably haven't
even heard about what happened
last semester. No one has come up
to me and said that anything has
changed for them."
But with a new semester
beginning, and a new trail about to
start for the Los Angeles Police
Department officers who allegedly
beat Rodney King, not much is being
planned on campus to focus
attention on these issues. Said Pino,
"There are no real big plans. The
groups are still there and they're
still working. That hasn't stopped."
With this work, however, comes
an unwanted label. As Pino says,
"We're seen as 'the activists', not as
people or as students. A lot more is
asked of us in terms of who we are
as compared to anyone else."
Another LASO member, as well
as one of the heads of ADAPT, Troy
Woodson '94, points out that,
"People dump the responsibility on
our shoulders. They may be
concerned, but they look to us to do
all the work. It would change things
a great deal if other people got
involved. People migh. think that
there is someone like them up on
the stage talking. It would givethem
a connection."
Both Pino and Woodson were
given theopportunity to speak with
the first-year students during
Orientation. "We got mixed
reviews," Pino said. "People
thought I was speaking for an entire
group. I was speaking on behalf of
myself. If people want to get
involved, they should come to a
meeting."
SINGLE-SEX FRATS
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Committee of the Governing Boards
changed the dates to July 1, 1993,
and July 1, 1992, respectively. 'This
was just to clear up any confusion
because we knew that [the
September dates] were running
close to the beginning of the school
year," said Dick Mersereau, Director
of College Relations.
Tom Davidson '94, who attended
the meetings of the Governing
Boards in May, said that the final
decision was in no way easily
reached orbroadly supported. "You
could sense that there were two
different ideological camps within
the Governing Boards."
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Jim Ward joined the Bowdoin faculty in 1968 as assistant professor of mathematics. He quickly
rose to several important leadership positions within the Bowdoin and Brunswick communities.
From 1 971 -1 976, Ward served as director of the Senior Center (Coles Tower), in addition to his
academic responsibilities. By 1979 Ward had become a full professor at the College,, after
developing Bowdoin 's innovative and emulated Self-Paced Calculus Program.
In Brunswick, Ward served on the School Board, serving as chair in 1982.
A native of Greenville, S.C., Ward is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
Vanderbilt University and earned his masters degree and Ph.D. at the University of Virginia.
This year Ward will be directly responsible for implementing the new prohibition of single-sex
Greek organizations and for developing plans for the proposed student center.
An interview by Bria
Michael F
Orient: Your appointment is
for only one year as Dean of the
College. It's a tough job and
there are a lot of questions left
over from last year. What do
you feel you can accomplish in
just one year?
Ward: I'm addressing the
things that need to be addressed .
I didn't apply for this job, I was
approached, and it's the good
soldier in me that's making me
do it. I'm having a lot of fun but
I'm dealing with some truly
unpleasant issues — things that
are not a lot of fun — but it is a job
that the institution needs doing.
I'mtryingtoprioritizeand focus
on the things I think the Dean of
the College ought to do this year
and do them as well as I can.
Orient: How would you say
you're shifting the focus of this
office in comparison to your
predecessor.
Ward: First of all, I think Jane
Jervis did marvelous things for
Bowdoin so I don't want shift
the focus in any significant way.
I've been at Bo wdoin a long time
and I have a longer institutional
memory — sometimes that helps
I think. I think the agenda that I
have is pretty much the agenda
that Jane Jervis would have had
if she were sitting in this chair
this year. There are three things
at the top of that agenda.
The Hyde Cage Project — the
campus center project — is
probably the most important
thing I have to do this year and I
think my role there is to be a
kind of trail boss to make sure
the process moves along, that
we don't get stuck on
organizational snafus and that
the wheels move smoothly.
There's a good committee
working on it and we're making
tremendous progress. Mark Wethli
is an excellent chair — we're being
extraordinarily well led and my role
is to make sure things happen, to
follow up, like that back-room
mechanic crawling around over the
machinery with the oil can to make
sure the wheels are turning
smoothly so that we don't loose any
unnecessary time because we're on
a very short time schedule.
The response to the Title 9
complaint jumped right to the top
of [myl list because we had to do it
right away. The implementation of
the fraternity policy has taken a lot
of time this summer. It's a decision
that has been taken by theCoveming
Board and the College's course has
been charted now. It's up to this
office to make sure that policy is
implemented in a fair and balance
way.
Something else that I think is
important now that we're working
on is the hiring of a new off-campus
study advisor. We've gotten a grant
from a foundation I The Christian A.
Johnson Endeavor Foundation] to
employ somebody — it's the first
time Bowdoin hasever had anybody
employed specifically to manage
off-campus study. There are lots of
problems in that area. A lot of off-
campus study programs exist
simply to make money for the
sponsoring institution. We've got
to do a better job of quality control,
of assessing the programs that our
students want to go on so we know
they are good programs so that if
we're giving credit at Bowdoin we're
giving credit for significant
academic experiences. We need to
make sure that off-campus study is
well integrated into the Bowdoin
program so that if s not an obstacle
to a Bowdoin program or a sideshow
to a Bowdoin program — that it really
is integrated. That means planning
what you do before you go so that
you have the necessary background
and then integrating it into what
you do afterwards. In employing
this person we hope we can make
some steps toward getting all of
that under better control. Those are
some of the things that we're
working on now.
Orient: You make it sound
almost entirely academic. There's
certainlyaneconomicfactorinhae
for Bowdoin College — we lose a
lot of money when people aren't
paying tuition and they' re studying
away. Is that a primary motivation?
Ward: I think the concerns of the
study away advisor and the general
concerns that we call enrollment
management are related but I don't
think the study away advisor makes
those policy decisions. Sure, one of
the numbers that we can't play
around much with is the number of
people at Bowdoin paying tuition.
It's a major factor in our income
screen. We're not the only college
with this problem. Many colleges —
Middlebury is one that comes to
mind — admit February freshmen as
a way of having a stream of new
students coming in the second
semester and the reason for that is
that most students want to go away
in the second semester. There are
various strategies for managing
enrollment and making sure that
you have a number that you can
count on for budget purposes.
Orient: Yon mentioned the
lawsuit by the women's hockey
team was at the top of your agenda.
Could you explain what's
happening there?
Ward: Let's be clear there, it's not
a lawsuit. It is acomplaint filed with
the Office of Civil Rights of the
Federal Department of Education.
And it's currently being
JTic Orient Interview: A couple of side
investigated. What's happened is
that the complaint was filed, and
then we were asked to respond with
data. We were given 15 calendar
days, including the Fourth of July
weekend, to respond to five densely
packed pages of data. We got in
time. We probably submitted a stack
ten inches high. We were not asked
to put in any interpretation, we were
just asked to submit data. Our whole
approach to this has been to respond
promptly and forthrightly. We're
not pleased to be the objects of a
Title 9 complaint needless to say. If
it has a silver lining, if s that well
have some outsiders who will come
and take a look at our operation and
if there is any shortcomings in it,
then well do what we can do to set
those things right. We' ve been trying
to approach it not reluctantly but
forthrightly — to try to derive as
much benefit from it as we can.
Orient: Before these outside
operators come in, how do you
personally feel? Is there any
validity in the complaint from what
you know?
Ward: I think it would be
inappropriate for me to comment
on that now while it's being
investigated. I can tell you
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something about the timing because
we've just gotten some more
information. When you work with
the government, everything is done
in a prescribed number of days. We
had fifteen days to respond. They
have a deadline for issuing their
findings and the original deadline
was September 25th. But we have
just heard that because we asked
them not to come to campus last
week or the week before, they have
a process by which they can
interrupt the investigation. We're
now expecting the findings will be
issued roughly October 9th or 10th
or something like that At the time
they issue the findings, if they have
found anything wrong or places that
we have fallen short, they will issue
what they call a memorandum of
agreement, or a memorandum of
compliance, and that's something
that they sign and we sign saying
how we're going to make right
whatever they found wrong.
Orient: To continue with
women's issues: There's been a lot
of talk among both faculty and
students that there's no woman
now in the higher administration.
In light of this, how do you thin kit
looks for the administration to be
dealing with an issue like the Title
9 complaint?
Ward: It is certainly undeniable
that there are no women on the
senior staff but we are trying as
hard as we possibly can to consult
widely with women to keep
women's concerns in mind.
Orient: What exactly do you
mean by "consult with women?"
Ward: I mean talking to people.
Orient: Students? Faculty?
Ward : I talk to everybody so I can
to try to find out what concerns are,
what perceptions are; so we can
find out that information. I think it's
important to keep in mind that
women aren't the only people who
are concerned about making things
equitable for women. I certainly am
and I think I can speak for the other
people on the senior staff. There's
genuine concern on these matters.
We are not women ourselves but
we've heard from women and we've
stayed in contact.
Orient: Outside of talking with
women on an informal basis, have
you institutionalized anything,
like set up a committee where you
specifically address women's
concerns?
Ward: Well, there's the
Commission on the Status of
Women, if I've gotten the name
right, whatever the group was that
Judy Montgomery chaired last year.
Don't ask me to be the expert on
what their charge was, but as I
understand it, they were to look at
the institution from top to bottom to
see what our strengths and
weaknesses were, problems were,
successes may have been. As far as
I know that group has not issued
any kind of written report.
Orient: You've talked about the
Title 9 complaint and the off-
campus study advisor. What about
the implementation of the
fraternity policy? A lot of students
don't feel satisfied with it and we
know you've tried to address that
as an administration. Do you feel
the door is closed on that issue?
Ward: I don't think theGoverning
Board is going to revisit the issue.
Orient Where do you want to go
from here? You say you're
implementing it. Can you give us
some specifics on how you're going
to implement this policy? If the
fraternities go by their addresses,
like 7 Boody Street or 40 Harpswell
Street, instead of their Creek names,
how are you going to be able to deal
with that?
Ward: This is a policy about
fraternities, but fraternities that call
themselves something else and are
still fraternities are still fraternities
as far as we're concerned. I want to
be careful to focus on the real issues,
the important issues and not go off
chasing the red herrings that may
come up. I also want very much to
work with the four single-sex
organizations to see if we can find
ways for them to maintain the
viability of their organizations
within the parameters of college
policy and I have offered that to
them and have had some
conversations already. I don't think
anyone knows what's possible at
this point. Make no mistake about
it, the Governing Boards have set
down a clear policy and we intend
to enforce it. But on the other hand,
we're dealing here with Bowdoin
students, people to whom the
College is committed, people who
have made contributions to this
place and I don't think anybody's
interests are served by having their
educations compromised or having
them caught in the crossfire between
the College and their alumni body.
I want to see if we can channel the
frustrations that they feel — and I
understand the source of those
frustrations — into constructive
activities so that we're not simply
yelling at each other all the time and
I intend to spend as much time as I
think is productive on doing that.
Orient Could you speculate on
potential situations with us right
now? If, for instance, you found
some of these organizations
conducting rush this year, what
would be your response either
generally or specifically?
Ward: The fraternity policy says
that single-sex fraternities and
sororities may not have new
members joining this year, so joining
a single-sex fraternity or sorority is
a violation of College policy this
year. An ancillary violation of that
is rushing, that is, inducing someone
else to join. We will monitor that
situation as closely as we can and
we fully intend to give warnings
and to proceed slowly in this matter.
If we hear that something is going
on we intend to communicate with
those people to tell them we have
heard that is going on, and to make
sure that they know that we know
and to make sure that they know
that this could lead to disciplinary
action if a violation occurs. We will
not condone deliberate violations.
Orient You say the Hyde Cage is
definitely one of your top
priorities. You remember when
Susaki Associates came in 1988 and
drew up a $12 million proposal for
a new student center. Now we're
talking about spending two to two
and-a-half million dollars. Minus
inflation even, how are we going
to get what we want or need for
one-sixth of what we were
planning to spend or hoping to
spend only four years ago?
Ward: I can't answer the specific
question and it is certainly a tough
design problem but we have in the
last couple of weeks been through
the final interview with architects.
We invited thirty -five architectural
firms to submit proposals. Don't
hold me to these numbers but I think
twenty-eight responded. Then we
met and narrowed that list to six.
We sat down for two solid days and
interviewed all six and your
question is one that we asked them:
"Is it realistic to do what we want to
do for three million dollars?" They
recognize that it's going to be tight,
but the general consensus from all
six of these firms was "Yes, I think
wecan do something really exciting,
really interesting for that amount of
money."
Now, let's be clear about what
we're talking about here and what
we're not talking about. The Sasuki
proposal involved both Sargent
Gym and Curtis Memorial Pool.
We're thinking about Hyde Cage.
This week we hope to make the final
negotiations with our top choice
[for] architect. Our two primary
criteria were design excellence —
people who really do exciting
things — and how well they interact
with the College community.
There's an architecture seminar
being taught this semester that's
going to work with these architects
through the development. That's
one of the reasons we want to get
this firm identified right away.
They'll be a lot of opportunity for
participation by the campus.
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introduction provided
by College Relations.
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by Michael F. Golden
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
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The College Should Move
Beyond Last Year's Controversies
The Bowdoin community begins this year
weighted down by the remnants of
controversial issues which divided the
administration and students between almost
uncrossable ideological lines. The abolition of
single-sex fraternities and the sorority last June
by the Governing Boards, the Sweet hiring
decision, and the inequality with which
women's athletics were and are funded left
students at odds with a seemingly uncaring
administration.
Last year's conflicts stemmed from a basic
lack of communication between the
administration a"nd the student body.
Unilateral actions were taken by administrators
and students with little regard for the positions
of those affected. If this year is to be any better,
the lines of communication between
administrators and students must be made
more open.
For this to happen, attitudes throughout the
College must change. Administrators should
realize that Bowdoin students do not pay
$25,000 annually to have their beliefs and
actions dictated to them, and students should
acknowledge that the administration may be
guided by a broader vision to improve the
College now and in the future.
To this end, we need to move beyond last
year's controversies and concentrate on
working together to achieve positive changes
acceptable to both students and administrators.
The single-sex organizations should realize
that they are now part of Bowdoin's history as
the College moves closer towards an
environment free of discrimination on the basis
of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation. The
College, as a whole, should work to develop a
comprehensive residential life program where
exclusive brother and sisterhoods are socially
unnecessary.
The new student center will be integral to
this, so students and administrators ought to
utilize each other to ensure that this project
will live up to its full potential. Realistic
alternatives to the social monopoly held by
fraternities should continue to be explored
vigorously, and education in such
problematic areas as alcohol and drug abuse,
eating disorders, sexual assault and sexuaUy
transmitted diseases should be increased for
all students.
While the Edwards Administration should
be commended for their strides towards
balancing the budget, the administration
needs to be more ideologically consistent in
determining how spending is reduced. In no
case should funding for student programs be
determined on the basis of sex, as in the case
of the Women's Ice Hockey program.
Students should be more involved in
evaluating where the cost-cutting axe will
fall, and a Litmus test should be applied as to
whether or not spending is equitable between .
programs in each case.
The issues mentioned above are only a few
glaring examples of where administrators
and students could compromise to find
mutually acceptable ground. The
administration should take student concerns
into account before acting to significantly
alter student life, and students should not be
afraid that the administration will ignore
their ideas and grievances. We believe that
the possibilities for students and
administrators to work closely are endless,
and that such collaborations can only be
beneficial for the entire Bowdoin community.
MAD MAX MEFTS Bowooin
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THEBOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
13
tudent Opinion
Views From the Couch
Know when to say when.
By Brian Sung
The anthems of the summer still ring in my ears, but
now...now, I miss those great songs. Whereas "I Like Big
Butts" and "Jump, Jump" once made me cringe, they now
bring a fond smile and a tear to my eye. Excuse me while I get
a bit emotional...
Camp counselor to proctor. I guess that's not too much of a
switch, considering some of the characters on my floor.
Campers and proctees both seem to be in the same position,
though. Seriously. You mock what you don't understand.
Half my campers were nervous and quiet the first couple of
days at camp, while the other half decided to have a kickin'
time. Eventually, most of them had great summers. Proctees,
I've already had proctees worrying about
papers, quizzes, and exams. I heard a first- year
say, "I want to go to the beach, but I got this
reading to do." That's when you have to draw
the line.
and all first years, are pretty similar. Some showed up quiet,
some showed up loud, but all were nervous. Almost all of
them will end up loving this place.
You see, some of the first years have figured out the key that
almost everyone eventually gets. The key? Well...I shouldn't
give it out, but here it is. Bag it. Boom, there it is. Seems kind
of simple, eh? Two words. That's the key to life at Bowdoin.
It will.. .set you free. It will make you happier. Yet, I know
some seniors who still haven't come to terms with that simple
phrase.
I'm not ad vocatingblowing off classes and exams, although
sometimes that is necessary in the realm of "bag it". What I'm
saying is to cut back on your own overall stress level. Let it all
hangout somehow, whether it be by reading a book, mellowing
on the quad, or doing an incredible dance to Wilson Phillips(
that's the jenhand way to bag it)
I've already had proctees worrying about papers, quizzes,
and exams. I heard a first-year say, "1 want to go to the beach,
but I got this reading to do." That's when you have to dra w the
line. Work, I guess, is important, but learning to relax and do
something that you need iseven more important. My campers
claimed that they had to do the "Big Butt" dance once a day or
they'd be sad. All the power in the world to them, they'd
figured out theirrelease.They all figured out that they couldn't
make bracelets, do instructional swimming, or make oragami
while stressed out. Now, if six year olds can figure this out,
why can't college students? . _
Seriously, our work and attitude becomes very lame when
we get stressed out. This seems kind of simplistic, but no one
I talk to seems to get it. Relax or die. Especially first-years. A
lot of you may have come here to be the next Bowdoin scholar,
stud of the football team, or the next volleyball Ail-American.
Chill out, crack one open, and hit the sun. Relaxing is the only
avenue of escape in stressworld. So get the hell out of it, and
enter the world of bag it. You'll have a better time. Guaranteed .
"I like big butts, and I cannot lie. You brothers can't deny..."
Hmmmm...
By Craig Cheslog
Looking Starboard
The petitions are out, the signatures are being collected — to deal with issues when everyone returns to Brunswick for
yes, it must be time for that yearly campus ritual, the election the fall semester.
of the Student Executive Board. The election that forces Remember, we will not have an elected student
freshmen who have been on campus for less than one month government body for another ten days, or 19 days after
to vote for people they do not know, the election that allows classes began. Decisions need to be made, and issues must
upperclassmen to show their apathy early in the academic bedealtwith.TheadministratorsinHawthorne-Longfellow
year, the election that will, nonetheless, select the 15 students Hall are not going to wait until the students have finally
who will serve on the major student government body for the gotten around to having their elections,
next year. Perhapsastudentbodypresidentwouldhavebeen unable
It is time to face some facts. Not only is the time when we to stop the anti-student decisions mentioned above from
vote for the Executive Board really stupid (it will not be until happening anyway. But, at least everyone would know who
September 21, that there will actually be an elected student was speaking for the students. A student body president
government body), but the structure of student government would have infinitely more legitimacy with the faculty and
at this College is also flawed and needs immediate repair, administration, because he or she would be elected by the
Otherwise, student views will continue not to be effectively entire student body and not just 15 Executive Board members,
heard nor listened to, and the faculty and administration will There is a chance that a president might even have someone
continue to disregard those views when making decisions listen to him or her.
affecting students. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^—
Juniors and seniors remember
our old and beloved four-point
grading system. How nice it was
to be able to come back from
class and tell one's roommates
that one had "dualed" a paper
or an exam. Ah, high honors,
honors, pass, fail — we hardly
knew thee. The student body
voted overwhelmingly in favor
In short, we need to dramatically change
our student government structure. We
should have a student body president, and
Other Constitutional Officers elected by the apathy might be lessened, and
entire Student body. students may actually not only
Interest in our student
government would inevitably
increase because students
campaigning for offices are
hard to ignore. Discussion of
issues might actually occur,
react to the actions of the
administration, but might
begin to propose solutions to
of keeping the four-point system instead of changing to our the problems facing our College,
current and boring five-point A-B-C-D-F, but despite this Those people still reading this article (instead of
clear student mandate, the faculty voted overwhelmingly to abandoning it to look for the Domino's pizza coupon) are
change the grading system. probably skeptical that this sort of government can work
In this, and more recently the single-sex fraternity issue, 'neath the pines. After all, apathy is the real major of most of
student opinion has not been effectively communicated to the the students here. But the system this writer has proposed
administration and/or faculty. Student opinion did not have works: for example. Brent Littlefield, the president of the
enough influence to convince the faculty to vote to keep our student body at the University of Maine, not only has the
old system (if anything, it caused the faculty to vote for clout to meet with administrators in Orono, but with the
change) and last year, student opinions about the single-sex Governor of the state as well. Administrators at the University
fraternity issue were heard only after the decision to outlaw of Maine not only listen to Littlefield (and previous student
single-sex fraternities had been made by the Governing Boards' body presidents), but act on his and the student government's
Executive Committee and the administration. proposals.
The problem is that Bowdoin students have no one that The time has come for a change. We know that the current
they can say represents them. Oh, some people will try to system doesnotworkOastyearthisnewspaperdidnoteven
contend that the executive board chair(man) represents the send a reporter to Executive Board meetings). What harm
entire student body, but the chair(man) is elected only by the can having an elected student body president do? What
15 members of the Executive Board, and thus only can truly harm can come from having elections in February, when
represent the Executive Board. The faculty and administration even the freshmen will have a basic idea about what the
know this, and despite the facade of cooperation, mandates issues facing the students at Bowdoin are? Think about it,
are issued out of Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall without the we can have a spokesperson for the entire student body, and
knowledge and input of the students beforehand. we can have a student government that is elected based on
We need effective representation. And, we need it now. We merit and not on luck or funny posters placed around
need to know what the students who hold office stand for, and campus. No one says that the administration has to act the
we need increased interest in what our student government way the students want, but at least the students can have a
does. In short, we need to dramatically change our student voice that will be hard to ignore.
government structure. We should have a student body
president, and other constitutional officers elected by the
entire student body. We need to have other student
government members who are elected by groups of students
Unfortunately, I know that this idea is but one
senior's dream that has little chance of becoming a reality.
Students are too comfortable in their ignorance, and until
the ad ministration does something like reimpose compulsory
(like dorms and fraternities), so all will know who represents chapel attendance, most students will not care enough to
who. Additionally, we need to have the student government demand a student government that is legitimate,
elections during the spring semester, so that the student representative and truly effective. Meanwhile, the
governmentbodywillbeactiveduringthesummerand ready administration will continue to make policy without any
The Caring Conservative: My Perfect Society
By Justin Ziegler
In this election season, when candidates are deep into the
rhetoric of "solutions" to alarming "crises", the political
environment becomes a field for the idealistic visions and, at
times, Utopian concepts of society. Not to be undone, I too,
have a vision for our nation. Permit me to indulge in this idea:
Every person who goes to the polls this November will do so
with a full understanding of the issues most important to
them and of the candidates' policies relating to those issues.
Too often, the American voter is not provided with enough
information to make an educated decision. Granted, sometimes
candidates are ambiguous in their positions. Yet, they are not
solely to blame for this lack of clarity. Quite often, the sources
of information dissemination deserve as much, if not more
blame for the poor education of voters about the candidates'
policies.
When a voter turns on the television or picks up the evening
newspaper, he or she does not often receive the information
that he or she should know. If a person simply watches the
stream of current events on tape or reads the headlines, what
that person sees or reads are the same "soundbytes" that
candidates are so often criticized for. Even still, as one reads
further into the story, as reported by the medium, what is
received is an interpretation of events as the reporter sees
them. Unfortunately, reporters are often not as objective in
their job as they should be. Thus, what is being relayed is seen
through the reporter's political eye, allowing that messenger
to omit or dismiss any information that presents a strong
argument against his or her chosen political vision ( William F.
Too often, the American voter is not provided
with enough information to make an educated
decision. Granted, sometimes candidates are
ambiguous in their positions. Yet, they are not
solely to blame for this lack of clarity.
Buckley, Jr. presents such a case in chapter one of his book,
The Unmaking of a Mayor, for anyone interested).
There are, however, more responsible ways of conveying
information on policies to the voters. The most ideal form
would be to have full reports of each of the candidates'
records and objective analysis of their accomplishments and
plans. Unfortunately that is not the case. Of the options
available, the most notable are those weekly roundtable
discussions on the issues, such as "The McGlaughlin Croup"
or "This Week with David Brinkley ." Equally informative are
the nightly discussions on the "Macneil/Lehrer Newshour."
These providea well-balanced analysisand definition of the
issues with supporters from the entire political spectrum.
Just as noteworthy are those periodicals that contain editorial
articles of both sides. These sources focus on educating
voters on all of the election options, and not just leading
them blindly into a particular mode of analysis. Still, these
are not available to every voter, and are truly the exception
in the media, rather than the norm.
Of course, the role bearing most responsibility is that of
the voters. They must not just apathetically accept the
information being thrown at them, but rather be motivated
to find the alternatives. They cannot just follow trendy
cliches like "Rock the Vote", but must educate and define
their vote based on the policies of the candidate. Above all,
they should not be swayed by the occasional emotional
waves supporting or demeaning certain candidates when
they are not based on fact.
Yes, maybe this expects a bit much of the average voter.
Indeed, most of those who vote do not clearly understand
every issue, including myself. Many just don't have the time
for a full understanding of the policies. Yet, just think of ho w
much better our decisions could be if we voters took the time
to find out about policies for ourselves. Perhaps we could
achieve a more perfect union.
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
An Open Letter to First Year Students
Bv Brian Farnham
This year marks the first year that there are no former
"freshmen" on campus, only former first-years. This is
significant for a number of reasons. For one, it means all of us
seniors who thought graduation was some eons away have
awoken to the fact we have nobody left to feel sorry for, that
they are being pushed off the spring cliff into reality. We have
become the lemmings we pitied. College is not reality, only an
oasis to prepare for it. That is not to say that is all bad, just to
state a fact. So as you are all contemplating what it means to
be college students for the first time and whether it was all you
expected, there is a whole class four years removed from you
contemplating how the hell they got to be seniors. As a first
year, you probably see four years as a very long time; as
seniors, we understand four years to be a temporal
measurement as unreal as the institution in which we spent
those years. Four years is only a long time if you're Kim
Zmeskal or a Democrat. For a college student it's a heartbeat
between the inebriated sigh of senior prom and the sober
realization that "commencement" is Latin for "joining the
unemployed."
You'll all see seniors walking around campus this fall with
the same expression of knowing aloofness we have learned
from three years of careful study. You may see some seniors
shaking their heads about your number: '96. You ask most
seniors what "96" is, and you'll get different answers.
96? The average margin of victory for the Dream Team.
96? Yeah, it's a sexual position I want to try.
96? Get Smart's girlfriend, wasn't it?
But you see, this confusion is not based in ignorance, only
disbelief. For us, "90" was the number that signified the
confident lemmings, the plank-walking elders. Social relations
at college are very much a question of numbers. When you're
reading, say, an article about the last soccer game and you see
that so-and-so scored four goals, you look at so-and-so's
number before you register a reaction. 93? Well he or she is a
senior, that's to be expected . But 95? Or 96? Only a sophomore
or a first year? Wow. ( Impressive. You realize that if the scorer
is 95 or 96, there is potential; but if it's a 93, potential has been
realized and it's on the way out.
I don't know how four years that are really four seconds
becomes such a chasm, but that's the miracle of our surreal
environment. Many of thedifferences between first-years and
seniors reside in our minds, but that's the tradition and it can't
be broken, nor am I suggesting that it should be. Just remember
that in three years, you'll be staring from the precipice at a
bunch of 99's who stare up at you even as they push you off.
Until then, enjoy the view.
Don't Edit My Voice : Reflections By Troy L. Woodson
My experience as an African-American man on a
predominantly white college campus has transformed my
view of the world. Here 1 learned first hand that my color
would prevent me from receiving the privileges that are easily
accessible to my white peers. I am the co-coordinator for
A.D.A.P.T. which stands for: The Awareness of Differences
Among People Today. The goal of this organization is to fight
fora morediversified campus. The reason that the organization
strives to change the homogeneous and conservative mindset
of Bowdoin is because Bo wdoin refuses to acknowledge those
people in the world who are not white, male, rich, and
heterosexual. A truly liberal arts education should extend
beyond the classroom to include knowledge about different
cultures and backgrounds.
I learned that in order to receive the recognition that I
deserved as an intelligent and assertive man, I would have to
work twice as hard as my white counterparts. Before I came
to Bowdoin, I was extremely idealistic and believed that,
because 1 was intelligent and ambitious, noone would question
my abilities based on color. There have been instances where
white students have said that the only reason that I was a
student at Bowdoin was because I was Black. All the hard
work that I did at the high school level was ignored by my
white peers and 1 was labeled a product of Affirmative Action.
1 am tired of having to prove my worthiness to a white
supremacist world that continually refuses to acknowledge
and respect my differences. I am not asking for love, but I
demand respect. This is one of the primary reasons that I chose
to become a member of the militant rap group, The Military
Order. While apart of this group I began to develop politically
and intellectually. My friends and 1 were able to express our
anger to the mainstream population while simultaneously
providing entertainment. Our purpose was to startle the
Bowdoin community. Personally, I wanted Bowdoin.to begin
to question and challenge the existing norms that prevailed
on our campus and within our society.
The old folks in my community used to tell me that a Black
person had to work twice as hard as a white man if they
wanted to succeed. It was not until I entered Bowdoin that 1
realized the wisdom contained in that saying.
During the orientation week of my first year, I went to a
fraternity party. While I wasdancing with some of my friends,
a drunk student yelled, "Hey! That nigger can dance". I was
shocked and angry. My immediate response was violent but
I realized that my actions would be judged to be the reaction
of all Black people. VIOLENT. After that incident I wanted to
transfer to another school, because I thought that 1 would not
have to face racism if I left Bowdoin. Obviously I stayed, but
the reason I stayed must be explored.
I would have .Mt like a failure if I let racism destroy my
desire to receive an education. I sought support from other
African-American and Latino-American students who
provided me with the tools to become stronger: HOPE and
DETERMINATION. I do not want to give any of you readers
the impression that this is a happy ending. For me there is no
end to the silent oppression that I experience on a daily basis.
I feel the contemptuous glances as I walk across the quad to go
to class. I know that while I am in class I am made to represent
the voice of all African-American and oppressed peoples.
Sometimes I think that I was cheated out of my college
experience. In addition to my already heavy course load, I
have to deal with a very cold and unwelcoming environment.
Silverman and Doerr
With Jon Silverman and Tonv Doerr
I'm writing this article alone because Silverman is still
coping with the virtual cornucopia of letters received
responding to our article in last year's final Orient. For all of
you first-years who are in your first year, the article happened
to be on the controversial subject of . . . kind buds. Due to the
immense popularity of the piece. . .
What's that Jon? Another Pulitzer?. . .oh.
Getting back to you first-years, it is our opinion that you
know nothing. This is not all your fault because we also went
through orientation and realize it is totally worthless. We
have taken it upon ourselves to orientalize you. We're into
lists, our fans love lists and they love us when we inundate
them with lists, so here's a list. Be the list.
Here are the things you need to do and /or be acquainted
intimately with in order to be in a state of complete
orientalizing. (And there's oh so much to choose from.)
1. Do play RUGBY.
2. Know that the Tontine Mall is an utter mockery to the
USMRA. . . That's the United States Mall Rat Association.
3. Do pass out in Hyde often.
4. Know that the Orient is horrible. . . The editor sucks.
5. Do dive into hedges around campus often.
6. Read the Bowdoin Thymes every day. It is sooo choice.
7. Cut this article out, memorize it, and laminate it with that
fake I.D. set you got for high school graduation from your
aunt and uncle who always squared you with a four-pack of
Barties and Jaymes Wild Berry Coolers when your folks were
out of town.
8. On Parent's Weekend, if dad busts out a cam-corder,
shoot him in the stomach and pretend he is your roommate's
dad.
9. If he breaks out the .35 mil., and makes you pose in front
of the Union, don't tell him he's standing in a puddle of boot.
10. If parents get cheesy upon their departure, never call
them, and use their credit card<s> in a most heinous fashion.
11. Know FAT MATT. Better yet don't.
12. Hi, mom!
13. Those of you foolish enough to have programmed
WBOR (91 .1 . . . Brunswick's greatest oldies, but goodies) into
your Technics-rack-system-with-rockin-400-watt-amp that
could launch you from Baxter to Copeland with room to
spare, can take it out of the memory now. It is awful.
14. The chances of you making a third of your 8 o'clock
classes is minimal. Know where your snooze button is.
15. Buy the Doerr/Silverman-to-English dictionary.
Example: boot=vomit.
16. Listen to much Eazy-E late night.
17. Hang late night with Brunswick P.D. at Dunkin Do nuts
while chowing on egg-and-cheese-croissandwich-for-only-
$.99.
1 8. Be completely up-to-date on the oh so beautiful and ever
popular and even more feasible yet affordable Student Center
plans.
19. 40-Doggers are out. . . 60-Doggers are in.
20. Hurry up and go check you mail for the fifth time today,
you might have got something whilst reading this from
people you won't write back.
s to the Kclito
Bowdoin students should not
just educate the rich
To the Editor.
In the past few years I have become increasingly
disillusioned by encounters with students who were forced to
leave Bowdoin because they could not afford it. If Bowdoin
has decided to educate the rich, it must make sure that
education instills a desire for societal change, so that students
do not simply use the college to preserve their socio-economic
status. If the college succeeds, graduates will work to allow
less wealthy people access to schools like Bowdoin again.
Auden Schendler, '92
"Single sex institutions are
socially and culturally desirable"
To the Editor
Recently, I received a letter from Dean Ward clarifying the
policy prohibiting single sex fraternities and sororities on
campus. I would like to express my dismay at both the manner
in which the policy was adopted and the substance of the
policy itself.
My son, who was a first year student during the 1991-1992
academic year, joined a single sex fraternity, knowing that it
was not recognized by the College, but with no indication
whatsoever that the viability of the Bowdoin Chapter was in
jeopardy. I am at a loss as to why the College chose to adopt
and promulgate this policy after permitting first- year students
to expend their valuable time and effort in the fraternity
selection process. It seems to me that the timing of such action
was acutely insensitive to those who have formed valuable
fraternal relationships only to discover that continuation of
such liaisons in any meaningful way will result in a one year
suspension from the College.
Moreover, it seems to me that the Boards have exhibited a
decided predilection for governance by fiat. Should not the
students have had some representation in making decisions
which intimately affect the social and cultural aspects of their
!ivt=s at the College. Is it not presumptuous of the Boards to
decide for the students that the existence of single sex
fraternities and sororities is inimical to the well being of the
students. As a parent who was advised by one of the academic
deans (whom I had telephoned to corroborate a grade
correction) that a student's grades could not be disclosed to
even that student's parent because of the integrity of the
relationship between the College and the student, I find it
unfortunate that the College does not have the same confidence
in the wisdom of their students to choose the persons with
whom they wish to associate.
As to the policy itself, I recall some years ago as I
entered my home, I caught a glimpse of a crowd of young
women who were weeping, seemingly uncontrollably on the
evening news program. The anguish on their faces was
something I will never forget. I could not imagine at the time
what tragedy had beset them. As I continued to observe, to my
amazement I discovered that these were students at the then
all female Wheaton College and that'their reaction was to an
announcement by the College that, because of the financial
woes which have plagued most single sex educational
institutions, the College was going to become a coeducational
institution commencing the following academic year. I began
to think about why the students were so distraught at the
thought of admitting men. During the next several months I
followed the story as it appeared in the newspapers and
television. As time passed, the outcry became shriller until
the Administration relented and rescinded its previous change
in policy, although ultimately the financial considerations
proved to be inexorable. The more I thought about the intensity
of the students' reaction, it became clearer. The women of
Wheaton understood what the Bowdoin Governing Boards
do not: that single sex institutions are socially and culturally
desirable and should be fostered as enriching the varied fabric
of our society.
The Henry Report in which Bowdoin College refused to
recognize single sex fraternities, although certainly not
supportive of single sex organizations, was appropriate given
the College's pronounced commitment to coeducational
endeavors. However, since Bowdoin has coeducational
fraternal organizations as well as single sex fraternities and a
sorority, thus providing a choice to the students, the question
becomes why the Henry Report was revised in the first place.
It is interesting to note that the reason given by the College
Administration for now instituting a total ban is that single
sex fraternities are flourishing. I submit that there is a reason
for that— just ask the women of Wheaton College.
Kenneth J. Rampino
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 11.1 992
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tudent Opinion
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[StudentSpeak j
The Class of 1996: What do they think of Bowdoin?
By John Valentine and Maya Khuri, with photos by Maya Khuri
Background: As one of the largest and most diverse classes
in recent history, the class of 19% brings with it an unprecedented
range of opinions and viewpoints. As they finished their first
academic week and began their second weekend of college, we
decided to ask them, "What do you think of Bowdoin? How do
you like the social atmosphere? The academics? The food? Your
roommates? How does the campus suit you? And what's with the
Kool-Aid?"
HUGH GRAHAN '96
Midland, Texas
Bowdoin is very nice. The weather's been good. The people
are very friendly. There's an intellectual atmosphere that's
very comforting. The food is good. Its not a really intense,
compete against the world type of thing. You get the feel of
what you can do yourself. It's comfortable.
DENISE DURRELL »96
Strong, Maine
The first class I went to, I got kicked out of. But other than
that, it's okay. I like the dorm rooms and the people. I study
all the time. The food's great, too. All I do is eat, sleep, and
study.
KELLY REMINGTON '96
Harrisvulle, Rhode Island
Bowdoin has a very friendly atmosphere. I like not being in
class better than being in class. I'm really having more fun
than I thought I would. I love my friends. I don't want to go
home, and the campus is just right, size-wise.
ELIZABETH GITTINGER '96
Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts
BLANE MALEY '96
Boise, Idaho
DAN SACCO '96
Saratoga Springs, New York
It's definitley better than high school. My classes are good, UovethispIace.Thecampusisb^utiful.Theadministratk)n Bo wdoin's great I'm having a lot of fun. It was kind of hard
they're huge, but good. My roommates are great. Coming seems helpful. The people seem really nice. I like my to get work done once classes started. The social scene is
from an all girl's school, it's definitely interesting having guys roommates. I have a lot of work. It's probably tougher than adequate. I haven't found myself bored yet. My classes are
around. Bowdoin's a nice size, there are a good amount of high school, because I don't have enough time. The food is good. There'salot of reading, llikecross country a lot, and I'm
people. I 'm having a great time and Kool-Aid rocks the house, great here. looking forward to our race this weekend . It's cool.
THERE ARE NO STUPID OPINIONS,
ONLY STUPID PEOPLE.
DON'T BE A STUPID PERSON. If you have an opinion on an
issue, write a letter to the editor of the Orient.
Just address your letter to the Bowdoin Orient, and drop it in campus mail.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
Women's soccer hopes to fill
offensive holes with newcomers
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
Entering the 1992 season, the
Bowdoin women's soccer team will
have to overcome the loss of six
seniors in key positions, most
notably on offense, if they hope to
return to the ECAC Division III
playoffs for a 1 3th consecutive year.
Despite the loss of these seniors
from last year's 8-6-2 season, the
team will field a solid nucleus of
returning players, especially in the
mid field and on defense.
In addition to these players, the
Polar Bears will be adding an
unprecedented amount of first-
years who will increase the depth of
the squad, in addition to filling
important holes. Head Coach John
Cullen describes his first-year
players as a "tremendously talented
group" which he hopes will
eventually contribute significantly
as the season progresses.
The offense will be led by senior
Co-captain Julie Roy, who compiled
two goals and three assists in 1991 .
Senior Carol Thomas, who led the
team in goals with five last season,
will also be a key player.
In the middle, senior Co-captain
Alicia Collins, an All-New England
second team member last year, will
lead a group of returning players
who include junior Michelle
Comeau and sophomore Courtney
Perkins.
Leading the team on defense will
be senior goalkeeper Caroline Blair-
Smith, who set a Bowdoin record
last year with 457 minutes and 37
seconds of consecutive shutout time
and also compiled an impressive
75 total shutouts. Shoring up the
defense will be junior back Heather
Mackay.
On September 6, the team
participated in a scrimmage which
Coach Cullen used to evaluate the
performance of his group heading
into the home opener against
Merrimack on Saturday. Cullen was
"moderately encouraged" by their
solid play. He also commented that,
"in order for us to be successful, we
have to play up to our fullest
capacity in every game. We just
don't have the talent to do
otherwise."
Looking ahead to the season,
Coach Cullen describes the long
homes tand in the midd It of the year,
during which the team will play
five games over two weeks, as
"critically important." In particular,
games against Plymouth State,
Salem State and Bates, thedefending
ECAC champions, loom as
important matches.
Cullen added that the game
against Tufts will also be interesting
because "whenever our two teams
play each other, it always turns out
to be an excellent match. We both
have similar talent and playing
styles, and that makes for increased
competition on the field."
Despite the departure of key
players, a possible dearth of goal-
scoring , and the large amount of
first- years, Cullen is optimistic
about the upcoming season. "Even
though we lack the one dynamic
and talented individual," he says
"this team may have the most
athletic ability of any team I have
coached. If we get continued solid
performance in goal and are
tenacious on defense, I feel that we
can compete with any team we face."
Rugby Team
(Continued from pg. 15)
there will be more awareness on
campus of this adrenaline-pumping
psycho game. "We're trying to raise
the club to another level," said
Farnham. Plans include an attempt
to organize a Greg Linburg
Memorial Cup Game in honor of
the alumnus (class of '91 ) and former
rugger who was tragically killed
this past summer. A possible tour to
Oxford, England over Christmas
Break is also in the works.
Bowdoin's rugby team will also
gain exposure with the Mel Gibson
film. This Friday afternoon, a casting
director forthe film will be searching
for academy-type rugby players
from Bowdoin's own.
The team is continually searching
for more players and fans as the
year progresses. Practices are at 4
p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Tradition of winning
(Continued from pg. 15)
working together and building
confidence, their collective presence
will be felt. Several first-year
runners also look to be contributors,
including Blaine Maley (winner of
the prestigious Bowdoin Book Run),
Dan Sacco, Phil Sanchez and Warren
Durbin.
Coach Peter Slovenski points to
an injury-free fall and intelligent
team racing as vital to the prosperity
of this year's team. Through pool
workouts and close monitoring of
minor injuries, the Polar Bears hope
to keep everyone out of the trainer's
room and on the racing trails.
The team heads to the University
Maine at Presque Isle Cross-
country Invitational this Saturday
in hope of chalking the season's first
"w" on the board.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRfDAV; SEPTEMBER J I. J 992
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Rule change may effect
field hockey's season
Team depth and returning veterans
ensure women's x-country success
By Nate Hardcastle
orient staff writer
Potential. The field hockey team
has it, with the return of high-scoring
sophomores Emily LeVan, Elizabeth
Morton, and Cathy Small, senior
Co-captains Rebecca "Rebel" Smith
and All-American Jen Bogue, and
sophomore goalie Jen Baker. This
squad did not lose anyone to
graduation, alio wing the same team
that went 7-5 last year to take the
field with the confidence of
experience. Along with a powerful
offense, Baker, Small, and Smith
anchor the defence. With a large
first-year class that could contribute
as the season develops, there is
potential for a championship season .
Enthusiasm. The team has this as
well, with the addition of new coach,
Maureen Flaherty, whom one player
simply described as "Awesome."
"She's like one of us," says LeVan.
Coach Flaherty's own enthusiastic
attitude has enhanced that of the
players. Rebel Smith speaks for the
whole team when she says, Tm
psyched."
A tough schedule. They have this
too, starting the season with four
road games, beginning with U.
Maine Farmington this Tuesday.
Last year's team encountered four
of their five losses on the road, and
Rebel states the obvious when she
says, "we just have to play better on
the road." Hopefully, the year of
experience will make the difference,
and the team will come out of the
gate with a few strong wins.
Otherwise, a poor start on the road
could cripple the team's enthusiasm,
and make for a very long season.
Starting strong would allow for the
team to play most of its important
final games at home- a comforting
situation for a team in search of a
championship.
Another factor sure to have an
impact this season is a major rule
change, intended to reduce the
frequency of penalties and make
the game easier to watch and
understand. The obstruction rule,
which prevented the player with
the ball from turning her back on
the opposing goal to shield the ball
was changed and relaxed to let the
game flow more freely. Players are
now allowed to spin with the ball
around a defender, enabling a
greater offensive flexibility and a
faster-paced, more offense-oriented
game. "The idea is to make it more
of a spectator sport," explains Robin
Hunnewell, '94.
Some of the players are worried
about the subjectivity of the rule
change, however. "We've had
officials come to talk to us about it,
but a lot of it is judgement of the
ref s part," says LeVan. "Different
referees will interpret the rule in
different ways, and some will be a
lot stricter about it than others, so it
might get confusing."
Regardless of possible
inconsistency among referees
regarding the rule change, the
emphasis that it places on offense is
sure to benefit the explosive
Bowdoin team to some extent.
"We're definitely an offensive
team," says Rebel. Even if the rule
change does not play as large a part
as expected this season, as Rebel
points out, "it might get the boys to
come watch."
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
Coming off an extremely
successful season, where the
Women's Cross Country team went
26-1 and came in second in New
Englands, the Polar Bears are
looking forward to another victory-
filled year after being ranked first in
the pre-season coach's poll.
According to Coach Slovenski, the
team looks stronger than it has in
the last four years due in part to a
strong up and coming first -year
class, a core of excellent veterans
and a team work ethic that has
surpassed even his expectations.
"The difference between this
year's team and last year's is that
we're just as strong up front as last
year but this year we've added a lot
of depth behind the top three. I
think the key to our depth is the
team work ethic. Early season
workouts have gone extremely well-
- the best in probably six years and
with the kind of schedule we have
that will help us a lot," stated
Slovenski.
The team will look to their
veterans for support, and
fortunately all of the top seven from
last year are returning. This group
includes Eileen Hunt '93, two time
All-American, Ashley Wernher '93,
All New England, Muffy Merrick
'95, All New England, Tricia Connell
'93, Anthea Schmid '94, Rachael
Harriers look forward to bright season. Photo by Mike Masour
Cleaves '95 and Darcie McElwee
'95.
A few of the up and comers to
support and challenge the top seven
are Janet Mulcahy '96, Darcy Storin
'96, Jennifer Champagne '96 and
Kristen Card '96. To the credit of
those first years not mentioned, the
'96 class has brought in the best
group of runners in the last four
years, ensuring further success
beyond this year.
The team's schedule is full of
tough rivals, including ten division
I schools, but with their work ethic
and new innovations such as a
weight training started this fall, the
team is looking forward to the
competition.
As the defending Presque Isle
champs, the Polar Bears will start
competition as soon as Saturday, as
the team will head to UMaine
Presque Isle to begin their season.
Mens rugby ready for season
By Hong Shen
orient staff writer
In the 1991-1992 season, The
Bowdoin Rugby Football Club
dominated its opponents on route
to a New England Championship.
As the fall season looms, the rugby
team looks poised to duplicate its
feats of last year.
This year's squad returns with a
very strong core of senior starters.
Co-Captain Mat Torrington '93, the
8-man, will be a key member of a
forward pack greatly reduced by
last spring's graduation. Other
returning forwards include hooker
Rob Corvi '93 and last year's teen
sensation Erin White '95 as well as
Rich Squire '93 and Jarrod Paten '93.
The forwards are bolstered by the
unexpected return of veteran Ted
Masten '91. "His skill and game
knowledge will be invaluable to the
younger players," said Torrington.
These young players look ready to
takeover at many forward positions.
The B.R.F.C. also contains an
excellent bunch of quick and agile
players. Theotherco-captain, center
Brian Farnham '93, will lead what is
one of the best backfields in New
England. Fly-half Justin Givot '93
comes into the season in the best
shape of his Bowdoin career and
has a shot at being named Ail-
American. The return of Marx
Bowens '92 is an added boon to the
already strong backs who also boast
club president Jason "Wolverine"
Caron 94 and Ken Waters '93 at
wings, and Asi "the Hooded Cobra"
De Silva '93 at fullback. Todd Krapf
'93 has the unenviable task of
assuming the scrum-half mantle
from near-All American M-"
Daoust '92, but his hustle and ga me-
sa wy leave no one concerned. "We
havecomplete confidence in Todd,"
said Torrington. "We know he can
do the job."
New rule changes incorporated this
year will favor Bowdoin's speed and
agility. The new rules will help the
team in games against bigger and
stronger squads who will no longer
be able to slow down the game as
much.
What the Bowdoin rugby team
may lack in size or experience, it
makes up for in coaching. Coaches
Rick Scala and Greg Apraham have
done an outstanding job of molding
complete novices into complete
rugby players. The reason for
Bowdoin's past successes has much
to do with the coaching staff.
The team hopes that with last
year's championship and with this
year's quality returning players,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 18)
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Photo by Mike Masour
Male harriers continue tradition of winning
By Pete Adams
orient staff writer
The 1991 Men's Cross County
team's season was unprecedented
in the history of the sport at Bowdoin
College. The accolades included
the first NESCAC championship for
Bowdoin in Cross-Country, a
second place finish in the New
England Division III
Championships, as well as a ranking
of fifteenth in the National Division
III Poll. A new year, however, is
upon the harriers of 1992, and they
eagerly accept the challenge to add
to the glories of last year.
After the NESCAC championship
last year, I can recall Bill Callahan
remarking,' "With our fantastic first
year squad, this victory will not be a
one time thing." This fall's squad is
optimistic that Bill's wordscan make
the transition from fiction to reality.
Despite the fact that graduation
claimed Bill Callahan and Dan
Gallagher, Captain Andrew Yim '93
and Dave Wood '93 are ready to
lead the attack.
Both Andrew and Dave were All-
NESCAC and ALL-New England
selections last year on the
championship team. Wood proved
he has come in to his own as he set
a school record in 1000 meters
during indoor track last winter. He
aims to use that middle distance
speed to his advantage, especially
in the second half of this fall's races.
Yim spent his second semester in
the C.I.S., but has returned to
Bruswick hungry for competition.
Their invaluable leadership and
experience will be essential to a
fruitful campaign this fall.
Andy Kinley '93, Colin Tory '93,
and Dave Humphrey '94 provide
additional leadership and depth as
they round out the upperclassmen.
That "first year squad" Callahan
referred to includes Cam Wobus
'95, Tom Eng '95, Andy Hartsig '95,
and Ken Rampino'95. This talented
group is critical to the Polar Bear's
performance this season.
Wood and Yim look to be the
clear forerunners, but cross-county
is the essence of a team sport. It
takes at least seven quality runners
to be competitive each weekend on
the cross-country circuit. Cam, Ken,
Andv and Tom hope that by
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
SPORTS
Football team hoping for luck of the Irish
Senior-led squad looks to improve on last year's 4-4 effort with the opener against Williams on September 19th
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
Coming off of a 4-4 record last
year, the Bowdoin Football Team is
looking forward to finishing the
season with a winning record. Led
by a strong group of seniors, the
potential to reach their goal is
definitely there.
When asked what the difference
was* between the *91 and '92 squad,
coach Howard Vandersea stated,
"Now we are a senior-led team with
experience at the skill positions. The
offensive line is a bit unexperienced,
but they're working hard and we
have time."
In terms of offense, the Polar Boars
are attempting to run a balanced
offenseof both runningand passing,
but as Vandersea revealed, "the
emphasis will be on passing."
To head the passing attack will
be, senior quarterback Chris Good,
the number two rated passer in
NESCAC last year. Good had this
to say about the coming year; "We
have a solid core of receivers who
will make my job a lot easier, and
with the best-skilled players in
NESCAC I'm looking forward to
playing. The line looks good with
Dave [Kolojay '93], Mike [Ricard
93] and Chris [Rogers 93] but the
season is early and we have some
improving to do."
On the ground, the Polar Bears's
best chances will lie with Eric
Laplaca *93 who had the distinction
of being an All-NESCAC selection
last season. Mike Kahler '94 will
contribute greatly to a running
attack that will boast the best one-
two backs in NESCAC.
Expectations will be high for an
offensive line that is young and
unexperienced but veterans Ricard,
Kolojay and Rogers will help
develop and guide the up and
coming linemen.
The highlight of the season will
naturally bethe last few games when
teams tend to rise to the occasion
and show the character of both their
players and coach. This season,
however, will be unique for the Polar
Bears, because they will have to
travel to Ireland to finish their season
against Tufts in Pearse Stadium at
Galway, Ireland.
The Tufts-Bowdoin rivalry has
been a tradition for over a hundred
years, and during that time a solid
relationship has evolved between
the two athletic departments. "A
sort of competitive friendliness has
developed with Bowdoin and Tufts,
and that is why I think Tufts chose
us to play them in Ireland. I think
we're also the two closest teams to
Ireland," said Coach Vandersea.
"It'll be a good learning experience
for the players, and hopefully we
can come away with a win," stated
Vandersea.
The road to victory is paved with
hard work and the team will set off
on their path with an intersquad
scrimmage this Saturday, and they
will open the season on September
19, at Williams. Surrounded by a
core of experienced players, the
Polar Bears should be well on their
way to something that has avoided
them since the '87 season when they
went 5-3; a winning season.
Week
in Sports
Date
Team '
Opponent
Time
9/11
Golf
Bowdoin
Invitational
1:00
9/11
Men's
UofNE
4:00
Soccer
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9/12
Golf
Bowdoin
Invitational
9:00
9/12
Volleyball
Conn. College
Invitational
9:00
9/12
Women's
U of ME PI
11:30
9/12
X-Country
Men's
UofMEPl
12:15
9/12
X-Country
Women's
Soccer
Merrimack
1:00
9/13
Sailing
Tufts
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9/14
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Soccer
Bridgton Acad.
4:00
9/15
Field
U of ME Farm.
4300
9/15
Hockey
Men's
Maine
4:00
Soccer
Maritime
9/18
Men's JV
Soccer
Belmont Hill
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The football team runs through drills in anticipation of the opener vs. Williams. The squad is looking to
improve upon last year's hard fought 4-4 record.
Women's tennis heats up
Team driven by new coach from West Point
By Jonathan Winnick
orient asst. sports editor
The Bowdoin Women's Tennis
Team opened practice as usual on
Monday; a stretch or two, a little
mini tennis and a few
ground strokes. New coach Dan
Hammond arrived and looked
puzzled. He asked what was going
on, and one of the women said
"we'reeasingintoit." This probably
wasn't the right thing to say to a
man who had just left the U.S. Army
as a major after 1 4 years. His reply
was "California people ease into
things."
The women quickly found
themselves running around the
soccer field. It is going to be an
intense year for the women's tennis
team, don't you think?
The team Went 6-2 last year
including impressive wins over
rivals, Bates (7-2) and Colby (6-3).
The women also sent strong
messages to the University of Maine
and Babson, shutting both teams
out 9-0. This year's schedule looks
extremely tough and includes
powerhouses Amherst,
Middlebury, Tufts (parents
weekend) and Wesleyen.
The women seem up for the test
as the team returns seven players
from last year. Co-captain Alison
Vargas '93 said, "We're still a pretty
young team, and although our
schedule is tougher this year, we'll
have a good season."
Sophomore Emily Lubin (7-3 in
1991) feels, "the team is older and
more experienced which should
help the team's overall
performance." Other returning
players include co-captain and
doubles specialist Marti Champion
'93, Alison Burke '94, Julie Vicinus
'93, Theresa Claffey '95 and Amy
Brockelman '95.
The first-years are led by Kristi
LeBlanc. Kristi is from West
Springfield, Mass. and played
number one on the Suffield
Acadamy tennis team. She is also
ranked seventeenth in New England
and wiU be an important part of the
Bowdoin tennis program over the
next four years. Other new team
members are first year's Lisa
Klapper, Carrie Curtis and
sophomore Renata Moreno.
The other new member of the
Bowdoin tennis team is Coach Dan
Hammond. Coach Hammond has
come to Bowdoin after four years at
the United States Military Acadamy,
West Point, NY, where he was
interim head coach of the men's
tennis team and ad missions support
officer.
Hammond is excited about the
team. Everything will be very
intense. Everyone will be expected
to be on time for practice, even on
Saturdays now. According to the
new coach, "life is about winning
and losing" and it sure looks as if he
wants to do a lot of winning.
According to many of the team
members, Hammond is very
qualified and excited about the
program, and although his yelling
will take a little getting used to, his
energy and enthusiasm are
something Bowdoin tennis has been
looking for for a few years. The
season opens on September 19th.
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
NUMBER 2
Cleaning up debris of the past
With Federal authorization and funding, officials at Brunswick
Naval Air Station target three of its toxic areas in initial cleanup
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By Kevin A. Petrie
ORIENT NEWS EDITOR
The Naval Air Station in
Brunswick is planning a massive
cleanup operation, dealing with
stubborn environmental hazardson
its grounds and adopting better
policies for the future.
Faced with 13 toxic landfills, some
of which have accumulated since
1945, the Naval Air Station
Brunswick (NAS) this summer
received Federal approval to
proceed with the cleanup of two
sites, and begin to contain an area
known as the "Eastern Plume,"
whose hazardous wastes threaten
groundwater nearby.
In June, the Navy and the
Environmental Protection Agency
finalized two Records of Decision
that recommended the cleanup
effort, capping ten years of study
and preparation.
These landfill sites, filled with
sewage, asbestos, paint residues,
solvents, liquid acid and other
dangerous materials, represent
three decades of public disregard
for, the environmental concerns
people hold today. The sites vary in
size, from 100 sq. ft. to 10 acres.
Congress started applying the
brakes in 1975, when it instructed
the EPA and other Federal agencies
to start looking into the problem of
dangerous landfill practices
nationwide. Since then, the Naval
Air Station's habit of dumping in
these areas has dwindled and
researchers concerned with cleanup
have kicked into action.
Faced with 13 toxic
landfills, some of
which have
accumulated since
1945...
"We've finally gotten out of the
studies mode, and we'vegotten into
the solutions mode." Lt.
Commander Mike L'Abbe, Public
Affairs Officer at the Topsham
Annex of the NAS, gave a step-by-
step history of the process leading
to this point. First, he said, officials
turned to records, aerial
photographs, and old employees to
locate these landfills. Then, with
back hoes and shovels, they moved
in todiscover exactly what is bottled
below the surface. After analyzing
the contents, officials had to
determine the environmental
implications and solutions.
The preparation and research cost
about $3-4 million over eight years,
he said. Thecleanupbill for the three
sites targeted is estimated at $7.6
million. This money flows from a
congressional allotment, funded by
the taxpayer.
The Eastern Plumearea, with three
sites, holds a pool of petroleum and
has contaminated the groundwater
there, meriting the priority the Navy
and the EPA gave it this summer.
The water contamination there has
spread.
So what of Bowdoin's water
supply? Is it safe? 'There are no
water supply wells that are
anywhere near the Eastern Plume,"
assures L'Abbe.
Bowdoin's water supply comes
from three wells in the Brunswick/
Topsham Water District, located on
Jordan Ave, River Rd., and Old
Lewiston Rd. According to Alan
Frasier, District Engineer, "There is
one site that, looking on a map, you
would say is close to Jordan, but
there is no hydrological connection."
He continues, "there are no
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Not just bagels on the quad: the Jewish experience at Bowdoin
By David Simmons
orient staff writer
If you were out on the quad last
Sunday, enjoying the weather
we've been having lately, you
might have noticed a bunch of
people eating bagels.
The event was called "Bagels
on the Quad," and it was
sponsored by the Bowdoin Jewish
Organization (BJO), which is
dedicated to providing
opportunities for the number of
Jewish students on campus to get
together and enjoy the things that
give them a common identity. The
event was alsoopen to non-Jewish
students, allowing anyone to
ponder the uniqueness of a bagel.
But being Jewish at Bowdoin
means more than simply enjoying
the occasional "real" bagel and
making jokes in Yiddish. To truly
understand what it is like being a
minority, you really have to delve
a little deeper than the symbols
and stereotypes.
That said, it is also important to
realize that there is no such thing
as "the* minority experience at
Bowdoin, and to draw cone 1 usions
from the perspective of one person
would be a gross injustice to the rest
of the people in that group.
Remember that the backgrounds of
Jewish students at Bowdoin are just
as diverse and varied as those of the
people in, say, your intro-level Bio
class; nobody here sees things quite
the same way as somebody else. In
the same way that Spike Lee cannot
be expected to speak for his entire
race, none of the students that spoke
with the Orient can symbolize "their
people." They speak only from their
own experiences.
The BJO, which has existed here
at Bowdoin for a number of years, is
entering a new phase of higher
visibility, demonstrated by high-
profile events such as "Bagels on
the Quad." The event attracted
about 30 students, which the BJO
considers a big success, since
relatively fewer students have
shown up for other club-sponsored
activities in past years.
BJO leaders estimate that there
are about 100 students at Bowdoin
who indicated that they are Jewish
on their applications, and active
membership in BJO has been
increasing.
Meredith Shelter, a senior who
has been a co-leader of the BJO for
most of her four years here, says the
organization plays a primarily
cultural, not religious, role. She
believes that the BJO's most
important function is to "provide
an outlet for Jewish students to have
some common ground," and to
establish a supportive community.
Building a Jewish community at
Bowdoin includes candle-lightings
on Fridays, flying in a student rabbi
from New York for high holidays,
observing Yom HaShoah, the
Holocaust Memorial Day, and
getting together periodically to have
fun at places like Breckinridge
(Bowdoin's mansion in York).
Sherter feels that "thereare ways fat
Bowdoin] to keep your Jewish
identity and be proud of it; it's
nothing to shun or block out."
Although Sherter, being the only
Jewish person in her graduating
high school class, felt accustomed
to being a minority, Ben Cohen '93
found Bowdoin's low Jewish
population more surprising.
Coming from a "liberal progressive"
school in Maryland where 90
percent of his schoolmates were
Jewish, Cohen said that "Bowdoin
is like a Mitzvah. If you come from
a place like Pikesville, Md., or
Brooklyn or even Brookline, this
place is a desert — anti-semitism
exists at Bowdoin, in the classroom
and around campus, on both a
subliminal and an overt level." Yet
he adds, "most places in the world
are more like Bowdoin than where
I grew up."
Sharon Price '94 also came from a
vibrant Jewish community in New
York City. "1 feel, as a Jewish person
here, very different," she says, "and
I don't feel sensitivity toward
differences [in culture). Bowdoin is
not a very comfortable place for
those who are different. It's hard to
be a minority here."
In the past, big campus events
and exams have been scheduled
during services, including Yom
Kippur, Judaism's holiest holiday,
forcing unnecessary conflict on
Jewish students. Others are
sometimes bothered by comments
made loosely, and sometimes
unknowingly, by professors and
students. Unlike Cohen, however,
Price attributes the insensftivity to
ignorance rather than anti-
semitism, which she points out is
an historical problem.
BJO now has a "semi-frequent
publication" called Oy, put
together and distributed by
sophomores Elizabeth Weinstein
and Amy Cohen. They are both
quick to point out that they are not
very religious, but feel strongly
about their background. They
believe in their "heritage, history,
where you come from in a
historical sense," and are "real fond
of the culture."
Cohen enjoys the "sense of
security and community" she feels
in BJO, and appreciates being in a
group with "others like me. Most
people come here without
knowing Jewish people, or
generalizing from one family,"
which is just one of her frustrations
at Bowdoin.
Cohen finds it difficult to get
students involved in BJO, and talks
about "the closet Jew," who comes
to Bo wdoin to escape being Jewish,
and succumbs to the pressure to
blend into the mainstream. She
feels that there is a general
tendency among college students
to rebel against their past, to be
anti-religious, and therefore, they
are unwilling to be identified as
Jewish. To attract Jewish students
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
Orientation
Physical Plant helps Mel
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Director of Physical Plant, David Barber, talks strategy with the Art
Director of Mel Gibson's movie "A Man Without a Face" outside Moore.
Masque and Gown
Bowdoin's main thespian group kicks off the year with a tribute to an
actor recently embroiled in a scandal: "A Night with Woody Allen."
Men's soccer scores big
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two and then Maine Maritime Academy by a touchdown and a safety.
Turn the Page..,
Donna Loring Profile 3
Voter Registration Info 5
Student Speak 13
Women's X-Country 16
Quayle Quotes of the Week
More Quayleisms this week as the Veep confuses space
with statutory rape, has a revelation about the finality of
death and displays a little Oval Office math. Countdown to
the election: 46 days
COMPILED BY BRIAN FaKNHAM
July 15, 1989: Speaking of the twentieth anniversary of the moon
landing, calls astronaut Buzz Aldrin, "Buzz Lukens." Lukens is the
Ohio congressman jailed for having sex with a sixteen-year old girl.
Oct. 19, 1989: After visiting San Francisco following th^ big quake,
says, "The loss of life will be irreplaceble." Jfm -
Dec 6, 1989: Says, "One word sums up probably the responsibility
of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared."'
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27 Lupino and Cantor
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PROFILE
Donna Loring
— SECURITY CHIEF —
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Photo by Adam Shopis.
By Seth Jones
orient staff writer
After serving as the coordinator
for the Bowdoin Security
Department last year, Donna
Loring replaced departing
Michael Pander as the new Chief
of Security in July.
Loring brings both experience
and some plans for change to the
department. With the
administrative budget cuts,
students and faculty have openly
expressed concern for the safety
on campus.
"In the past, there was a lack of
communication between the
students and the security
officers," said Loring. "I'm
looking to change that by focusing
on crime prevention and
education-not necessarily on
enforcement."
She has already implemented
several programs to enhance
safety, including a new crime
prevention program, bike
registration, new training for
security officers in the areas of
investigation and a bike patrol.
Loring also intends to increase
the effectiveness of the Security
Department by building a
cohesive internal unit of security
officers. Security officer Chris
Munn said, "With all of the new
training and programs, all of us
in the Security Department are
looking forward to a good year."
However, Loring admits that
student participation is also
necessary in order to ensure
effective crime prevention. She
points out that the Security
Department is always available
to listen to student suggestions,
concerns, and helpful crime
information.
Moreover, Loring intends to
improve student participation by
giving them more authority with
the shuttle program. "I would
eventually like the shuttle
program to be completely run
by students-from top to bottom,"
says Loring.
In order to increase the
accessibility of the Security
Department to the students,
Loring advocates moving the
department building to a more
central location on campus.
"Right now, I feel like security is
an afterthought of the
administration. We are nowhere
near the top in the list of
priorities."
Before coming to Bowdoin in
September of 1991, Loring served
for five years as the Police Chief
of the Penobscot Indian Nation,
which is located approximately
13 miles north of Bangor, Maine.
She also worked for the
Penobscot County Police
Department as a deputy sheriff,
a detective and a police officer.
Loring graduated from the
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
in 1978, and received her
Bachelor's degree in political
science from the University of
Maine at Orono in 1986. In 1968,
Loring served as a
communications operator in
Vietnam and handled all
casualty figures in Southeast
Asia.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
BLOOD DRIVE
Wednesday,
September 23
3:00 - 8:00 PM
Sargent Gym
Bowdoin recycling habits
leave much to be desired
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
In the past decade, recycling in
America has elevated from a
localized effort into a national
program geared to conserve our
resources and protect the
environment . Governmental action,
combined with community
planning, has made recycling
mandatory in thousands of towns
across the nation. As
Brunswick edges closer to
recyclables renders them non-
recyclable. As Director of Physical
Plant David Barbour notes, "we
simply do not have the staff or the
time to sort through every bag of
recyclables and weed out the
impurities". In the basements of
dorms, pizza boxes, trash and
recyclables are thrown into one
enormous pile. In some places, it's
difficult to tell where one should
deposit paper and aluminum cans.
Under these conditions, the
expanding its landfill and
S™ trThf Upwards of 40 percent of
recycling laws, it seems
fairly good job in collecting paper
materials. By offering two
wastebaskets, one for computer
paper and one for trash, the
buildings hope to avoid
contamination. However, in most
of the buildings, there are very few
receptacles for collecting cans and
glass.
Physical Plant has no control over
the recycling efforts of the
fraternities. They are expected to
obey Brunswick's mandatory
recycling laws but receive
no pressure from the
College. In reports by
Physical Plant, it seems that
most of the fraternities are
necessary to review the
recycling program at
Bowdoin.
Physical Plant heads the
recycling effort at Bowdoin.
The Plant is in charge of
collecting and transporting
all recyclable materials from
the dorms, offices, and
classrooms to the recycling center at
Brunswick. Every Wednesday, they
collect glass, paper, aluminum cans,
and cardboard from these areas.
Plastic bottles are unacceptable,
however, students are encouraged
to take the bottles to town
themselves. Since Bowdoin is a
commercial entity, the school must
pay a weight fee every time it
deposits trash in the landfill. The
more materials recycled, the more
the school saves in fees.
The unsettling fact about
recycling is that upwards of 40
percent of all recyclable materials
collected by physical plant is hauled
to the landfill, unable to be recycled
d ue to contamination . Coffee grinds,
stale pizza, and cigarette butts
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are
transported to town by the
are unable to be recycled ***** •» a sometimes
generous deposit.
due to contamination.
possibility of contamination
skyrockets . Due to a noticeable lack
of recycling receptacles around
campus, the only alternative to the
basement is transporting materials
to town on your own time.
Unfortunately, contamination is
not the only problem of recycling.
Many products used by students
and companies alike are non-
recyclable. Cereal boxes, clear-
window envelopes etc. are not
recyclable. This problem seems to
be more of a problem of planning
than anything. Efforts by credit card
companies and banks are being
made to reduce the use of non-
recyclable paper.
The classrooms, offices, and
computer centers, according to
carelessly thrown into a bag of Physical Plant, seem to be doing a
Although recycling at
Bowdoin seems fairly
■ routine, Physical Plant
hopes to increase recycling
efforts at Bowdoin. In the
coming months , the Plant hopes to
bring (Catherine Ludwig to
Bowdoin. A graduate in 1981, Ms.
Ludwig is a waste reduction
specialist wanting to increase the
quality and efficiency of recycling
on campus. Unfortunately, they can
do nothing about contamination in
the dorms: the burden rests on the
shoulders of the students.
Student participation is essential,
it seems, to greatly improve the
recycling program. Proctors and
janitors agree that not enough
students take an active role. Fewer
still separate recyclables in their
rooms. In the past years, the Druids
have lead the students to greater
recycling efforts. Hopefully, this
trend will continue.
Bordeaux meets Bowdoin
Five French students try college y Maine style
By Joshua Sorenson
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Since Wednesday, September 9,
the Bowdoin College community
has been home to five French
students and two of their professors
from the city of Bordeaux. Both the
students and the professors are
associated with B.T.S. de Sainte
Marie de la Bastide, a two year
institution that specializes in
advertising and business.
The group of students who came
here were chosen solely by the fact
that they wanted to come, and that
they were able to help pay for the
costs.
Most students came for similar
reasons: to experience American life,
to improve their English, to learn
about the lifestyles of American
students and to take advantage of
the relatively low prices of many
American hems.
Each student and professor came
away learning something different
from their experience. For Laure
Batbedat, 1 learned some good new
vocabulary and all about how
The f rench exchange students. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
American students live." jean Luc
Lebreton said, "I learned that the
United States is much more d iff eren t
from how it is described in books,
and that to understand it I must
open up more and experience it for
myself."
The French students were placed
with other Bowdoin students, and
the two French professors stayed in
Apartment 16 of Coles Tower.
Student housing ranged from
fraternities such as Delta Sigma and
Alpha Delta Phi to Baxter House,
Coles Tower and Brunswick
Apartments.
During their stay in the United
States, this group spent time in New
York City (which many of them
found to be unpleasant) and Boston.
They also enjoyed a weekend in
Quebec City, touring the city by day
and the dance clubs by night. They
have visited Camden and gone
shopping in Portland and Fr eepor t,
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1
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1992
Bowdoin students join design
team for new Campus Center
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
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Providing students in
architecture with a solid application
to their studies, Art 290:
Architectural Design II will focus
upon the design of the Bo wdoin's
proposed Campus Center in Hyde
Cage.
As the Administration put forth
last spring, Hyde Cage, now a
spacious barn with a dirt floor, may
grow into a central gathering
ground for students, with lounge
space, a pub and cafe, a d a nee floo r
adjacent to the pub, mailboxes and
a post office, a bookstore, and a
game room. These additions will
extend into sections of Curtis Pool
and Sargent Gym.
'Tvebeen trying to think of ways
to make architecture courses more
relevant to real life," says Chris
Class, the professor offering the
course.
Attending classes in Hyde Cage
itself, the 12 students currently
enrolled will be ''both tracking the
design and, in many ways, taking
part in it," according to Mark
Wethli, professor of art and
Chairman of the Committee to
renovate Hyde Cage. 'Thiscourse's
specific topic is the design of the
Campus Center."
The students will trail the
Administration's selection process
of an architect. They will view
videotapes of interviews with
architects conducted this summer,
assess! ng each proposal about how
the new Center should turn out.
Further, although the architect
selected has not finalized an
agreement with the College,
students will work with this
architect and help define ideas of
the student body.
On October 25, the Governing
Boards will convene and consider
the architect's proposal for the
Campus Center. Student s will have
contributed to theeffort. After this
meeting, trans of students will
choose an individual aspect of the
design and work on it for the
remainder of the semester. Plans
are still soft, as this project is real
and is not cast in stoneor a textbook
"Once we know the architect, it
should be interesting seeing how
everything develops and comes
together. We must serve asa liaison
between the College and the
architect," said Dylan Miyake, a
student enrolled in the course.
There is a lot of student
participation on the Committee/'
says Dean of the College, James
Ward, a member of the Committee.
This is really exciting, with some
neat ideas floating around."
Last spring, the Committee
geared up and began planning this
project, asking students about what
they want and building a budget
plan. Construction is now
scheduled to begin in May 1993;
the new center will probably open
in March 1994. The estimated cost
is $3-4 million.
Gibson's people discuss filming options with Physical Plant and Security. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Bowdoin braces for arrival of Mel
Decision '92
Rocking the Maine Vote
By Nick Jacobs
With the elections a little over a month away, registering to vote is
growing more relevant.
Unlike many other states, registering in Maine is very simple. All
one needs to d o is walk down Federal Street to the Brunswick Municipal
Building from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, go to the Town Clerk's office and
pick up a voter registration form. One can fill it out on the spot or take
it home and send it back. For those who are short on time, it is
important to keep in mind that one can register to vote in Maine up to
the two days before the election. In addition, people can also register
to vote on election day.
Maine even has Motor Voter. What this means is that when one gets
a driver's license in the state of Maine, one can register to vote on the
spot. Forthose wishing todothat, the nearest Bureau of Motor Vehicles
is in the Topsham Fair Mall.
A word of caution is in order, however, about registering in Maine.
When you do this, you become a legal resident of the stateof Maine. For
anyone who is on a scholarship which is unique to his or her home
state, one will need to register back home and request an absentee
ballot.
If you wish to remain a resident of your home state and want to
request an absentee ballot, Rock the Vote has established a toll-free
number that you can call to get information on how to register. The
..number is 1-800-%2-VOTE.
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Bordeaux cont'd.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)
where the Nike and Polo outlets
enjoyed the effects of a weak U. S.
dollar. At Bowdoin, the students
attended classes, visited the art
museum, went swimming, played
tennis and were introduced to social
and fraternity life.
All the French students and
professors came away with a very
positive and enthusiastic view of
the United States and of Bowdoin
College. According toClaude Vilain,
"everything in the United States is
bigger than in France , and,
everybody that we met was very
friendly." For professor Francoise
Lafon, "If I were to re-live my life, I
would like to have been a student
here at Bowdoin." According to
Professor Sophie Bellegarde, "Here
at Bowdoin, there is a very good
balance between sports and
academics. One has everything here
to succeed."
By Josephine White
orient asst. news editor
Preparations for the filming of
the latest Mel Gibson flick, "Man
Without a Face," are under way.
The actor and his team will be
making an appearance on the
Bowdoin campus on Friday,
September 25, and will remain until
September 28.
The film itself takes place in a
private military setting. The film is
set in the years 1968-1972, thereby
covering the academic life-span of
a student at the institution. The
campus is said to have been chosen
for filming because of the buildings'
reminiscent appeal.
The shooting of particular scenes
will begin on the morning of Sept.
25. The first scene will take place
from approximately 10:00 a.m. to
1.-00 p.m. in room 109 of Sills Hall.
The following scene will take place
in Hubbard Hall, during the
afternoon. The first floor of
Hubbard Hall will be the primary
setting for shootings in that
building. The first floor will be
depicted as the location where Mel
Gibson's character picks up his mail.
The second floor of Hubbard Hall
will also be used as a conference
hall in the film.
A cast of one hundred people are
expected to be present for filming
on Friday. Monday will bring a cast
of 1,000, to appear at the Whittier
football field. This particular scene
will be focused on a dream the
student has. Students selected as
extras will be utilized in the shooting
of the dream scene.
Whittier field will also be the site
of the student's graduation.
On Tuesday, a classroom in Sills
Hall will once more be used as the
site of a shooting at 1 0:00 a.m.
Lastly, Wednesday will usher in
a clean-up crew to dislodge the tinsel
from the very small town of
Brunswick. The filming crew will
clean and restore classrooms and
other sites used in shooting.
While the Physical Plant will be
providing mild supervision, the film
crew will assume primary
responsibility for its own power and
electrical needs. Because the College
is not providing any power to the
production crew of the cast, they
will come with their own power
generators. The filming crew will
also come equipped with dressing
rooms.
In terms of complications and
disruptions to the campus
community, locating parking spaces
will be more difficult. A parking
ban will go into effect on Thursday
evening from 8:00 p.m . to 1 2:30 a.m.
The parking lot and entrance to the
Physical Plant will be blocked off.
The north campus driveway, half of
south campus drive, and half of the
parking lots behind Cleveland Hall
and Sills Hall will be cleared on
Thursday, September 24. Due to
the unusual circumstances, security
personnel will be lenient in issuing
tickets. The filming crew has
requested these drives for shooting
purposes. Most of the vacant lots
will be refilled with cars reminiscent
of the 1960s and 1970s.
Bowdoin Security personnel will
be working closely with the film
crew. Although the shooting of
campus scenes will last only three
days, Locations Coordinator, Liz
Pierson, is working to anticipate
possible disruptions to the campus
body. The film crew will be
responsible for making decisions
regarding problems involving
Security. Although Security will
be running on an extended schedule
in anticipation of problems
involving crowd control, their exact
role in the actual filming process is
yet unclear.
Jewish experience cont'd.
(CONTINUED FROM PACE 1)
who may not be devout, Oy
proclaims that BJO is "not religious
in the religious sense."
Lisa Max '95 finds that it is easier
for Jewish students to conform here
than other minorities, whose skin
cotor or features make them easily
identifiable. She also points out that
many Jewish stereotypes simply
don't hold. "You can't be Jewish,"
she hears often, "you don't have a
big nose."
Other students find it difficult to
maintain their identity in an
environment where it is not easy to
practice the religion. There is no
synagogue here, and kosher food is
not served, although one student
points out that "food servkeis really
fantastic with Passover — very
accommodating. 41 '
In the past. Max has not been very
devout, and is not currently
involved in the BJO. She says that
her parents never encouraged her
to be religious. "I feel I should be
part [of BJO], but last year 1 felt
intimidated, because I never had
Hebrew school, was never
Mitzvahed, and generally know
\ery little about my background.*
Furthermore, Max doesn't feel
very affected by being Jewish here,
and has no particular bond with
other Jewish students. "Thefactthat
I'm Jewish doesn't bother people,
and it doesn't bother me— I don't
know that if people knew that I'm
Jewish they'd view me differently."
She does feel it important to leant
more about her heritage.
Susan Tananbaum, a history
professor with a joint Ph.D. in British
history and Jewish studies, saysthat
her involvement with the Jewish
community here has enriched her
life, despite the limited resources
available at Bowdoin and a
"relatively small identifying
community." The history
department, she says, has been
"extremely supportive" of her
teaching Jewish history courses and
in recognizing Jewish history as a
valid field of study.
Currently, Bowdoin has air
endowed lectureship in an area of
Jewish interest every year, and plans
are being made for a self-designed
major in Jewish studies, for which
Tananbaum will be the faculty
advisor.
Marilyn Reizbaum, an English
professor, believes that the support
from the history department
indicates the "beginning of a
change* at Bowdoin, where course
offerings have in the past reflected
the low proportion of professors
who are women or minorities. As
advisor to the BJO for the past three
years, she says she is constantly
aware of the "double bind" placed
on Jewish students here: they are
encouraged to have a community
identity, but struggle not to be
stereotyped.
Obviously, Jewish students
leaving Bowdoin will all feel quite
differently at the end of their four
years here But if Ben Cohen's view
is any indicator, ocipg part of a
small minority he: s is bound to be a
significant experience.
When asked what he will bring
away when he graduates, Cohen
answered, "pride in both a
community of Jews, a Zionist state
that supports Jews all over the
world, and a reaffirmed belief in
Jewish solidarity."
^
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1992
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ELECTION '92: Absentee ballots
ItiswellpastLaborDay again. I speak, of course, about Throughout the fall, the Orient matter much, however, if they are
and so that beloved season election season, especially will try to keep you informed about not registered to vote. This is the
in American life has important this year because of the important elections around the first in a two-part series on how to
officially begun once Presidential race. nation. Informed indrvidualsdo not vote in your home state.
ALABAMA: Can
(205) 242-7210 for
information. Ballot must
be requested at least
five days before
election.
ALASKA: Request
your absentee ballot by
calling (907)4654611.
Ballot should be sent
back to Alaska by Oct.
3. You can register to
vote by mail.
ARIZONA: You
can register to vote by
mail through Oct. 5.
Absentee ballots can be
requested through the
Friday before Nov. 3.
call (602) 542-8683.
ARKANSAS:
Contact your County
Clerk's Office at least 15
days before the
election to request a
ballot. Call (501) 682-
6030 for information.
CALIFORNIA:
Call your County
Clerk's Office at least
seven days before the eclection
for a ballot. Call (800) 345-
VOTE, en espanol (800) 232-
VOTA.
COLORADO: Request a
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Clerk. Call (303) 894-2680 for
information.
CONNECTICUT: You
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D.C.: You can register to vote
by mail before Oct. 4. Write to
the Bd. of Elections at least 7 -*
days before Nov. 3 for an
absentee ballot. Call (202) 727-
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an affidavit for absentee ballot
by mail up to 10 days before the
election. Call (904) 488-7690.
GEORGIA: Request an
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Bd. of Registrars at least 5 days
before Nov. 3. Call Your County
Bd. or (404) 656-2871.
HAWAII: You can register to
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Request an absentee ballot from
your County or City Clerk at
least 7 days before Nov. 3. Call
(808)453-8683.
IDAHO: Call your County
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absentee ballot.
ILLINOIS: Call your County
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3 for an absentee ballot. Call (217)
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INDIANA: You can register
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do this or an absentee ballot call
your County Election Bd. or (317)
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IOWA: You can register by
mail. Request an absentee ballot
at least 2 weeks before the
November 3 election. Call (515)
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KANSAS: You can register
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Call the same folks for an
absentee: (913) 296-2236.
KENTUCKY: You can
register to vote by mail before
Oct 6. For an absentee ballot, call
(502) 564-7100 or your County
Clerk at least 7 days before
election day.
LOUISIANA: For an
absentee ballot write to your
Parish Registrar at least 4 days
before the election. For
information: (504) 342-4966.
MAINE: You can register to
vote by mail with your local Bd.
of Elections before Oct. 28. Call
your Town Clerk for an absentee
ballot. Call 289-4186 for
information. In Brunswick, call
725-6658.
MARYLAND: Request an
absentee ballot at least 7 days
before Nov. 3 in writing from
your local Bd. of Elections. Call
(410)974-3711.
by Michael F. Golden
L&itorAn-Ckief
PART OS E IX A
SERIES OF TWO
MASSACHUSETTS:
Request an absentee
ballot by mail or by
calling your town clerk
at least 2 weeks before
Nov. 3. For more
information: (617) 727-
2828.
MICHIGAN:
Request an absentee
ballot from your City or
Town Clerk no later
than the Saturday
before Nov. 3 in
writing. Information:
(517)373-2540.
MINNESOTA:
You can register to vote
by mail before Oct. 13.
To do this or an
absentee ballot write to
your County Auditor or
Municipal Clerk. Call
(612)296-2805.
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can register or get an
absentee by writing or
calling your local
Circuit Court Clerk's
Office. Call (601) 359-
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
Arts & Leisure
'Blonde bombshells' explode
by Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
"Blonde Bombshell." These two
words are foreign to Bowdoin's PC
vernacular yet were heard all over
campus during last Friday's casting
call for the upcoming Mel Gibson
movie.
Although "(The administration]
was really guided to have a movie
filmed on campus by the students,"
said Scott Hood of College Relations,
approximately forty blonde female
Bowdoin students expressed
discontent and frustration over the
selection process of extras. These
women showed up to fill the roles
of "fantasy girls/cheerleaders" in
the main character's dreams. Many
of the women who went out for this
position in the movie felt extremely
degraded by the selection process.
Said a participant who wished to
remain anonymous, "We were all
really nervous." The movie crew
had the women start off sitting on
the bleachers set up in Sargent Gym .
Of the forty blondes, three women
were chosen immediately and asked
to stand away to the side. Those
remaining were then told to stand
in a circle while representatives of
the movie crew, from Mid-Maine
Models & Talent, walked around.
Said another anonymous blonde
participant, "They looked (you) up
and down, while making critical
comments about your body."
Of the participants surveyed, both
chosen and rejected would-be
actresses felt the selection process
'A
'Cattle Call' in Brunswick for "Man
Mansour.
to be awkward. Most were
embarrassed to be lined up in front
of everyone. One woman said, "I
couldn't believe I was there — I was
treated like a piece of meat."
The model agency would pick
blondes out, "judging her," said
another woman, "on the blond ness
of her hair, the dimensions of her
body, and the structure of her face."
"It was so silly!" said one blonde
woman, "It seemed like a cow
auction — I felt I was compromising
my own values. You kind of put
yourself up for sale."
Another woman felt "really
uncomfortable," and said, "Why did
I even bother?"
One woman summed up the
majority opinion: "It was extremely
embarrassing to walk in and then
get shafted."
In comparison to those rejected,
the blonde women chosen to be in
Without a Facer'Photo by Mike
the film generally felt less outraged
by the selection process. Said one
blonde woman, now commonly
referred to as a 'bombshell', "The
selection process doesn't bother me
at all."
Another 'bombshell' said, "It
wasn't rude at all. You don't know
what they're looking for, so you
shouldn't take it personally."
Few others felt the same way.
Said Hood of the selection process,
"No one was forced to come to try
out. The film company has a job to
do — we gave them permission to
do that." He continued, "We had no
control over how they conducted
the audition."
He wished to clarify that "the
casting part of the movie making
business is in essence exclusionary."
Mid-Maine Models & Talent was
unavailable for comment.
Arts & Leisure
Calendar
Friday, September 18
7:30 p.m. Introductory slide lecture by David P. Becker '70,
guest curator for Vinalhaven at Bowdoin: One Press Multiple
Impressions. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
8:00-1 0:00p.m. Ex hibi ti on Preview ofVinalhaven at Bowdoin:
One Press Multiple Impressions. Walker Art Museum.
Films. M*A*S*H* and The Guns of the Navarone. Sponsored
by Bowdoin Film/Video Society.
Saturday, September 19
Film. Nas/ri;itf£. Sponsored by Bowdoin Film/Video Society.
Sunday, September 20
7:30 pjn. Gallery talk. "The Arts of the Samurai Sword:
Loans from a Private Collection." Dr. A. Z. Freeman,
professor of midiaeval history emeritus at the College of
William and Mary. Walker Art Museum.
2:00 p.m. Encounter '92: Latin American Film Festival
Fitzcarraldo. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center
3:00 p.m. Horn recital. Margery Landis, horn, and Elliot
Schwartz, piano. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Tuesday, September 22
7:30 p jn. The Choir of Trinity College. Richard Marlowe
directs world reknowned mixed choral group. The Chapel.
7:30 p.m. Slide talk. Yvonne Jacquette will make
presentation in conjunction with Vinalhaven at Bowdoin:
One Press Multiple Impressions. Beam Classroom, Visual
Arts Center.
Trinity College Choir sings its way to Bowdoin
by Bruce Speight
orient contributor
Bowdoin College will begin its
1992-93 Concert Serieson September
22 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance
by the internationally renowned
Choir of Trinity College, from
Cambridge University in England.
Trinity's choir is composed of
twenty-nine male and female choral
students, who will perform organ
Bowdoin community to take
advantage of this "once in a lifetime
experience since most people won't
be able to hear them in England."
The choir, however, is not only
renowned for its performances and
for its history but also for its director,
Richard Mario w.
Marlow as the Organist and
Director of Music at Trinity College
created Trinity's mixed choir in 1982
" when the College began to accept
female undergraduates. Trinity, the
thel95Cs when thistrad mortal choir
was replaced by a choir of
undergraduate tenors and basses.
Marlow then arrived and created
the mixed choir which will be
performing here.
After becoming an organ scholar
and a research fellow of Selwyn
College, Cambridge, Marlow began
to teach at Southampton University.
Since then, he has returned and
continues to be a fellow and director
It should be a real treat for the audience
and choral music of the 15th - 18th
centuries, including pieces by Bach,
Byrd, Gabrieli, Haydn, and Mozart.
This performance is part of a two
and a half week North American
tour during which the choir will
visit thirteen cities in eight states
and one Canadian province.
Barbara Whitepine, organizer of
the Concert Series at Bowdoin, said,
"It should be a real treat for the
audience." She encouraees the
largest of the two dozen colleges
that make up Cambridge
University, was established in 1546
by Henry VIII. Henry VIII also laid
the foundation for the Trinity
College Choir by setting up a choral
association with ten choristers, six
lay-clerks or adult singers, four
priests, an organist, and a
schoolmaster. This association
survived essentially unchanged for
well over three hundred years until
■<•■
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge. Photo courtesy of Philip
Truckenbrod Concert Artists.
lid
of music at Trinity and to serve on
the music faculty of Cambridge
University. Marlow performs on
harpsichord and organ, recording
and touring frequently as a soloist.
He has been active as an editor and
has contributed articles and reviews
to various scholarly journals and
books including the New Grove
Dictionary.
Whitepine believes that many
people will be drawn to the choir
performance by Mario w's fame
alone as a world renowned musician
and director.
The performance, which will be
in the Bowdoin College Chapel, is
open to the public and free for those
with Bowdoin College ID. For other
guests tickets are $10 per person
and $8 for senior citizens. Whitepine
advises that those who are interested
secure tickets early since there will
be limited seating available.
Having produced many
commercial recordings and having
released two or three albums
annually, the Choir of Trinity
College is well respected and widely
known. Whitepine said, "expect to
hear a grand performance.''
^™
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
Faces anxiously waiting for the man
Orient reporter recounts her experiences on the way to see Mel Gibson
By Katie Gilbert
orient contributor
First appeared in Portland Monthly
Magazine, September 1992
Exhausted would be the best
word to describe how I feel
lumbering into my car at seven in
the morning to begin my hour and
a half trek north on Route 1 from
Brunswick to Rockland for the new
Mel Gibson movie try-outs. Two
friends have called me at 6 a.m.
and 6:45 a.m. to inform me that
they were both too tired to make
the trip. "Too tired!" I think, "too
tired for Mel Gibson? Oh well," I
conclude. "I'm on my own."
Rumor has it that hundreds of
people will also be auditioning,
and I predict a lengthy wait, so I
am anxious to depart . As I near my
destination, I notice traffic
thickening and I grow more
excited. "Just what exactly am I in
for?" I ask my windshield wipers,
my cigarette lighter. 1 slide by a
sign for Route 90 to Rockport.
"Now is it Rockport or Rockland?"
I say, repeating the befuddlement
of thousands. I decide to stay on
Route 1 as I clearly recollect that a
friend has instructed me to take
Route 1A.
Once in Rockland, I predict the
line for the restroom at the audition
will beof Olympic proportions and
therefore decide to make a quick
stop at McDonald's.
Approximately one hundred
anxious people have similar
thoughts, and are also in line for
the bathroom. It is chaotic, people
dashing about, looking just as
nervous and curious as I feel. This
transcends the economic
slowdown the state has been
experiencing. In fact, I don't know
exactly what this is.
Finally Rockland High School
looms ominously in my
windscreen, seeming to rise from the
top of a long hill. "Hooray!" I think.
"The adventure begins.* My heart
begins to beat rapidly. The parking
lot has become a maze of cars tightly
parked together. Cars on the lawn,
cars double parked. "I'll never find a
spot," I convince myself. "What luck
is shining down on me today!" I think
a moment later as I pull into what
must be the only available spot left. I
exit my car feeling a bit frazzled,
searching for the entrance. I am
quickly stopped by an enormous
policeman and a woman. "Are you
parked in the parking lot?" they
demand, looking ready to handcuff
me. "Why, yes, I am," I reply. They
look surprised, even a little
disappointed . "Oh, okay," they reply
with the beginnings of a smile. "Then
go in the door around the corner to
your left." Now I am intrigued . "What
is going to happen when I walk in?"
My mind wanders into fantasy - a
spotlight, cheering people, and Mel
exclaiming, "Yes yes! That's the one!
The co-star I've been searching for all
my life!" I am laughing as I walk
down a dark corridor and quickly
adjust my eyes to a brightly lit gym
full of hundreds of hot and tired
people. "Where do I go?" I ask two
teenage kids working at the door.
"Do you have a number?" they ask
me suspiciously. "A number" I think
to myself. "Am I supposed to have a
number? Should I say I have a
number? Should I say I have a number
even though I don't? Will they refuse
to let me in if I don't? Wouldn't the
extraordinary prospect transcend
numbers?"
"No, I don't have a number" I
answer, slightly irritably at this point.
The girl promptly tells me to "go
stand behind the guy with the white
shirt and the muscles," I repeat,
scanning the room. "Aha. Found
him!" I quickly whisk over and
become a still life.
Unfortunately he is utterly baffled
about his position in line. "I'm not
standing here, " he gruffly mumbles
to his girlfriend and wanders off.
"What now? 1 wonder, as he has
been the beginning person in
forming a new line. I suddenly feel
very lost, and I too wandered off
and joined the end of the line ahead
of me. I begin to understand why
these auditions are called "cattle
calls." "Is this the line to get a
number?" I ask the man in front of-
me. "Yes" he replies. I am relieved,
and so are the other ten people who
have followed me, motion my only
significance, apparently thinking I
have a clue about what I am doing.
The waiting begins, and we wait,
and wait, and wait, about six and a
half hours by the end of the day. I
become pretty well acquainted with
my waiting mates during these six
and a half hours. John, a fifteen-year
old high school student from
Camden whose girlfriend
occasionally comes by the gym and
keeps him company; and Vicky, and
extremely energetic and enthusiastic
mother of two is awaiting the arrival
of her husband and two sons. She is
hoping that, in true von Trapp
fashion a family audition will be a
bonus, as the casters are always
looking for what was explained to
me as "natural families" of extras.
The three of us save each other's
places in line, chat and continuously
estimate how much longer we will
have to wait until our numbers are
called and we will be allowed to
pass through the door, out of the
gym, and into another room. What
exactly is past the door we are not
sure, but we are certain that once
you cross that barrier you are then
able to do something else besides
wait. Every twenty minutes or so,
like a single living thing, the crowd
leaps up from its sitting position on
the floor and shuffles about. We
finally figure out that we are all
actually in one line that curves up
and down the room. Once a group
of twenty is called in, we all move
forward, with John exclaiming,
"We're snaking, we're snaking!"
Vicky is concerned that once her
husband arrives with her two
children, he will demand they all
leave, disenchanted with the tedious
process. With a fairy godmother
smile she asks me to "tell him that
the line has been moving quickly
when he comes."
He arrives, exclaiming that this is
"the stupidest thing" he has ever
done, and soon leaves with their
two young boys. I seem a magnet
for children while waiting. One two-
year-old occasionally breaks loose
from hiar mother (though he is in a
harness) and continuously propels
himself toward me full speed in
chuckles of laughter. Vicky's two
sons are also intrigued with my
presence. As I sit on the floor they
wrestle playfully about, using my
body and skirt as a hurdle. They
also take an interest in my back
pack as they begin to delve into it,
but Vicky promptly stops them. I
have to admit the children were
entertaining during the long wait.
You're standing at the head of the
snake. You are given a sheet to fill
out. You are about to "go through
the door."
Some hopefuls are dressed in
costume (much of the movie takes
place circa 1968), each with his or
her own interpretation of the sixties
— spiked heals and black leather,
berets, vests and tie dye. Now these
mysterious sheets of paper. We fill
out standard information such as
name ahd address, and odd
questions too such as "Can you play
chess?" and "Do you know how to
ride a unicycle?" In front of
everybody we have to measure our
waists, hips, and busts. In case of
emergency Vicky just happens to
carry a tape measure in her purse.
There are no questions about the
Strassberg School. We are now
bewildered in the absolute. "I don't
have this, I can't do this," we say.
The waiting for this big shining
moment is exquisite, an heirloom.
Rooms follow, and then we meet a
man whose job seems to be turning
around and looking at us with a
"Shhhh!"
He must be closer to Mel. Standing
at the doorway like a Chinese dog at
the palace gate, he guard s us boh ind
his "Shhhh" for the next two hours.
We are now on stage. A boy who
looks about 12 whips open the
curtain and we file in. How has he
made it to the inner sanctum? W
sit in a half circle. They take our
questionnaires. Two women (of
course, no Mel Gibson in sight) begin
moving their eyes around the circle,
staring at people, whispering to each
other,and asking us questions about
what we have written down. What
do I mean by nearly being able to
ride a unicycle. Two other younger
women are furiously typing on
computers. Either they are eccentric
or they are entering our data.
"Which one are you? I am asked.
"I can't tell from your picture." We
are launched into an impromptu
exercise, pretending we a re at a
picnic. We fall into a picnic delirium,
thoroughly relaxed, enjoying
ourselves. I light up invisible
sparklers for my auditors. The two
women continue to whisper, write
things down, and then announce
we can "all go." They don't keep
from our group to read lines. I look
back and imagine I see the Hunter
Graccus tracing a star beside my
name.
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Masque & Gown does Woody Allen
By Bruce Speight
orient contributor
Masque and Gown, the Bowdoin
College acting company will begin
their season with the production of
A Night With Woody Allen. The script
was written by Lisa Brill '95. Brill
transformed short stories and
sketches by Woody Allen into a play
format.
There will be a central narrator
who will lead the audience through
his thoughts and philosophy on
topics such as life, death and God.
The other actors and actresses will
then perform skits that reflect the
thoughts of the narrator. Although
A Night With Woody Allen will
includemanyseparateshort scenes,
the entire performance will revolve
around a central theme; the
narrator's philosophy on various
topics.
Brill is also directing the play. She
has been given only two and a half
weeks to assemble her cast and put
together the production. With this
enthusiastic cast, Brill is confident
that A Night With Woody Allen will
be "enjoyable and relaxing for
anybody and everybody at
Bowdoin." The cast features Brian
Dunphey '94 as the central narrator,
David Finitsis'95, Allyson Jones '95,
Students performing in Brill's A Night with Woody Allen.- Photo by tirin Sullivan.
Rachel Nagler '95, Marion Roach Any students who have questions be performing many more plays this
'95, George Russell '95, John Sarrouf about acting, directing, technical year. They will also be having their
'93, Bija Sass '95, Brian Sung '95, work, costume design or makeup annual one act play writing contest.
Erika White '95, and Trevor are encouraged to attend this It's not too late to become involved
Worchester '94. reception. Masque and Gown will in this year's activities.
Sharp Art
Samurai Sword* en display
in Walker Art Museum
By Nicole Ormon
orient contributor
"The Arts of the Samurai Sword:
Loans from a Private Collection'' is
being presented in the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art. On loan
from an anonymous donor, the
exhibit follows the samurai sword
and s word guard through its history
in Japan.
The samurai, the hereditary
military class, used such swords^as
both a weapon and as a symbol.
With the sword, the samurai
employed the tsuba, or sword guard
which served as a weight against
the blade and as protection from the
enemy. Usually made from iron,
the tsuba developed from simplistic
into the decorative during the
peaceful Tokugawa Shogunate in
the seventeenth century.
The grace of the blades began to
diminish during the late fifteenth
and early sixteenth centuries, as well
as the quality of the blades
produced. The swordsmiths were
not able to fulfil the demand for
custom-made blades. Eventually the
swords became decorative and no
longer utilitarian when warfare
decreased. In 1876, by Imperial
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The world's a game in Sargent Gymnasium
Bowdoin students participate in full contact international relations game
By Suzanne Renaud
orient contributor
Often times students and
educators on the Bowdoin
campus feel isolated from
national, and even regional news
and issues, even if the evening
news complements dinner at the
Moulton Union. The Dean of
Students Office, Residential Life,
Student Union Committee, and
the Events Office attempted to
change that — a World Game
Workshop was held in Sargent
Gym on Thursday, September 1 7,
in an attempt tobringglobal issues
to all students on the Bowdoin
campus.
The World Game Workshop
took place on a large map of the
Earth, called the "game board."
Participants began by crawling
on the Fullerton projection map
— called the largest, most accurate
map ever made — in search of
designated geographical areas.
The objective was to determine
the needs of particular areas of
the world and the best way to
improve and maintain quality
without a negative impact.
Approximately 30 people from
the college and community
participated in the event. Generally,
the game is played with a minimum
of 1 00 people, yet the objectives were
understood despite the small
number.
Problems of an international
nature were discussed. The role of
international organizations such as
the United Nations was examined,
as well as the result of the interaction
of nations in regards to world peace,
hunger, and environmental sanctity.
The implications became clear.
According to Mark Rapo '94, "The
world's a very delicate place and
there's a great danger of
destroying it. But we have hope
in making a difference if we make
ourselves aware."
Joan Fortin, Area Coordinator,
was disappointed with the small
turnout. Still, the program was
viewed as a very positive
experience for all the participants,
who enjoyed the educational
nature and informative aspects
of the evening.
Mexican photogravures on
show in Walker Art Museum
By Nicole Ormon
orient contributor
Currently showing at the Walker
Art Museum is the "Mexican
Portfolio." This is a series of
photogravures, as opposed to
photographs, taken by Paul Strand,
film-maker and photographer. This
exhibit, supervised by Strand, are
ink on paper "photographs" made
from plates similar to etchings.
Identical prints, as sharp as the
originals, can be made from the
plates.
A demanding artist, both
personally and technically, Strand
founded Frontier Films with Leo
Hurwitz. Said Hurwitz of Strand
from the foreword of Photographs
of Mexico, "He has given us
photographs that live and grow, that
will take on new beauty and
meaning for people as long as his
prints and these superb
reproductions are seen." During the
1930's and 1940's, as chief of
Photography and Cinematography,
and Secretariat of Education in
Mexico City, Strand concentrated
only on film-making. During this
time he took few still pictures, the
majority of which are on display in
the Museum.
In order to take "stills" such as
"Men of Santa Anna, Michoacan"
and "Women, Patzcuaro," Strand
used a prism lens, where the people
were unaware that they were being
photographed. Country people or
religious icons, and a number of
landscapes were the subjects of the
portfolio.
Strand, said Associate Professor
John McKee, was dedicated to
"social concerns... the richness of
human experience among all
peoples. He revealed the strength
of character of people." Students in
McKee's Art 280 Photography II
class are viewing the pictures for
their first writing assignment. Each
student must spend half an hour in
the exhibit, dedicating fifteen
minutes to one picture.
The complete set of twenty
photogravures was donated to the
Museum's permanent collection by
Jere Abbott. It will remain on show
through October 1 1 . Museum hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10a.m.-5p.m.,
and Sunday, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Joey's coming to Bowdoin! ! !
Joey Vega will be at Bowdoin Friday Night.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Solomon Speaker's Bureau.
By Lesley Thomas
orient contributor
The Latin American Student
Organization (LASO) and the
Student Union Committee (SUQ are
sponsoring Latino comedian Joey
Vega's trip to Bowdoin. They hope
it will yield a high turn-out. Juan
Bonilla '95, LASOco- president, said,
"We are very excited because Vega
is highly recommended."
Rearranging its campus wide
activities schedule, LASO is
concentrating more on providing
entertainment than lectures. Bonilla
said, "We're very proud to have
him at Bowdoin. This is one of the
first New England colleges he's been
to, so hopefully he'll be a big
success."
Vega is one of New York's top
comedians and has starred in such
prominent films as "Punchline,"
'Turk 182" and "Ryder P.I." He has
also worked with Eddie Murphy,
Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay.
Vega appeared in many comedy TV
shows such as: "Comic Strip Live,"
"Comedy Tonight" and "Rascal's
Comedy Hour" as well as hosting
his own show on the Fox network
— "The Latin Connection."
Vega appears regularly at many
comedy clubs in New York City
and headlines at clubs throughout
the United States and Canada. He is
presently working on a half-hour
comedy special, which he will write,
direct and star in. He had performed
at such universities as Yale, Rutgers,
University of Maryland
and American Universitv. LASO
and the SUC are proud to add
Bowdoin to his list of performances
and hopes that everyone will enjoy
the show.
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exceeding safety levels."
Dave Barbour, Director of the
Physical Plant, said, "those [wells)
are tested very regularly and the
Water District keeps a very close
eye on this."
L' Abbe, is quick to point out that
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producer of such troublesome
landfills. During the 1940s, 50s, and
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were permitted to carry the swords,
ending the legacy of great sword-
making.
Displayed in the Halford Gallery,
the fifteen swords, twenty-one
tsuba, and various scabbards were
installed under direction of Dr. A.
Z. Freeman, professor emeritus at
The College of William and Mary.
Freeman will be holding a gallery
talk on Sunday, September 20 at
2:00 p.m. The exhibit will remain
through October 4. For more
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Bowdoin's hypocritical "whoring"
Last Friday, many Bowdoin women eagerly
tried out for one of the blonde "bombshell"
roles in the upcoming Mel Gibson movie to be
filmed at Bowdoin, and subjected themselves
to a degrading process in which they were
selected or discriminated against solely on the
basis of their appearance.
The instigators of this discrimination were
the film's casting directors, and their actions
were not surprising. After all, they want the
film to appeal to the basest instincts of the
American audience, and a social conscience
would only inhibit this goal and reduce their
profit margin. While their behavior may be
morally reprehensible, the casting directors are
not claiming to be concerned about such issues
as discrimination on the basis of appearance or
the proliferation of eating disorders among
students.
What is shocking and hypocritical, however,
is that Bowdoin's supposedly enlightened
administration aided and abetted the
entertainment industry by permitting the
casting directors to use College facilities for
their selections.
By doing so, the Bowdoin administration
indirectly sanctioned the American obsession
with stereotypical physical "perfection" which
is responsible for the great number of people,
among them a disproportionate number of
Bowdoin students, who suffer from eating
disorders. It seems that the Bowdoin
administration gave little or no thought to the
deeper ramifications of what they were
permitting on campus.
While the administration urges students to
adopt open-minded, accepting attitudes and
healthy lifestyles, they deliver an entirely
different message by condoning the
recruitment of blonde "bombshells" on
campus. To use College facilities for this
purpose is contrary to the social message
Bowdoin should be conveying. It is
hypocritical for the College to ban
discrimintion on the basis of race, sex or
sexual orientation, retain a counselor
specializing in eating disorders, and to train
residential life staff in dealing with students
suffering from these disorders, only to sell
these ideals out to the entertainment industry.
This is even more appalling, considering the
well-known, ubiquitous influence
Hollywood has in perpetuating such a
harmful ideal as the "perfect body" for
everyone who has access to television,
magazines, or movie theaters.
We have no illusions about what the
administration can do to change society's
view of what is attractive. Obviously, if the
College had not allowed the casting directors
to recruit on campus, they would have
acquired their ''bombshells" somewhere else.
The movie would have still been produced
and the same social message would have
been conveyed despite any administrative
action (or lack thereof).
But that is not our point. What we find
disturbing is that, by sanctioning such
activities, Bowdoin takes part in perpetuating
the hurtful and discriminatory standards
which the College professes to oppose.
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Voting is the real problem
By Nick Jacobs
In his editorial last week, Justin Ziegler paraded out for us
an all too often heard, yet seldom acted upon, election year
gripe. I don't wish to demean his point in any way, but the
problem in Mr. Ziegler' s wish for a more perfect u nion through
greater issue awareness is old. It's been heard before. And
frankly, it's not terribly relevant
The sad fact of the matter is that the American electorate
does not care about the issues. They care about sensationalism.
That is why the story of Bill Clinton's alleged affair with a
former Miss Arkansas, which appeared in one of the
supermarket tabloids, got so much attention from the rest of
(and more reputable) journalistic community. When you
In a year when so much attention has been paid
to our so called 'twentysomething' generation, the
one idea that has become blatantly obvious is that
we don't feel we are listened to, so we don't vote.
have covers of the New York Post examining George Bush's
marital fidelity, and People magazine portraying the entire
Clinton family on its cover the week of the Democratic
Convention, one has to admit that issues are not the problem.
This is not to say, however, that the press is to blame. The
American press corps is simply giving the American public
what they want, and that is smut. If they were actually
interested in the issues, the Sunday morning round table of
wise men shows would be far more avidly watched.
When it comes down to it, people usually vote with t heir
checkbooks. To dredge tip a question that President Reagan
once asked, "Are you better off now than you were four years
ago?" There is a certain wisdom to that question, and with it,
all the other issues seem to fly out the window.
But the real problem this election year is not that people are
ignoring the issues. The problem is that people don't seem to
care enough to vote.
It is every citizen's Constitutional responsibility to cast a
vote for the Presidency of the United States. In the 1988
election, less that 40% of the electorate voted. That is pathetic.
In a year when so much attention has been paid to our so
called twentysomething' generation, the one idea that has
become blatantly obvious is that we don't feel like we are
listened to, so we don't vote. But how can we expect to have
anyone pay attention to us if we don't care enough to exercise
our voice and vote?
Mr. Ziegler is rather quick to mock the efforts of
organizations like Rock the Vote, and the like. But what he
does not realize is that Rock the Vote has, along with MTV
done a tremendous amount of work to educate people so that
they can vote, and vote responsibly.
It is very easy for Mr. Ziegler, as well as the rest of us, to sit
on our elevated and educated high ground and cast the
accusatory finger at the American electorate, but even as
smart, aware and informed as weconsiderourselves to be, the
vast majority of us probably won't even bother to vote,
regardless of the issues.
Looking Starboard
By Craig Cheslog
Filing through the desk drawers of a conservative mind on indoctrinate the incoming freshmen class. But, this year,
a warm September evening: with the Christopher Columbus Follies: An Eco-Cabaret, a new
1. There have been reports that the readers of this column low in Political Correctness was reached. This writerhappens
(all three) went into a state of panic last Friday when they to be thankful that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean
noticed that the last line of Looking Starboard was sent into blue in 1492, because the voyage began a series of events that
eternal oblivion by some tired Bowdoin Orient editor. The final led to the formation of a country that his great-grandparents
sentenceof last week'scolumn should have read, "Mean while, decided to move to in order to escape the tyranny of Adolph
the administration will continue to make policy without any Hitler. The College may continue to judge Columbus based
effective student input." Such a copy editing mistake is on the radical left-wing values of a tiny minority, because
understandable, especially since this writer realizes that the
editors were undoubtedly too busy with the Quayle Quotes of
the Week feature to check and make sure that all of this column
appeared.
this writer has faith that reason will prevail in the end.
5. Yes, Dean of the College James Ward is a nice person,
and he will doa terrific job during what will undoubtedly be
a tumultuous year. But, if the student body had been more
2. Those readers who have read this much of the paper have organized during the tenure of the gone-but-never-to-be-
undoubtedly learned about the anger of some of those forgotten Jane Jervis, many of the policies Ward must
"blondes" who were turned away during auditions for Mel implement would never have been enacted . This is why this
Gibson's movie. It is always ^ ^— ^^m^i^^m^—i^^^i^^ ^ columnist called for a new
disappointing when a movie After all, if a draft-dodging scholar can make student government system
casting company does not deem ,«,.„.' r „ ,. ? A . „ last week, and it is why he
onegoodorattracHveenoughto 1 *'^ William F. Buckley, Jr. terms the "most once again calls for a
appear in a movie, but it is grating grammatical mistake in the language," popularly elected president
important to remember that nojj epublicans should also be allowed the occasional of the student bod y- u is
one forced these 'blondes to . September 18, and the
audition. Nowreally, just because wrW " tlSCUe. students still do not have
some "blonde" did not get ^SSS^SSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSESmm^ an elected student
selected by Mel, the rest of the campus is supposed to make government in place.
some big political or social issue out of it? What did they 6. Memo to Brian Farnham, one of the editors in chief of
expect? They were auditioning for a dream sequence, for the Orient. Last week in your open letter to First Year
goodness sake! Did the "blondes" think the movie people students, you wrote: "This year marks the first year that
wanted 25 blondes for a dream sequence that was not going to there are no former 'freshmen' on campus, only former first-
have anything to do with the physical appearance of the years." A swing and a miss. All of the members of the Class
blondes in thedream? Are they that naive, or arethecomplaints of 1993 were freshmen when we matriculated in August,
sour grapes? 1 989, so there are still a whole bunch of former freshmen on
3. A new feature: the Slick Willie quote of the week. Since campus. Additionally, a sizable group of the Classes of 1994,
our editors have decided to take it upon themselves to ridicule 1 995, and 1 9% consider themselves freshmen, despite the
the Vice President, it falls to the Looking Starboard brigade to
point out the slips and failures of the Failed Governor of a
Small State himself. To quote, in entirety, Governor Clinton
from the front page of The New York Times, "If you're sick and
tired of the way it's been going, if you want tne American
people in control again, if you believe your country is still the
greatest country in the world, if you think we can compete and
1990 edict of Jane Jervis. Some people refuse to be
brainwashed.
7. This writer knows that it will be tough for many of the
professors of this College to amtain themselves, but he is
still going to ask that the people, placed in a position ot trust
by the tuition-paying parents of the students that attend
Bowdoin, at least pretend to be impartial about the
win again, if you're tired of being heartbroken when you go presidential race in their lectures. Classes have only been in
home at night and you want a spring in your step and a song session for a few weeks, and already the stories of blatant
in your heart, you give Al Gore and I a chance to bring America campaign speeches for Clinton and Gore by members of the
back." Ah, excuse me...does the Governor mean Al Gore and faculty have been reported. It is taken forgranted that many
me? What is this, a simple slip of the tongue, a minor error on of the professors of this (and other) colleges are liberal, but
the campaign trail? This writer cannot help but think that if if a professor wants to be a campaign spokesperson, he or
Dan Quayle had muttered this grammatical no-no, a new she should join the campaign and leave the propaganda out
round of Quayle jokes would have been generated by the talk- of the classroom. If one feels so strongly in favor of the Failed
show writers. The point is that it is stupid and Governor of a Small State, reserve Kresge or Daggett some
counterproductive to focus on such trivialities. After all, if a evening.
draft-dodging scholar can make what William F. Buckley Jr. 8. Finally, it is time to wish good luck to Rush Limbaugh,
terms the "most grating grammatical mistake in the language," whose daily television show made its debut on Monday.
Republicans should also be allowed the occasional verbal Limbaugh, the most popular radio talk-show host since the
miscue. Then the press might actually start focusing on the beginning of the television age, is certainly worth listening
issues. to, especially after being subjected to some liberal tirade in
4. It was not so long ago that the College actually waited class by a professor,
until after classes had officially begun before attempting to
Views From The Couch: College Backs Degrading Meat Market!
"Skin's too dark." I'm a mind reader.
Professionally. So reading the minds of these
Hollywood types was easy. I had decided to
check out this "tryout" for movie extras. I
found out that the casting director wasn't just
looking for blonde women, but also minorities.
His gaze passed onto the next African-American. "Skin's
good, good body..." I saw his mind race furiously over the
possibilities. "You," he said out loud, pointing
at the man...
I walked over to the auditions for the blonde
women roles. "Face isn't pretty enough,"
thought this director, as she moved down the
line. "Bleached, flat chested, too fat.. ."she
thought as she discarded the next three women.
She stopped at a beautiful blonde and
smiled."Perfect blonde," her mind squealed.
"You," she said out loud.
I changed my focus for a minute and checked out what this
chosen woman was thinking. This is so degrading. I feel like
a piece of meat." I winced at the force of these thoughts, but
wondered at the smile on her face as an assistant took her
away from the rest of the group.
I checked out another blonde wanna-be's mind and recoiled
in shock. "1 just want to be in a movie. Oh, God, a movie with
Mel, my friends would kill to be in a movie. Oh, here she
comes, hope I look good. God, I'm nervous." righteous, and I'm not stupid. Hollywood is Hollywood.
Praying for a different reaction, I read the mind of a woman People being considered only on the basis of their outward
who had just walked away from the circle. "Screw this. I'm not appearances is the real world. Racism is the real world.
a piece of cattle. I deserve better treatment than this." I smiled. Sexism is the real world. Weightism is the real world.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned. Ethnocism is the real world. Money is the real world. Bowdoin
"Excuse me, are you here for the tryout for the Asian part?" is not the real world. Ah, you might think, finally, a point!
I looked down into the mind of some assistant director tool We live in an insulated world here, or at least as insulated
type. I read him. "Skin's a little too light, eyes are nicely as the College can make it. Now, I'm not trying to knock the
■■^■■^^^■^^■■■■^■^■■^^■■h College, but I have to admit that I notice just a
^^"■"■™""~~"~~^~™ little hypocrisy going on here.
We live in an insulated world here, Or at least as Ask yourself aquickquestion.lstheresexism
insulated as the College can make it Now, I'm not in *■")** Cit y ? ^ Pf°P le , mi ? h u l ar f e
. " X m m . j • that NbY. City isn't the real world either, but
trying to knock the College, but I have to admit bearwithme. Hey, all the power to the College
that I notice just a little hypocrisy going on here, for doing its best to make all the language used
____^^^_^^^____ around Bowdoin politically correct, but in the
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I real world does the common person use the
term "chairperson" or "chairman"? I read many of your
minds now screaming, "We can change that. By starting
here, we can influence everyone else so that they don't
offend anyone." Get a grip. How many of us honestly
believe that? I'm also not saying it's right to sit back and let
someone use abusive, sexist, or racist language.. .time out.
Back to my point.
This College tries to insulate its students from the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
stereotypical. .." I walked right by him and headed off towards
the quad.
I walked away and did some of that inward reflection stuff.
Degradation, open degradation meets Bowdoin College.
Hmmmm... wonder if Geraldo would be interested? "College
Backs Meat Market! Next on 'Now, It Can Be Told'..."
All right, enough messing around. Let's be totally serious.
I'm not a mind reader; the only "tryout" was for blonde
women, but there was a parade. I'm not naive, I'm not self-
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
Silverman and Doerr
With Jon Silverman and Tonv Doerr
fW*PW**M***PWPPWff|PPPP
Hello, Brunswick!
Let's pretend. Pretend your T.V. is busted, your roommates
are in Fort Lauderdale (but they still call their parents and tell
them classes are going great), it's Monday night and there's
nothing to drink, you hate everybody else (in the Milky
Way), and you have a dubious Orgo final at 6:00 AM on
Tuesday morning. You happen to catch a quick, but significant
and ever so choice and impressionableglanceat your Realistic
(who makes that. . . Radio Shack?) tuner with 84-preset
stations which are all already set to stations from home and
all need to be changed. So get out that 7-language instruction
manual and get ready to rock. We are going to, for no charge,
although it costs about $22 million to actually come to this
school, give a comprehensive review of the stations one can
pick upt in Brunswick. Bowdoin. . ball . . now.
87.5: On 875 through 88.0 you can receive the exact same
station. Way to go, Maine. By the way, all sue suck. It's all one
big soap opera which seems to combine "One Day At A
Time" with "Too dose For Comfort". Weak.
89.6: It's quality static up to this point, we have no problem
with static so give it a listen if you'd like. Good to fall asleep
to after five or six 64-doggers of Colt 45.
89.7: White noise blended ever so delicately with jazz. A bit
of Branford Marsalis meets the sound you hear when the
Playboy channel is blocked out at home on dad's 65-inch
Zenith rear projection job.
89.9: Opera. . . skip it. As you can see from the first four
entries, there is no station worth listening to for one second
under 90.0. 1 mean anywhere in the world. Actually, Jon, I
have to disagree. While just outside Nairobi in 1989, I
thoroughly enjoyed the Neil Young block I heard on 88.7.
Yeah, but Tony, that was in shillings.
90.1 : Whoops, same opera. . , still bites.
90.7: Homey don't play that.
91.1: WBOR: Equivalent to all social activities that the
school sponsors. . . we actually can't answer that. . . we've
never been to one If you want laughs, great talk, and want to
know that you are the only one listening to a radio station for
a 2-hour period, go for it.
92.3: Color Me Badd, oh, excuse us, CMB. PS. Jed saw them
in concert and we all know how stellar his taste in music is.
93.1: Not bad, but periodic lapses of John Cougar
Melloncamp Cougar Mellon John HI Jr. (How many times are
you going to change your name, pal?).
93.7: Sucks.
943: Quality elevator tunes. Muzak with accompaniment by
Lionel.
94A Jon knew the words to the songs they played/ but I
thought it was terrible. They would never play Bohemian
Rhapsody.
953: It's okay. . for Maine.
95.9> Deejay never shuts up about women's problems. We.
heard strange sound effects in the background.
96.3: Sounds like the Weather Channel to me.
96.7: If your name's Cooter and you cheer for the Duke boys
(even though they get a way every time) on theT.V,, this one's for
you. Erin White says, This is definitely the country station for
/all displaced Southerners. It/ s better than cheese grits 'n bacon
longside a big ol' slab o' ham and redeye gravy."
975: It's country, too. Mmmmm m m mmmm doggy!
97.9: Steve Winwood is righteous. (Yeah, O.K., Silverman.)
985: E.T. meets Miles Davis. Good to iron clothing to.
99.9: Too many nines.
100.3: Oh, my!! I heard some Allmans!! listen to this until you
get arrested.
100.9: Motown meets Club MTV. Both are bad, but two wrongs
do not make a right.
101 .9: Erin White: "A disconcerting mix of country classics and
country pop imposters. [My, my, big words.] But I tell ya', a good
long listen makes me wish I was on a beach shootin' a long arc of
chaw spit into the sunset ." Thank you, Erin .
102.5: The Red Sox. Smell the cellar, punks.
102.9: BLM. Does anybody play this at a sane volume? (Sweet
Emotion? That's classic rock?) We know you'll listen to it anyway,
but give that static a shot if it bores you.
1035: 1 can't type. . . I'm cuttin' too much rug.
105.1: Whoa, that was a close call with 1035. We almost
couldn't goon. Jake had to save us. Okay, 105. Aerosmith is light
rock to these guys.
106.3: Zoinks! Its in @#$%! Italian!
106.7: Acid.
107.1 : Four stations for the priceofone. Paula Abdul, Beethoven,
Garth Brooks, and a trace of Metallica.
107.3: Sounds of Silence with static backing up good ol' Paul.
107.5: Stork listens to it. Much dance tunes, but they throw in
some Paul and Art.
Hope this article squared you. If it didn't, or you just can't wait
for more, we're on assignment next week, baby.
Meat Market
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11)
real world. We try to use correct, non-offensive language.
We have L.A.S.O. and B.G.L.A.D. and many other such
organizations. The school is banning single-sex fraternities
and sororities because they are sexist and discriminatory.
If the grapevine is right, the school will push, in a few
years, open bidding at all co-ed fraternities, because now
they are elitist. Trying to cut do wn on all this is all good and
nice, but is it realistic?
Here's my problem. If the school is trying to emphasize
all these ideals, how can they allow the open degradation
of women in this movie tryout? To be honest ,1 didn't even
think about this until two women I know who tried out to
be extras, (one of them got a call back) told me about this
tryout . They were placed in a big lineor circle or something,
and the casting person eyed them up and down and picked
the "lucky" 25 out. Unfortunately, that's the way
/ heard that the try outs for the opening scene
were pretty cool Show up, and you 're an extra.
Why the meat parade?
Hollywood, and a lot of real life, is run. Some exposure to
this real degradation probably did some good to some
people. It probably woke some people up and made them
realize that life isn't always fair and courteous.
I'm all for the awareness-increasing groups on campus,
but I'm not pro some other things the College backs. So, I
guess, here's my question. It goes out to anyone who
knows anything about how things are run at this College.
Why create an insulated society and then allow something
like this to occur? All right, I lied, I have a few more
questions. If you have a valid reason for that, then why
subject students to the kind of discrimination shown at the
extras tryout? I bet that some really nice person thought
that it would be great to have Bowdoin students in the
movie. I heard that the tryouts for the opening scene were
pretty cool. Show up, and you're an extra. Why the meat
parade? Why the banning of single sex houses? I hear that
these scenes are being filmed on Rosh Hashanah. Would
theCollegeever allow filming on Easter? Why am I pushing
this so far, and sounding like an uptight noser? Don't
know. Maybe I don't agree with some of the College's
thoughts and creeds, and the movie tryout highlighted one
of my problems entirely too well.
to time Kdito
Ward: "Thanks for writing. . ."
To the Editor
Kenneth J. Ram pi no's letter in the September 11 Orient is
virtually identical to one he wrote me concerning single-sex
fraternity and sorority policy. Here is part of my reply.
September 9, 1992
Dear Mr. Rampino: Thank you for taking the time to write
your August 31, 1992 letter expressing your views about our
new fraternity policy. Institutions like Bowdoin always work
better when people who disagree are willing to talk with each
other.
In view of the fact that your son has only been at Bowdoin
one year, you may not be aware of the fact that the new
fraternity policy has been under discussion for some time, on
the campus as well as in the Governing Boards. In particular,
students were consulted, and their views were considered.
But ultimately, the Governing Boards have the responsibility
for making College policy, and last year the discussion had
moved into their committees and plenary sessions.
You may be correct that "single-sex institutions are socially
and culturally desirable and should be fostered as enriching
the varied fabric of our society. " However, Bowdoin has
chosen not to foster them here, now. We have taken no
position on the broader issue, and we have no desire to tell
others what they should do , but we have decided that single-
sex fraternities and sororities are fundamentally inconsistent
with our values and goals.
I hope this helps make our procedures and policies clearer.
Again, thanks for writing.
James E. Ward
Dean of the College
My experience at Bowdoin has shown that what we most lack
is concentration, discipline, and true intellectualism. It is a myth
that Bowdoin students study too much. I can't even count the
number of hours I have wasted sitting in classes that I couldn't
function in because I, or my classmates, decided to "bag it" and
come to class unprepared. We need more well-read, critical
thinkers at the College, not fewer.
Tony Pisani '93
I thank you warmly for your time.
Thomas Holbrook
Bowdoin Alumnus
Elites invade Bowdoin
Woody Allen morally bankrupt
Bowdoin needs intellectuals
To the Editor
Proctor/Camp Counselor Brian Sung is wrong in saying
that most Bowdoin students, and especially first-years, need
to learn to "bag it," "crack one open, and hit the sun," —
Brian's "key" to Bowdoin College.
To the Editor
I am depending on you to help new students at the College
adopt a high moral profile and achieve total societal assimilation
as soon as possible. It is only through public publications like the
Or^nt that people can be made to see what's really going on!!
To the point (or should I say the root?), I would like to express
my sense of outrage at the Masque and Gown organization for
staging this weekend a collection of works by Woody Allen.
Bowdoin has been slowly letting go of the conservative values
that have maintained it since its birth two centuries past, and
must we no w be subjected to so called Art by a man of such moral
bankruptcy as Mr. Allen?
I can only say that I am glad that the Masque and Gown is a
student organization, and in no way connected to the
Administration, or you can be sure that my Alumni donations
would cease immediately!! I do not dare to guess at the character
of those students now involved in Bowdoin Drama, but evidently
times have changed from when I was a student, when a person
could be sure that upon entering Memorial Hall, they would be
presented with an evening of Wholesome Entertainment.
Forgive me for going on for so long, but as a former student, I
feet 1 that the Alumni have a responsibility to treat the present
students as if they were our own children, and offer them the sort
of moral advice that we think all young people of today should
share.
To end, let me say that I will attend "An Evening with Woody
Allen" (even the title is suggestive!), but I will do so only to
confirm my own fears: that the body of work belonging to this
man shows signs of delinquency dating back to his earliest work,
so that even the single viewing of this weekend's show is a
possible danger to our students.
To the Editor
The arrival of Mel Gibson and his cohorts seems, to us,
to have cast a myopia over the vision of the College
community. In the midst of a breathless outrage over the
search for "blonde bombshells" among the student
population, the rising and plummeting trajectories of film
stars, directors, and producers, and the tens of millions of
dollars hanging suspended in the balance, a larger issue is
going quietly ignored — with troublesome implications
for, dare we say, everything that we as Americans hold
near and dear.
For the Hollywood Elite are among us.
Let all those who scoffed at the existence, and the
malevolence, of the Elite now hold their tongues. They
have only to drop by the Woodruff Room on any given
afternoon in the near future - or the Hubbard Hall - or the
rugby field — to find these pesky left-wing gremlins
industriously dismantling the foundations of our very
way of life. We do not care to prophesize what the future
may hold for those 25 bombshells sacrificed to the Elite's
designs — but at the same time, neither would we be
surprised to learn that in the weeks to come, they will
become veritable Patty Hearsts in the Elite's guerilla
campaign to overthrow this country's family values.
This siege upon the nuclear family represents, really,
just the fringe of the Hollywood Elite's larger design to
plunge America into moral darkness — a design so
transparent to all observing, that we need not define it
further here. Expel this tumor from the Bowdoin campus
before it is not 25 but 250 of our ranks that are active
participants in this move to cultural nihilism! Run Gibson
out of town on a rail - Bowdoin should never be a parasite
to the Elite's ill-gotten money and notoriety.
MikeTiska'93
MarkSchlegel'93
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1992
13
Student < >piiiion
(StudentSpeak \
1
Who will you support in the presidential election and why?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Background: As members of what some call the most
politically apathetic generation in United States history,
Bowdoin students and other 18 to 22-year-olds have a unique
chance this November to make themselves heard as never
before. Candidates, for the first time in recent history, are
courting the young vote. Paul Tsongas granted a rare interview
to the Bowdoin Orient last year, and Bill Clinton made an effort
to reach younger voters by appearing on the Arsenio Hall Show.
MTV is trying to stir the "twentysomething" generation up with
a "Rock the Vote" campaign. With the presidential election a
mere month and a half away, we asked students, "Are you
registered to vote? Who will you vote for in November? What do
you think the most important issues are in the presidential
campaign? What should the most important issues be?"
JOE FONTAINE '96
'Tehachapi, California
I support Bill Clinton because of his stance on the
environment. He supports preservation of old-growth forests
and further legislation preserving wilderness and endangered
species.
Education and foreign relations should be the key issues in
this election. I'm very bummed because I won't be 18 until a
week after the election.
AIRAMI BOGLE '95
Fairfield, Maine
HANS LAPPING '93
Lawrencevtlle, New Jersey
I think the most important issue is getting someone in office The most important issues are ed ucation, health care reform,
who doesn't speak in vague terms, and has a concrete, realistic and a balanced budget. Based on what I've heard so far, I'll be
plan. What 1 look for in a candidate is someone who goes to the voting for Bill Clinton. As far as I'm concerned, he can't do any
people, doesn't hide in his office, and doesn't cater to the worse than Bush. We should give him his chance to screw up,
business sector of America. too.
I think President Bush is standing on air at this point. His
basic platform has to do with his character, not any of America's
current problems. That's why I'm supporting Clinton.
MARK DERBY f 95
Peterborough, New Hampshire
ALLISON AYER '95
MlDDLEBURY, VERMONT
MIKE TISKA '93
Long Island, New York
Who do you trust to manage America's transition from a I'm going to vote for Clinton. Being a woman, one of the I'm probably going to vote for myself. Bush has sold out to
Cold War dominated, polar world to a multi-polar world most crucial issues for me is that Bill Clinton is pro-choice, and the bed-wetting liberals. I'm for the status-quo.
where economiic competition and free trade are more
important than politic?! ideology?
George Bush has proven himself in the international arena,
and the changes in which he has participated will help us in
the long term. "Slick Willy" and "Prince Albert" fall way short.
Bush is not. You want to know where this country went wrong? When
Choosing the lesser of two evils, I'd have to choose Clinton. George Washington refused to accept the crown . What would
fix America is a good monarch.
SH
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Write a letter to the editor of the Orient. Now.
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
SPOR
T^s RO
xss.c*^' s »So t
No.
Name
Pos.
Class
G
Blair-Smith, Caroline
G
'93
18
Cain, Jennifer A.
F
'93
14
Collins, Alicia M. »
M
'93
8
Comeau, Michelle S.
M
'94
16
Daversa, Aileen T.
M
'94
3
Doran, Sona E.
'96
11
Doughty, Katherine E.
'96
G
Gibson, Moya R.
'96
13
Gorton, Nancy M.
'96
23
Gould, Katherine R.
F
G
'94
'95
19
Iannotti, Elizabeth A.
'96
21
Leach, Patricia S.
'96
6
Lodding, Cynthia C
'96
15
Mackay, Heather L.
D
'94
4
McCarthy, Jean H.
'93
12
Perkins, Cortney J.
M
'95
24
Olson, TheklaK.
'96
22
Oswald, Lindsey
'96
7
Roy, Julie L. *
F
'93
21
Shean, Kerryn E.
'96
10
Shoemaker, Katherine A.
D
'95
20
Stewart, Elizabeth F.
M
'95
17
Thomas, Carol A.
F
'93
9
Wickenden, Caroline C.
F
'94
Head Coach: John Cullen
Assistant Coach: Ray Bicknell
s So
No. Name
20 Cory T.Crocker
26 Christopher D. Dayton
19 Joseph J. Di Marco
G Jan R. Flaska
18 Patrick J. Frend
G Daniel M. Harrington
9 Matthew N. Hayes
25 Craig C. Hopkins
4 Jonathan M. Jacobs
3 Bradbury D. Johnson
GK DavidJ.Kehas
21 Gregory J. Lennox *
11 Richard A. Maggiotto
23 Nathan McClennen
— James M. Miklus
8 Jeffrey K. Moore*
12 EricCMoriarity
1 6 Matthew R. Patterson *
15 David E. Rodriquez
22 Justin G. Schuetz
10 Bryan C. Thorp
— Ricard S. Toothaker
GK ToddW.Trapnell
24 Peter M. Van Dyke
17 JohnJ.VanDyken
— Aaron J. Wirsing
Pos.
F
B
F
G
B
G
B
B
M
M
G
M
F
M
B
M
M
F
M
B
M
F
G
B
M
M
Year
'94
'94
'95
'96
'94
'95
'95
'95
'96
'96
'96
'93
'96
'93
'96
'93
'94
'93
'94
'94
'95
'96
'95
'93
'96
'96
Head Coach: Timothy J. Gilbride
Name Year
Linda Berman '96
Kristen Card '96
Jennifer Champagne '96
Rachael Cleaves '95
Tricia Connell * '93
Elizabeth Dahm '94
Barbara Foster '96
Tori Garten '95
Eileen Hunt * '93
Laura Kunzelman '95
Darcie McElwee '95
Muffy Merrick '95
Alexandra Moore '96
Janet Mulcahy '96
Anathea Powell '95
Kelly Remington '96
Anthea Schmid '94
Darcy Storin '96
Ashley Wernher* '93
Head Coach: Peter Slovenski
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Warren M. Durbin '96
John T. Eng '95
Andrew E. Hartsig '95
David Humphrey '94
Andrew D. Kinley '93
Blaine C. Ma ley '96
Kenneth R. Rampino '95
Daniel N. Sacco '96
Philip M. Sanchez '96
Colin C. Tory '93
Cameron W. Wobus '95
David E. Wood '93
Andrew J. Yim » '93
Head Coach: Peter Slovenski
Name
Brockelman, Amy T.
Burke, Alison L.P.
Champion, Marti M. *
Claffey, Theresa M.
Curtis, Caroline K.
Klapper, Lisa A.
LeBlanc, Kristi L.
Lubin, Emily F.
Merino, Renata
ViUgas, Alison A. *
Vicinus, Julie W.
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'95
'94
'93
'95
'96
'96
'96
'95
'95
'93
'93
Head Coach: Daniel Hammond
No.
Name
Class
11
Aselton, Amy E.
'94
8
Birkmaier, Sherry E.
'96
3
Bogle, Airami C.
'95
9
Buchanan, Jane M.
'96
7
Burr, Kelly A.
'96
14
Carter, Jennifer B.
'96
4
^Haddock, Tiffany A.
'96
12
Harmon, Natalie T.
'96
13
Larsen, Laura E. *
'94
10
Lee, Eun Jin
'94
2
Schulenberg, Melissa A. *
'93
1
Shepard, Laurie J.
'95
Head Coach: Lynn Ruddy
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Name
Year
Position
Kelsey M. Albanese
'95
Half Back
Jennifer C. Baker
'95
Guard
Sasha Ballen
'96
Jennifer C. Bogue
'94
CB
Sarah R. Buchanan
'95
Back
Jennifer Ford
'93
Ann G. Frekko
'93
Robin W. Hunnewell
'94
Half Back
Christine C. Kane
'96
Jane J. Kim
'96
Emily R. Le Van
'95
Forward
Allison M. Mataya
'95
Half Back
Marguerite P. Mitchell
'95
Forward
Anne W. Mobley
'95
Forward
Elizabeth T. Morton
'95
Forward
Jene Blake Mules
'96
Trista E. North
'96
KristineJ.Rehm
*94
Forward
Kristi na S. Satter
'%
CathleenJ.Small
*95
Back
Rebecca S. Smith
'94
Forward
Amy F.Taylor
*96
Head Coach: Maureen Flaherty
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No. Name Pos. Class
48 Austin, William P. LB '96
24 Bacheller, Andrew D. WR '95
88 Beedy, Jonathan A. TE '95
66 Berlandi, Brian L. LB '93
57 Best, David B. LB '96
62 Boone, Myles D. OG '96
43 Boyle, Andrew DE '95
6 Brinkley, Steven P. DB '94
72 Butler, Christopher M. OG '94
16 Carenzo, James C. K '93
44 Casey, Peter J. * DE '93
35 Craft, Benjamin C. LB '96
65 Deckers Peter J. C/OT '94
37 DelPrete, Stephen P FB '95
40 Dolley, William M. RB '94
8 Dunn, Robert B. WR '95
84 Fecteau, Mark A. DT '95
15 Flaherty, Michael T. QB ^
58 Gawtry, Michael T. C '95
45 Gibbons, Jonathan F. TE '96
19 Good, Christopher A. QB '93
87 Hart, Daniel R. DT '95
85 Howe, Michael D. DE '96
69 Johnson, Timothy M. DT '95
31 Kahler, Michael R. - RB '94
5 Kanemantsu, Tohru WR '94
70 Kolojay, David T. OT '93
76 Lake, Jeremy R. DT '96
42 La Placa, Eric W. • . RB '93
54 Latham, Joshua E. C '96
56 Letellier, Kevin M. LB '95
68 Lipson, Daniel B. OG/DL '96
59 Lopoukhine, Matthew LB '94
47 Marolda, Matthew DA. FB '96
53 Marri,Anand OT '95
18 Martinez, Ramon M. QB '96
20 McCormick, Mark H. RB '96
29 McLaughlin, Ryan T. DB '94
26 Molinari, Anthony R. RB '96
64 Monaghan, Peter DB. LB *94
7 Muldoon, Thomas W.,Jr. WR '93
10 Mulholland, Robert D. DB '95
71 Munnelly, Kevin D. OT '94
82 Nye, Peter J. WR '94
13 Orenduff, Jess Jay WR '95
51 Osburn, William O. LB '94
89 Owen,BrynJ. DE '95
99 Owen, Nathan C. LB '93
25 Payne, David T.M. WR '96
14 Rand Adam S. DB '95
86 Ricard, Michael S. TE '93
74 Richards, Edward I. DT '94
60 Rogers, Christopher F. OG '93
52 Rose, Graham H. OG '95
32 Ryan, Patrick J. DB '96
30 Saban,LouisJ.,Jr FB '94
83 Schena, Anthony J. * DE '93
90 Scholes, Jonathan E. DT/DE '96
9 Seeley,ChristopheTA. WR '94
75 Silerman, Harold C, III OT '95
55 Sisk, Daniel R. OG '94
12 Sommer, Christian D. DB '93
67 Tremblay, Michael D. OG/DT '96
23 Turmelle, Michael P. DB '94
11 Vegas, John D. DB '93
22 Weaver, Todd F. DB '94
Head Coach: Howard Vandersea, Bates '63
Assistant Coaches: Phil Soule, Joe King '86, Tom
McCabe, John Dumont, Vince Marino
* indicates captains
J
THE BOWDOIN ORIEm SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1992
15
Men's X-country finishes
second in season debut
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Last weekend, the Bowdoin
carriers made the five hour trek to
he University of Maine @ Presque
sle to compete in their Cross-
country Invitational. The men's
earn finished second out of eight
earns with only the University of
Mew Brunswick ruining the season
iebut for the Polar Bears. The trip,
\owever, was a valuable gauge for
he team member' s stand i ng in terms
jf both mental and physical fitness.
This early season contest also
provided Coach Slovenski with the
>pportunity to see who his top
iinners are going to be this fall.
Despite the solid pack displayed
■>y the Polar Bears which allowed
hem to take 8 out of the top 20
inishers, the University of New
3runswick was simply a stronger
earn on Saturday, as they seized
ive out the top ten places on the
way to a first place finish.
The University of New Brunswick
was led by the race winner, Rori
'erry, who dictated the early pace
>ver the five mile course. His time
?f 24:28 was a substantial thirty-
tine seconds ahead of the second
?lace finisher, Charlie Violette of
he University of Maine-Presque
sle. While Perry ran at a speedy
;ait from the outset, the Bowdoin
harriers settled in to their own race
pace. Captain Andrew Yim *93 led
the Polar Bear charge as he finished
third out of fifty-eight runners with
a time of 26:21. Andrew Kinley '93
proved he is ready to play a leading
role this season as he narrowly beat
out Dave Wood '93 for seventh place
(26:37 to 26:38). First-year runner
from Idaho, Blaine Maley, in his
first collegiate race, finished
eleventh in a time of 27:1 8.
Cam Wobus and Tom Eng also
had a close finish with Cam
prevailinginatimeof 27:27 to Tom's
time of 27:28. Dan Sacco '96 and
Dave Humphrey '94 rounded out
thetopeight by finishing nineteenth
(28:02) and twentieth (28:06),
respectively. Referring to the strong
races of Blaine, Cam andTom, Coach
Slovenski commented, "I was
encouraged by the performance of
our #4,5, and 6 runners. I've always
had a lot of confidence in our top
three runners, but we need to be
stronger at the fourth, fifth, and sixth
to contenders for the NESCAC and
New England Championships."
The Polar Bears return to action
this weekend here at Bowdoin (1 :00)
against Division I powers University
of Rhode Island, University of New
Hampshire, and University ol
Maine. Although the competition
is expected to be extremely
challenging, the Bears are up to the
challenge.
Women 's soccer earns close win
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By Nate Hardcastle
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Women's Soccer began their
season September 12, with a 1-0
victory over Merrimack College.
The game highlighted both the Polar
Bears' concerns and expected
strengths coming into the season.
The offense struggled while the
defense stifled the opposition, . The
offense displayed some
inconsistency that the team hopes
to eliminate as the season develops.
The game began with
conservative play by each team.
According to Coach John Cullen, 'It
was a typical first game by both
teams; neither team wanted to make
a mistake."
Fortunately for the Bears,
Merrimack erred when their defense
chose not to play a ball apparently
headed over the end line. Senior co-
captain Julie Roy then made what
Coach Cullen called "a very
aggressive, hustling play", as she
swept by the defenders, reached the
ball, and found Cortney Perkins '95
open in front of the net. Perkins
scored the only goal of the game
7:00 minutes in, propelling Bowdoin
to a dominating first half.
The Polar Bear's second half
started poorly, however. "We
should have stayed in the halftime
break," Coach Cullen said. "We
started the second half playing very
poorly. That's something that must
improve." Merrimack dominated
the first 10 minutes, and only
stalwart defensive play, led by
goalkeeper Caroline Blair-Smith '93,
kept Bowdoin in the lead.
The Bears gradually improved
their game, and "played even with
Merrimack for the next 15-20
minutes", as assessed by Coach
Cullen. As the clock wound down,
however, and Merrimack got
desperate for a tying goal, they
quickened the pace, and again
controlled the action for the last 15
minutes.
Their effort was in vain, however,
since Blair-Smith and the defense
thwarted each attempt at goal, and
as the final horn sounded, the
Bowdoin team breathed a collective
sigh of relief.
Although the season opener
showed some disturbing
inconsistency, the team is confident
that it will improve. With a
"tremendously talented" first-year
class, experienced veterans to teach
them, a deep bench, and a defense
that will keep them close in every
game, the women's soccer team
should be able to put together an
excellent season as they try to make
the EC AC Division III playoffs for
the 14th consecutive year.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1992
Sports
Solid year in the works for men's soccer team
Coach plans to build with strong nucleus of returning players and promising first-year class
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
After finishing last season with a
record of 7-7 , the men's soccer team
will field a solid nucleus of returning
players, as well as some promising
first-years, in what looks to be a
strong year for the Polar Bears.
On offense, Bowdoin will be led
by senior tri-captain Matt Patterson,
who tallied two goals and three
assists in his previous year.
Additional offensive support is
expected to be provided by Rich
Maggiotto, a first-year who
possesses what Head Coach Tim
Gilbride calls, "a knack for scoring
and a good feel for the game."
Leading a powerful mid field will
be senior trioptain Greg Lennox,
who racked up an impressive six
goals on his way to leading the team
in points last season. Joining him
will be tri-captain Jeff Moore '93, as
well as newcomer John Jacobs '96.
The defense will be left in the
capable hands of sophomore goalie
Todd Trapnell who compiled three
shutoutsin 1991 . The groupof backs
in supporting of Trapnell will
include returning senior Peter Van
Dyke.
This past week, the Polar Bears
started the season with a solid
performance on their way to
recording a methodical 2-0 shutout
against the University of New
England. Four days later, the team
destroyed a hapless Maine Maritime
Academy squad by the score of 9-0.
While the offense powered its way
through the opposition, the defense
did not allow one single shot on
their own goal. ,
Coach Gilbride was pleased with
his team's performance in these first
two games. "I am very happy up to
this point," he said . "We have played
very well together as a team, and
the offense has proven it can score
goals. This team has a good mix of
old and new players and thus far we
have been moving the ball well and
finishing off our scoring
opportunities."
Yet despite this praise, Gilbride is
still uncertainconcerningthequality
of his team, seeing it that hasn't
faced any serious competition. In
particular, he commented that "our
performance on defense, when
faced with a quality team, is still a
question mark."
The Polar Bears will not have to
Number twenty-four, VanDyke '93 races for ball in win over Maine Maritime. Photo by Maya Khuri.
wait long to make this defensive
assessment. The team's next game
is at Babson, a powerful squad
ranked number two in the New
England Division III polls.
Coach Gilbride called the Babson
match "a critical game" which
would go a long way in determining
the competitiveness of his team.
Other important matches in the
schedule include games against
Middlebury and Trinity, as well as a
regular season finale against a
competitive Wesleyan, the top rated
Division III soccer team in New
England.
This Saturday the men's soccer
team will face a tough Babson team
away. This big game could be a
good indication of how the season
will turn out.
Women's X-country takes top eleven in invitational
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
the first years exude is terrific and
we're anxious for a promising
season, " said Coach Slovenski after
the meet. Rounding out the firs-t
years, Darcy Storin finished fifth,
Janet Mulcahy seventh and Jen
Youth and running dominance
were the keys to the lopsided victory
that the Women's Cross Country Champagne came in eighth
Team experienced in the U. Maine In a homecoming of sorts, Darcie
Presque Isle Invitational. To say McElwee V5 and Rachael Cleaves
that the team
defended their title
would be' the
understatement of the
season; thus far, at
least.
The Polar Bears
comfortablyswept the
top eleven spots,
facing the University
of New Brunswick, a.
division I team in
Canada, and U Maine
at Presque Isle. Unity
and MMA competed
as well but were
unable to post any
scores.
Youth also played
a major role in the
victory as four first-
years placed in the top
to have them contributing, " said
Slovenski about the former
Aroostok harriers.
All New England selection Muffy
Merrick '95 finished fourth, Anthea
Schmid '94 finished sixth and tri-
captain Tricia Connell '93 came in
tenth.
On the 26th, the team will head to
Boston College for an
invitational against
various schools from
the New England
area, but their main
focus will be on the
ten division I schools
competing. "We
would consider it a
good showing to beat
five and lose to five
[division I schools].
One of our goals for
the year is to be
ranked in the top 10
of the New England
schools in all
divisions," said
Slovenski.
Women's Cross
Country is boasting
Werhner '93 and Hunt '93 relish recent victory at Presque
Isle. Photo by Mike Mansour. the s * ron g est te * m
since the start of their
eight. Leading the first year craze <95 returned to Aroostook County to
was Kristen Card who finished third finish ninth and eleventh,
behind Eileen Hunt '93 and Ashley respectively. "Rachael and Darcie
Wernher'93. could be number one runners for
"The talent and team spirit that many colleges, and we're just lucky
program in 78 and with such a
strong and equally young squad
the program should remain
extremely competitive for years to
come.
Week In Sport
S
Date Team
Opponent
Time
9/19 Men's
UNH, URI
11:00
X Country
■
9/19 Field
@ Babson
. 11:00
Hockey
>
9/19 Women's
@ Babson
11:00
Soccer
9/19 Volleyball
Connecticut
College
1:00
9/19 Women's
@ Babson
1:00
Tennis
9/19 Men's
@ Babson
1:30
Soccer
9:30
9/20 Sailing
Hewitt TYophy
9/22 Volleyball
St. Joseph's,
Thomas
6:00
9/23 Held
@ Salem State
3:30
Hockey
9/23 Women's
U. Maine
3:30
Tennis
9/23 Men's
@USM
4:00
Soccer
9/23 Women's
USM
4:00
Soccer
Inside: Sports team rosters.. ..Men's cross country.... Women's soccer
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
NUMBER 3
Bowdoin drops to sixth best in nation
U.S. News & World Report's annual survey ranks the top colleges and universities based on reputational scores
By Brian Farnham
orient editor-in-chief
Bowdoin College is now the sixth
best liberal arts school in the nation,
according to the sixth annual edition
of U.S. News & World Report's
"America's Best Colleges."
The survey, released September
17, dropped Bowdoin behind
Pomona College and Wellesley
College this year with an overall
rating of 95.0 out of 1 00 as compared
with last year's 98.5. For the third
consecutive year, Williams College
topped the list as the best in the land
followed by Amherst and
Swarthmore; Amherst regaining the
number two spot after dropping to
third last year.
Although widely criticized by
faculties and administrations
nation widefor being inaccurateand
impractical, the survey nonetheless
remains a yardstick of increasing
influence, especially by prospective
college students trying to narrow
down their decisions.
Controversy surrounded the 1989
U.S. News & World Report Rankings
"America's Best Colleges"
1. Williams College
2. Amherst College
3. Swarthmore College
4. Wellesley College
5. Pomona College
6. Bowdoin College
7. Wesleyan University
8. Middlebury College
9. Haverford College
10. (tie) Smith College
10. (tie) Bryn Mawr College
12. Carleton College
13. Vassar College
14. Grinnell College
15. Colby College
16. Claremont Mckenna
17. Colgate University
18. Davidson College
19. Mount Holyoke Col.
20. Oberlin College
edition of the report as Bowdoin
was mistakenly listed at thirteen
because of a mix up in endowment
statistics. With administrators sure
to have submitted correct figures
the following year, the College felt
itself vindicated with the number
fourranking it earned. Thatranking
held through 1991 until this year's
demotion.
The rankings are based on
reputational scores from data
collected by research groups as well
as on data provided by the schools
surveyed. Categories included:
• Selectivity of the student body.
• The degree to which the school
financially supports a high-quality
full-time faculty.
• The school's overall financial
resources as determined by the total
1991 expenditure for its education
program divided by its total
enrollment plus all other 1991
spending per student.
• The level of student satisfaction
based on on the average percentage
of students in the 1983 to 1986
freshman classes who graduated
within five years of the year they
enrolled.
• The percentage of a school's
living alumni who contributed to
their alma mater's fund drives in
1991.
Despite their collective dislike of
the report, nevertheless, deans,
presidentsand admissions directors
must recognize the survey's
influence as this year's reputational
survey produced a record 62 percent
response rate (2,527 respondents).
The top-ranked national
university was Harvard University
for the third year in a row followed
by Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and
the California Institute of
Technology.
Honor Code to be restructured
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
The Student Disciplinary Review
Board (SDRB) has begun its massive
restructuring of both the Honor and
Social Codes. The Executive Board
found the codes for punishment
inconsistent and vague, and they
charged the Committee with
changing a system that has been in
place for 25 years.
In the issue of January 24, 1992,
the Orient reported that the SDRB
had been established to look at the
Honor and Social Code in a new
light and to create an
understandable body of rules for
students to follow.
The SDRB is currently comprised
of Craig Cheslog '93, Tom Davidson
'94, Lauren Deneka '95, Jonathan
Dugan '95 and John Vegas '93, and
has been working along with Dean
of Students, Kenneth Lewallen, to
revamp the Honor and Social Code.
Members have assured that this will
be a radical departure from what
has existed in the past. "You have a
system that's broken, and we're
charged to fix it," explained
Davidson Thecorrelation between
Dean Lewallen's vast experience
with Bo wdoin's codes, information
from other schools, and our own
new ideas, lends itself to a consistent
and fair judicial process."
Lewallen stated that the Board
"participates in those discussions
consisting of areas of improvement
in the judiciary system. We are
starting to review the judiciary
systems of comparable institutions;
presently there are 25 . Some of these
are Amherst, Carleton, Middlebury,
Wellesley, Oberlin, and others,
including larger institutions such
as the Universities of Maryland and
Virginia."
The way the current system
works, if a student is caught in
violation of the Honor or Social
Code by a professor, that professor
may either choose to handle the
situation him/herself— whereby the
student may receive* an "F in the
course and get notification within
the department-or file a formal
complaint against the student with
the Dean of Students.
The student is only brought to the
Student Judiciary Board if the Dean
of Students deems it necessary.
Otherwise, Dean Lewallen may
handle the case himself. If the case is
brought to the Judiciary Board, the
members of this group hear all the
evidence and advise the possible
actions that should be taken. The
case then goes back to Dean
Lewallen's office for consideration
of the Judiciary Board's ruling. If
the Dean does not agree with the
ruling, he may employ his own
judgment on the matter.
There are a number of questions
that the SDRB is trying to answer. If
a student is caught cheating, either
by another student or a professor,
should the situation be handled
within the department or should it
be a college affair? The Board says it
should be a college affair. "We're
trying to make an Honor Code that
students feel comfortable with—
where they don't have to worry
about being treated unfairly for
[commiting] the same crime," said
Vegas.
David son was more specific about
the Board's charter. "We're
considering a number of radical
options, and mandatory referral is
certainly one of them. The problem
with whatever route we do take is
that we need the support of the
faculty, and up to this point we
haven't received squat from them.
We will most likely completely
restructure the Student Judiciary
Board to include faculty and
possibly administration."
Some have expressed concern that
the wording of the Honor Code itself
promotes a laissez fa ire attitude on
the part of the College, encouraging
teachers to deal with these issues.
"[There should be] stronger
language to bring students in front
of the Judiciary Board, with
penalties and punishments listed,"
said Deneka.
The current Honor and Social
Codes have been in existence since
A Red Cross volunteer drains another hapless Bowdoin victim.
The blood drive on Wednesday in Sargent Gym produced a
good turnout. Photo by Jenny Schwebel.
1964, without ever incurring any
change. This is a major argument in
the Board's reasoning as to why the
codes need to be rewritten. Says
Vegas, "[The] Honor Code which
we have seems to ha ve been written
in a time when academic integrity
existed."
"What is crucial to recognize is
that we are talking about the
rudiments, the moral fibre of the
College," explained Davidson. "It
would be nice if this wasn't so
important, but unfortunately we
have a number of cheaters that go to
this school, and it's time to bite the
bullet and deal with them."
The Board's main focus now is to
hear responses from the Bowdoin
community. Whatever conclusions
the Board comes to, it will have a
great impact on how future judiciary
matters are handled at Bowdoin.
Next week will bring the second
part of this series, which will focus
upon how the Student Discipline
Review Board's decision will affect
the role of the Student Judiciary
Board.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1 992
Orientation
Hockey Rink Revamp
Preparing the way for Polar Bears to hit the ice, contractors renovate
Dayton Arena. Work is scheduled for completion November 1, 1992.
New Chorus Leader
Tony Antolini takes over as director of the Bowdoin Chorus.
SportsWeek
Women's volleyball
The women's volleyball team picked up wins against St. Joseph's and
Thomas College this week.
Coming soon...
Your "real" horoscope. A sample:
Taurus: (April 20-May20) Your misshapen body-
offends others. Wear baggy clothing and
socialize at night.
Quayle Quotes of the Week
More "occasional verbal miscues" from 1990 as Mr.
Potatoe Head proves that his special communicative
talents include more than the plain old grammatical
no-no's that bother William F. Buckley Jr.
Countdown to the election: 39 days
compiled by
Brian Farnham
March 23, 1990: States, "If we do not succeed, then we run the risk
of failure."
Sept. 5, 1990: Speaking to NASA group, says, "For NASA, space is
still a high priority."
Sept. 22, 1990: Says of Mideast crisis, "We are ready for any
unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
Father Knows Best
"My son doesn't have the greatest smarts in the world... [His]
main interests in school were broads and booze." ¥ _ .
James Quayle
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NISWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Breckinridge: Bowdoin's off-campus treasure
By David Simmons
orient staff writer
About 50 miles south of
Brunswick, straight down 1-95, lies
an idyllic, stately manor that
provides the perfect weekend
escape from the all-too-perfect
smallness of the Bowdoin College
campus. Officially known as the
Breckinridge Public Affairs Center
of Bowdoin College, the 23-acre
estate provides, according to its
information pamphlet, "the
secluded environment often sought
by academic, business, or
professional organizations," which
includes various student groups.
The estate was given to Bowdoin
in 1974 by Marvin Breckinridge
Patterson, who continues to
maintain residency there for seven
weeks in the summer, after which
the home is converted to a retreat
center. The estate was named in
honor of Mrs. Patterson's family.
River House, the main residence,
was built in a French architectural
style around 1905, to be used as a
Views of the Breckinridge estate. Photos by Lauren Griffin.
family summer retreat. But simply comfortably seat 40 guests. This cozy and a saltwater pool (only for the
knowing when it was built cannot place boasts a billiard table, a very brave).
prepare one for the awe of driving old German oven, and walls decked The beauty of such a facility as
through the gates and up a windy, with college memorabilia and Breckinridge is that all this can be
tree-lined driveway to thethreshold poetry lauding the hosting talents yours and yours alone: those using
of a bygone era. Breckinridge is a of Mrs. Patterson. A poster hanging the estate enjoy exclusive occupancy
living museum; everything there over the mantelpiece portrays with all its perks, including excellent
existsexactlyasitdidin!905,except another Breckinridge starring in a
Harvard Dramatic Club production
of Saki' s The Watched Pot . The general
ambiance of the entire house
Impressions
of
Breckinridge
for a few televisions and other A/V
equipment, as well as modern
plumbing and kitchen facilities.
The hallway walls are covered by
elegant tapestries and dignified
portraits of the Breckinridge family
(the future Mrs. Patterson is there as
well, immortalized on canvas as a
young girl.) On the upper floor hang
older, smaller portraits, as well as
artifacts such as the campaign poster
of President James Buchanan and
his VP, John Cabell Breckinridge.
A peek into the first-floor study
reveals a well-stocked library done
in vibrant reds and velvety emerald
greens and furnished with the richly
varnished tones of natural wood.
The rooms upstairs are just as
exquisite, and decorated with the
same impeccable taste. Nineteen the estate. One gazes, in a
guestscan be lodged in River House, Gatsbyesque fashion, beyond the
and additional housing can be found croquet court and the gardens and
atanyofthemotelsjust fiveminutes the fields of wildflowers to a dock
up the road, although the jutting into the deep-green, tidal
atmosphere at the House is more York River, half-expecting Nick
charming than even the Hilton. Carroway to row in for an
The third floor is a relaxed unexpected visit. A further
common room available for exploration of the grounds leads to
meals and the freedom to use all the
estate has to offer.
Meals are catered by the Rwcr
House staff and served on china
emblazoned with the campus
buildings, so far from one's mind.
Eggs, cereal, muffins and hot coffee
are provided mornings, and soup,
salad and sand wichescompriseafor
a light lunch. Coffee breaks or high
tea are also provided if requested,
and the pamphlet lists "a
champagne brunch, a wine and
cheese reception, and an after-hours
cocktail party.. .among the extra
reminds one of the kind of place a amenities which may bescheduled ."
game of human "Que" could be Breckinridge is one the best ways
played. for small student groups to get away
Standing out on the red-bricked from the sometimes stifling campus
back terrace, however, one begins atmosphere. To find out how to get
to comprehend the immensity of you and your group booked for a
cultural or educational program for
a weekend at the estate, call x35l5
here on campus or call the River
House itself for Gail Berneike,
Coordinator for the Breckinridge
Center, at 363-3620. Unfortunately,
because River House is not
winterized, theCenter will be closed
from the weekend prior to
Sobering risks of alcohol
Class of '96 shows moderation, breaking
College's pattern with alcohol problems
By Joshua Sorensen
orient asst. news editor
just a severe case of getting
"smashed." Alcohol is a central
nervous system depressant, and
with enough alcohol in your body,
there are two possible results. First,
if there is enough alcohol in the
body, the central nervous system
will become so depressed that one
will go into cardiac arrest. Secondly,
alcohol will also suppress the gag
reflex, meaning that when one
throws up, the vomit and
hydrochloricacid from the stomach
will end up in the lungs. In both
Defying the odds, the Class of
19% has gone the first four weeks
of school without -producing one
case of alcohol poisoning.
According to Dean of Students
Kenneth Lewallen, "During the
first few weeks of school there are
usually about two reported cases
of alcohol poisoning per weekend,
and more than likely it is first-year
students." In fact, during the past
several years the number of cases , /T -v • .» /•• , t
of alcohol poisoning at Bowdoin "During the flTSt few
has steadily been increasing, until weeks of School there are
IronTcally, the Class of 19% is USUally about tWO
one of the largest classes in reported Cases of alcohol
Bowdoin's history. It is unclear '. J
exactly why this present group of pOlSOHlHg per Weekend
first-years have, in general, been — ^ ~"~^~
drinking more responsibly than
previous entering classes. Possible,
but not necessarily probable
explanations for this outbreak of
responsible drinking are that
fraternities are being more vigilant
and responsible in conducting
parties and that proctors, residence
assistants and Security officials
have all become more alert
concerning excessive drinking.
According to recent studies,
drinking is more prevalent on small
college campuses than on large
university campuses. But in terms
of drinking at other small, liberal
arts colleges in the northeast,
"Bowdoin fits right in with the other
schools," says Dean Lewallen. The
only difference concerning
Bowdoin is that most damage takes
place in fraternities, who must bear
the brunt of this damage, rather
than in residence halls.
Alcohol poisoning is more than
cases, the results are life-
threatening.
According to Dean Lewallen, "it
is only the behavior that is
associated with heavy drinking and
alcohol poisoning that is dealt with
disciplinarily." People who have
drinking problems but not
behavioral problems are referred
to counseling. Counseling for those
that have had alcohol poisoning or
just have a drinking problem
consists of one-on-one education
and counseling and a possible
referral to the local Alcoholics
Anonymous group. According to
Bob Vilas, director of counseling
services, Bowdoin seeks to target
the peer pressure to drink as
students arrive on campus. The
purpose is not toeliminatedrinking
on campus, but rather to educate
students about the factsconcerning
alcohol, so they may adjust their
behavior accordingly.
recreation or conferences and can the clay tennis courts, a gymnasium, Thanksgiving until April 1.
Gibson Reschedules
The creators of Man Without a Face, starring Mel
Gibson, have moved the filming planned for today,
Friday, September 25, to Saturday, October 3. These
scenes include those at Moore Hall, Hubbard Hall,
and Sills Hall. The filming scheduled for Whittier
Field this Monday and Tuesday will commence as
intended. Sargent Gym will serve as the costuming
center, beginning 5:00 a.m., Monday.
Student Activities Fee Committee
Committee Interviews being
held this
Sept. 27th
from l-4pm in Moulton Union
Sign up at the MU Desk.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Dayton renovations set to
wind down this semester
Women's Resource Center welcomes
Jan Brackett as its new coordinator
Interior of Dayton Arena under construction. Photo by Jennifer
Schwebel.
By Seth Jones
orient staff writer
Construction work began last
spring on much-needed renovations
for Dayton Arena. An anonymous
donor funded the project, that cost
an estimated $800,000, and specified
that the money be used solely for
renovations to the aged ice rink.
The expected completion date is
November 1, 1992.
Recurrent problems with the
cooling system, caused by leaks in
the pipes located under the ice
surface, have recently caused
substantial difficulties.
During the 1990-91 ice hockey
season, the leakage of brine (a
mixture of water and calcium
chloride) in the pipes necessitated
several weeks of repair work.
Consequently, both the men's and
the women's ice hockey teams were
forced to practice and playgames in
nearby ice rinks.
Men's ice hockey coach Terry
Meagher points out that, 'There is
no question that renovations to
Dayton Arena were needed. There
was absolutely no guarantee that
we would have ice for the entire
season."
In addition to a new cooling
system, wasted storage space under
the stands has been converted into
new locker rooms and offices.
Especially notable is the addition
of a locker room for the women's ice
hockey team, complete with a
bathroom and a coach's office.
The recent civil rights complaint
against the College by five former
members of the women's ice hockey
team called for equal treatment of
athletic teams. While the men's ice
hockey team has a locker room in
the rink, the women have dressed
in the women's locker room located
in Morrell Gymnasium and then
walked to the rink.
"Hopefully now that we have a
locker room in the rink, the school
will be moving toward equal
treatment of men and women
athletes," said Carey Jones, a
sophomore on the women's ice
hockey team.
Lisa Ort, another sophomore on
the women's team, admits that, "It is
much more convenient to have a
locker room in the rink like the men
do. I don't think it was fair for us to
get dressed in Morrell Gymnasium
and then walk over there."
Other renovations include a men's
junior varsity locker room, a new
scoreboard, a new concession stand
area, a locker room for the referees,
new Plexiglass, new facing on the
boards and an office for the men's
varsity ice hockey coach. Repair
work is also being done in the
zamboni room, the skate sharpening
room, and the training room.
Moreover, "new building and
safety codes have necessitated the
construction of a handicapped
bathroom and a handicapped lift in
the stands for more accessible
seating.
Jerry Bosse, the acting
superintendent who coordinates all
of the subcontractors, is pleased with
the work thus far. 'The renovations
have been going very well. This is a
high quality job that is going on."
During the winter, the rink is also
used by the Bowdoin intramural ice
hockey program and is available for
free public skating to students,
faculty, and their immediate
families. Furthermore, various youth
teams, figure skating clubs, men's
leagues, and high school teams
depend on the rink.
"I Dayton Arena) will be a
dependable facility for the Bowdoin
community and theBrunswickarea.
I am very grateful for the generosity
of the donor," said Meagher.
The H.P. Cummings Construction
Company from Winthrop, Maine
was hired to do the renovations to
Dayton Arena, and the architectural
work is being handled by the Orcutt /
Simons Architectural Firm from
Portland.
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By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
The Women's Resource Center
is a little known gem at Bowdoin.
Many students admit that they
don't even know that it exists, let
alone where it is located: 24 College
Street. It is a welcoming, cozy place,
with a 3000 volume library and 48
periodical and newspaper
subscriptions, not to mention two
spacious, quiet study rooms that
are open late four nights a week.
Yet, with so many resources at
hand, students do not fully use the
Resource Center.
The Women's Resource Center
has existed at Bowdoin for the past
10 years, although it has not been
at 24 College Street during all this
time. It was started by a group of
students on campus who felt that
women needed a place to focus on
specific concerns and issues. A
group called the "Collective" was
born out of the efforts of these few
students, and this group still exists
today, and holds weekly meetings
in the Center.
This year, Bowdoin has hired
Jan Brackett to serve as the
coordinator of the Women's
Resource Center. Brackett's
position involves managing the
Center's library, programs, and
"Collective" group, an informal
weekly gathering of students who
are concerned about the future of
the Center and about women's
issues at Bowdoin. The group meets
every Sunday from 4-6 p.m. in the
library located on the first floor of
, the Center, where students are at
easeio d iscu ss "whatever is on their
mind." Brackett stressed the fact that
all interested students are welcome
at these meetings. In addition to
informal discussion, these students
decide what materials the library
needs and brainstorm about
programs that would be helpful to
the College.
Before coming to Bowdoin,
Brackett worked for the Maine
Aspirations Foundation, a privately
funded organization that seeks to
raise the aspirations of Maine's
youth.The central offices are located
in Augusta, but Brackett spent much
of her time travelling throughout
Maine, visiting programs that the
organization funds and training in
the field . Oneof her training projects
included a goal-setting workshop,
in which ninth grade students and
adults from a particular community
were paired and worked together
to achieve a common goal. Often, as
Brackett explained, these students
were in need of some sort of extra
adult attention which they were not
receiving at home.
Brackett would like to see the
library used a lot more than it is
currently. She wants to conduct an
outreach program on campus to let
students know it exists and that is a
safe space where all are welcome
and can feel comfortable. "Students
need not be afraid to step foot in the
Center," Brackett assures. She
would like to keep the library as a
student-run, student-monitored
resource,and to maintaina rapport
with students in the Collective as
to the areas where the library is
weak and ways to correct these
weaknesses. She also wants to
work with students to set goals for
new book and periodical
purchases.
Her more ambitious long term
goals for the Center include
computerizing all the holdings in
the library to make them more
accessible. Currently, no database
for the Center's library exists.
Brackett would also like to see tht
third floor, now an unused attic, be
transformed into a classroom/
meeting room. Further, she would
like to see students coordinate this
renovation.
Finally, Brackett wants to work
with a student group, sort of an ad
hoc committee formed from the
Collective, to decide on programs
to offer the Bowdoin community.
Brackett feels t hat the Center needs
more publicity. She says, "People
forget that we're here, but we have
a lot of stuff to offer."
The Women's
Resource Center,
located at 24 College
Street, is available to all
students, not just all
women students.
Brackett's extension is
3724; she is waiting to
talk to you.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Arts & Leisure
The Queen's in our court
By Charlotte Vaughn
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Queen Latifah has arrived. That
is, on Friday October 2, she will
grace the walls of Morrell
Gymnasium with the varied sounds
of rap, reggae, house and R&B. The
unique name of this rapper was
given to her as a nickname by a
Muslim cousin. It means "delicate
and sensitive." Later, she added
"Queen" to acknowledge the long
line of Kings and Queens from
which Black people descend. This is
Latifah's way of paying tribute to
them.
The majority of her performance
will be songs released on her latest
album, entitled "Nature of a Sista"
which includes tracks recorded with
the help of Flavor Unit members
and Latifah protegees Naughty by
Nature: "Latifa's Had It UpTo Here"
and "One Mo' Time." Main Source
contributed reggae flavor to the
single "Sexy Fancy" and party jam
"That's the Way We Flow." Nevelle
Hodge of Heavy D contributed his
share to the track "If You Don't
Know," Louie Vega lent a hand to
"Nature Of A Sista" and "Nuff of
The Ruff Stuff." The hit single "Fly
Girl" was produced by CutFather
and SoulShock, a DJ/production
team from Denmark Latifah met
when touring there.
Her debut album entitled "All
Hail the Queen" was honored with
a Grammy nomination in 1990. In
the same year, Latifah was voted
"Best Female Rapper" by Rolling
Stone Reader's Poll and "Best New
Rap Artist" at the 1990 New Music
Seminar. Needless to say, all this
recognition resulted in wide public
acclaim. Her first album sold over a
million units worldwide and
reached #6 on the Billboard Top
R&B Albums chart. The most
popular singles from this album
included "Ladies First," "Come Into
My House," and "Dance For Me."
In addition to rapping and
jamming, Latifah has accomplished
a great deal with her other efforts.
The 21 -year-old musician has
entertained projects ranging from
speaking at Harvard University to
fundraising for AIDS research and
ecology projects.
She has also garnered an
impressive list of screen credits.
Queen Latifah to arrive on campus October 2. Concert to be held in
Morrell Gym at 830 p.m. Photo courtesy of Mark Contratto.
Latifah has appeared in Spike Lee's talent of fashion designer Todd
hit movie "Jungle Fever," the yet to
be released "House Party 2," Ernest
Dickinson's "Juice" and the
television show "The Fresh Prince
of Bel Air." She reportedly loves
Oldham who oversees her line of
clothing for videos and stage-wear.
Despite all these varied experiences,
Latifah's favorite part of show
business remains the thrill of live
acting because it gives her an performance. Her present tour
opportunity to do things she does features male singers and dancers
not get to do in real life.
In addition to her screen
appearances, she recorded with
Troop and Levert on "For the Love
Of Money/Living For The City"
from the "New Jack City
and a live drummer. She has been
described by the Los Angeles Times
as "Bursting on the stagc.with
hammering beats and exuberant
personality. She instantly ignites an
audience that is ready to rock."
Latifah was born Dana Owens in
Newark, New Jersey and moved to
East Orange with her family when
she was six. She was an excellent
student and athlete in high school.
With friends Tangy B. and Landy
B., Latifah performed as the human
beatbox for the trio "Ladies Fresh."
Latifah feels that being in this group
inspired her to write her own raps,
which she honed at talent shows
and parties. This experience enabled
her to become friends with future
members of the Flavor Unit, DJ M ark
the 45 King and her manager,
soundtrackand was a guest vocalist Shakim Compere. Be there Friday,
on the Naughty By Nature track, October 2, 8:30 p.m. ready to get
"Wickedest Man Alive. On Seventh down with a variety of different
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Tony Antolini '63 returns to lead the Chorus. Photo by Erin Sullivan
By Suzanne Renaud
orient contributor
Tony Antolini, one the newest
members of the faculty at Bowdoin,
may be experiencing a deja vu. After
graduating from Bowdoin in 1963
with a major in music and a minor
in Russian, Antolini has returned to
become the director of the recently
created Chorus. "I came to start a
choral group principally for
studentsbutalsoopentothe faculty,
staff and community," he said.
Seventy people have joined,
including approximately 60
students, predominantly first-years.
The Bowdoin Chorus presented
the first opportunity for Antolini to
develop a choral group from scratch.
Priority has been given to "fun and
excitement." His choice of musical
literature is a testimonial to that
fact. Music composed in 1794 — the
year Bowdoin was founded — by
Supply Belcher and William Billings
will be performed October 1 at 7:30
p.m. and October 24 at 3:00 p.m. in
the Bowdoin Chapel. November 22
at 3:00 p.m. will be a combined
performance of the Chorus,
Chamber Choir and Orchestra
presenting a Beethoven work based
on Goethe's poem "Calm Sea and
Prosperous Voyage." Yet the
greatest sign of his enthusiasm
remains the presentation of
RachmaninofPs first choral work —
a work discovered and edited by
Antolini himself.
His "big break" came in 1984 with
the discovery of the Rachmaninoff.
Written in 1910, it had never been
published or performed in the west.
Antolini considered the unearthing
of the manuscript a "life-changing
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and career-changing experience."
After finding the hidden
masterpiece in a monastery in
Pennsylvania, Antolini "knew this
piece needed to be performed
widely — on a national if not a global
level."
This wish was granted. While
teaching at Cabrillo College in Santa
Cruz, California, he directed their
chorale/ensembleofapproximatelv
120 people in the first-ever western
performance of the work in March,
1986. Recorded by Voiceof America,
the performance was broadcast in
Russia — one week after the
Chernobyl disaster. The reaction
created by an American chorus
singing the lost work of a
tremendously famous Russian
composer was fantastic. Antolini
and his group were asked to present
the piece in Russia in the winter of
1 987-88.
It's like
coming home
The tour of the major cities of the
USSR led to Rediscovering
Rachmaninoff, a one-hour special
made for American public television
in conjunction with Video Film
Moscow which aired in the spring
of 1992. The program is presently
being shown throughout Europe
and plans are in the works for
presentation in the Commonwealth
of Independent States as well. The
video focused on the tour of Russia,
the tragic story of Rachmaninoff's
life, and the millennial anniversary
of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Presenting the Rachmaninoff is
extremely important to Antolini,
since its performance on April 25,
1993, coincides with the year of the
fiftieth anniversary of
Rachmaninoff's death. He feels
fortunate to be able to perform the
piece with the Bowdoin Chorus. "It's
a special thrill to come back and do
my specialty on the campus of my
choice," he said. When he returned
to Maine a year ago on a sabbatical
that enabled him to edit and
translate Russian choral works for
Paraclete Press and E.C. Schirmer,
Boston, Antolini did not envision
his good fortune. But returning to
Bowdoin was fortuitous for
Antolini. To him, "It's like coming
home."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1992
Bowdoin's impressive art
By Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
Vinalhaven at Bowdoin: One
Press, Multiple Impressions, opened
last Friday, September 18 in Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Guest curator, David P. Becker '70
delivered the introductory slide
lecture. Following the lecture, a
reception and exhibition preview
was held in the Walker Art Museum.
The exhibit focuses on the art of
printmaking and the procedures to
achieve the final product.
Vinalhaven at Bowdoin will feature
works by Susan Crile, Charles
Hewitt, Robert Indiana, Yvonne
Jacquette and Robert Morris. The
A piece from Susan Crile in the Walker Art Musuem. Photo courtesy
of Bowdoin College.
prints produced by these six artists Joan Whitney and Charles Shipman private collectors.
at the Vinalhaven press will be Payson Charitable Foundation. An exhibition titled Looking at
Printmaking in the form of Prints will be displayed along with
aquatints, etchings, drypoints, Vinalhaven at Bowdoin. This show
woodcuts and monotypes are will demonstrate the historical
among the techniques featured in techniques and processes of printing
the exhibition. These techniques are with the use of artwork from earlier
year, the founder and director of the special in their ability to display the centuries. Gallery talks,
Press, Patricia Nick invites critically artists's style and personal demonstrations and lectures have
acclaimed artists of national technique. Another unique feature already been scheduled. Please call
shown with their preparatory
models, drawings and trial prints.
The Vinalhaven Press established
in 1985 is located on Vinalhaven
Island near Rockland, Maine. Each
reknown to spend several weeks on of printmaking is the artist's ability
Vinalhaven to work with "master to record the process step-by-step at
printers in the creation of graphic any stage by simply making a
work." "proof" of the plate.
Bowdoin owns a complete set of Several proofs will be displayed
prints made from Vinalhaven since alongside the finished work, as well
its inception and through a special as color variations, printing plates,
subscription has acquired the first related paintings and preparatory
printing of every plate published drawings. Other prints shown in
bythepresssincel989.TheMuseum this exhibition include pieces from
of Art and Vinalhaven Press are the Vinalhaven Press archives, the
working with the support from The represented artists and a number of
the Museum for further information,
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Talk series seeks increasingattendance from students
By Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
David Simmons
orient staff writer
we want to cover," said Brown, "but
there is just not a lot of time. This is
an attempt to reach a broader
audience," as opposed to a seminar
limited to first-years.
1 think students should take
advantage of this," said Brown, who
Ifyouareoneofthosebewildered lately has been frustrated by low
First-Years who thought that turnout both for the series and visits
Orientation was just a little in her office, where she keeps regular
overwhelming and couldn't hours to address student concerns,
possibly have attended all those especially those of students new to
informative meetings, or even a Bowdoin. She stresses that the time
more experienced Bowdoin student for the discussions was carefully
selected not to conflict with
scheduling. "Students need to eat
lunch." She points out that as long
as students are eating, they may as
well take in some information once
a week that could change their lives.
"This doesn't conflict with anything
else."
who would just like to know a little
more about some major issues
affecting college life, you might be
overlooking an excellent way to get
caught up to modern student life.
Every Wednesday at noon,
Associate Dean of Students Ana
Brown hosts a "Brown Bag Lunch
Series" at Mitchell East and West
(second floor of Went worth Hall).
Each week, Brown facilitates a
discussion with a guest speaker
about important topics ranging from
sexuality to diversity on campus to
effective time management.
The informal discussion series
started as a continuation of some of
the programs aimed at first-year
students during orientation week.
Although awareness of some vital
issues was raised during orientation, Even a topic such as sex had
the large setting was not the ideal trouble attracting an audience,
place to talk about them in detail. In Sexuality and the results of
order to foster a deeper promiscuity are issues that affect
understanding of the things that college students on a more profound
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level than ever, as proven by last
week's series, "What Sex Can Do
For You." Robin Beltramini, an RN
at Bowdoin's Dudley Coe Health
Center, the guest speaker,
commented about sexual trends at
Bowdoin. "Condom use is on the
increase," she said, "[and] a lot of
couples are coming in to get tested
[for the HIV virus] this year."
Beltramini also commented that a
lot of first-year students come in to
be tested not for HIV but for
Hepatitis B, a disease that can also
be transmitted sexually through
body fluids. Most of the discussion,
however, focussed on how to have
safer sex and avoid contracting an
illness in the first place. Beltramini
feels that the "ideal couple" to come
in to be tested would be "two
virgins" considering entering a
sexual relationship.
In maintaining loving, mutual
sexual relationships, says
Beltramini, "communication is the
key." In seeking or beginning a
sexual relationship, it is important
to remember that your "potential
partner is as anxious as you are."
Finally, Beltraminiemphasizes that
when engaging in any sexual
contact, "it doesn't take more than
once to put your life at risk."
Next week, the Dean of Students
office will take the sexuality issue to
another extreme as they discuss
"Sexual Harassment and Assault."
This is too important a presentation
to miss; far more of that kind of
thing occurs at Bowdoin than you
probably realize. The discussion is
followed by another vital seminar
on stress held on October 14, as we
all get steadily closer to mid-terms.
Remember, the Wednesday Brown
Bag Lunch Series was designed for
you, so be sure to take advantage of
a great opportunity. Grab a bag
lunch over at Moultoh and Ana
Brown will meet you at Mitchell
East and West, and no doubt you'll
both be glad you came.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Bowdoin'js dining service is tops
By Nicole Orman
orient staff writer
Bo wdoin College Dining Service
(BCDS) is responsible for the good
food which contributes to a
phenomenon known as the "[first-
year] fifteen." With a bake shop on
campus, it is easy to achieve this
unwanted addition. Mary Lou
Kennedy, Director of Dining
Service, says homemade food is
cooked by the BCDS with the
freshest ingredients possible. Salad
bars, deli lines, frozen yogurt
machines and vegetarian dishes
contribute to the variety of food
available at the Moulton Union
and Wentworth Hall. In the Union,
short order cooked meal are
popular at the grill.
Bowdoin College food is ranked
as the third best in the nation in a
survey by the Princeton Review.
BCDS has also been written up in ihe
Salem Ntws, the New York Times,
DownEast Magazine and Newsweek.
Ms. Kennedy receives letters
complimenting the food every year
from alumni, students, and visiting
groups such as Maine Medical Center.
Feedback from the students is taken
very seriously. Students are
encouraged to use the student
comment cads. Occasionally, surveys
are done to evaluate the services.
To make dining more fun, BCDS
has developed different ideas for
meals. Residence Hall barbecues
allow students to eat in smaller
groups with their floor mates.
Holiday dinners and mini theme
meals such as Latin Amercian Night
are monotony breakers designed
tohelp "spice up" the dining
experience. Student input, Latin
American cookbooks and Alice
Rivero of the Department of
Romance Languages contributed to
the process of meal development.
The Latin American meals, offered
every Tuesday night in the Union,
tie into the educational experience
of Latin American studies. As
Wentworth Hall gets crowded at
dinner, the theme meals are added
incentive to dine at the Union. These
meals are slated to continue through
the spring semester.
Kennedy is anticipating the
additional space which will come
when the renovations of Hyde Cage
are completed. Student input is
welcomed to help develop the
dining space and different board/
cash plans. BCDS Staff is open to
suggestions and welcomes any new
ideas or recipes. For dinner menu
selections students can now call
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Arts & Leisure Calendar
Friday, September 25
7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Film. The Birds.&JS, 1963). Directed
by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Rod Taylor. Sponsored by
Bowdoin Film/Video Society.
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "Crazy Wisdom: A Talk on Buddhism."
John Rockwell, Karme Choling Meditation Center. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 p.m. Jazz Pianist, Abdullah Ibrahm. Bates College -
Olin Arts Center. $4 for students.
9:00 p.m. Sexy Dance. $2 admission fee which benefits
hurricane relief. Daggett Lounge.
930 p.m. Acoustic Music. Smith & Backen. Moulton Union.
Saturday, September 26
7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Film. Vertigo (US, 1958). Directed
by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim
Novak. Sponsored by Bowdoin Film/Video Society.
9:30 p.m. Bryn and Putt in Moulton Union Pub.
Sunday, September 27
2:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92: Latin American Film Festival
Barroco. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Tuesday, September 29
7:00 p.m. Film. Mutiny on the Bounty. Portland Museum of
Art.
7:00 p.m. Slide Presentation. Learn about Mystic Seaport
Maritime Studies Program. Lancaster Lounge.
8:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92: Latin American Film
Festival. The Mission. Beam classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, September 30
Noon. Printmaking Techniques Demonstration. MarkC.
Wethli, Professor of Art. Must obtain tickets, call 725-3064 .
Noon. Wednesday Brown Bag Lunch Series. "Sexual
Harassment and Assault." Ana Brown, Associate of Dean of
Students. Mitchell East & West. All welcome.
Film. The Conformist. Sponsored by the Bowdoin Film/
Video Society.
Thursday, October 1
7:30 p.m. Slide Lecture. "Curatorial Dilemmas. Museums
and the Prints of the Post-War Period." Given by David W.
Kiehl, associate curator of prints and illustrated books,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
ELECTION '92: Absentee ballots
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Call (314) 751-2379.
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Election Administrator
for an absentee ballot.
You can register to vote
by mail before Oct. 4.
Call (406) 444-4732.
NEBRASKA: You
can register to vote by
mail through Oct. 23.
Absentee ballots can be
requested from your
County Clerk through
the Friday before Nov.
3. Call (402) 471-2554.
NEVADA: You can
register to vote by mail
through Oct. 4. Contact
your County Election
Dept. at least 7 days
before the election to
request a ballot. Call
(702) 687-3176 for
information.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE:
Request an absentee
registration affidavit
and voter registration
form from your Town or City
Clerk (by Oct. 24 to register). Call
(603) 271-3242
NEW JERSEY: You can
register to vote by mail with your
County Commissioner before Oct.
5. For an absentee ballot, write
your County or Town Clerk at
least 7 days before Nov. 3. Call
(609) 292-3760.
NEW MEXICO: Call or
write your County Clerk for an
absentee ballot. For information:
(505) 827-3614.
NEW YORK: You can
register to vote by mail through
Oct. 9. For an absentee ballot call
or write your County Board of
Elections Office at least 7 days
before Nov. 3. Call (518) 474-6220.
NORTH CAROLINA:
Write to your County Bd. of .
Elections at least 7 days before
Nov. 3 for an absentee ballot. Call
(919) 733-7218.
NORTH DAKOTA: You
can vote without registering here
as long as you are a resident. For
an absentee ballot call or write
your County or Municipal
Auiditor. Call (701) 224-2905.
OHIO: You can register to vote
final part of series
by mail with your County Bd. of
Elections Office through Oct 5.
For an absentee ballot, write the
same folks at least 3 days before
Nov. 3. For information: (614) 466-
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OKLAHOMA: For an
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OREGON: You can register to
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SOUTH CAROLINA:
Call or write your County Bd. of
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SOUTH DAKOTA: Write
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TENNESSEE: You can
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Nov. 3. Call (615) 741-7956 for
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For an absentee ballot call or
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7 days before Nov. 3. Call (512)
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UTAH: You can register to
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Call for more information at (804)
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
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Editorials
Bowdoin Should Ignore U.S. News Rankings
The nation's college presidents have been
polled, each institution's statistical information
has been gathered, and the composite scores
tallied — the infamous U.S. News and World
Report college rankings have finally come out.
Still exuberant about last year's fourtlrplace
overall finish, Bowdoin students have been
anticipating this year's rankings with dread
after the College's acceptance rate rose to 32%
for the class of 1996.
Most Bowdoin students will not like the fact
that U. S. News ranked Bowdoin as only the
sixth best small liberal arts college in the nation.
No longer will we be able to chant, "We're
number four!" at ice hockey games against
Colby. Nor shall we be able to nod imperiously
to Wellesley and Pomona students as they strut
by. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Our
question to the student body is, "Who cares?"
The U.S. News rankings are mocked almost
universally by serious educators nationwide.
The very idea that a school's innumerable
qualities can be measured statistically and
distilled down to a quintessential value, which
for Bowdoin happens to be "six," is ludicrous.
The only people who take U.S. News
rankings seriously are the arm-chair college
counselors masquerading as parents for
altogether too large a proportion of college
students. If the College sticker on the back of
the Saab hatchback has fallen a few notches
in these people's eyes, it should not matter to
the exceptional students who make up
Bowdoin or schools just like it across the
nation. U.S. News has no influence on what
we study, how we live or who teaches us.
What matters is that we are here to get an
education, mature, and learn to deal with the
world outside of Brunswick, Maine.
If U.S. News wishes to take everything
Bowdoin means to us and assign it a value of
"six" on a 20 point scale, that is their
prerogative. They are a business catering to
the pseudo-intellectual snobbery whose
vanity is titillated by such nonsense. What
we should do as Bowdoin students is refuse
to acknowledge the validity of U.S. News'
results by paying mind to how we value
Bowdoin, rather than what those who know
so little about us think our college is worth.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1992
tudent Opin ion
Don't Edit My Voice!
Where is MY Bowdoin Community?
By Melissa Burton
"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without
anedge: fitter to bniise than polish" — quotation by Anne
Bradstreet. Bowdoin College lacks a sense of community,
an essential quality that is necessary for Students of
Color. There is no outlet for those students that have
different cultures. Instead we are divided and forced to
create our own cultural activities.
During my first year at Bowdoin College, struggled to
"find myself" in an environment that refused to
understand me. I faced ridicule and found that I was not
alone. There were other first-year "minority" students
that struggled to belong. Yet we could not help one
another, because we constantly were attacked and were
left defending ourselves. I found that I could not find the
strength to help another. Students of color cannot band
together because we focusour individual time battling so
much ignorance.
1 realize that there are courses and organizations that
were created to educate mainstream students, as well as
ease those students that were not a part of the mainstream.
Yet those courses do not stop the uneducated comments
about my raceor the racesof others. An African-American
woman was asked while talking, by a white woman,
"Why do you move your head like that when you talk,
that's so uneducated, did your mother teach you that?"
1 find that Bowdoin lacks a representative for students
of color. Instead, it forces us to depend on the same
people again and again. For example Betty Thompson is
both the faculty advisor for A.D.A.P.T, L.A.S.O., the
African- American Society, as well as a counselor, and an
Assistant to President Edwards on Multicultural Affairs.
Ms. T is a wonderful and zealous woman, yet one must
realize that she can only do so much. The expectation that
she be responsible for so much completely ignores her
I cannot educate myself, educate others on
what it is like to be a student of color, and live in
a racist community. Something must go, and I
know that it will not be me.
own personal life and decisions.
Of the eighteen colleges that Bowdoin compares itself to,
we place in the lowest percentile for Professors of Color. For
example, Bowdoin lost all of its Latino professors within
one year. Who do the Latino and Chicano students look to
for support? Who helps the Latinos and Chicanos gain a
louder voice, since the administration does not listen to
students? I cannot force my problems and concerns about
my environment upon the same people all the time. So what
happens to the Administrators and Professors of Color that
have more than one student of color complaining?
I know that readers may question why I stay at Bowdoin,
if 1 do not like it here. I stayed because I wanted a good
education to raise my job potential. A Bowdoin College
degree is what we all came for, and I cannot allow ignorance
to deprive me of that distinction. I cannot educate myself,
educate others on what it is like to be a student of color, and
live in a racist community. Something must go, and I know
that it will not be me.
Looking Starboard
By Craig Cheslog
The capacity for people on this campus to overreact continues
to amaze this writer. After last week's issue of this newspaper,
one might think that the movie casting process was changed
radically last week at this small liberal arts college in downeast
Maine. After all, who would have thought that the casting for a
motion picture might take personal appearance into account.
Wait, let me call the Associated Press. This must be an exclusive.
Yes, Mel Gibson's movie hascaused qui te an uproar at Bowdoin
College. After all, some "blondes" were rejected by the casting
agency based on their physical appearance. Certainly, this comes
as quite a shock. Who forgot to tell Mr. Gibson that Bowdoin
students have a divine right to appear in a motion picture during
their college career?
Okay, everyone, come back to the real world. Let us think for
a few moments about what the implications are if we accept, as
last week's Orient editorial suggested, that by allowing the
casting of the movie on campus, "the Bowdoin administration
indirectly sanctioned the American obsession with stereotypical
After all, the Bowdoin administration allows a
large number of events to happen on campus each
year. . . Does the Bowdoin administration "indirectly
sanction" de facto incest by allowing Masque and
Gown to perform A Night With Woody Allen ? No,
of course not.
physical 'perfection' which is responsible for the great number
of people. ..whosuffer from eating disorders." If this were actually
true, what would applying this logic mean?
After all, the Bowdoin administration allows a large number
of events to happen on campus each year. Does this mean the
administration "indirectly sanctions" each and every one of
these events? Does the Bowdoin administration "indirectly
sanction" de facto incest by allowing Masque and Gown to
perform A Night With Woody Allen ? No, of course not. The
College allows students to own and use video cassette players.
Does this mean the administration "indirectly sanctions" rape,
torture, murder, or any of the other images seen every night on
televisions on this campus? No, that is a ridiculous notion. The
college allows students to produce and distribute publications.
Did this mean the administration "indirectly sanctioned" the
ideas espoused in both To the Root (a liberal journal that used to
be published by Struggle and Change) and The Bowdoin Paiiot
(a conservative journal that is published by the College
Republicans)? Of course not, it is impossible to sanction the
ideas in both of these publications.
The moral of this story is that just because an event is permitted
to happen on campus does not mean it has the indirect — or
direct — sanction of those who work in Hawthorne-Longfellow
Hall. In fact, events on this campus are often allowed to occur
"ctespite the wishes of our administration. Thank goodness for
that fact. After all, this is not a totalitarian regime we pay
$100,000 to subject ourselves to for four years. Remember, no
one has yet declared that President Robert H. Edwards and his
minions have to control all of the actions of, or the choices made
by members of the student body.
Remember that casting calls are voluntary. No force was used
to bring "blondes" to Sargent Gymnasium. The only enticements
were the promise of (low) pay and a small part in the dream
sequence of the movie if selected.
So, the model agency proceeded to select "blondes" for the
movie, to quote an anonymous woman, "on the blondness of
her hair, the dimensions of her body, and the structure of her
face." Wait a minute. Model agencies actually check these
things? Unprecedented. "It was extremely embarrassing to
walk in and then get shafted," according to one "blonde." Yes,
it certainly was. No Bowdoin student could have expected
such treatment. Unless, of course, that student had just a small
amount of common sense.
But this is Bowdoin, and common sense is a rare commodity.
At this college, students blame the evil administration when
students do not get their way. One "blonde" described the
casting call as "a cow auction." Well, surprise, basically that is
what the casting call was. Yet, the most important part of her
sentence followed . "I felt," she told the Orient reporter, "I was
compromising my own values." Yes, she undoubtedly was
compromising her values. But, is this writer supposed to
understand that the administration is responsible when
students compromise their values? A question: is this the
administration's problem, or the prospective "blonde's" who
tossed out her values for a chance to appear on the silver
screen. The answer is obvious, if one really thinks about it.
No complaints about the casting of "blondes" were voiced
until people were rejected . This is the cold, hard fact about this
episode that must not be forgotten. Those "blondes" selected
did not seem upset by the process. The "blondes" who were
upset were those turned away. Remember, these were people
who forgot their values long enough to try to get a part in Mel
Gibson's movie. Then, suddenly, they remembered what
their values were after they were told their services would not
be necessary.
As the Orient editorial pointed out in its lead sentence last
week, "many Bowdoin women eagerly tried out for one of the
blonde 'bombshell' roles in the upcoming Mel Gibson movie
to be filmed at Bowdoin, and subjected themselves toa degrading
process..." [emphasis mine] This is not the administration's
fault, the model agency's fault, nor the fault of the movie-
going public. The "blondes" have only themselves to blame
for allowing this "degrading" event to happen to them.
One woman asked rhetorically: "Why did I even bother?"
No complaints about the casting of "blondes"
were voiced until people were rejected. This is the
cold, hard fact about this episode that must not be
forgotten. Those "blondes" selected did not seem
upset by the process. The "blondes" who were
upset were those turned away.
An important question . Before the ad ministration is blamed
for this transgression against political correctness, each
"blonde" who tried out should ask themselves why they
bothered. Of course, it will be all the better if they do so
before renting Basic Instinct or some similar movie. Think
about the image that the "blonde bombshell" Sharon Stone
creates during that film. But, the Orient movie reviewer last
spring wrote that Basic Instinct was "an entertaining movie."
So, according to this newspaper "blonde bombshells" are
acceptable in movies as long as none of them were found on
this campus. That certainly is interesting reasoning.
The Conscientious Conservative: The Real Problem of Voting
Justin
Ziegler
I've heard shocking news! It has been
determined by Nick Jacobs, in his
column "Voting is the Real Problem",
that issue awareness is "irrelevant" and
not worthyof discussion in thiselection.
The relevant crisis is the lack of voter
participation in our national elections.
Therefore, people must get out there
and vote for the sake of voting.
It's not that simple. I couldn't agree more with Mr. Jacobs
belief that voting is a right that is under-appreciated and
should be exercised by more Americans. Everyone should
vote. However, how that person votes is of utmost
importance. A sensible knowledge of the issues and
candidate positions goes hand in hand with the right to
vote. That is where I believe that Mr. Jacobs has missed the
point of my previous article.
To assert that apathetic voter participation is the only
problem with the American electorate, and that the way to
cure it is to register more voters is too simple. The nation
could have greater voter participation and still elect a
candidate that is truly not representative of the nation. One
could even put forth that a participation rate of 40%, composed
of people with an understanding of their decision, may be better
than a rate of 80%, composed of over-emotional or just plain
ignorant voters. The decision by the 40% group would be more
responsible and rational in their choice.
Thirty- second commercials, with images of a
naked Madonna wrapped in a flag telling people
that voting is better than a spanking, are
insufficient to inform voters.
Indeed, in that sense, greater voter participation could even
harm the welfare of our nation. Voting is a great responsibility,
not just a knee-jerk action undertaken every four years. Nor
should it be an exercise in emotions. That is, such decisions
should not be made without any rational thought about what
the consequences of those selections are. Our votes essentially
carry the fate of the nation. Would we want our future decided
on a quick stop at the polls and little else? Would it not be wise
to analyze the candidates and their stances carefully and
conscientiously?
That is why movements that seek simply to register voters
will not necessarily improve our decisions at the polls.
Thirty-second commercials, with images of a naked
Madonna wrapped in a flag telling people that voting is
better than a spanking, are insufficient to inform the voters.
Moreover, such organizations, in their attempt to explain
issues to voters, end up giving simplified briefs on a select
set of issues, without any mention of possible consequences.
These public service groups may actually be doing a
disservice to voters and America by minimizing the
complexity of some issues.
Thus, Americans should understand that voting is not
just a ritualistic rite of our freedom, but rather a complex
right requiring some intellectual reasoning in its exercise.
Without sufficient balanced analysis of issues, our nation
could make choices that harm the nation rather than help it.
That is not, as Mr. Jacobs suggests, taking the "elevated and
educated high ground", but a justifiable and important
concern about the wisdom of our decision making.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1992
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Needless vandalism raises
cost of Bowdoin
Continuously "inappropriate
choice of words"
To the Editor.
Since the start of school, the College has experienced several
incidents of vandalism which are of concern because they are
needless and increase the cost of operating the College. The
first incident involved an extensive amount of damage to
approximately 18 small trees around the Farley Field House.
This resulted in approximately $1,500 of damage to the
plantings as well as adversely affecting our environment. The
second incident involved the removal of patching material
from cracks in the sidewalks in the center of campus. The
material had been placed in the cracks to prevent water from
getting underneath the surface which, when it freezes,
accelerates thedeteriorationofthewalks.Thisincident resulted
in approximately $900 worth of damage.
I would ask that anyone who has any information about
these incidents bring it to the attention of one of the Physical
Plant or Security personnel or me.
The Physical Plant Department's goal is to maintain a
campus which is attractive and safe and to prevent unnecessary
deterioration of the facilities. I would appreciate any assistance
you can give us to discourage such needless vandalism.
David N. Barbour
Director of Physical Plant
To the Editor
I do not remember if you have continuously described your
paper as "the oldest continually published college weekly in
the United States," as you did in your first issue of the new
year. I hope that in the future we will not continually see this
inappropriate choice of words in your masthead.
Neel Smith
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Professor Potholm responds to
Orient editorial
Administration should state its
goals and values
To the Editor.
Since the Governing Boards came to the decision that single
sex fraternities will be prohibited, the President and other
administrative officials have repeatedly asserted that said
organizations are "fundamentally inconsistent with [the
College's] values and goals." (Dean Ward, in his letter to Mr.
Rampino which was published in last week's Orient.) I call
upon the administration to state explicitly what goals and
values they profess to embrace. I do this because I feel that,
even here at Bowdoin, the administration's words have lost
all relation to contextual meaning. Indeed, an example of this
phenomenon is provided by the previously mentioned letter,
in which Dean Ward writes "...we have no desire to tell others
what to do," while at the very same time defending the
administration's prohibition of single-sex fraternities, a policy
which certainly dictates to others what they may and may not
do.
While the College preaches its lofty but undefined goals
and values to us, its admissions policy has, after many need-
blind years, become discriminatory against the economically
less fortunate. Also, in the past few weeks, the College has
sponsored a degrading and hurtful movie extra selection
process. Are these actions consistent with the College's goals
and values? I hope not, and I would argue that these examples
of discrimination are more damaging than the existence of
single sex fraternities. Even Dean Ward has conceded the
possibility that (in Mr. Rampino's words) "single-sex
institutions are socially and culturally desirable and should
be fostered as enriching the varied fabric of our society." On
the other hand, no one would argue that prohibiting gifted —
but economically disadvantaged — students from obtaining a
quality education is "socially desirable." In any case, the
existence of single sex fraternities is no longer an issue: they
will go underground or disband, and the administration will
breathe easy. The fraternity policy is simply an example of the
administration's ineptness at dealing with student concerns.
The broader and still important issue is an administration
that seems both hypocritical and unconcerned with the well
being of its students ("late adolescents," as former Deanjervis
put it). In the Orient two weeks ago, six first years expressed
their pleasure with Bowdoin. How come, by late spring
semester "92, an Executive Board poll revealed that a full 50
percent of the students here wished they had never even applied to
Boxvdoin?
Last year, President Edwards challenged the president of
Wesleyan University to question what kind of school he was
at the helm of. (Students there had blown up part of the
President's Office.) With half of the students here (at one
point) unhappy with their choice of Bowdoin, I challenge
President Ed ward s to ask the same question of himself . Again,
I call upon the administration to tell us exactly what their
goals and values are, and whether or not they respect and
value student opinion.
Josh Aronson "95
To the Editor.
Just when some thought most of the political correctness
rubbish on campus had been packed up in trunks and carted
off to Evergreen State, along comes the Orient to sentimentally
editorialize it back to life.
Such self -righteousness! Such hypocrisy! Such a missing of
fundamental realities in the name of political correctness! In
films, as in so much of life, there is something called a
"market." That market wants different items at different
times. At this time and in this place, the movie portion of the
market wanted a commodity with the following characteristics:
1) human (there was apparently no real sex test)
2) blonde (real or acquired)
3) willing (an individual choice to participate)
In short, simple reality in terms of what this film director
wanted to put in this film (as opposed to packing the Supreme
Court).
Presumably when the market engaged in a search for the
cast of Malcolm X, different qualities were sought and different
locations searched. Certainly we know that Spike Lee did not
audition Robert Redford or Nick Nolte for the lead. Put
another way, to date Woody Allen has not sought out many
football or hockey stalwarts in his films (although who knows
what additional surprises his future casting may exhibit as he
further experiences male menopause). And so it goes. Art is
life and Hfe art. Just ask Madonna.
President Edwards, Dean Ward and Scott Hood are to be
commended, not condemned, for giving Bowdoin students
the opportunity to glimpse at the way life works outside our
ivy covered womb.
Christian P. Potholm
DeAlva Stan wood Alexander
Professor of Government
We, the members of Alpha Beta Phi, believe we are an
important step in the eventual establishment of sexual equality
here at Bowdoin. We recognize that women and men are both
the same and different. We feel that true "sexual equality" can
only happen if we stop insisting that women and men are
exactly the same and start recognizing the differences as well.
It is only possible to create a equal environment in this way.
If we define coeducation as "both sexes working together in
a social and educational environment that is sexually equal",
then we believe that it is indeed a good thing.
With both this and the new policy in mind, we would like
to announce that Alpha Beta Phi sorority will cease to exist
after the Fall 1992 semester. The present members of the
sorority will instead form a new organization beginning in
January of 1993 that includes members of both sexes. This
organization will be created with the amended definition of
coeducation in mind and will be called neither a sorority nor
a fraternity, as we believe both terms are sexually
discriminatory. Instead, this organization will be a
coeducational association called Phi Epsilon.
The Members of
Alpha Beta Phi
An Alpha Beta Phi relates her
Bowdoin experience
Alpha Beta Phi addresses the
Bowdoin community
To the Editor
As you may or may not recall, last July new and returning
Bowdoin students received a letter from Dean Ward in which
he informed us that the Governing Boards voted to ban single-
sex sororities and fraternities at Bowdoin. Dean Ward told us
that "single-sex fraternities and sororities are fundamentally
inconsistent with the values of this coeducational College".
Unfortunately, this coeducational College has neglected to
inform us of those specific values and the ways in which their
existences must be exhibited.
What do the individuals in power mean by coeducation?
By definition, coeducation is an educational system in which
students of both sexes attend classes together. In its ten year
existence, Alpha Beta Phi has never hindered this goal.
Therefore, the College is imprecise in its definition of the
word . Perhaps what it is trying to encourage is sexual equality.
As members of Alpha Beta Phi sorority, we challenge the
notion that "coeducation" is synonymous with "sexual
equality."
We have struggled for nearly a decade to create an
organization that offers women opportunities for leadership
and growth in ways no other existing organizations at Bowdoin
have been able to do . We bel ieve we have succeeded . However,
this is not to say that there is anything wrong with the
coeducational fraternities, for membership in those
organizations is the right choice for many people here.
Unfortunately, as things stand right now, it is not the right
choice for everyone.
To the Editor:
For those in the Bowdoin community who may have missed
last year's fight to save single-sex organizations, or who may
not understand the decision to join such an organization, I
would like to recount my Bowdoin experience.
I came to Bowdoin College about two years ago from
Anchorage, Alaska, and entered the state of Maine for the first
time in my life. I had never been to Bowdoin, nor did I know
a single person who went here; in fact, I had never even heard
of Bowdoin until I applied. But Maine seemed like a good, far
away place to go, so off my application went. To my delight,
the College thought I was of good enough character and
intelligence to attend this prestigious institution, and I happily
packed all 50 of my bags, ready for an entirely new experience.
When I arrived, I was awed by the beautiful campus, and
ooed by the good food and fancy landscaping, and I struggled
to do well in my classes for the first time in my life. But by the
end of my first year, I felt that I had missed something vital
and I could not justify the $20,000 price tag. I sent my transfer
applications to other schools.
Fortunately (or unfortunately), my parents insisted that I
give Bowdoin another try. Now, as the price tag grows, I am
sure they are kicking themselves. But anyways, I came back
hoping to find that missing link in my Bowdoin career. I found
it almost immediately in a group of women called Alpha Beta
Phi. For the first time in my life I found people who opened up
their lives to me, not for the brand of clothes I wore, or who my
parents are, or what kind of grades I got, or whatever other
conventions define high school cliques, but for the sole reason
that I showed an interest in them.
In the last year and a half I have come to know and love 40
people that I probably would have never even met. It is an
incredible feeling to know that 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, 365 days a year I can call ANY one of my sisters and she
will be there for me, no matter what. I know this to be true
because I have been on both sides of that telephone line.
It is amazing to see the effect Alpha Beta Phi has on so many
women on this campus. There are women in our group with
eating disorders, alcohol problems, academic troubles, etc.,
but we as a group are willing to face these problems and find
solutions. We invite members of the Counseling Center to
lead group discussions on these issues, as well as learn more
about them from each other. In this process, each of us is able
to grow and learn and help others, as well as help herself. I'm
not saying Alpha Beta Phi is one big group therapy session; it
just happens that this is an integral part of the organization,
and the basis for many true and lasting friendships.
The point is that Alpha Beta Phi was created to provide a
space for the women of Bowdoin College who want the
security of being part of the social structure on campus as well
as having the love and support of an incredibly diverse and
strong group of women. I realize that the end of Alpha Beta
Phi is inevitable, but I just wanted to emphasize the important
role it has played in my life, as well as in the lives of so many
women over the past ten years. It is impossible to describe
what Alpha Beta Phi means to me; there are too many good
times, tears, faces, struggles, parties and memories to count.
What I can say is that I would not be at Bowdoin College today
if it were not for the women of Alpha Beta Phi.
Kelly Johnson '94
Member of Alpha Beta Phi
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT. OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1992
Student Opinion
(Views From The Couch:) A Real Positive Impression
"Instead of ending up with wet hands
I every night, put them to good use at
BGLAD." Yep. I walk through the
Tower door with my friends, go through
the deli line and grab a seat. As I eat my
turkey on wheat, I ponder those words
of wisdom. What do they mean? I
struggle with ideas. I dry my hands
after brushing every night, so that can't be it. I do read every
night, but my book isn't ever wet. Damn, this is really
annoying.
The conversation swirls
around me. I look up, and speak
"Hey, what does it mean when
someone tells me that I end up
with wet hands every night?"
This puts a stop to the
conversation, and everyone gets
quizzical looks on their faces.
The silence lasts for a few
minutes, then one of my friends
speaks up.
"I know," he laughs. "Someone is telling you that you beat
of f every night!" As he laughs hysterically, and I wonder why
he knows this, I wonder, is he right? Is BGLAD insinuating
that men and women masturbate every night? I put down my
sandwich and skip the ice cream.
I head back to my room and think some more. Are they
allowed to put signs like that up? Does it bother anyone else
besides me? Does this mean that the rugby team can put up
a sign that says "Instead of playing with yourself every day,
play rugby?"
I head over to the field house, pathetically try to lift some
weights, and then head over to dinner at the Union. As I wait
for a friend of mine outside the cafeteria, I read the signs up
on the wall. "Cannondale missing. Reward." "Sailing Meeting,
Colbath Room 7:00." "Niggers, Faggots, Bitches. Just words, so
why are you staring at this poster?" "Babysitter wanted. Must
have a car." "Refrigerator for sale..." My friend arrives. We grab
some food and then sit down.
All of a sudden it hits me. There was something about BGLAD
on that "just words" poster. I think some more over some pasta and
red sauce. Niggers, that's pretty derogatory. Faggots, that's pretty
bad, too. Bitches isn't the nicest of terms, either. My friend notices
my silence.
going out the front door, something catches my eye.
"Bowdoin women are sluts. Good, tight sluts, (as
overheard by a BGLAD member last year)." Thoughts
that have been plaguing me all day re-enter my head. My
women friends aren't sluts, I think. I've never heard
anyone else say something like that. As I slowly walk
back to my room, my respect for BGLAD entering the
realm of my respect for Dan Quayle, I finally put my
finger on what is bothering me. What the hell is the point?
What does the fact that someone called Bowdoin women
^^^^^^™"^^™ sluts have to do with
What does it matter if anyone
masturbates, and what does it have
to do with BGLAD?
"Are you okay?"
"Just thinking.. .hmmm... Now, if someone called you a bitch,
what would you think?"
"I'd be pissed."
"Nigger?"
"Upset."
"Faggot"
"Mad."
"Why?"
"Because. I don't know. They're all degrading terms for different
people whom really weak people stereotype." Ah, aptly put. We
eat the rest of the dinner without any more talk about niggers,
bitches, faggots, masturbating, and such. I actually finish dinner, me feel that that group is kind of bullshit.'
I head up to the Union desk and hang out for a while. As I start 1Muf f said.
BGLAD? Niggers, bitches. . .
I mean I can see the point that
words hurt, and people
should watch what they say,
but. . . is this the way to go
about stopping it? What does
it matter if anyone
masturbates, and what does
__ it have to do with BGLAD? If
WttmKttmtKtKtamKm any other organization put
up signs like that, wouldn't
there have been more, if there has been any, administrative
and student backlash?
One of the proctees on my floor asks me what BGLAD
is, as I enter the hall.
"It's a group that promotes the awareness of sexual
differences."
"What's the point of the signs I've seen?" he asks.
"Umm, shock treatment, trying to get their message
across," I reply, realizing how lame that sounds,
considering what their posters proclaim.
'The signs are all kind of weak. In fact, they just make
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Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
S&D S&D S&D S&D S&E
Hi, fans! hated them mucho. TD's enter, and we're going toTD. Saw a train
You know why we don't transfer from Bowdoin? The pass through downtown, pretty sweet. When hearing that we
quality of the classes? Nope. Our friends? No. The large were on assignment, Jamie Bellows '94 says, 'It's a great thing."
quantity of single-sex fraternities? Uh-uh. The new-up-and- Thanks Jamie.
1 1 :00: Grigsby styles himself with righteous quote. Read it now.
"You know that show C.OP.S.? I feel like I'm on that."
11:03 Security aspect of job. The Shuttle patrols the incredibly
dangerous Coffin St. parking lot. Grigsby gives us our respective
firearms, AK-47 is the tool for Tony, 12-inch plasma rifle for Jon.
coming student center? Well, maybe.
But the number one reason that Doerr and Silverman
remain at Bowdoin College. . .
The Shuttle.
Oh, yes. . . The Shuttle.
Toprovetoyouhowcoolthisaspectofthe mm
College really is, we will now recount a night
with The Shuttle.
77:05 Wrestlers are in jail.. We are
back in The Shuttle and rolling.
The Facts:
Driver: Taran "Campus-Man" Grigsby
Vehicle: Super Stealth XTRYF-993 Liter
Huge-Blower-on-the-Hood Midnight Black
Minivan.
Date: Amateur Night, Friday, September ?, 1992 A.D. We approach Coffin St. parking lot in an Eastern European 2-by- Silverman understandably pissed off because, after all,
(Who cares?) 2-cover-formation. We see five WWF wrestlers rucking over a they are the women's rugby team.
Reason: This is actually a two-part answer. (Can you small Volkswagen Cabriolet. No Fahrfegnuggen there. Grigsby The next hour was rather uneventful. Grigsby
handle it?) l)We love you guys and we would jump out of a began to run for the van to call for The Shuttle, but Tony reminded continued to show his incompetence and should be
wherever they needed to go, but Silverman tarnished the
reputation of The Shuttle by offering the possible
passengers candy along with the ride. They were
understandably stupefied and ran a 4x100 relay to safety
saying that we were kidnappers in an ugly mini-van who
stole a sticker saying "Bowdoin College Shuttle."
11:15 Grigsby pawed by drunken woman passenger
riding shotgun. She was wearing her safety harness.
11:16 105.9 squares us with kind Neil Young. What did
■■ we say last week?
11:25 Grigsby commits gross traffic
violation by busting through railroad track
gate inches before a speeding train comes.
He's insane.
11.27 Women's rugby team enters The
Shuttle. Doerr understandably pissed off
because their screams drown out
Hendrix's "Castles Made of Sand."
plane for you., .we're actually going to do that for ourselves,
and 2) rugby game the next day means we are rendered 64-
doggerless. Weeeak. \
The Events:
By the way, (this little note is really for our publisher's, our
him, "Grigsby, we are The Shuttle." relieved of his employment immediately. Oust kidding.)
Grigsby promptly urinated all over his new Z-Ca varied slacks. Thank you very much to Taran Grigsby for putting up
Silverman calmly called for a 3-meter-spread, "we move now, with our unusual dialect, although he does have a Doerr/
double-time-formation." Silverman to English Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus.
With a cold glint in their eyes, Silverman and Doerr approached Before we go, we would like to write an unfunny, but
agents, and the people at the Pulitzer Palace right outside of the vagrants and yell, "Ruckers .. .HALT. " The immense wrestlers important paragraph about the future of The Shuttle. As
Cambodian air-space) we were forced to change names. The immediately fbllowGrigsby's lead, wetting their pants. (It smelled you may or may not know, this could be the last year that
reason for this was not to protect anyone, but actually so we bad at this point.) Bowdoin will offerthe servicesof the shuttle. TheCollege
could offend as many people as possible. 1 1:05 Wrestlers are in jail. Receive twenty years in the electric is considering whether it is important enough to fit it into
1053 We get in backseat of vehicle, Grigsby greets us with chair. We are back in The Shuttle and rolling. their budget. We feel that the discontinuation of its services
11:07 Grigsby points out large moon on horizon. Doerr points can do nothing but hurt the College and its students.
out large puddle in Grigsby' s seat. Without its services, (let's face it) more people will drive
1 1.08 All is quiet at Fat Mart's. drunk, especially in cold weather. More people will be
11:11 Cruising on the way to Pine St, in The Shuttle, we noticed forced to walk down dark streets late at night. We hope
one other thing, what's with this 5 in someone's address? freshmen who are ignorant to the full capabilities of The Shuttle that you areasconcemed as weare about the consequences
Some stupid drunk people clambered into The Shuttle. Just (includingGrigsby'snaturetips) walkingaway from the apartments of this, and will write or do whatever it takes to keep it. It's
Say No. towards campus. Grigsby slammed on the brakes and we slid the safe, warm, and student-operated.
10:57 We dropped off uncool ones at Pine Street. Grigsby rear door open. They looked frightened . We offered them a ride And if s a hell of a good time. v
a bow. . . he worships the ground that Tony doesn't walk on.
That's a lot of ground.
10:55 Go to rockin' scene at 835 HarpsweDSt.,but Jon, who
wasn't there? I'd have to agree with Tony on this one, and
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
13
tudent Opinion
StudentSpeak
>v
What do you think of U.S. News ranking Bowdoin at number six?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Background: Once again, U.S. News and World Report 's
rankings of the nation's "best" universities and small, liberal
arts colleges have been unleashed upon us. With the Bowdoin
student body content and complacent after being rated fourth
in previous years, we asked students, "How do you feel about
Bowdoin dropping to number six this year? What do you think
about the U.S. News rankings? Did you pay any attention to
them when you were applying to colleges?"
PUTT SMITH '94
Milton, Massachusetts
MEREDITH van den BEEMT '95
Monkton, Maryland
JESSICA SKWIRE '94
Rocky River, Ohio
I don't give a shit.
I don't think it matters one way or the other. Bowdoin is still When I was applying to colleges, I looked at the rankings,
a good school, and the difference between the top ten schools but only to get the names of the best schools in the nation. It
is really just a matter of insignificant percentage points. I'm doesn't upset me too much that we've dropped from four to
not ready to transfer to Pomona yet. six. I'm actually surprised that wti haven't dropped farther,
considering the lower quality of each new class, last year's
controversies, and Bowdoin's financial troubles.
AMEEN HADDAD '93
Concord, Massachusetts
When I applied to Bowdoin, we were number eight, and it
didn't affect my decision because I went by word-of-mouth
recommendations about Bowdoin. Everyone I talked to loved
Bowdoin, and these were people who wound up going to the
number one, two, and three ranked schools. Academically
and athletically, Bowdoin is equal to any of those schools.
Bowdoin also has a sense of what I call "Cheers," where
everybody knows your name. That's partly because we're
such a small school, partly because of our fraternity system,
and partly due to the wide range of extra-curricular activities.
To cut any of these might make us one, two, or three, but I
wouldnf go here.
ANTHONY SERETAKIS '95
Greenwich, Connecticut
It does bother me. This school is definitely going down. I
think it's a shame that Bowdoin is riding on its name at this
point. This probably stems from the College being so badly in
debt.
When I applied, Bowdoin was pretty high up there, and, of
course, that affected my decision to come here.
CHRISTINA PELLETIER '94
Wichita, Kansas
When I was looking at colleges, I did look at what Bowacin
was ranked, but I came here because I liked the school a lot,
and attending Bowdoin is a strong tradition in my family.
I was impressed by the College's ranking and that did have
some impact on my coming here. I wish I could say that the
drop in rank doesn't bother me, but it does a little bit because
Bowdoin is Bowdoin, and I think it's a great place to go to
school.
Don't write a letter to the editor of the Orient..
See what happens to you.
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT, OPINION FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1992
Student Opinion
(Views From The Couch:) A Real Positive Impression
Brian
Sung
"Instead of ending up with wet hands
I every night, put them to good use at
BGLAD." Yep. I walk through the
Tower door with my friend s, go through
the deli line and grab a seat. As I eat my
turkey on wheat, I ponder those words
of wisdom. What do they mean? I
struggle with ideas. I dry my hands
after brushing every night, so that can't be it. I do read every
night, but my book isn't ever wet. Damn, this is re ally
annoying. '
The conversation swirls
around me. I look up, and speak.
"Hey, what does it mean when
someone tells me that I end up
with wet hands every night?"
This puts a stop to the
conversation, and everyone gets
quizzical looks on their faces.
The silence lasts for a few
minutes, then one of my friends
speaks up.
"I know," he laughs. "Someone is telling you that you beat
of f every night!" As he laughs hysterically, and I wonder why
he knows this, I wonder, is he right? Is BGLAD insinuating
that men and women masturbate every night? I put down my
sandwich and skip the ice cream.
I head back to my room and think some more. Are they
allowed to put signs like that up? Does it bother anyone else
besides me? Does this mean that the rugby team can put up
a sign that says "Instead of playing with yourself every day,
play rugby?"
I head over to the field house, pathetically try to lift some
weights, and then head over to dinner at the Union. As I wait
for a friend of mine outside the cafeteria, I read the signs up
on the wall. "Cannondale missing. Reward." "Sailing Meeting
Colbath Room 700." "Niggers, Faggots, Bitches. Just words, so
why are you staring at this poster?" "Babysitter wanted. Must
have a car." "Refrigerator for sale..." My friend arrives. We grab
some food and then sit down.
All of a sudden it hits me. There was something about BGLAD
on that "just words" poster. I think some more over some pasta and
red sauce. Niggers, that's pretty derogatory. Faggots, that's pretty
bad, too. Bitches isn't the nicest of terms, either. My friend notices
my silence.
going out the front door, something catches my eye.
"Bowdoin women are sluts. Good, tight sluts, (as
overheard by a BGLAD member last year)." Thoughts
that have been plaguing me all day re-enter my head . My
women friends aren't sluts, I think. I've never heard
anyone else say something like that. As I slowly walk
back to my room, my respect for BGLAD entering the
realm of my respect for Dan Quayle, I finally put my
finger on what is bothering me. What the hell is the point?
What does the fact that someone called Bowdoin women
^^■J"^^™^^™ sluts have to do with
What does it matter if anyone
masturbates, and what does it have
to do with BGLAD?
"Are you okay?"
"Just thinking...hmmm...Now, if someone called you a bitch,
what would you think?"
"I'd be pissed."
"Nigger?"
"Upset."
"Faggot"
"Mad."
"Why?"
"Because. I don't know. They'reall degrading terms for different
people whom really weak people stereotype." Ah, aptly put. We considering what their posters proclaim
eat the rest of the dinner without any more talk about niggers, 'The signs are all kind of weak. In fact, they just make
bitches, faggots, masturbating and such. I actually finish dinner, me feel that that group is kind of bullshit."
I head up to the Union desk and hang out for a while. As I start IMuff said.
BGLAD? Niggers, bitches. . .
I mean I can see the point that
words hurt, and people
should watch what they say,
but. . . is this the way to go
about stopping it? What does
it matter if anyone
masturbates, and what does
___ it have to do with BGLAD? If
^■^^"^"^^™ any other organization put
up signs like that, wouldn't
there have been more, if there has been any, ad ministrative
and student backlash?
One of the proctees on my floor asks me what BGLAD
is, as I enter the hall.
"It's a group that promotes the awareness of sexual
differences."
"What's the point of the signs I've seen?" he asks.
"Umm, shock treatment, trying to get their message
across," I reply, realizing how lame that sounds,
S&D S&D S&D S&D S&D S&
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
S&D S&D S&D S&D S&E
Hi, fans!
You know why we don't transfer from Bowdoin? The
quality of the classes? Nope. Our friends? No. The large
quantity of single-sex fraternities? Uh-uh. The new-up-and-
coming student center? Well, maybe.
But the number one reason that Doerr and Silverman
remain at Bowdoin College. . .
The Shuttle.
Oh, yes. . . The Shuttle.
To prove to you how cool this aspect of the mm
College really is, we will no w recount a night
with The Shuttle.
hated them mucho. TD's enter, and we're going to TD. Saw a train
pass through downtown, pretty sweet. When hearing that we-
were on assignment, Jamie Bellows '94 says, "It's a great thing."
Thanks Jamie.
1 1 :00: Grigsby styles himself with righteous quote. Read it now.
"You know that show C.O.P.S.? I feel like I'm on that."
11:03 Security aspect of job. The Shuttle patrols the incredibly
dangerous Coffin St. parking lot. Grigsby gives us our respective
firearms, AK-47 is the tool for Tony, 12-inch plasma rifle for Jon.
The Facts:
Driver: Taran "Campus-Man" Grigsby
Vehicle: Super Stealth XTRYF-99 3 Liter
Huge-Blower-on-the-Hood Midnight Black
Minivan. "•!
Date: Amateur Night, Friday, September ?, 1992 A.D.
(Who cares?)
11:05 Wrestlers are in jail... We are
back in The Shuttle and rolling.
wherever they needed to go, but Silverman tarnished the
reputation of The Shuttle by offering the possible
passengers candy along with the ride. They were
understandably stupefied and ran a 4x1 00 relay to safety
saying that we were kidnappers in an ugly mini-van who
stole a sticker saying "Bowdoin College Shuttle"
11:15 Grigsby pawed by drunken woman passenger
riding shotgun. She was wearing her safety harness.
11:16 105.9 squares us with kind Neil Young. What did
■■» we say last week?
11:25 Grigsby commits gross traffic
violation by busting through railroad track
gate inches before a speeding train comes.
He's insane.
11^7 Women's rugby team enters The
Shuttle. Doerr understandably pissed off
because their screams drown out
Hendrix's "Castles Made of Sand."
We approach Coffin St. parking lot in an Eastern European 2-by- Silverman understandably pissed off because, after all,
2-cover-fbrmation. We see five WWF wrestlers rucking over a they are the women's rugby team.
Reason: This is actually a two-part answer. (Can you small Volkswagen Cabriolet. No Fahrfegnuggen there. Grigsby The next hour was rather uneventful. Grigsby
handle it?) l)We love you guys and we would jump out of a began to run for the van to call for The Shuttle, but Tony reminded continued to show his incompetence and should be
plane for you... we're actually going to do that for ourselves, him, "Grigsby, we are The Shuttle." relieved of his employment immediately. Oust kidding.)
and 2) rugby game the next day means we are rendered 64- Grigsby promptly urinated all over his new Z-Cavaricci slacks. Thank you very much to Taran Grigsby for putting up
doggerless. Weeeak. Silverman calmly called for a 3-meter-spread, "we move now, with our unusual dialect, although he does have a Doerr/
The Events: double-time-formation ."
By the way, (this little note is really for our publisher's, our With a cold glint in their eyes, SUverman and Doerr approached
agents, and the people at the Pulitzer Palace right outside of the vagrants and yell, "Ruckers..JHALT." The immense wrestlers
Cambodian air-space) we were forced to change names. The immediately followGrigsby's lead, wetting their pants. (It smelled
reason for this was not to protect anyone, but actually so we bad at this point.)
11:05 Wrestlers are in jail. Receive twenty years in the electric
chair. We are back in The Shuttle and rolling.
11:07 Grigsby points out large moon on horizon. Doerr points can do nothing but hurt the College and its students.
out large puddle in Grigsby' s seat. Without its services, (let's face it) more people will drive
11:08 All is quiet at Fat Mart's. drunk, especially in cold weather. More people will be
11:11 Cruising on the way to Pine St, in The Shuttle, we noticed forced to walk down dark streets late at night. We hope
one other thing, what's with this 5 in someone's address? freshmen who are ignorant to the full capabilities of The Shuttle that youareasconeerned as we are about theconsequenees
Some stupid drunk people clambered into The Shuttle. Just (includingGrigsby'snaturerips) walkingaway fromtheapartments of this, and will writeor do whatever it takes to keep it. If s
Say No. towards campus. Grigsby slammed on the brakes and we slid the safe, warm, and student-operated.
10:57 We dropped off uncool ones at Pine Street. Grigsby rear door open. They looked frightened. We offered them a ride And if s a hell of a good time.
could offend as many people as possible.
10:53 We get in back seat of vehicle, Grigsby greets us with
a bow. . . he worships the ground that Tony doesn't walk on.
That's a lot of ground.
10:55 Go to rockin' scene at 935 HarpsweflSt.,but Jon, who
wasn't there? I'd have to agree with Tony on this one, and
Silverman to English Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Before we go, we would like to write an unfunny, but
important paragraph about the future of The Shuttle. As
you may or may not know, this could be the last year that
Bowdoin willoffertheservicesofthe shuttle. TheColIege
is considering whether it is important enough to fit it into
their budget. Wefeelthatthediscontinuationofits services
J
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1992
13
Student Opinion
(SxudentSpeak J
-
What do you think of U.S: News ranking Bowdoin at number six?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Background: Once again, U.S. News and World Report 's
rankings of the nation's "best" universities and small, liberal
arts colleges have been unleashed upon us. With the Bowdoin
student body content and complacent after being rated fourth
in previous years, we asked students, "How do you feel about
Bowdoin dropping to number six this year? What do you think
about the U.S. News rankings? Did you pay any attention to
them when you were applying to colleges?"
PUTT SMITH f 94
Milton, Massachusetts
MEREDITH van den BEEMT '95
Monkton, Maryland
JESSICA SKWIRE '94
Rocky River, Ohio
I don't give a shit.
I don't think it matters one way or the other. Bowdoin is still When I was applying to colleges, I looked at the rankings,
a good school, and the difference between the top ten schools but only to get the names of the best schools in the nation. It
is really just a matter of insignificant percentage points. I'm doesn't upset me too much that we've dropped from four to
not ready to transfer to Pomona yet. six. I'm actually surprised tliat we haven't dropped farther,
considering the lower quality of each new class, last year's
controversies, and Bowdoin's financial troubles.
AMEEN HADDAD '93
Concord, Massachusetts
When I applied to Bowdoin, we were number eight, and it
didn't affect my decision because I went by word-of-mouth
recommendations about Bowdoin. Everyone I talked to loved
Bowdoin, and these were people who wound up going to the
number one, two, and three ranked schools. Academically
and athletically, Bowdoin is equal to any of those schools.
Bowdoin also has a sense of what I call "Cheers," where
everybody knows your name. That's partly because we're
such a small school, partly because of our fraternity system,
and partly due to the wide range of extra-curricular activities.
To cut any of these might make us one, two, or three, but I
would nt' go here.
ANTHONY SERETAKIS '95
Greenwich, Connecticut
It does bother me. This school is definitely going down. I
think it's a shame that Bowdoin is riding on its name at this
point. This probably stems from the College being so badly in
debt.
When I applied, Bowdoin was pretty high up there, and, of
course, that affected my decision to come here.
CHRISTINA PELLETIER '94
Wichita, Kansas
When I was looking at colleges, I did look at what Bowucin
was ranked, but I came here because I liked the school a lot,
and attending Bowdoin is a strong tradition in my family.
I was impressed by the College's ranking and that did have
some impact on my coming here. I wish I could say that the
drop in rank doesn't bother me, but it does a little bit because
Bowdoin is Bowdoin, and I think it's a great place to go to
school.
Don't write a letter to the editor of the Orient.
See what happens to you.
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Ultimate Frisbee
(CONTINUED FROM PG.16)
second half ended much like the
first had, as UConn won, 15-7.
TheUConn team was impressed
by Bowdoin's play to the extent
that one Connecticut player
mentioned that, "If you had
played us last spring, you would
have killed us."
Next came the game Bowdoin
was looking to win. The game
started with a scare, as Colby
capitalized on a Bowdoin error
to jump to a 1-0 lead. From then
on, however, it was all Bowdoin.
The BUFF was merciless in
running up an 8-2 half-time lead
and went into the break feeling
like the game was well in hand.
The BUFF completely
controlled the rest of the game,
outscoring the Jesters 7-1 to gain
the first ever Bowdoin Ultimate
victory. Bowdoin will faceColby
this weekend.
Field hockey shuts out the competition
Each the Bowdoin 's first three opponents has been unable to score
By Jonathan Winnick
orient asst. sports editor
How often do you eat a bagel?
Well, if you are a member of the
women's field hockey team these
days, you are averaging about one
every four days. No, I haven't been
following the players to breakfast
every morning. The team has had
all of their bagels on the field where
they have shut out their first three
opponents. The team has posted
wins over UMaine-Farmington,
Babson and Salem State.
The team picked up their first
win Of the season last week,
defeating UMF 2-0. Emily LeVan
'95 opened the scoring for the Polar
Bears on a penalty stroke. Allison
Mataya '95 put an exclamation on
things when she scored the Polar
Bears second goal, assisted by
LeVan.
The team's co-captains Rebecca
"Rebel" Smith '94 and Jen Bogue '94
turned in impressive performances.
Both players seemed pleased with
the team's level of play. Smith said
"For our first game we played well
and now we know what we have to
work on." Bogue added "We were
a little rusty on some things, but we
were able to go out and set the pace
and everyone really came together."
Cathy Small '95 and goalie Jen Baker
'95 also played well for the Polar
Bears.
The team continued to tear up the
competitioDilast Saturday as they
defeated Bafteon 1-0 on a goal by
Rebecca Smith. Last Wednesday, the
women capped off their trio of shut
outs, destroying Salem State 3-0. toughest test thus far. This game
Amy Tayler '96, Allison Mataya '95 will wrap up their season-opening
and Robin Hunnewell '94 scored
for the Polar Bears. Rebecca Smith
observed that Salem State did not
challenge them and that as a team
they "played down to their level."
She added that it "was a pretty
boring game for the defense."
The first three wins have been
very important for the team. Last
year, they suffered many of their
losses away from home, and
opening up the season with three
wins on the road has lifted their
confidence. Smith said, "We have a
tough time playing away because
other fields aren't as nice as ours."
The team has proven themselves
away from home, but this Saturday's
game at Middlebury will be their
road trip, and on Friday, October 2,
they will host Wheaton in their home
opener.
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season with a pair of wins
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
Coming off a 9-0 victory debut
over Babson in which the team did
not lose a set, the Women's Tennis
team posted an equally convincing
8-1 win over the University of
Maine Orono in the home opener
Wednesday afternoon.
The Polar Bears were led by
Alison Burke '94, who, at first
singles defeated her Maine
opponent in straight sets. After
going up 5-0, she went on to win 6-
1 in the first set. Although she
seemed upset by her play at the
beginning of the second set, she
proceeded to win 6-1.
At third singles, Co-captain
Alison Vargas '93 won easily in
straight sets, 6-3 and 6-1. Also
winning easily was Emily Lubin
'95 (6-0, 6-2), who, at the number
four spot, is battling back from a
leg injury. At fifth singles, Theresa
Claffey '95 owned the most
decisive singles victory of the day,
allowing her opponent only a
single game (6-0, 6-1).
The closest matches of the day
were fought at second and sixth
singles.
Kristi LeBlanc '96, who has
earned a shot at second singles as
a first-year, fought hard in the
longest match of the afternoon,
winning 6-0, 3-6 and 6-4. LeBalnc
seemed frustrated and drained
toward the end of her match.
Coach Hammond described it
as first-year nervousness.
Hammond has been extremely
impressed by LeBlanc. "She's just
solid. She volleys really well and
serves well. It's nice to have
someone to push [the older
players]," said Hammond.
At sixth singles, co-captain Marti
Champion '93 fought back from 1-
6 in the first set to win the next two
in decisive fashion, 6-3 and 6-2.
U. Maine scored its only point in
the doubles round. LeBlanc and
Lubin at first doubles and Burke
and Amy Brockelman '95 at third
doubles had fairly easy matches
(6-0, 6-1 in both matches); Vargas
and Julie Vicinus '93 played hard
but lost, 4-6 and 3-6.
Coach Hammond is encouraged
by the 2-0 start, although he does
not want to read too much into the
team's success so far. He feels the
victory at Babson was due more to
the poor play of the Babson squad
than to a dominating effort by the
Polar Bears. He feels the
Wednesday's performance was an
all-around stronger effort.
The team will have to play
equally as well on Sa turday as they
travel to Middlebury. With a
strong line-up and team depth, the
season looks bright for the Polar
Bears.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
15
Men 's X-country finishes 3rd against Division I rivals
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Division I foes, the University of
Maine and the University of New
Hampshire, wore out their welcome
last Saturday as they trounced
Bowdoin (72 points) with scores of
22 points and 46 points. The Polar
Bears, however, did salvage the day
by defeating another Division I rival,
the University of Rhode Island, by
10 points.
Although concern over the
welfare of Bowdoin cross-country
may be creeping into your thoughts,
do not despair. This was a contest of
David and Goliath's which
provided the harriers with
experience that will prove
invaluable this Saturday as the Polar
Bears challenge the White Mules of
Colby.
Coach Slovenski reflecting of his
team's performance, remarked, "I
thought we ran very well against
strong competition. This is the first
time we have beaten the University
of Rhode Island in ten or twenty
years."
The outset of the race was furious
as the University of Maine runners
dictated the pace. The University of
Maine runners held the lead from
start to finish as Jeff Young, Jamie
LaChance, Sean Tylaan, and
Andrew Spaulding crossed the line
together in 26:02 for the 5.2 mile
course. This impressive display of
running evidenced the contrast
between a Division I program
packed with scholarship runners
and the Bowdoin harriers.
In what will become a familiar
scene this fall Captain Andrew Yim
'93 and Dave Wood '93 were the top
runners for Bowdoin as they
finished in ninth place (26:46) and
tenth place (26:47), respectively out
of fifty-four runners. Finishing in
fourteenth place was senior,
Andrew Kinley, who solidified his
role as the harrier's third man. The
pivotal fourth and fifth men for
Bowdoin were Tom Eng '95,
nineteenth place (27:43), and Cam
Wobus '95, twentieth place (27:43).
Their second consecutive close
finish reversed their order this week
as Tom took the lean.
Scoring in cross-country is
computed by adding up the finishes
of the top five runners from each
team. For example, Bo wdoin's score
of 72 points can be arrived at by
adding up the places of Andrew,
Dave, Andy, Tom and Cam
(9+10+13+19+20=72). For this
reason, not only do Andrew and
Dave need to run well, but athletes
such as Kinley, Tom, and Cam also
need to perform well.
Coach Slovenski remarked, "Our
third, fourth, and fifth runners will
have to attack the third and fourth
miles more effectively in the future.
We are working on that, and I know
that they will be ready for the big
races in October."
Looking to break into the fourth
and fifth spots are first-year Dan
Sacco (26th, 28:08), Dave Humphrey
'94 (27th, 28:09), and Andy Hartsig
'95 (29th, 28:14). Also, first-year
runner Blaine Marley will bolster
the Polar Bear attack as he returns to
action this weekend after being ill
last Saturday.
This Saturday the harriers travel
to Waterville, Maine. The Polar
Bears ( 5-3) are eager to run against
their first NESC AC opponent which
will finally provide them with a
gauge of their chances to repeat as
NESCAC champions.
Scoreboard
Date Te^ms
$cpre
Record^
9/19 Field Hockey
1-0 (W)
2-0
@ Babson
9/19 Women's Soccer
1-1 tie
1-0-1
@ Babson
9/19 Volleyball
15 15 15(W)0-1
Conn. College
8 8 12
9/19 Women's Tennis
9-0 (W)
1-0
@ Babson
9/19 Men's Soccer
1-3 (L)
2-1
@ Babson
9/22 Volleyball
15 15(W)
1-1
St. Joseph's
10 4
Volleybal
■ 15 15(W)
2-1
Thomas
11 5
9/23 Women's Tennis
8-1 (W)
2-0
U. Maine
9/23 Field Hockey
3-0 (W)
3-0
@ Salem State
9/23 Men's Soccer
0- L (L)
2-2
@USM
9/23 Women's Soccer
4-0 (W)
2-0-1
USM
Volleyball team paced by 5 kills from first-year in tri-match win
By Yun Kim
orient staff writer
The women's volleyball team
careered from its slow season start
to beat St. Joseph's and Thomas 15-
10, 15-4, and 15-11, 15-5,
respectively, in a tri-match on
Tuesda,y September 22.
The match was highlighted by
first-year, Tiffany Haddock, whose
five hits in the 2nd game against
Thomas all resulted in kills. "It's a
Bowdoin record," said Coach Lynn
Ruddy. "We've never had 5 kills by
a single player in a game." Another
first year Natalie Harmon nailed an
ace on her first serve in her very first
game to drive the win against St.
Joseph.
Ruddy expects this fairly young
team, with only four returning
players, to be even better than last
year.
"We have a lot more versatile
players who can play different
positions. [Also] we're blessed with
four setters, [whereas] most teams
are lucky to have two good ones."
Ruddy believes that the team can
definitely improve last year's
mediocre record of 13-18.
Thebackboneof theteam consists
of senior Co-captain Melissa
Schulenberg with 89% rate in
passing, first-year Jane Buchanan
with 88% in hitting, and junior Amy
Aselton with 94% in serving. "The
team works very well together.
There are no individual attitudes —
we're all team players," said
Buchanan.
The Tuesday tri-match win was a
consolation to the loss against
Connecticut College earlier in the
season. Ruddy noted that, although
the team played well, Connecticut
was a tough team to beat. The team
hopes to solidify its games by
improving the hitting, and is
working to develop the offense by
increasing the passing rate, from
the current 77% to 95%.
Furthermore, jump serves and
topspins are included in thetraining
agenda.
Holding a 2-4 record so far, the
team hopes to finish in the top 5 in
NESCAC. The Bowdoin Invitational
on Saturday will show a glimpse of
the team's potential for the season.
The volleyball team slammed the competition this week.
Photo by Maya Khun.
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SportsWe
Women's soccer defeats USM but falters in tie with Babson
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
After topping Merrimack last
week, the women's soccer team
continued with their undefeated
season by battling to a draw at
Babson and streaking past
University of Southern Maine.
Last Saturday, the Polar Bears
traveled to Babson and came away
with a hard fought 1 -1 tie. The team
played well in the first half,
especially in offense, on their way
to outshooting Babson 20-6 after 45
minutes of play. Yet despite this
pressure, the forwards weren't able
to slip one into the net, and the half
ended in a scoreless tie.
The tough Babson team first
scored first 22 minutes into the
second half and worked hard on the
defensiveend thereafter in trying to
preserve their lead. Yet the
continuous offensive pressure
finally paid off for the Polar Bears
ten minutes later as first-year Nancy
Gorton scored to tie the game.
"Overall, we worked harder and
outplayed Babson," he said, "but
we just couldn't capital izeby scoring
some goals. After we went down 1-
0, 1 could see that the team reached
down and gave that extra effort in
coming back to tie and almost win
the game."
This increased effort seemed to
carry into the team's subsequent
game against the University of
Southern Maine as the Polar Bears
destroyed the visitors 4-0. Senior
Co-captain Alicia Collins scored the
only goal in a first half, which was
characterized by numerous scoring
chances. The squad finally broke
loose in the second half with goals
by Gorton, Kerryn Shean '96, and
Lindsey Oswald '96.
Commenting on the one-sided
nature of the game. Coach Cullen
remarked that "we had a little more
ability, and they were short on
players. In the second half, USM
seemed to wear down a little. Our
offense really pressured them,
although I would have liked to have
seen a bit more patience and shot
selection aroung the net."
In the upcoming week, the Polar
Bears will face a solid Middlebury
game on the road and will then
return home for a tough match
against Salem State. "We played
Middlebury in a scrimmage earlier
in the year," Coach Cullen said, "and
they beat us 1-0. Salem State is one
of the top two teams in NewEngland
and will be a big challenge for us.
We're going to have quite a tough
week."
Week In Sports
Date Team Opponent
9/26 Volleyball Bowdoin
Invitational
9/26 Sailing @ Maine
Maritime
9/26 Men's @ Colby
X-Country w/ USM
9/26 Field @ Middlebury
Hockey
9/26 Men's @ Middlebury
Soccer
9/26 Women's @ Middlebury
Soccer
9/26 Women's @ Middlebury
Time
9:00 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
1 1:00 am
11:00 am
11:00 am
11:00 am
Tennis
9/26 Women's @ Boston College 12:30 pm
X-Country Invitational
9/26 Football @ Middlebury 1:30 pm
9/26 Men's U Maine, 1:00 pm
Rugby Orono
9/27 Sailing
@ Maine
Maritime
9/29 Women's Salem State
Soccer
9/30 Volleyball @ Colby
9:30 am
4:00 pm
6:00 pm
Women's soccer team races past USM as they won 4-0.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
Ultimate team starts its first season with win
The 'Buffs' begin inaugural year by defeating Colby
By Nate Hardcastle
orient staff writer
The newly formed Bowdoin
Ultimate team kicked off its
inaugural season Saturday in a
home tournament competing
against teams from Colby, the
University of Maine, and the
University of Connecticut. The
BUFF, as theteam has dubbed itself,
showed encouraging signs for a
fledgling team by crushing Colby
15-6 and staying close to the
established UMaine and UConn
squads, losing by scores of 15-13
and 15-7, respectively.
The BUFF came onto the field for
its first game against UMaine with a
little apprehension and a lot of
enthusiasm. Bowdoin had only
practiced for two weeks, and
UMaine had played together for the
last three years. The visitors had *
polished disk-handling skills, while
some of the Bowdoin players were
still struggling with throws other
than the common backhand. And
while UMaine had an established
offense, the BUFF players were still
learning their positions. One Maine
player was even overheard saying
toa friend, "We're playing Bowdoin
first; it shouldn't take long."
It did take long, however.
Bowdoin's scrappiness and hustle
offset Maine's skill advantages, and
after an hour Maine had finally
accumulated the necessary eight
points to send the game into half-
time. The score was UMaine 8,
Bowdoin 5. Remarks like "We're 1 /
6 of the way done!" could be heard
between gasps of air and gulps of
were even at 13, UMaine showed
its experience and pulled away with
two quick goals, ending the two-
hour contest.
Next the BUFF faced UConn, by
far the best skilled and best
organized team in the tournament.
Bowdoin initially hoped just to stay
Ultimate frisbee caught a break as they got their first win. Photo by
Adam Shopis.
water as the weary BUFF rested from
its exhausting first half.
Maine scored quickly to start the
second half, causing some worry on
the Bowdoin team. But again the
BUFF's hustle paid off, as the team
scored four straight goals to even
the score at nine. UMaine scored
again, and Bowdoin again equaled
the score. Finally when the teams
close to the Division I school, and to
play better than Colby who
succumbed to U. Conn 15-3. The
BUFF was competitive in the first
half, which ended 8-4, in favor of
UConn. UConn's long passing,
quickness, and zone defense
prevented Bowdoin from mounting
a serious threat, however, and the
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
Orientation
Professor profile
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Professor of Sociology Craig McEwen is the subject of this weeks
profile focusing on instructor's lives outside of the classroom
The Queen revisited
The Orient caught up with Queen Latifah after her concert last Friday
night to get her views on various subjects.
Men's soccer
Quayle Quotes of the Week
Ross is back in the race and Bill and George finally agree
to let their mud slinging be moderated. In honor of the
debates: three more Quayle gems.
Countdown to the election: 25 days
compiled by
Brian Farnham
April 11, 1991: Says U.S. success in Gulf War is "a stirring victory
for the forces of aggression."
Dec 6, 1991: When John Sununu leaves White House following an
expenditure scandal says, "This isn't a man who is leaving with his
head between his legs."
May 19, 1991: Makes now famous attack on Murphy Brown and
says, "Illegitimacy is something that we should talk about in terms
of not having."
Vour/?e^r/ Horoscope
by Ruby UUyner-lo
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The men's team hits a rough streak losing six straight including games
against Amherst, Wheaton and Thomas.
Welcome Parents!
Enjoy the weekend.
Aries: (Mar. 21 -Apr. 19) Your
stress will peak when you acci-
dentally run down a sidewalk
full of pedestrians in a high speed
chase.
Taurus: (Apr. 20-May 20) A
nasty cut you get while shaving
will become infected with gan-
grene. An amputation is likely.
Gemini: (May 21-June 21) The
new moon is perfect for making
resolutions that stick. Cut back
on anal intrusion.
Cancer: (June 22— July 22) Swal-
lowingabottleoflittleblue pills
will bring an end to those nag-
ging financial difficulties.
Leo: (July 23-Aug. 22) A new
relationship will have you
walking on air, but will come to
an abrupt end when you repulse
your mate with your incessant
nose-picking.
Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Ask
yourself what you need to feel
secure, then blow Vienna sau-
sages at people through sections
of garden hose.
Libra: (Sept. 23-Oc* 23) Emu-
late people in beer commercials,
for they arc the wisest on Earth.
Scorpio: (Oct. 24-Nov. 2 1 ) Bring
friends together this weekend,
then bicker with them about
unsubstantiated gossip.
Sagittarius: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You'll acquire the ability to
withstand extremely cold tem-
peratures. Use this new power to
fight crime.
Capricorn: (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Ensure your position at the
workplace. Urinate on the walls
in areas that you consider your
territory.
Aquarius: (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Af-
ter staring at a video display
terminal for too long, you will
see a ghostly image of Gavin
MacLeod.
Pisces: (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) If your
feet tire, ache, pain, burn, itch
or perspire excessively from
over-exertion, fatigue or stress,
then eat them.
Astrologer Ruby Wyner-lo has
counselledprominentpoliticians.fdm
stars and wrestling champions with
her knowledge of the stars . This , her
weekly astrology column, is for
common nffrafflike you.
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puzzle of 10/9:
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will return next issue.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
OCS targets future of
grads in shaky economy
By Matthew Brown
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
This year, Bowdoin seniors
will graduate with the
knowledge that the economy is
in shambles and unemployment
among "white -collar" workers
is on the rise. Statistically,
graduating seniors could be
entering the job market in one
of the toughest economic times
the United States has seen since
the 193CS. With theseenormous
obstacles to , overcome,
Bowdoin's Economic
Department and the Office of
Career Services (OCS) aredoing
all they can to facilitate the
transition from Bowdoin to a
graduate school or a career.
On October, 8, 1992,
Economics Professor Andreas
Ortmann gave a lecture entitled
"Where are the Jobs?" The
lecture focused on the recent
changes in the labor market and
what these changes mean for
Bowdoin students. Essentially,
the changes are deep and
unilateral, affecting most
students seeking employment.
In fact, according to Ortmann,
"The under-30 generation will
be the first Americans to be less
prosperous than their parents."
This fact becomes more startling
when one sees that "white
collar" workers areincreasingly
joining the ranks of the
unemployed {7.9% and still
rising). Ortmann also noted that
the idea of a permanent career
has evaporated. It is predicted
that the average American "will
probably work ten or more jobs
under five different employers
before retiring". Unfortunately,
this pattern is predicted,
according to Ortmann, to
continue.
In these tough economic
times, it is interesting to see the
debate flaring between
proponents of a liberal arts
education and supporters of a
specialized undergraduate
degree (degrees obtained from
universities). Lisa Tessler,
Director of OCS, points out, 1
think a liberal arts degree is the
best education possible
...companies across the nation
are looking for students who
possess both creative and
analytical writing skills." It also
seems that specialized degrees are
too narrowly focused,
discouraging variety in education.
As Tessler notes, "Versatility is
what employers want to see in
their applicants'."
Bowdoin's OCS is doing all it
can to help graduating seniors use
their liberal arts education
effectively in the search fro a
graduate school or a career.
Through the use of workshops,
skills identification courses and
alumni networks, the office hopes
to give seniors as many options as
possible. The workshops, which
started last week, will help guide
seniors through the long and
tedious process of filling out
resumes, going through
interviews, applying to graduate
schools, etc. These workshops not
only hope to facilitate the seniors
initial transition into the job
market, but also to help them
formulate long-term career goals.
Three workshops of enormous
importance are the Career
Planning workshops on October
5,6 and 12. These workshops will
help seniors identify their skills,
values and interests and ho w these
can be helpful in planning a career.
Ontheadviceof Ms.Tessler, "Self-
assessment and skills
identification are qualities that are
invaluablein writing resumes and
preparing for interviews."
Thestrongest aspect of theOGS/
however, lies in their alumni
network. The alumni assist and
ad visegraduateson careerchoices.
Thealumnialso serveas important
initial contacts into the job market.
A recommendation, a notice or a
job offer can often provide
graduating seniors with contacts,
enabling them to become thriving
members of the job market.
The OCS is sponsoring several
other events. On Friday, October
23, thirty Bowdoin alumni will
form seven different panels that
will address skill development at
Bowdoin and how to apply these
skills to the job market. The office
will also sponsor several off-
campus recruiting programs and
information sessions of companies
willing to make independent
presentations (everything from
Dickinson LawSchool to the Peace
Corps).
To best prepare, Ortmann
suggested in his lecture, "Manaee
your own career and build a
portfolio of skills."
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Campus Center architects charge ahead
College selects architectural firm, launching design process
By Brian Farnham
orient editor-in-chief
The announcement last week that
the architectural firm of Hardy
Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
(HHPA) had been chosen to design
the new campus center ended a six
month selection process for the
Campus Center Planning
Committee.
The Committee, chaired by
Professor of Art Mark C. Wehtli,
began the search by contacting 3C
architectural firms across the nation.
Of those, 27 returned credentials
and thecommittce then ranked these
firms. The group was eventually
pared down to six finalists through
a culling process based on a variety
of factors.
"Some firms were sorted out
because they weren't equipped to
meet our schedule or because they
were simply too far away to really
be considered," said Wehtli. With
the list down to six, the committee
then went about deciding on which
firm would be the best suited for the
job. Wehtli identified three main
criteria in choosing HHPA:
• Sensitivity to historic
renovation: "Hyde Cage has a lot of
character and we wanted to preserve
that. Wedidn't want to slap up walls
and ceiling tiles and have people
come in and say, 'What happened to
the Cage?"'
•Energy and environmental
correctness: "Bowdoin doesn't want
to put up a building that in ten years
is a joke in terms of environmental
concerns or resources."
• Educational context: "We
wanted an architect who would
enjoy working with students."
There are several aspects of the
current facilities in Moulton Union
that the Campus Center will
improve upon. The structure will
includea pub, a game room, a dance
floor, a cafe, a convenience store,
mailboxes and a small post office,
along with lounges and gathering
areas. "The pub would be intimate
Members of the Bowdoin community consult with the new architects.
Photo by Jen Ramirez.
and the cafe would be more open
and sunlit," said Wehtli.
Bill Fruth, Activities Coordinator
and a member of the committee,
for more input, and by mid-
December they will present a design .
Up until that time, an area where
community members can register
pointed out that Moulton Union is opinions about the various plans
comprisedofaseriesofroomswhich will be set up in a central location
are not very hospitable to general not yet determined so that the
socializing. "The new center will ^^^^^^^^^!^^!^^^~^~
have rooms you can pass through T i fruchlTP mill
so you can stop to talk to people or mm u in
move on if you don't feel like it," he
said. "It will be like a crossroads,"
added Wehtli.
Having so many new service
features will mean new expenses,
but Wethli believes the center will
be somewhat self-sufficient in this
respect. He pointed out that many
of the services will employ students
and added that they should produce
revenue. "There is the possibility
that it will attract more off-campus
visitors," he said, "so that will help
in terms of revenue."
The architects from HHPA paid a
visit to campus last week and talked
to students and community
members about the center to get
ideas to bring back to their offices in
New York City. November 4th and
5th will find them back on campus
include a pub,
gameroom, dance floor,
cafe, convenience
store, mailboxes and a
small post office
architects can get a sense of what
people want. By late winter,
blueprints should be drafted and
given to contractors for a final
budget estimate. Construction will
begin in April or May with
completion targeted for March of
1994. "We hope it will be ready in
time for the class of '94 to have a
graduation party there," said
Wethli.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1 992
Brunswick hosts march
4
for AIDS awareness
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
Unfortunately, the walk fell short
of its goals.
This year, the numbers increased
slightly, with 100 people walking.
They raised approximately $6500,
with $1500 still not collected due to
outstanding pledges.
The turnout was discouraging
for the Merrymeeting AIDS
volunteers. They were especially
disappointed in the lack of
On Sunday, October 4, 1992,
Brunswick was one of the 10 hosts
of the third annual walk to benefit
the Merrymeeting AIDS project.
As this is only the second year
Brunswick has hosted a walk, the
organizers hoped to improve from participation by Bowdoin students,
last year and raise money that will "Students need to be much more
be pumped directly into AIDS awareofthe problem of AIDS," felt
organizations around Brunswick. one frustrated volunteer.
The walk, started state-wide in This year, the proceeds will help
1990, raised funds to benefit Maine decrease the costs of AIDS
AIDS Alliance, an organization programs in the Brunswick area.
wanting to promote education and Eighty-five percent of the money
Student organizations target Columbus
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
Members of several campus
groups are planning a candlelight
vigil and rally to protest the
observance of Columbus Day on
Monday, October 12 in front of the
Walker Art Museum at 7:30 PM.
Amy Cohen '95, a member of the
Bowdoin Jewish Organization as
well as an organizer of the vigil,
College, the Native American
perspective is ignored. We are trying
to make people aware of Native
Americans. We want them to have a
say in their history, because they
Democratic Socialists of America
and Awareness of Difference
Among People Today(ADAPT).
The vigil will start with some
short introductory remarks,
followed by a selection of readings, were here long before anyone else
The first reading will be taken from was."
the diaries of Christopher Following up on her comments,
Columbus which all first-years Ricardo Pino '94, LASO member,
students had to read before arriving said, "When you look at Columbus
on campus this year. Other Day, there is the man himself and
readings will center on the Native there is how he is regarded in this
American perspective. There will country,
also be a short declaration naming "As a man he was a racist, sexist,
1992 the year of the indigenous swine. As a hero in this country, he
summedupmepur^ofiheraHy' people around the world. The latter was not the first explorer to cross
half of the program will be devoted the ocean.
"We are trying to make peoplea ware
of what happened. Columbus did to speeches on the broader themes
research of the HIV virus. With
funds benefitting the
Merrymeeting AIDS program,
Brunswick decided to host their
own walk in 1991. Forty people
raised is circulated back into local
AIDS organizations, while 15% is
pumped into the state-wide walk
campaign. Catering to the
educational needs of third graders
received pledges and showed up through professionals, the
for the 10-kilometer walk.
Surprisingly, they raised just under
$3,000.
Brian Allen of the Merrymeeting
AIDS Organization said, Thisyear
we are hoping to see 200 people
walk/'This number was
considered reasonable a week
before the walk, due to the massive
advertising campaign. A banner
had been hanging in the middle of
Merrymeeting organization hopes
to inform approximately 10,000
people of the situation of AIDS both
in Brunswick and throughout
Maine. Programs like the buddy
system and HIV support groups
cannot function without the
proceeds from the walk.
Bowdoin attempted to
encourage participation in the
walk. Officers and members of
Brunswick Square, and posters BGLAD distributed pledge sheets
advertising the walk had been
placed all over Brunswick and
Bowdoin. The massive campaign
seemed to have worked in
Brunswick because two local high
schools had a competition to see
who can raise the most money for
the AIDS organization.
for people interested.
Unfortunately, very few members
of the Bowdoin community
participated in the walk.
Nonetheless, proceeds from the
walk will greatly benefit local Al DS
organizations in their efforts to
promote awareness of the disease.
not discover America because there
were people before he got here. The
purpose of the rally is to inform
people of these things."
Other groups expected to take part
in the rally include the Latin-
American Student Organization
(LASO), Struggle and Change, the
of stereotyping and racism that are
accentuated by Columbus Day.
When asked for her comments
on why she is participating in the
vigil, Melissa Burton '95, a co-
coordinator of ADAPT and a
member of LASO said, "The rally
is about difference and about
accepting difference. At Bowdoin
"He was the vanguard of 500 years
of the environmental destruction of
a continent and a representative of a
culture that committed genocide.
He brought pain, death, and
destruction to this country.
"As of now, there is no day to
commemorate what happened to
the Native American culture."
Beyond the lectures: Professor McEwen
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient contributor
This week the Orient presents a
new column called Professor
Profiles. These profiles will allow
students to get to know the other
side of professors. This week will
feature Prof. Craig McEwen of the
Sociology and Anthropology
Departments. McEwen enjoys
gardening, playing tennis and
reading a mystery, preferably "The
Firm" by John Grisham. "My garden
usually goes downhill around late
August. I get about an hour to an
hour and half of tennis each week."
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change the world . I ultimately [came
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by the end of my years as an
•f undergraduate." His goal for the
immediate future is to finish up
some journal articles and complete
a book manuscript. The book,
started as a summer project, will
focus on divorce lawyers. McEwen
has been politically involved in the
criminal justice over the last ten to
j sfif teen years.
His advice to students is to talk
with faculty about anything. "Most
faculty would like more of a chance
to discuss issues raised in courses or
outside [of class] . Bowdoin is a great
place to learn outside the classroom.
It surprises me how seldom students
McEwen understands the come in to talk about issues and
dilemmas facing college students problems." McEwen sees the
at Bowdoin. He is the proud father accessibility of faculty as one of the
of two teenage sons, one attending advantages to a small school.
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5
Bowdoin student volunteers tackle
problems in Brunswick community
By Ann Rubin
orient contributor
Every year nearly one fourth of
the Bowdoin student body is
involved in the Bowdoin Active in
Community Service Organization
(BACS). The group consists of 14
different volunteer service
programs which are run by the
students and give them an
opportunity to contribute to the
welfare of the community in which
they live for four years, according
to Ann Pierson, coordinator of
volunteer services.
The program, founded in the
1960's, is open to any students
willing to make a small time
commitment. Pierson feels the
benefits are numerous because the
organization gives students a
chance to "meet new people and
form very nice friendships in the
community as well as meeting
students at Bowdoin. It also has
benefits in terms of career decision-
making and is a great excuse to get
off campus."
Dan Michon '92, co-chair of
BACS, emphasizes the rewards of
volunteerism. "Once people
become involved they just can't
stop. It's not just because they are
giving to the community; they just
can't stop because they are learning
things — some more important than
they learn in the classroom. You're
in the real world and you'll be
involved in real life situations and
have to deal with them."
The largest program in BACS is
the Big Brother /Big Sister Program,
in which Bowdoin students work
with school children from
Brunswick on a one-to-one basis.
Shana Hunter '93, co-chair of the
group, says, "The volunteers are
matched with the children
according to interest and get
together once a week for three
hours. Often the children are from
dysfunctional families, though
sometimes they just need a
consistent friend."
The Big Brother/Big Sister group
itself consists of 100 to 130 people
and may actually be cut in size
starting next year due to a more
selective application process
designed to create more meaningful
and effective matches, stated
Hunter.
The highlights of the program
during the course of the year are a
Halloween party, a Christmas party,
and an activity in the spring. In
addition to this, Hunter noted, "The
children attend all Bowdoin
activities for free."
Another BACS program is the
"Once people become
involved they can 't
stop. "
Bridging the Generations program
which involves "contact and
consistancy," according to Schelene
Smith '95, the program's co-chair.
"The program involves one-on-one
contact with the elderly at nursing
homes independently once or twice
a week," said Smith, and it may
include such events as a Christmas
party.
"We're looking to expand in size.
No training is necessary. All you
have to do is know how to have a
conversation," said Smith.
The advantages to be gained from
Bridging the Generations are
extensive. Says Smith, "You get a lot
out of it. They have lots of stories to
tell, and you both get something out
of it in terms of friendship and
advice."
Friendship and advice are gained
through the Bowdoin
Undergraduate Teachers Program
as well. Students are assigned to
local schools in Brunswick to help
teachers with their classes. There
are 30 to 35 people involved, and
the time commitment is two hours
a week. 'This program is very high
profile because the Brunswick
students talk to their parents about
what's going on in their classes,"
says Melanie Taylor '94, co-chair of
the program. She adds, "It's also
great because it gets students off
campus and into reality. It helps
them decide if they want to go on to
a career in education."
Students do not have to be
interested in a career in education
to become involved as a teacher's
aide, nor do they have to be
interested in becoming a lawyer to
join the Maine Volunteer Lawyers
Project. This program is stationed
in Portland and is federally funded .
It provides low income people with
assistance in legal matters.
According to chairperson Michael
Earle '94, "Fifteen students work
once a week for a three hour shift in
Portland. Thirty peopleapplied and
went through the interviews with
the paralegals. It's really
competitive."
The program, though informative
about the legal process, is really
more like social work, according to
Earle. He states, "The thing about
community service like this is that
it's not for resumes. It's something
you want to do. It's a very humbling
experience — you teach a little and
you learn a little. It's a two way
street."
Michon concludes, "Community
service is an amazing thing — it's
contagious."
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amendment of the Honor Code. The Judiciary Board enforces the
Honor Code. The Executive Board does not usurp power by
appointing a student committee to examine the Honor Code.
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By Jessica Hallowell
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After listening to the news,
reading the newspaper and going
through orientation at Bowdoin,
students may feel as though they
know everything there is to know
about sexual assault. But there may
be more>. Those interested in
learning more may find the
speeches of Dr. Sandra Caron and
Lee Brossoit on October 22 at 7:30
PM in Kresge informative.
Dr. Caron is the Professor of
Human Sexuality/Family
Relations at the University of
Maine. She has led a number of
workshops on the national level,
focusing on the issue of sexual
assault and acquaintance rape.
Lee Brossoit is the Director of
Residential Life at Salem State in
Massachusetts.
With the aid of slides and a video,
Dr. Caron and Lee Brossoit will
cover more than just definitions
and statistics, though there will be
plenty of those, too. They will talk
about the characteristics of rape
and sexual assault on the college
campus and the reason why many
rapes are kept secret.
The impact of rape on both men
and women will be discussed
within the context of college and
our society. Dr. Caron and Mr.
Brossoit will look at our culture in
terms of its vocabulary, stereotypes
and attitudes and examine how
these perpetuate the prevalence of
sexual assault and rape. Finally,
they will discuss what women,
men and colleges can do to change
the trend of increasing incidence
of sexual violence. After the talk,
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Dean Ward clarifies single-sex Greek policy
i
An Interview with Dean of
the College James E. Ward
This interview was
prepared for publication in the
fall issue of Bowdoin
Magazine. It is being shared
with the Bowdoin Orient in
the interest of clarifying the
implications of the current
policy on coeducational and
single-sex fraternities and
sororities for the campus
community.
PART ONE OF AN INTERVIEW
First, what is the new fraternity
policy, and why was it enacted?
Ward: In May, 1992 the Bowdoin
Governing Boards voted to prohibit
single-sex fraternities and sororities
at the College. The policy becomes
fully effective July 1, 1993, but no
student may join a single-sex
fraternity or sorority after June 30,
1992.
Bowdoin College is an institution
fundamentally committed to
coeducation. In 1988, on the
recommendation of the Henry
Commission, theGoverning Boards
mandated that membership in
Bowdoin fraternities must be fully
open to women, and fraternities that
did not comply with that
requirement by September 1991
ceased to be recognized by the
College. In the last year Bowdoin
has reconsidered the role of
unrecognized single-sex fraternities
and sororities in the College
community, and in May the
Governing Boards voted to reiterate
Bowdoin's commitment to the
principles on which the 1988 policy
was based by no longer permitting
these organizations to exist.
We believe that coeducational
fraternities will continue to have
much to offer the College by
providing a useful forum for student
ideas and energies, as well as by
providing opportunities for
leadership and growth to the
individual students involved in
them. But single-sex fraternities and
sororities are fundamentally
inconsistent with the values of this
coeducational College.
Which fraternities and sororities
are affected by this policy, and
which are not?
Ward: At present, the
organizations affected by the
Governing Boards vote are Chi Psi,
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Zeta Psi
fraternities and Alpha Beta Phi
sorority. The policy applies to all
Bowdoin single-sex fraternities and
sororities, whether they are
residential or non-residential, or
have local or national affiliation.
The eight coeducational
fraternities currently in compliance
with the policy are: Alpha Delta
Phi, Alpha Kappa Sigma, Beta
Sigma, Chi Delta Phi (the former
Zeta Psi), Delta Sigma, Kappa Doha
Theta (formerly Delta Kappa
Epsilon), Psi Upsilon, and Theta
Delta Chi.
What are the practical
implications of the new policy?
Ward:This new policy means that
after June 30, 1992, no new members
may join single-sex fraternities or
sororities. Students who join single-
sex fraternities and sororities, and
students who are involved in
recruiting new members to join after
June 30, 1992 are subject to
disciplinary action. The present
single-sex fraternities
and sororities may
continue to hold
meetings and activities
and provide housing
and dining until June
30, 1993. After thatdate,
however, the single-sex
fraternities and
sororities must cease to
exist, and students
living or dining in
single-sex fraternity or
sorority houses, or
participating in
organized activities of
single-sex fraternities or
sororities, will be
subject to disciplinary
action.
We have set up a
"grand parenting"
provision so students
can avoid resigning
their memberships in
prohibited local or
national fraternities.
The ' single-sex
fraternities or sororities
that wished to
grandparent their
members have
provided lists of their
members as of June 30,
1992 to the Deans'
Office, and students on
those lists have received
a letter frcm the Dean Dean of the
informing them that
they may retain membership in their
organizations. They may not,
however, recruit others to join,
participate in organized activities,
or live or dine in facilities of the
organization. Any students whose
names are not on those lists may
petition the Dean's office directly
and be grand paren ted.
How will the new policy be
enforced?
We are going to assume that
individual students are responsible
and accountable for their own
behavior, and that groups of
students are responsible and
accountable for their collective
behavior. Failure to comply with
this new policy may result in
disciplinary action. We expect that
serious violations of the single-sex
policy will normally result in a
suspension of one year. That said,
as everyone gets used to a new
policy, the administration intends
to proceed slowly and, when
appropriate, give warnings before
taking disciplinary action.
Deliberate violations, however, will
not be condoned.
What constitutes a violation of
the new policy?
Ward: From July, 1, 1992 on,
joining (i.e., becoming a member
of) a single-sex fraternity or sorority
is a violation. Moreover, rushing
(i.e., inducing others to join) on
behalf of single-sex fraternities or
sororities is also a violation. Rushing
activities include such things as
College James E. Ward. Photo by Maya Khuri.
which cause a single-sex fraternity
or sorority to exist as an organization
in violation of the College policy
prohibiting single-sex fraternities
and sororities; and (0 retaining non-
grandparented membership in a
single-sex fraternity or sorority.
What happens if a student does
violate the policy?
Ward: Violations
of the policy are
considered to be
violations of The
Bowdoin College
Social Code. As such,
the normal Student
Judiciary Board
Social Code
procedures
described in the
Student Handbook
are used to prosecute
violations.
Penalties might
include the
restriction or denial
of the use of certain
campus facilities and
programs,
suspension for a
given period of time,
dismissal, or
"immediate
temporary
suspension" as
described in the
Student Handbook.
Bowdoin haso ther
single-sex
organizations, such
as the Meddies,
Miscellania, and the
football and field
hockey teams. Does
this policy also
apply to them?
communicating with non-
members for the purpose of
promoting or inducing
membership, participating in
events the purpose of which is to
promote or induce membership,
and participating in initiations
or pledge night, rush night,
hazing, or hell week activities.
[Remember that hazing is a
violation of both Bowdoin
College policy and state law.]
Rushing is a violation for the
individual(s) and for the group
doing the rushing. And
knowingly participating in rush
activities is a violation for the
individual(s) being rushed.
From July 1, 1993 on, the
following are also violations: (a)
participating in organized
activities (e.g., meetings, parties,
rituals) of single-sex fraternities
or sororities; (b) engaging in
activities related to the operation
of single-sex fraternities or
sororities; (c) living in premises
owned or operated by single-sex
fraternities or sororities; (d)
dining in dining facilities owned
or operated by single-sex
fraternities or sororities; (e)
engaging in any other activities
Ward: No. This is a policy about
fraternities and sororities. It is meant
to cover fraternities and sororities
that may call themselves something
else, but it is not intended to apply
to groups which may be single-sex
but are not fraternities or sororities.
Bowdoin's affirmative action
policy bars discrimination on the
basis of "age, race, color, sex, sexual
orientation, marital status, creed,
ancestry, national and ethnic origin,
or mental or physical handicap.''
How does that affect other campus
organizations besides fraternities
and sororities?
Ward: If other organizations are
found to be discriminatory, that will
be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
Right now the focus and emphasis
are on single-sex fraternities and
sororities, but the College is firmly
committed to the principle of
nondiscrimination, arid it applies to
all student groups.
Does the new policy require some
minimu m percentage of female or
male members?
Ward: No. What the College has
said is that all fraternities and
sororities must be open to both men
and women. The easiest way for a
fraternity or sorority to prove that it
is open to both genders is for it to
have roughly the same numbers of
male and female members. But it is
conceivable that a fraternity or
sorority can convince the College
that it is open to both genders
without having even male-female
representation. If that is the case,
however, the burden will be on the
fraternity or sorority to prove that it
is open to everyone.
We will review each situation
individually, but we are not
concerned only with membership;
there must be equal opportunities
for full participation and leadership
as well. Fraternitiesorsororitieswith
different categories of membership
for men and women, gender
restrictions on certain offices, secret
meeting rooms which are off-limits
to one gender or the other, or non-
participating members on the rolls
simply to achieve gender balance
are not acceptable. All fraternities
and sororities, including those
currently in compliance with the
new policy, must meet the standards
for membership and participation.
What if six males or six females
rent a house together? Is that a
violation of the policy?
Ward: The policy is about
fraternities and sororities. Students
may choose to live with whomever
they wish, but they may not form a
single-sex fraternity or sorority. If
living together is determined to be
part of the activities of an organized
single-sex fraternity or sorority, it's
a violation. Otherwise, it's O.K.
To put it another way, the fact
that a group of people choose to live
together does not, in and of itself,
make it a fraternity or sorority. For
it to be a fraternity or sorority, there
must be other activities as well, rush
parties or rituals, for instance.
Doesn't this policy restrict the
freedom to associate?
Ward: Bowdoin's position is that
the freedom to associate does not
include the freedom to discriminate.
Bowdoin students may associate
with anyone they please. They can
live together, eat together, study
together, and party together. The
policy is only a prohibition on the
establishment or operation of
fraternities or sororities that deny
membership to some group of
Bowdoin students solely on the basis
of gender.
We value both principles,
freedom of association and
nondiscrimination, but when the
two are in conflict a choice has to be
made. We've chosen to place the
greater value on nondiscrimination
in one limited but important area,
namely that of the fraternities and
sororities which have such a major
impact on Bowdoin's social
character.
CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS &. LEISURE FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1992
Arts & Leisure
Vague to perform Parents Weekend at Sargent Gym
By Alex Moore
orient contributor
Three years ago this fall, a man by
the name of Vincent Jacks took his
passion for dance and brought
together a group of students to form
what the Bowdoin community now
knows as Vague. This student-run
dance organization is made up of
between twelve to fifteen Bowdoin
College students who come together
each year from different dance
backgrounds to expose the people
of Bowdoin, and the surrounding
community to various kinds of
dance routines. They perform a
variety of material, most of which is
post modern. Vague has
experimented with African dances,
swing pieces and even a little Latin
salsa. The group itself is under the
supervision of June Vail, headof the
Dance department here at Bowdoin.
Hearing about Vague through
friends or by visiting their table
during the Activities Fair, the
students who participate in this
dance group vary in the amount of
past involvement with dance. Sonya
Vasquez '93 has been involved with
Vague for almost two years and had
no previous dance experience before
she joined. During her sophomore
year she watched Vague perform at
Delta Sigma, fascinated, she decided
to become a part of the group. As
she looks to graduate in May,
Vasquez is amazed at how much of
her life is made up of dancing. When
asked if she decided to pursue
dancing after Bowdoin, she said, 1
would like to keep going this at
least in some form after college. I
have come so far, I feel like it would
be a waste to stop doing it now,
even if I was just to continue for the
fun of it." The experience of being a
part of Vague has made a difference
in her life at Bowdoin.
Due to the fact that many students
want to join Vague although they
may not have had much dance
experience, there is no selection
process involved and, according to
Vasquez, anyone can join. The only
thing that is emphasis is that each
r
/
Vague practicing for thier performance this weekend.
student must be willing to practice
hard and be as committed to the
group as they would be to any other
extracurricular activity. It is this
commitment that discourages a lot
of students from joining, but the fun
times that are had are well worth
the practice time put in. "1 think we
could do a lot of great things. The
only thing that holds us back slightly
is the lack of commitment, but we
are working on that," said Vasquez.
One of the things that is helps to
add to the appeal of the shows this
year is the money they are now
receiving. The first year they came
together, Vague had no any funds to
work with, and costumes and extra
materials were hard to acquire. Last
year the group obtained their own
charter but because of the waiting
period, have not had access to the
money until this year. Vague is now
funded like any other student group
Photos by Adam Shopis
and the participants are thrilled to
be able to add a little flair to their
routines. "We are excited. We can
buy real costumes now instead of
just using things each of us found
sitting around," said Vasquez.
Even though Vague has only been
practicing and performing as a
group since 1990, the program has
steadily gained more and more
recognition here at Bowdoin. In the
past, Vague's performances have
been limited to functions such as
Parents Weekend and the Fall Studio
Show where they have performed
along with other talent groups. Even
though this experience is good for
the dancers, Vague is looking
towards higher goals. According to
Vasquez, Vague would love to
expand their audiences in the future.
"We have talked seriously about
doing outside performances. We are
pretty much established here at
Bowdoin and it would be neat if one
day Vague could start doing stuff in
the community," she said.
This year, as in the past, Vague
will be performing different dance
routines at three major events on
campus. The first is Parents
Weekend and the second is the Fall
Studio Show in December. The final
performance, the most formal, is
the Spring Dance.
For the past five weeks, the
dancers have been practicing hard
for their upcoming performance this
Friday night. They will be showing
of f their talents in two very different
dance routines. The first is a post
modern dance done to a piece by
Enya. This program was
choreographed by Michelle Cobb.
The second dance, choreographed
by Alex McCray, Natasha Padilla
and Vasquez, is a jazz routine to a
song by Quincy Jones. They will be
performing along with Meddie
Bempsters and Miscellania in the
Morrell Gymnasium at 8:45 p.m. It
looks to be a great show this year,
and Vasquez feels that all the
ingredients will come together on
Friday to create a great performance.
So feel free to bring your friends
and family down to watch these
talented, dedicated students slide
across the dance floor. You might
just be surprised at what you find
there. If their show does ignite an
interest in you, it is still not too late
to get involved . Look for signs about
Vague that are posted around
campus and you even might want
to stop in on their practices in the
dance studio of Sargent Gym on
Saturdays at noon.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1992
Film professor to retire at the end of the term
Barbara Kaster leaves legacy of filmmaking and a documentary of college
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
Barbara J. Raster, professor of oral
communication in the English
Department, has announced her
retirement. After this semester she
will depart Bowdoin and conclude
19 years of colorful service here.
"She has had a tremendous
positive influence. I think Barbara
has a great many virtues," .said
Professor Burroughs, a fellow
member of the English Department.
He added, 'There really had been
no film program at Bowdoin when
she came."
She has been
a tremendous
positive
influence
In fact, Professor Raster's most
marked contribution to the College
is staking out a lot for the study of
film here. Scanning the
accomplishments of her lengthy
stay, Raster said she is most proud
of "establishing the study of film as
Kaster to retire at the end of Fall semester.
"It wasn't terribly easy. When I fields, public speaking,
a legitimate area in the liberal arts a g reed to °° me ! was rally hired to argumentation, that kind of thing. I
at Bowdoin " ^° ^V m tne communications agreed to come if and only if I could
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also teach film. ...and that was a
puzzlement for the College. They
didn't know what that would
mean."
Kaster will cap her years here by
producing a gift appropriate to her
field: she is compiling a four-hour
documentary that details the history
of Bowdoin College. This spans
every presidency and notable event
from 1794 to the Edwards years.
"The history of this College is just
fascinating, and I am glad I've had
occasion to learn about it, because
this is far more interesting than you
would ever expect. There is a really
rich tradition." She and about 20
students have worked on it; they
have been shooting footage for the
last three years.
Kaster has completed the first two
hour-long segments, and she
expects to finish the entire project
by the time she leaves in December.
This film, celebrating Bowdoin's
bicentennial, is targeted for alumni.
Kaster conducted rigorous
courses here, that for more than a *
decade included a requirement that
teams of roughly four students
produce their own film. Each spring,
students created about 36 films.
"That was at once insane and
wonderful." The hundred or so
students thronging her classroom
worked feverishly to produce films
on Super8 and 16. Kaster said the
editing rooms were chaotic; cameras
were continually checked out.
After screening the films in the
last few days of class, students
nominated the best pieces for
various categories. Professional
filmmakers judged the pieces
filtering through, and the class then
held an elaborate awards ceremony.
Winners were announced.
The history
of this college
is just
fascinating
"It became this gigantic, elaborate
thing," Kaster recalled . "It was quite
an event." Tickets vanished in 15
minutes; students filled Pickard
Theater to capacity for the ceremony
that included costumes and
searchlights. Soon, students were
camping out overnight to earn
entrance to the attraction.
The program soon had to adjust,
adapting to electronic film
production. Then, with even newer,
more costly equipment, only twenty
people could make films.
"You can read all of the books in
the world, and all of the theories in
the world, and see every film ever
made — you don't understand the
nature of film until you actually
make one. Things really make an
enormous amount of sense." Kaster
regrets that she had to phase out
mandatory production of film for
each student.
'We're going
to miss her'
Kaster arrived at Bowdoin as the
third female member of the faculty
in 1973.
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Groupie's Delight
A This week: Kronos Quartet V->/
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By Michael Johnson
orient music reviewer
The internationally known
Kronos Quartet has long held the
position of being one of the most
avant-garde musical ensembles in
the world. Composed of three
violinists and one cellist, all
outstanding musicians in the own
right, the quartet has parlayed their
amazing talents and muscial
insights into a career of musical
interpretation. Composers ranging
from Charles Ives to Bela Bartok to
Jimi Hendrix have been interpreted
and performed by this unique
foursome — their rendition of Purple
Haze earned rave reviews from the
music world. A critic for the
Washington Post described the
quartet as "absolutely amazing —
not merely because of the superb
technique with which it tackles
challenging repertoires, but even
more for breadth of vision."
Known for the skill and daring
with which they have redefined
many musical boundaries, the
Kronos Quartet has taken a bold
step on their newest release. " Pieces
of Africa" is the study of the intense
interplay of rhythm and voice found
in traditional african music.
Drawing from such varied sources
as Ghanian drummer Obo Addy
and South African composer Kevin
Volans, the ensemble has delved
deep into the mystic of African
music.
This twelve track album offers an
intimate invitation into a world of
music absolutely foreign to most
audiophiles. Ranging from
traditional or ceremonial to the more
contemporary five movement piece
by Volans, the quartet alternates
between playing the dynamic
background in the tracks or taking
the lead in more active "call and
response" with theguest composers.
"Pieces of Africa" was a unique
opportunity for many of the artists
The Kronos
Quartet
has done
something
wonderful
with this
album
showcased upon it. Unlike many of
their other albums, on this most
recent work, the quartet allowed
the guest artists to arrange and direct
the individual tracks with the
foursome playing as directed. The
fourth track on the album is an
excellent example of the unique
instrumental interplay that is
possible between traditional
western and African intruments.
The hypnotic rhythms produced by
alternating between short dynamic
riffs by string instruments and the
intense drumming textures of the
aketse, donno, and brekete offer rich
and lush sounds to the ear.
"It's not so much cultural as
environmental," said composer
Kevin Volans when asked about the
differences between African and
European music. Thisdeep-running
connection between music and the
environment is repeatedly stated by
the guest artists; many of whom
mention the deep spiritual and
ancestral connections they feel with
their music. Obo Addy summarized
his position by stating that "there
are many sounds that we do not
know about that the birds know
about. There are lots of rhythms
that we haven't heard that the trees
know about."
Whether it is the joyous ode to life
by Morrocan Hassan Hakmoun or
the eulogy to his lost way of life by
Hamza el Din, the tracks on Pieces
of Africa are exactly that— pieces of
african culture and history. "Pieces
of Africa" is a rich tapestry of sound .
The Kronos Quartet has done
something wonderful with this
album; it is as if someone has
gathered the gems of land and
wrought them together with fine
gold, creating a treasure.
"Pieces of Africa" by the Kronos
Quartet. Buy it now.
Queen enlightens Bowdoin
Latifah shares her views on important issues and then some
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
When Queen Latifah held court,
Orient reporters were the first to get
her majesty's wordsof advice. After
L.L. Bean shopping in Freeport,
Queen Latifah and her crew cameto
Morrell Gym to play basketball
before last Friday night's concert.
After the relatively short concert,
lasting approximately forty-five
minutes, Queen Latifah allowed the
Orient to come back stage in order to
leant her words of wisdom.
77k most important tiring in her
life: Her family, including her mom
and dad, and relatives in Maine
who came to see her concert.
Advice to teenage women: Close
your legs, don't be misled by guys.
Practice abstinence, but if you must
have sex, "slap a hat on it."
Her stance on abortion: Tm pro-
choice, not pro-abortion."
Advice to whites about racial
relationships: Be fair. "If you don't
succeed, I don't succeed. If you
don't hire me for a job because I'm
black, you are still paying my salary
if I go on welfare. Let me earn it like
everybody else."
Politics. "I wanted to run for
political office at one time but I do
not want to anymore because I don't
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want anyone dissecting my life.
There is no perfect human being-
like the stupid situation which blew
out of proportion with Sista Soul jah
and Bill Clinton."
Rock the Vote and the '92 Election:
"I know I'm not voting for Bush, or
Perot — it'sthe lesser of three evils —
I'm not sure who I'm going to vote
for, but I will vote."
Future of Rap music. "There will
always be street corner rappers, and
those who will not stray from real
rap. The environment in which
people live in created rap music, not
poverty, so there will always be a
place for rap."
Views of Bowdoin: "What we
saw seems to be real quiet. I'm from
the city myself. I don't know if I
could handle it."
What she bought at Freeport. "I
got these boots for my mom [The
black roach stomping Timberlands
she was wearing on stage]. Most of
the other stuff I got in Kittery."
New projects: "Working on next
Arts and Leisure Calendar
Compiled by Sarah Kurz
Friday, October 9
9:00 am - 5:00 p.m. Special Collections Open House. Third Floor,
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
3:15 p.m. Jame« Bowdoin Day exercise*. Toward Our Common Future,"
Robert D. Havener, president and CEO., Winrock International Institute
for Agricultural Development Morrell Gym. Reception following for
students and parents outside of Sargent Gym.
7:00 pjn. and 1<M» p.m. Film. The Philadelphia Story starring Jimmy
Stewart, Gary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Kresge Auditorium.
7:45 pan. PerformanceUwommow Women and Others. Pfckard Theater, $2.50
for tickets.
8:45 pjn. Student Performance. Vague, Meddiebempsters and Miscellania.
Morrell Gym.
10:00 pan. Acoustical Guitarists Bryn and Putt Pub in Moulton Union.
Saturday, October 10
10:30 a jn. Lecture. "Revisiting Indigenous Cultures: The Inca and the Aztec
on the Eve of the Encounter." Allen Wells, Asociate Professor of history.
Kresge Auditorium.
230 pjn. Tour of the Museum of Art with museum staff. Walker Art
Building.
7:00 pjn. and 1000 p.m Film. Twentieth Century starring John Barrymore.
Kresge Auditorium.
7:45 pjn. Performance Uncommon Women and Others. Pickard Theater, $230.
8:00 pjn. Performance. Bowdoin Chorus, Chamber Choir and Symphony
Orchestra are performing in the Chapel. Tickets are available at Moulton
Union free of charge
930 pjn. Student Performance. Unprovabilities. Main Lounge, Moulton
Union.
12:00 midnight Film. A Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell and
Patrick Magee. Sponsored by Bowdoin Film/Video Society. Kresge
Auditorium.
Sunday, October 11
2.00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92: Latin American Film Festival. The Green Wall
starring Julio Aleman and Sandra Riva. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Monday, October 12
730 pjn. Lecture. "The Role of Women in the Cuban Revolution." Elsa
Hernandez, Cuban Women's Federation. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
730 pjn. Film. Small Happiness., introduced by Nancy Riley, assistant
professor of sociology /anthropology. Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, October 13
730 a.m. Business Breakfast. "Health Care Reform in the 90s." Arnold R
Tompkins '72, assistant secretary for management and budget, Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington DC Daggett Lounge,
Wentworth Hall. By reservation.
4.00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and
Interpretation. "Aftershock." Pelle Rosenquist, Brunswick. Faculty Room,
Massachusetts Hall.
730 p.m. Slide Talk by Charles Hewitt, artist, about his works. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, October 14
12:00 noon Wednesday Brown Bag Lunch Series. "Stress: When to Hang in
There and When to Call for Help, or Whatever Became of Peace of Mind?"
730 pjn. Lecture. "The Human Side of Japanese Management." Takuro
Tsukatani, president of Ichikoh America, Inc. Lancaster Lounge, Moulton
Union.
8:00 p.m Film Encounter '92: Latin American Film Festival. Salvador
starring James Wood and Jim Betushi. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Film. Rashomon directed by Akira Kurosa. Sponsored by Bowdoin Film/
Video Society
Thursday, October 15
10:00- 1130a.m. Financial Management in the 1990s workshop. "Financial
Analysis (Case: University of Trent)." Kent John Chabotar, vice president
for finance and administration and treasurer.
Thursday, October 22
730 pjn. Seminar "Rape: What everyone should know." Speakers Sandra
Caron and Lee Brossoit. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsored by Safe Space.
album. I have no title yet. If you
think of one let me know."
New groups under Tommy Boy
Records: "There are Apache and
Groove Garden, which will be more
alternative music. The only R&B
group is Simple Pleasure. They just
came out with their single 'Where
do we go from here." Naughty [by
Nature] is coming out with their
second album called, '19Naugthy2.'
I've been listening to thata lot.There
is a new soloist named LaShaun
who will be coming out -soon."
Music from the Native Tongues:
Tribe has been working on their
projects. Q-Tip was supposed to
produce some stuff for me for this
new album. I really haven't heard
from the rest."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
Freeport's China Rose is
golden dining near outlets
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
A friend trooped up for a visit
last weekend, and, of course, I had
to choose an impressive spot for
dinner. As this guy works in New
York, I didn't want him to
experience culture shock when he
came up to Maine.
So I thought that a place in
Freeport would be a little bit more
sophisticated and cosmopolitan
than Maine Street. And since this
guy spends most of his time in
New York, where could he feel
more at home than in a Chinese
restaurant?
China Rose was the answer to
my dilemma. Now, 1 could not
only discuss this semester's
happenings over some wonton
soup, but I could also hit the outlets
for first time since the spring. If
you' re looking for a good shopping
break or a place convenient to the
outlets, China Rose may be for you.
The decor is understated and
actually rather sparse — but then
again, who goes to a restaurant for
decor? China Rose is not a large
restaurant, but it is not the type of
place you would go for an intimate
evening either. Truth be known,
however, the food is top-notch, and
as my guest said, "You won't get
better Chinese in Maine than this."
Like most Chinese places, the
waiter immediately brought a pot
of tea over to our table (no
specialities here, just your average-
tasting tea). My friend wanted
something spicy, and China Rose
warns diners of such dishes by
placing a star next to spicy items
on the menu. He chose szechuan
chicken, a combination dish of
cashew nuts, vegetables and meat.
I wanted something fried and chose
an old reliable, sweet and sour pork.
Both dishes came with a
generous bowl of rice. "The
portions are big!" exclaimed my
out-of-state friend. We were both
impressed . The pork was excellent,
no complaints whatsoever. My
slightly older and more
sophisticated friend rated his dish
as "good."
China Rose is also relatively
inexpensive. Our bill came to $17
for two full dinners (no drinks).
While we never inquired about
alcohol, China Rosealso operates a
bar that is separated from the
restaurant. The bar seemed tocater
to a more local crowd than the
restaurant.
China Rose is a full-service
restaurant with credentials. The
Maine Sunday Telegram, the state's
largest newspaper, gave the
restaurant four and a half stars,
and that review is framed near the
entrance, in case you want to read
the opinion of a true pro.
China Rose is truly satisfying
and only a thirty-second walk from
L.L. Bean, "*alph Lauren and all of
the major outlets. You'll be sure to
find a diverse crowd here.
Sunday Brunch at Krishna's.
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Cook's Lobster House rates
high on food, lower on service
By Chris Strassel
orient business manager
Another all-time favorite. As if
no one had ever heard of Cook's,
the Orient staffers decided it was
time we checked it out for ourselves,
in an ongoing effort to keep our
readers (and their parents) informed
of the latest in Maine's dining
pleasures. Plus, we wanted to get
off-campus and get some real food.
We headed down Harpswell
Road and about 20 minutes later,
found ourselves looking across a
bay at Cook's, wondering how to
get there. Of course, we were
ignoring the big blue signs guiding
the way, but we finally made it.
Mr. Farnham, Mr. Golden, Mr.
D'Attilio and I were seated
immediately. "Look at the view we
got," gasped Golden, "we can see
the parking lot and the water." They
have what we considered a good
wine list, only Bud on tap, and a fair
selection of bottled beers. After
noting the impressive numbers on
the menu, we decided on a lobster
dinner for Mr. Farnham, a sirloin
for Mr. D'Attilio, a Filet Mignon for
Mr. Golden and broiled scallops for
myself.
The salads arrived quickly; they
were each fresh, and the servings
were generous. Soup was the next
course, followed by Farnham's
steamers.
A problem was that only
Farnham and I ordered soup, so
Golden and D'Attilio were forcibly
starved for nearly 45 minutes as
they hungrily eyed our meals.
Farnham and I were both
intimidated, and wealmost felt sorry
for the others, but not quite.
Golden's remark, "If I was with my
family, we probably would have
left," pretty much summed up the
feeling of the group, as we saw our
waiter walk by empty-handed for
the tenth time. Finally, we were
rserved. Both steaks were cooked
to perfection, and though they were
ordered by the ounce, the plates
looked impressive. My scallops
were cooked in a garlic butter sauce,
and were very tender and delicious.
We all downed our food in record
time (after all, the wait had nearly
starved us), and the only memorable
conversation during the dinner was
that Farnham's lobster "cracked
well." He also thought it tasted good .
The meals were served with a baked
potato, which was also excellent.
All in all, the dinner at Cook's
was a great experience. The entire
meal lasted about three hours, and
with the trip both ways, it was close
to four.
However, it made for a relaxing
night off campus, and at $100 for
four people, the price was moderate
(though it's probably oneof the most
expensive restaurants in theGreater
Brunswick area).
Career opportunities
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Please plan to attend our
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
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J.P. Morgan Recruits on Campus this Fall . . .
(continued from last year)
J.P. Morgan seeks under-
graduates with potential to
become part of the Morgan
team that provides sophisticat-
ed financial services to corpo-
rations, governments, finan-
cial institutions, institutional
investors, nonprofit institu-
tions, and wealthy individuals
throughout the world.
If you're interested,
watch for recruiters from J. P.
Morgan who will soon con-
duct information sessions on
campus. Meanwhile, read on.
An overview of
J.P. Morgan
Simply stated, J.P. Morgan is
a leading global financial ser-
vices firm. Global means
we're more than a firm with
international offices; we've
integrated our deeply rooted
presence in the world's finan-
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network we put to work for
our clients. Financial services
is a shorthand way of describ-
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meet the complex financial
needs of sophisticated clients,
from corporations to govern-
ments to wealthy individuals.
Few firms offer the scope of
services we can provide and
even fewer can do so in the
context of our long-standing
philosophy of meeting clients
needs, objectively, analytical-
ly, and ethically.
Career choices in
Management Services
For students interested in the
field of management consult-
ing, Morgan's Management
Services training program
offers the opportunity to learn
consulting techniques and
methodologies within the
broad context of a global
financial services firm.
Moreover, the program pro-
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necessary to become future
managers for the firm. In the
Management Services group,
you'll get plenty of hands-on
experience along with the ben-
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
The Bowdoin
Orient
COVER STORY
Everyone knows Brunswick isn't a "real"
college town-not the way Hanover, New
Hampshire, Cambridge, Massachusetts or
even Ithaca, New York are. The population
of Bowdoin is simply too small a
percentage of the overall Brunswick population to
become a market at which local commerce would aim.
In terms of night life, when the number of legal drinkers
at the College can be roughly estimated at about 350, one
wont find too manybarsorclubsbuildingtheir business
around student patronage. Still, the presence of
collegiates in Brunswick cannot be mm^^mbim^m
dismissed, and in fact, the bars of
the town do their part to attract
them, while competing with each
other to offer the most.
The Brunswick bars most often
patronized by Bowdoin students
are easily identified: Players,
Joshua'sTavern, the newly opened
Barking Spider, and the InTown
Pub. None of these are stocked
with students every night, but each
has its particular night of the week ^mm^^^^^^^
when students show up.
T.J. Siatras isa Brunswick native who attended Cornell
University, so he knows a bit about college towns.
Having studied at the School for Hotel and Restaurant
Administration there, healso knows abit about running
a bar, and in June of 1990, he and his parents opened
Joshua's Tavern with the student market in mind. But
even so, says Siatras, 25, his primary market is tourists,
followed by students, followed by the naval base and
locals. 'The first two don't overlap, so Joshua's goes
through a transformation seasonally," he said. Siatras
has never thought of Brunswick as a college town
basically because of thesmall number of students, though
he says, "I'm all for it." He describes the atmosphere of
his bar/restaurant as student friendly. "We're not
listening to elevator music here. We could have a lot of
'Between
1988 we
lines... on
nights.'
old people sitting here but we don't."
One Center Street behind the Bowdoin Restaurant has
been the home to a club and bar since the seventies, but
its present form, Players Pub, has been there for only four
years. The club is dark but usually lively, with the
overwhelming presence of locals who have come to
dance and meet each other. But on certain nights Bowdoin
students can be found camped in a group at a table or at
the bar talking over the loud dance beat. Owner Peter
Therriault says it's hard to pick out Bowdoin students per
se in his club. "It depends on the night, of course, but we
^^_ ^ m ha ve a 1°* °f young people
here anyway so it's a tough
call."
Sean T. Hearns has been a
bartender at Players for four
years and he thinks Bowdoin
students come in because
Bowdoin students work
there. "The influence of those
students has increased our
popularity," he says.
Skip ODonnell opened the
InTown Pub in September of
7955 and
had waiting
Thursday
1981, making his bar the oldest in Brunswick. Over that
time, ODonnell has seen the number of students coming
in d windle. "Bet ween 1 985 and 1 988 we had waiting lines
lasting from eight to eleven on Thursday nights," he says.
The InTown has drink specials and promotions like the
other bars, but O'Donnell is hard pressed to pinpoint
why students don't come in as much. Part of the reason,
he thinks, is that he had such a good rapport with the
classes of the mid-eighties, and they have moved on.
"Bowdoin kids are great," he said. "I've driven them
home, taken their car keys and I did it with their respect."
ODonnell tells a story of one night a few years ago when
he intervened when police were about to pick up some
Bowdoin students right in front of the bar. "I told the
police I'd drive them home and stuck up for them. That
kind of thing gives you friends for life."
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Players Pub on a Tuesday night.
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Just a slice of the pie: Bowdoin in relation to Brunswick
m
%
Year
Brunswick
population
1810
1809
1850
4977
1880
5384
1920
5784
1950
7342
1970
16195
1992
20906
Compiled by Mike Golden
Student
population
50
267
383
597
968
1127
1570
Percentage of
Brunswick pop.
2.bvo
5.4%
7.1%
10.3%
13.2%
7.0%
7.5%
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
13
Photo by Maya Khun.
The Bowdoin
Orient
COVER STORY
Located behind Newberry's off Maine St. and next
door to the Fire Station, the InTown has a far more
relaxed atmosphere than the other three. The low ceiling
and protruding dark wood support beams are
reminescent of a true English pub, a nd O'Donnell clearly
has a corp of loyal patrons. One of them, an engineer
named Ken, has been coming to the InTown ever since
it opened . He perceives the pub as a place where people,
even students, can come and not be labeled. "That's the
charm," he says. "You come in here and who you are or
what you do doesn't matter."
O'Donnell isn't bitter about theother ^ mmmmmm ^
bars popping up, but when asked why
he thinks they've opened, he laughs J 1 ^ name COYYieS frOYYi
and says, '"Cause they all thought I J
was getting rich."
The newest watering hole in town is
SSSC;. flatulence, but the bar
biker slang for
Jeny!
comes from biker slang for flatulence,
but the bar is far from crude. The
Spider is actually two bars, an upstairs
and a downstairs, with the lower level ^^~~~~^~
being more of a drinker's place, with
dart boards, a fooz ball table and a juke box, while the
upstairs is more elegant, with green apolstered couches
and comfortable booths. The owner, Tom Rothwell,
tried three other times to open a bar, but each time had
to abandon his plans because his partner reneged due to
spousal pressure. With the Spider, he went in alone.
That's why I'm not married," he jokes.
With a large amount of capital in hand, Rothwell
wasn't worried about the recession or the local
competition when deciding to open his own place.
"Brunswick didn't have anything like this," he says.
The formula is two different bars in one place."
Having just opened, the Spider hasn't been around
long enough for Rothwell to identify his clientele, but he
notices that at the moment it's mostly local people and
naval base personell. He's seen Bowdoin students come
is far from crude.
in, but says, "it doesn't seem like they're flocking here."
The former social worker has found himself working
119 hours a week lately and says, "If I had known it
would be like this I wouldn't have opened a bar, but I
probably won't be saying that in a year." Rothwell
expects business to pick up during the winter, and his
hectic schedule to stabilize.
Bowdoin students may not be the focus of these four
bars, but enough go down Maine Street for a few drinks
for there to be differing opinions and tastes.
"The InTown Pub is the best
*^— ^^i^^— bar in Brunswick by far," says
Kevin Thomson '93. "Joshua's
owners like to kick people out
at quarter to one." Andrew
Boyle '94 isn't particularly
comfortable going into town,
but says, "I visit the bars once
in a while." In terms of
preference, he mentions
Players and Joshua's but says,
"they have a fun atmosphere,
^^^^^^^^^^^_ but you have to bring that fun
atmosphere with you."
Amy Sanford '93 finds that where you go is largely
dependent on what you want to do. "Players is good for
dancing; the InTown is good for hanging out with
friends."
With the social scene at Bowdoin in a state of limbo,
the direction it will take is unclear. The new campus
center will obviously affect things and the drinking age
isn't going to lower anytime soon, so the number of bar-
going students will likely remain small in future years.
In terms of night life, Brunswick isn't a college town in
the classic sense, but that's due more to the character of
the College than any deficiency on the town's part. For
those who do enjoy stepping off-campus for a beer or
ten, Brunswick has at least four good places to choose
from, so although it's no Cambridge, at least it's no
Waterville.
What'llyou have?— The daily specials of the big four
The
Barking Spider
■
The InTown Pub
Joshua's Tavern
Monday
One drink on special for $2 Domestic beer $1 .25
20 oz. Miller Lite drafts $2
Bucket 0' Beer $6, 4 beers
^\
Tuesday
Mystery day
Well drinks $2.25
Well drinks for ladies $1.50,
LaBatt's Blue $1.50 for men
Draft Nite: 75 cent Drafts. $4
pitchers
Wednesday
Sea Breezes, sour drinks for $2 Half-priced drafts
"Group Therapy" 4 kama-
kazees and a pitcher for $7.50
50 cent shots for men only
Thursday
All well drinks $2
Day: gin & tonic $1.25
Night:LX iced tea $3.25
9pm-closing: "Mug Club" 14
oz. drafts for $1
Ladies Night: one-liquor well
drinks, 99 cents (bar brand)
Friday
Fruit drinks
Beer specials (12 Oz.) $1.25 4-8pm free tacos
Free Buffet, 99 cent
Margaritas
Saturday
Beer specials (12 Oz.) $1
Bucket Mania: 4 domestic
beers for $6
J)
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
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Edito
als
We should reform student government
Another school year is well underway, and the
process of student government is off to yet another
slow start.
When the Orient did a Studentspeak poll on
Bowdoin's student government, most students
responded that they could not answer because they
knew nothing about what the Executive Board does
or how they go about doing it. With so few students
a wa re tha t Bowdoin even has a student government,
it is not surprising that there is a general sense of
antipathy towards the Executive Board. This,
however, is not the Executive Board's fault.
We feel that the main problem with motivating
the student body for the Executive Board is that, as
outlined on page 203 of the 1992-1993 College
Catalogue, the Executive Board is not designed to
play that dynamic a role in student life. 'The
Executive Board meets weekly and is charged with
presenting student opinion to the administration;
overseeing all chartered student organizations;
maintaining standing committees, including the
Student Judiciary Board;. . . filling student positions
on faculty and Governing Boards committees; and
supervising class officer elections."
What the Executive Board does, it does well
enough. When the change in the grading system
came up in 1992 and the abolition of single-sex
social organizations was proposed last spring, the
Executive Board polled student opinion and
presented it to the administration. The fact that they
were ignored is not the Executive Board's fault.
The interviews held last Sunday for student
members of committees was done successfully.
The Executive Board has only as much power as the
administration allows them and deserves no
criticism for how it has fulfilled its prescribed
role. The administration will not give students
the power veto administrative decisions or to
make unsupervised changes in the structure of
the College. This is common sense, and students
should accept this.
What the Executive Board can do is restructure
student government to make it more efficient
and more apparent to the student body. The
Executive Board is elected too late in the school
year to get much done first semester. Student
Government elections should be held each spring
for the following fall with special elections held
for first-years each fall. This will allow student
representatives to address the issues on their
agendas as soon as school begins.
There should also be a clearly delineated chain
of student offices (President, Vice President,
Secretary, etc.) with each office responsible for
different functions. This will give Bowdoin's
student government a more concentrated focus
through which to express itself as well as increase
individual officers' responsibility for carrying
out their proposed objectives.
We have no illusions about the effect student
government has on our lives. Student
representatives can not determine College policy,
nor can they magically transform Bowdoin into a
students' paradise.
What we can reasonably expect from them is to
act in a responsible advisory capacity to the
administration, to oversee student committee
appointments as they do now, and to make
themselves more accessible to the student body
as a whole.
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THE BOWDCHN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1992
15
Student Opinio
Don't Edit
My Voice !
A weekly column devoted to voices
that aren't always heard in the din
of the mainstream
This Week:
AIG
So far, so good
By Jong Hong '96
As an Asian- American first-year student, the words "so
far so good" describe my first month at Bowdoin College.
Coming from an all male Catholic school which was
comprised of ninety-five percent Caucasians, the
adjustment I had to make was not a difficult one.
1 have not heard a blatant racist remark towards my
ethnicity so far at Bowdoin. However, I do often discern
prejudice conceits through stereotyping of Asians. For
example: During the first week at Bowdoin, many people
asked me what my major was or in which field I was
interested. When I told them that I was interested in math
or science, they responded as if they had expected such an
answer. I take those responses negatively, because it is a
prejudice concept that they have. It does not matter whether
it is negative or positive stereotyping. All stereotyping is
bad.
I know that I haven't seen all of Bowdoin, and that I am
going to be racially offended more than once before I
graduate from here. Nevertheless, my hopes are high
because, as an Asian-American first-year student, the first
month at Bowdoin College was good.
The Concerned Conservative: One year later
(By Justin Z i e g l e r)
One year ago this month, a scandal broke that shocked the questionable experience as a victim, particularly when she
nation.ThiswasnoneotherthantheAnitaHill-aarence Thomas entered the hearings claiming that she had nothing to gain
sexual harassment hearing. The events surrounding this from her actions. Just as disturbing is the backlash directed
controversy were so alarming that their repercussions are still towards some of the senators involved; specifically, Sen.
being felt in today's political environment. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.).
Upon this anniversary, the questions that must be posed are, Despite his distinguished record asa supporterof women's
why has this singular event so affected the nation in the way that causes (especially his pro-choice stand on abortion), this
it has, and furthermore, why have certain individuals (namely, moderate Republican is being challenged for his seat by
certain Republican senators) been vilified while others have been Lynn Yeakel with his "interrogation" of Hill as a focal point
raised to cult-hero status (namely, Anita Hill)? of the campaign. In effect, he is being denounced as a mean-
During and after the Thomas confirmation hearings, America spirited woman-hater because of his part in the hearings,
was hearing accusations of a male-dominated Senate committee This is outrageous. Specter, as a former attorney, simply
being "insensitive" to the ^ ^■^■^— ^»^"^^ ^ used his skills at cross-
victimized Ms. Hill. "How dare . . .. , . ~ , , examination to get to the facts of
theseSenatorsinterrogatethispoor . . . II IS UlSlUrOing 10 JMU ttlClt, tne scandal. He was doing his
woman so?! She is only trying to i , a > f ti.iJ : „ U p :„ Q job, unlike many other members
correctaninjustice;shehasnothing *"**?**" lUlCf, nmiU fllll U UCing ofCon gress. To vilify him as such
paid thousands of dollars to
speak about her questionable
experience as a victim. . .
to gain from her accusations
These cries of victimization soon
made Ms. Hill a "martyr" for
women everywhere. Moreover, her
"mistreatment" became the
rallying point for the declared ___________________
"Year of the Woman" in American ■"■■■■■■■"■■■■■■■■
politics.
What's the problem with this? For one, the glorification of Ms.
Hill has gone out of control. When she accused Thomas of sexual
misconduct, a very serious allegation, the burden of proof was on
her. Therefore, the senators had to question her and Mr. Thomas
thoroughly, so as to check the legitimacy of her claim. If there was
any reasonable doubt regarding the validity of her claims, the
senators could not hold the accusation against Thomas. As it
turns out, there was some significant doubt of her accusations, as
the numerous witnesses gave evidence to. Therefore, to say that
Ms. Hill had been treated wrongly during the hearing is to
disregard the fact that she carried the burden of proof.
With this in mind, it is disturbing to find that, one year later,
Anita Hill is being paid thousands of dollars to speak about her
and to target him for defeat in
the name of Anita Hill is simply
ignorant political defamation.
So here we are one year later.
Anita Hill has taken her cause
_______________ nation-wide speaking for money,
■"■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ and she has become the symbol
behind the soolled "Year of the Woman" . This is not to say
that a "Year of the Woman" is not a good thing. Indeed,
more women active in government would be beneficial to
our nation. But the fact is this: she has not proven her
harmful allegations. Therefore, to establish such a "Year"
campaign for women (primarily made up of Democratic
participants) in the name of Hill is inappropriate, simply
because of her questionable claims. In retrospect, then, the
effect of the hearings has been to establish a cult of Hill,
thriving on uncertain claims under the guise of women's
vindication, striking down as an enemy, anyone who
questions the validity of Ms. Hill.
Certainly, the American political environment deserves
better.
By Craig Cheslog
Looking Starboard
The Executive Board is within its rights to supervise Honor and Social Code revision
i
_
Newspapers have a responsibility to make certain that
the news stories they print are fair and accurate. Last week,
the editors of this newspaper failed in their responsibility,
and the credibility of the Orient has been damaged in the
process.
According to the headline on page five last week, "Exec
Board usurps power illegally from J-Board." Staff writer
Chelsea Ferrette was trying (unsuccessfully) to write an
article on the Student Disciplinary Review Group (SDRG),
a subcommittee of the Student Executive Board that has
been charged with reviewing the Honor and Social Codes
in order to make suggestions as to how these codes may be
improved. If one read Ferrette's article (and believed it),
one might think that the leaders of Bowdoin's student
government are power hungry and willing to subvert the
student constitution in order to pursue their aims. This
thought, however, would be blatantly wrong.
Ferrette wrote: The Exec Board and Dean of Students
Kenneth Lewallen's office established the SDRG to
restructure the Honor and Social Code of the College."
That is correct so far, but Ferrette continued: "However,
the authority of the revision of the Honor and Social
[Codes] does not rest with the Executive Board but with the
judiciary Board." Well, that statement simply iscompletely
incorrect. Anyone with a remedial knowledge of the student
constitution realizes that the Executive Board has acted
well within its power and has not been "illegally usurpfing)
the power from (the) J(udiriary) Board." This writer has to
wonder, just where did Ferrette and the editors of this
newspaper get this idea from?
Certainly not from the Honor Code Constitution. Refer
to page 32, column three of the Student Handbook. Article
13 of the Honor Code Constitution clearly states: The
Honor Code shall be adopted and amended with the approval
of the Student Assembly and the faculty." [emphasis added]
Perhaps Ferrette and the editors of this newspaper would
like to show this writer where he may find the Judiciary
Board in that sentence. The answer is easy — the Judiciary
Board is not there. The power to amend the Honor and
Social Codes lies with the Student Assembly, and guess
what. . . the Executive Board is the constituent body of the
Student Assembly. Therefore, the Executive Board is completely
within its rights to form a subcommittee to look at amending the
Honor and Social Codes. This really is easy and straightforward.
No legal knowledge is required, just some common sense.
The argument Ferrette attempts to make is illogical. She wrote:
"Honor Code Article 3, section 3 states that 'the Honor Code
shall be administered by the members of the Student Judiciary
. . .the Executive Board is completely
within its rights to form a subcommittee
to look at amending the Honor and
Social Codes. . . No legal knowledge is
required, just some common sense.
Board who act on behalf of the Student Assembly.'" This statement
comes in light of the fact that the SDRG has been charged with the
responsibility of revamping the Honor and Social Code.
Technically, the Exec Board cannot delegate authority to the
SDRG for this task." Ferrette apparently misunderstands the
meaning of the verb administer. She seems to think that to
administer means to create. Wrong. The Student Judiciary Board
has the power to administer the Honor and Social Codes. No one
is disputing this fact. But, it is the Executive Board that has the
power to amend the Honor and Social Codes. Once again, check
Article 13 of the Honor Code Constitution, no interpretation is
required, just above average reading comprehension skills.
Ferrette continued to pursue her argument, however. She
wrote: "Yet clear boundaries do exist concerning the power of
the Exec Board within the Constitution of the Student Assembly."
Correct so far, but unfortunately, she continued: The authority
of the Judiciary Board, although not specifically stated in the
Constitution, is in the Honor and Social Code, ensuring its
legitimate role in on campus." What? Apparently, Ferrette is
trying to contend that the Judiciary Board has complete power
over the Honor and Social Codes. She would be correct,
except that in the previously mentioned Article 13 of the
Honor Code Constitution, the power to amend the Honor
Code is specifically and clearly given to the Student Assembly
and the Faculty. No other credible interpretation of this
provision is possible.
Ferrette's article was inaccurate and biased . She apparently
had an agenda to further while writing her article.
Championing an agenda is acceptable and expected here on
the op-ed pages of the newspaper, but a reporter for a news
article should at least attempt to be impartial, and the editors
of a newspaper have a responsibility to check the articles
their reporters write to be certain they are as accurate and
unbiased as possible. The editors of this newspaper failed in
their responsibility last week
That this article was allowed to appear in the news section
of this newspaper is an unacceptable breach of the public's
trust and must not be tolerated. This writer is told that the
editors plan to run a retraction of Ferrette's article this week.
He certainly hopes so, it is always good to admit a mistake
of this magnitude. Unfortunately, Ferrette's article has done
quite a bit of damage, and angered those students involved
with the revising (SDRG) or the administration (Judiciary
Board) of the Honor Code.
Hopefully, this damage will not be permanent. The
members of the SDRG have been working hard in their
attempt to find a Honor Code that is fail and, therefore, will
work. The SDRG is going to be working with members of the
Judiciary Board and hopefully with many members of the
college community on its project. But the job is difficult, and
asinine newspaper articles could make the job impossible to
complete.
Hopefully, the editors of this newspaper will have learned
a valuable lesson after this debacle. Journalism is not a game
to be played on Thursday night on Cleaveland Street.
Journalism is a serious business, and this newspaper (believe
it or not) has a great deal of influence on this campus. The
sort of article Ferrette wrote has become more and more rare
in this newspaper over the last few years. Hopefully, the
editors will take the steps necessary to make certain this sort
of article is never printed on its pages again.
16
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1992
to the Edito
College limits free expression
by limiting vulgarity
To the Editor
I trust that a good number of my fellow students noticed the
chalk-written slogans scribbled across the pathways of the
Quad on this past Tuesday morning. Under the auspices, I
assume, of Amnesty International (although I do not claim
here to speak for anyone other than myself), three students,
aided by two distinguished alumni, did indeed perpetrate
that chalking with the dual purpose of bringing to the College
community's attention the arrival of "Banned Books Week",
(which the MU bookstore has marked with an eye-opening
display in the Union), and the imprisonment of various
dissident writers across the world, incarcerated for exercising
a right that is threatened even within our own borders: the
freedom of expression.
One can understand, then, the keen sense of irony I felt
when I learned, late Tuesday morning, that Physical Plant
took it upon its anal-retentive self to cleanse the College
asphalt of one of the chalk slogans: "Fuck Censorship" (or as
the Howdom Orient might say, "F— k Censorship"). I need not
dwell overlong on the delicious irony of Physical Plant's well-
intentioned expurgation, not during a week in which we
should all be especially cognizant of the efforts of certain
school boards and citizen's groups across the nation to restrict
access to or prohibit from classrooms works by such authors
as Shel Silverstein, Anne Frank and Judy Blume. Subversives
all, I'm certain.
But I hasten to add that the College can lay claim to
some reason to erase any dangerous obscenities scrawled in
chalk on the ground. After all, some skittish prospective
student and his or her family might be offended, or a staid
alumnus /a with an especially generous history of gift-giving
might wander by the offending language. I can sympathize
with the College in wanting to avoid needless offense to any
community member over such a trivial issue as free speech.
On the whole, however, the College's reluctance to accept
public vulgarity as a cost of free speech troubles me deeply. If
they are willing to compromise this right — even in such an
insignificant case as this — from prospective students, or from
any community member, then how well will the College
protect the freedom of expression of its students and its
faculty in the face of an actual threat — perhaps legal or
financial — from the government or any other agency? Who
can we count on to protect our liberties? Only ourselves; for as
Aldous Huxley wrote, "Liberties are not taken, they are
given."
Mathew J. Scease '93
Wells should admit his fault and
resign as BGLAD coordinator
bystanders should not be tolerated. BGLAD-by all means,
exercise your freedom of speech, but don't cry fire in a
crowded theater.
Now, to comment on some of Mr. Wells' impudent
insinuations made in last week's paper he has got to be
kidding when he suggested that the biggest reason people
react negatively to his signs "is, of course homophobia which
ties in with latent homosexuality", insecurity, sexism, and a
lack of "the ovaries" to confront change. Did I read that
correctly? Did he say that just because I don't like to be
involuntarily proffered garbage-like accusations of "ending
up with wet hands every night", allusions to who I "come"
with, "Niggers, Faggots, Bitches" being just words, or my
women friends being "Good tight sluts" that I am automatically
a latent homosexual, insecure with my masculinity, sexist,
and fear change. HE LLO! And what planet is he from? I was
repulsed by those signs because they were disgusting,
offensive, and made without any deference to the people who
have to walk past the repugnant filth he calls "publicity"
every day.
I agree with a lot of the ideas his organization stands for;
however, to see BGLAD stoop to this disgraceful level, to see
it resort to shock publicity that results in itself being the butt
of dining hall jokes bothers me. Here we have a cause that
most people might have at one time been supportive of but
leave the Tower and Union with an impression that BGLAD
is an orgy of homosexuals, lesbians and sadomasochists who
hate all heterosexuals; something I know can not be true.
Mr. Wells-as acting coordinator of BGLAD, you should be
ashamed of yourself. What you did to BGLAD is something
that will take years to expunge. You have made a legitimate
organization look like a radical, senseless, rabble-rousing
collection of freaks. What upsets me the most is not the fact
that you refuse to publicly apologize for your obvious
promotional blunder, that your signs made many of us hold
genuine resentment for BGLAD, or that you accuse people
you don't even know of being "latent homosexuals" who lack
"ovaries" and "confidence in their. . . sexuality."
What bothers me most is your attitude concerning people
who approach you with their complaints. Telling them to "go
to counseling because I don't give a shit" is as
counterproductive as people not trying to understand your
principle which you obviously feel so strongly about. Maybe
your don't, but a lot of people on this campus do give a shit
about your choice of promotional tactics, we give a shit about
BGLAD's genuine importance to Bowdoin, and wegivea shit
about everybody' views — those that assent and, those that
oppose.
As a result of your defiant and arrogant attitude so clearly
displayed in your article and recent actions, I can only come
toone conclusion: Mr. Wells, if you want to put this controversy
behind BGLAD and Bowdoin, admit you made a mistake in
approving these signs, admit they were in bad taste, and
admit they gave BGLAD a false and libelous stereotype.
Resign, Mr. Wells. Bowdoin and BGLAD deserve better.
Tom Leung '96
Cheslog misleads with
out-of-context statistics
To the Editor.
This letter is in response to Andrew Wells' article in last
week's paper entitled, "A Message to Homophobes." To say
that I am repulsed by his article and grossly inappropriate
propaganda plastered across our campus is the mother of all
understatements. Every day for the past couple of weeks I've
been overwhelmed by vulgar signs that run the gamut from
implications of masturbation to intercourse with anything
and anybody. With all due respect, BGLAD has every right to
subscribe to whatever it deems to be appropriate, but in no
way does it have the prerogative to irreverently urinate on the
values and beliefs many of us hold dearly. I don't remember
asking for any of this. If I was interested in their sexual
preferences I would have gone to their meeting. I didn't ask
for this, and by boorishly proselytizing me as I casually
walked to class or lunch in no way promoted their cause; quite
the contrary, they merely nauseated me to the point where I
resented the indecency and insensitivity of their authors.
There is something most civilized people give to each other
no matter how antithetical their views may be: It's called
respect. If you think the promotion of homosexual, feminist,
and minority rights is pivotal to the success of our modern
culture, I agree completely and vehemently with you. But
there is a big difference between trying to "catch people's
attention for. . . the purpose of publicity" and saying things in
public areas that you know people will find offensive Any
organization that posts obnoxious promulgation that
consciously attacks and ridicules the beliefs of innocent
Continuing distaste concerning
Quayle Quote section
To the Editor
Despite all the objections made last week, "Quayle Quotes
of the Week" continue to appear in the Orient. People say that
the only thing worse than making a mistake is persisting it.
Mr. Farnham's philosophy seems to say: the only thing worse
than making a mistake is admitting it. Even the object of his
ridicule, Dan Quayle, admits his errors.
I hope Mr. Farnham realizes that not every President was a
great speaker, just as not every President was a great writer.
Andrew Jackson wrote his letters full of grammatical and
spelling errors, yet we salute him as oneof our great Presidents.
If Mr. Farnham believes that Dan Quayle has not been a great
Vice President, be should fault Quayle in his leadership, not
in his speeches. Tell us why he's not been a "rear Vice
President. Tell us what he did wrong, not what he said wrong.
Only those who cannot find fault with the general picture
nitpick with details.
As the editor of a newspaper that bears the image of
Bowdoin College, Mr. Farnham should strive to lead our
Orient to resemble 77k New York Times, and vol The National
Lampoon.
KefeiLi'96
To the Editor
I was disturbed and angered to read the distortion of reality
in Craig Cheslog's commentary on Al Gore's stance on the
environment. By citing direct references to back his position,
Mr. Cheslog poses as the informed scholar attempting to
enlighten the masses. However, either out of ignorance or
dishonesty he omits many of the facts that one needs to make
a correct environmental decision.
For instance, Cheslog may be correct when he states that
53% of scientists working on global climate research do not
believe that there has been any global warming as of yet, but
he conveniently omits the relevant facts. The reality is that the
majority of scientists involved in climate research believe that
if global warming hasn't started yet, it will begin in the
immediate future and that action must be taken to curb it.
Cheslog then goes on to deny the significance of the well-
documented problem of ozone deterioration simply because
a hole failed to show up over North America. I suppose it
doesn't matter that cancer rates are soaring on the southern tip
of South America where the hole does exist, just as long as the
industrialized nations are okay. The fact is that the hole never
showed up in North America because of a deviation from
standard weather patterns. This does not mean that the hole
won't show up next year, nor does it mean that scientists have
been wrong about ozone depletion all this time.
In both of these cases, there are two basic economic lessons
to be learned . First, an economy must anticipate and deal with
problems before they happen. Afterwards, it is often too late
for countermeasures to work effectively. This is the case with
environmental destruction. We cannot wait until we actually
see our neighbor dying of skin cancer before we limit our use
of fluorocarbons — by that time the damage to the neighbor
and to the ozone has already been done.
Second, and more importantly, our natural resources are an
investment just as money in the bank is an investment. The
ozone layer is just oneof these natural assets. As with monetary
investment, we can either use everything right away and have
nothing left later on, or we can ration our investment for
reliable future growth. This parallel goes even further. When
someone makes a purchase, the money spent goes to another
person who, in turn, spends the money once again. This is
essentially "monetary recycling". In effect, this is the same as
buying a good and then throwing the money away — it breaks
the sustainable cycle. Yes, environmental destruction may
give us an initial economic boost, just as emptying one's bank
account gives that person an initial boost of cash. In the long
run, however, the resources used to run the economy will be
exhausted.
Mr. Cheslog, you and others who share your environmental
views are selfish. You destroy the prospects of long term
economic growth and with that, the chance for your children
to enjoy the high quality of life that is so dear to you.
Environmental preservation doesn't necessarily mean
economic devastation, but it does mean we must adopt a
major change of focus for the international economy. It is true
that many people will lose their jobs in this transition, but
where employment fails in environmentally destructive
practices, it will rise in services and environmental technology.
Al Gore's true aim is to ease the transition to the new
economy, not to end life as we know it. For this necessary
transition to work, everyone must pull his or her weight. This
means even you, Craig Cheslog, might have to sacrifice your
standard of living by recycling your cans or even (gasp!) by
foregoing your precious second napkin.
Rud Piatt *96
Campus needs Pi group for
politically independent thinking
To the Editor
Ho w about a campus-wide Greek-letter society called Pi for
the politically incorrect, or, perhaps more fairly, the politically
independent? Pi t-shirts, sweat shirts, etc.— the possibilities
are endless. (Pi or pie is also a printer's term for a general
jumble or mess, which sums up the situation pretty well, too!)
Jack Gates
Retired Library Employee
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
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s to tlic? Eclito
B.A.A.F formed to combat
"politically-correct" restrictions
To the Editor
As I arrived on campus this year, it struck me that, beyond
the traditional excitement of returning to campus to see one's
friends and to "clink" the glasses once again, Bowdoin College
no longer has any of its integral traditions intact. A college that
used to be known for its unique "laissez-faire" atmosphere,
allowing for the greatest interchange between differing belief
systems, has turned into another politically-correct "orthodoxy
center." Students were once left to develop their own sense of
responsibility and tolerance for others, but now we have
suddenly become "delinquents" who must be watched over
and taught to respect the "mission" of Bowdoin. It appears to
me that if the College was so concerned with its reputation, it
would not fall victim to the same tired mentality which has
been sweeping the East Coast over the past ten years. There is
no haven from the Constitution, and, therefore, it is insipid
logic to conclude that Bowdoin may treat its students like
"quasi-citizens" while relying on the fallacious assumption
that it is similar in nature and in function to any old private
organization. Unfortunately, Bowdoin is just another
"domino" to fall and will only continue its reckless path in the
name of "diversity," "co-edification" (or is it "codification?",
and "legal and moral concerns."
The Brunswick Association for Academic Freedom
(B.A.A.F.) has been created to deal constructively with the
"Thought Police" mentality sweeping our nation's colleges.
The original charter of the organization, including its goals
and objectives, appears below.
B.AJU? CHARTER September 27,1992
"The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for
students. It is engaged in making students safe for ideas."
— former president of the University of California
Over the past ten years, both state university and private
college students have become increasingly burdened by
restrictions placed upon their First Amendment rights. Speech
conduct codes, associational restriction codes and other similar
administrative devices have created an atmosphere of fear
and apprehension for these students. The Supreme Court, by
virtue of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, has struck
down policies such as these in state institutions because, in
their view: if there is any star fixed in our constitutional
constellation, it is that no official, high or mighty, can prescribe
what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or
any other matters of opinion. . . (West Virginia State Board of
Education v. Barnette) .
Quite similarly, the Court in Shelton v. Tucker found that
"I t ] he vigilant protection of constitutional freedoms is nowhere
more vital than in the community of American schools."
When reaching their decision in Healy v. lames, the Court
relied on the precedence of Shelton v. Tucker, concluding
that: the College classroom with its surrounding environs is
peculiarly the 'marketplace of ideas' and we break no new
constitutional ground in reaffirming this nation's dedication
to safeguarding academic freedoms.
The immediate result of these decisions is that public
universities may not overstep constitutional boundaries in
their policymaking. The "double standard" which exists,
however, is that the private college student has, not been
granted the same safeguards against unreasonable regulations
as the public university student. The recent proliferation of
"associational mandates" at colleges such as Amherst, Colby,
Middlebury, Kenyon and, most recently, Bowdoin College
are living examples of the hypocrisy which has been condoned
by both State and Federal Courts.
The Brunswick Association for Academic Freedoms,
including students and alumni from Bowdoin, as well as
community residents from the local Brunswick area, is a
community-based organization which attempts to address
the discrepancies which the Courts have left behind. Our first
goal is to increase awareness of the transgressions being
committed by "politically-correct" administrations across the
country and to identify the inconsistencies in their logic. Our
second goal is to secure for private college students the same
minimal protections afforded to public university students,
thereby eliminating the stifling academic atmosphere which
has been created by the "politically -correct" agenda. Our final
goal is to bring our regional issues into the national limelight
to prevent any further proliferation of such unconstitutional
policies.
Joshua Sprague '93, B.A.A.F member
(Call 833-6543, for further information)
Bowdoin students should
converse, not just write letters
To the Editor
Bowdoin students are misusing the "Letters to the Editor"
section of the Orient. There is tremendous amount of anger on
campus and too much of it is being channeled into weekly
incentives that serve to heighten the outrage and division in
the College community and do little to expand out
understanding.
Letters to the Editor have their place, but we seem to have
made them the only forum for debate on campus. Writers take
very strong public stands in the paper, then find themselves
in a position from which they can never back down, even
slightly. In a private conversation, it requires great courage to
admit to a flawed argument or to concede the validity of a
convincing opposing argument. In the newspaper, it's even
more difficult. Furthermore, the exchange is severely limited
to begin with. How much lively, direct and enlightening
exchange of ideas can occur when each back-and-forth takes
two long weeks, during which time the original issue has lost
the campus' attention.
So much more can be accomplished and understood if
students who hate each others' views would argue about it
face to face, with the courage to listen and the strength to
admit fault. As it stands now, no one speaks to anyone with
whom he/she does not agree. Keep writing letters, but start
talking.
Tony Pisani '93
College should adequately
fund women's hockey
To the Editor
I was most interested in your article on the Class Action Suit
on behalf of some of the members of the Women's Hockey
Team. As my granddaughter is a member of that team, I know
the anguish she felt. My husband and I, two loyal supporters,
attended games all over New England as well as at Bowdoin.
We applauded the girl's interest in what has been for many
years a man's sport. We thought Mr. Hunsaker was not only
a superb coach, but someone the girls looked up to. We were
distressed that the Bowdoin Administration would not
increase his meagre salary and fund the Women's Hockey
Team. We look forward to further reporting in the Orient and
hope the outcome of the suit will be that the girls get the
financial support they need.
Natalie H. Loomis
Respecting P.C. laws
To the Editor
Monday is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in
the so-called New World. Several groups on campus are
coming together to organize a candlelight vigil, a ceremony of
mourning for the millions of Native Americans whose culture
was nearly wiped out by the destruction of the Europeans.
Most Bowdoin students have heard this line of thought
around this year, and most probably will not contest it. We
here at Bowdoin tend to feel an abstract pity for the
downtrodden, and Native Americans are the epitome of that.
But I encourage everyone to see this issue in a different
light. I have been frustrated by the controversies surrounding
minority voices at Bowdoin — the BGLAD posters, the issue of
PC, complaints about sensitivity. Do people realize how all of
this relates? It all comes down to understanding other people,
which, iryny opinion, is what I am here for.
The function of the memorials surrounding this Columbus
Day is to promote awareness of the Native American point of
view. In speaking out against Columbus' atrocities, we must
note his impact on today's society. Modern historians will
mostly agree that among the ideals that he stands for are
Manifest destiny, racism, stereotyping and maybe even
genocide. Fortunately, there are still Native Americans; they
are not completely extinct and, in fact, are the fastest growing
population in America right now. But they are also the target
of the most subtle and biting prejudice in this country — so
subtle that we barely "notice it. Logos that depict Native
Americans as romantic savage- warriors propagate the notion
that they do not exist as participating members of our current
society. Objects with names such as Jeep Cherokee objectify
their culture, dehumanizing it, and tend to memorialize it as
if Cherokees no longer exist. Names of sports teams such as
the Redskins are offensive because the word is a derogatory
term used by white people to refer to the indigenous people
during colonial times.
It all comes sown to language. And, as much as we may
complain, that is why we have to respect the laws of PC. PC
may not change the attitudes of those who use it — it may be
absolutely meaningless to them — but it will ultimately mean
a lot to the people on the receiving end. Hearing derogatory
names about your culture, seeing images that imply that you
are inferior or even nonexistent, is not only unpleasant but
dangerous. Norbert Hill, Executive Director of the American
Indian Science and Engineering Society says that people
"shouldn't have to adjust their lives to accommodate racism.
That leads to low self-esteem, to alcoholism, to self-destructive
and dysfunctional acts..." Everyone knows that if you hear
something long enough you will start believing it and living
up to it. That is not a Native American issue; that is a human
issue.
Those people of the dominant culture need to be sensitive
to the frustrations of minority groups. It is not up to us to
decide who is offended, it is up to the groups themselves.
Suzan Shown Harjo, a Native American activist who is
participating in the legal action to revoke the trademark of the
Washington Redskins, puts it this way: "The bottom line is
that when someone tells you they are offended, you should
listen. So we are saying it again, this time forcefully: the term
"Redskins" and similar expressions tending to stereotype us
are offensive."
I think that is what it all comes down to here at Bowdoin (in
a general sense, because, remember, Bowdoin has no Native
students — hmmm...): If African-Americans say that they are
offended, we need to listen. If gays, lesbians, and bisexuals,
say that they are offended, we need to listen. Et Cetera. Native
American activists are calling for something fundamental this
Columbus Day: that we acknowledge Native Peoples as
citizens who contribute much to our society and deserve our
respect. As open-minded students and, hopefully, productive
members of society, we should take this advice and apply it to
ourown diverse community. Weshould stop pointing fingers,
stop calling names and simply try to listen and understand
people.
Amy Cohen '95
"Brevity is the soul of wit." But if you're not witty,
please submit your letters on Microsoft Word 4.0.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1992
Letters to the Editor
Environmental ruin inevitable
if greed prevails
Van Dyke disgruntled over
administrative error
Passacreta addresses the issue
of self-expression on campus
To the Editor
This letter is written in response to last week's "Looking
Starboard" column. Al Gore, Craig Cheslog and possibly
even Dan Qua y lc are no doubt very well aware that the easiest
and most effective way to obscure and distort facts is to cite
statistics out of context; however, it hardly seems necessary to
quote scientific opinion, accurately or inaccurately, to convince
voters of the deplorable state of our environment. Anyone
who is not completely blinded by greed and self-interest can
see at a glance that the world we all live in is in grave peril, and
anyone with the slightest concern for the future or the common
(as opposed to personal) good will realize that our
environmental abuses demand immediate attention. I find it
highly incongruous that a party platform claiming to value
the family above all else should display such an irresponsible
lack of concern for the ravaged wasteland we will be leaving
behind for our children to inhabit. However, Mr. Cheslog
need not burden himself with writing any further articles
urging patriotic Americans to continue to ignore the
environment and all the other problems they would be mad
as hell about if they really loved their country in any
constructive way; as the past has shown us, most Americans
are perfectly capable of following their own worst instincts
(namely, to look out first and foremost for their own best
interests at the expense of everyone and everything else)
without any added encouragement to do so.
Gwen Thompson '92
Global Warming should be dealt
with as a real possibility
To the Editor
■ *
This letter is in response to the article on "grand parenting"
in last week's Orient. I can't lay the blame on the Orient for
their erroneous information because I'm sure they received it
from the administration. The blame lies in Dean Ward's office.
I was extremely upset that I received a letter confirming my
"grandparented" status as a DKE. When I registered this year
I enclosed a note that roughly stated (and please print the real
note if you want/can gain access to it),
"Dear Dean Ward, I do not want to be expelled from
Bowdoin. If I am expelled I have to pay back the $100,000
dollars my parents invested over my four years here. Therefore,
I am no longer a member of DKE. I don't pay local social dues
or international dues. If you would likea letter confirming my
status from the international please feel free to ask.
"Sincerely,
Peter M. Van Dyke"
I thought the administration would be happy enough to
have forced me out of my membership as a DKE. Obviously
they felt it was necessary to keep me around long enough for
future punishments/disciplinary actions in their spare time.
It's hard to comprehend how a letter such as this can be so
blatantly misinterpreted. I wonder if the administration would
be so understanding if I had "misinterpreted" their policy on
single sex organizations?
Peter Van Dyke 93
To the Editor.
Upon reading Craig Cheslog's criticism of Albert Gore in
last week's Orient , I felt compelled to write this letter and
perhaps bring some clarity to the issues. Mr. Cheslog chose
two points upon which to criticize Senator Gore, the first of
which is Global Warming. According to two polls that Mr.
Cheslog cited, many scientists who do climate research are
skeptical about Global Warming, 53% and 47% respectively.
Does that mean that there is "no evidence of global worming"?
Obviously not. Mr. Cheslog did not provide the percentage of
scientists who were convinced that Global Warming is a
reality or who were still undecided. In deriving his statistics,
perhaps Senator Gore consulted a different poll, or perhaps he
did make a mistake. This is all academic. Global Warming
may not exist. The point is that Global Warming is a very real
possibility according to many scientists.To completely ignore
their findings concerning such a potentially serious
phenomenon would clearly be foolish. And what if NASA
scientists inaccurately forecasted an opening in the Ozone
Layer over New Hampshire? This same "group of wacko
NASA scientists" has already proven beyond a doubt that
there is a hole in the Ozone Layer above Antarctica, that it is
growing and that it is extremely dangerous to living organisms.
Just because these scientists were not 100% accurate in their
forecasts does not mean that they are incompetent or that
Albert Gore is a fool for supporting them. Is Mr. Cheslog
aware of how extremely complicated computer generated
global climate modeling can be?
Indeed, Mr. Cheslog expressed great concern in his article
regard ing "the articulate person who does not have the foggiest
Motion as to what he or she is talking about." But how much
does Mr. Cheslog know about Biology, Chemistry, Statistical
Analysis, Ecology and the complicated interactions between
these sciences that help us understand environmental
problems? Senator Gore has made a concerted effort to
understand these complexities and to confront the onerous
task of balancing them with economics. He does not propose
that "the world economy must be destroyed" in order to
address environmental concerns. Such statements are knee-
jerk reactions from those who would rather ignore
environmental problems than solve them ^Senator Gore simply
understands that a growing GNP or lowered interest rates
mean little when the water your children d rink is contaminated
or the sky above your home is brown with carcinogenic
particles. To ignore these "externalities" is the practice of those
who care about financial gain and nothing else. To deride
Senator Gore for trying to balance scientific realities with our
current economic values is to demonstrate a fundamental lack
of understanding concerning either or both systems of thought.
Erik Sommers '95
Davidson corrects Orient
on S.D.R.G. article
To the Editor:
In my three years at Bowdoin I have never read a more
skewed, incorrect and shoddy pieceof journalism than Chelsea
Ferrette's "Exec Board usurps power illegally from J-Board"
in the October 2 issue of the Orient. Every fact, everything
down to the actual name of the committee mentioned was
incorrect.
I felt that theeasiest way to set the tables straight was to take
the article from the beginning and start a formidable
"reconstruction" of the facts. Ms. Ferrette first claims that the
Student Disciplinary ReviewGroup was set up by the Student
Executive Board and Dean of Students Kenneth Lewallen.
Dean Lewallen, although a strong advocate of Bowdoin Code
reform, had nothing to do with the formation of the Group.
The article goes on to claim that "the authority of the
revision of the Honor and Social (Codes?) does not rest with
the Executive Board but with the Judiciary Board." The
premise of the article, this statement is simply incorrect. The
article uses Article 3, section 3 of the Honor Code, stating that
the Honor Code shall be "administered" by the J-Board. This
statement is correct, but entirely irrelevant to the revision of
the Codes. The Student Judiciary Committee is a competent
administrative committee, not a governing institution. More
relevant is Article 3, section 13 that specifically states that the
Exec Board has sole authority to amend and revise the Codes.
Furthermore, Neil Houghton '94, the distinguished vice-
chair of the Exec Board was quoted out of context and, more
importantly, off the record.
Ms. Ferrette did raise a very good point however. She
claimed that the J-Board had not been consulted by theSDRG.
Our strategy from the beginning has been to solicit opinions
from a wide-spectrum of members of the community. The
initial stages of this long process have not lent themselves to
widespread consultation with faculty or students. Obviously,
alienating an experienced constituency like the j-Board would
be detrimental to our cause and we intend to employ their
input in our recommendations to the Exec Board.
Our hope is to have a skeletal recommendation to the Exec
Board by November 18. In the meantime, we will work with
students, administrators and faculty on the current
inconsistencies in our system. An open forum has been
scheduled after fall break.
Thomas M. Davidson Jr. '94
To the Editor
First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to
congratulate the Orient staff for being, so far this year, less
droning than the previous two years. For unlike the past two
years, whereby the actions of the Coalition for Diversity
dominated page after page and issue ager issue, this year
highlights some diversity and heated controversy particularly
in the area of student opinion. (The exception to that being
indisputably, Mel Gibson. Alas! He's gone!)
The second issue I wish to address is that of free speech and
political correctness (aka, P.C.). As a junior, I feel safe in
making the generalization that a disturbing number of students
face problems with freedom of speech and P.C. Many students
have openly admitted to a feeling of intimidation when
speaking their minds both insideand outside of theclassroom.
This stems form the fear of being labelled something that
they're not, or to quote Ashley Pensinger, "because they are
afraid to say anything in fear that their words will be
misconstrued as statements of prejudice." Aha!
First of all, I'd like to commend Ms. Pensinger for having
the courage to write on a subject of such a delicate nature
especially on a campus as uptight as Bowdoin. I'm sure many
of her peers are just worshi pping the ground that she walks on
right now because they just didn't have the balls to write it
themselves. What then, I must ask Ms. Pensinger and others
of her kind, stimulates the need for this language phobia?
After all, do we not live in a country where freedom of speech
is a right and not a privilege? Or is the P.C. factor in effect here?
To feel threatened by someone else's statements and beliefs to
the extent in which they prohibit you from stating your own
signifies a sense of insecurity and lack of effectiveness on your
part, or maybe what you intended on saying was a pack of
ludicrous garbage to begin with. Then again, maybe deep
down inside you are really guilty of all those things that you
fear being accused of. Ever thought of that?
Moving right along, where is it written that speaking
forcefully and angrily is wrong and offensive? (That's the best
peice of trash I've heard all day.) It is merely a matter of self-
expression which some people choose. (Yes, we we also have
the freedom of choice although maybe not for long.) If I may
note, it is very hard first of all, for anger to be expressed
passively. Secondly, who wants to be a weak speaker anyway? '
Furthermore, as a member of any minority group (that's only
if you don't deny your true identity) it is almost impossible for
you to get your point and needs across without being forceful
and aggressive. The Women's Rights Movement, pro-choicers,
and the Civil Rights Movements activists never got anything
accomplished by silent demnostrations. Mainstream America
is simply too wrapped up in itself and its families to give a
second thought to understanding difference in other people.
Just my opinion!
So who gives a shit if being a forceful speaker "puts up a
wall which silences other people", as Ms. Pensinger has
alleged? I sure don't. You see I have no problems with
speaking my true feelings. However, at the same time, I am in
no way ignorant or insensitive enough to willingly engage in
conversation that I know will appear offensive or degrading
to others. That is because I believe in a certain level of P.C. That
level of P.C, as nicely stated by Brian Sung, "raises awareness,
shows courtesy, and harbors a sense of respect for others."
However, this is an individual decision some people choose
to make becasue they are considerate and caring. But at the
same time Brian, not everyone has to jump on the bandwagon
and no one should have to. It just makes you a better person
to have a little respect for your fellow men. (Sorry, P.C. time-
fellow people.) But then again, if you are just naturally an
insensitive, sexist, racist, homophobic pig, you should feel
free to express your first amendment rights. So to everyone on
the Bowdoin campus 1 say, express yourself but respect my
right to do likewise. Oh, and by the way, Brian, as a proud
member of BGLAD I wish to say that I couldn't care less if one
of your proctees feels that the group is kind of bullshit. Get
real people! I'm really fed up with the ignorance displayed on
this campus. This is just my opinion and I don't care what you
think of it.
Lee Passacreta '94
The Orient will not
publish personal attacks on
an individual's character
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1992
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Views From The Couch) The return of Magic and Dumbo
Brian
Sung
Sometimes life's symmetry is really
frightening, and the conclusions we
draw from these parallels can be
frightening. Case in point. Magic and
Perot. Better yet, 'The Returns of Magic
and Perot"— One great player and one
great pair of ears, today on Donahue.
Yep. They're back. I guess, if you look at it objectively,
you could have seen both of them coming. Magic kept in
shape and kept playing basketball. Perot urged his
followers to not give up and keep
lobbying for his candidacy. I don't know
how I feel about these returns. Wait,
that's a blatant lie. I do know. It's just
that the timing of these returns is eerie,
almost mystical. I'm afraid that these
two returns are somehow related to each
other, and thus both will gain similar
success or failure. I'll be straight— I'm
kind of scared of what implications this
uncanny connection might have. I mean
what if they both fail to reach their
respective goals? What if they both succeed? Is there any
middle ground, say, one of them fails and one of them
succeeds? I hope so, but this feeling of awe and finality
that has overwhelmed me lately, leads me to believe that
both will meet the same fate.
To be honest, I think both of these bad boys should have
stayed home. I will admit, now that the die has been cast,
that I hope that Magic has an awesome year and that Perot
fails. Miserably. The man has no redeeming qualities,
except for those ears. Where did he get those? My reasons
for this favoritism?
Well, I've always loved Magic and still do. Yeah, I lost
some respect for the man once I learned of his sexual
promiscuity, but I believe that the man has some killer
qualities. Yes, he acquired the HIV virus and had to retire
from the N.B.A. But how did he deal with it? Head on and
honestly. He didn't back away from the publicity either. In a way, it's
sad that the world finally woke up to the realities of the virus just
because a famous basketball player got infected. But the virus did get
attention, and so did theeducation behind the prevention, treatment,
and actuality of it. Magic didn't shy away from his role. He con fron ted
it. He tried to teach and help.
Perot's another story. He quit because he couldn't handle the
attention and scrutiny that was coming his way. The negative P.R.
that he garnished from Newsweek and Time was overwhelming.
Just when his candidacy was receiving major backing and just when
he could have gained a foothold, he quit. He avoided
questions about his past and rejected those who had
given his campaign momentum. So many negative
anecdotes poured out revealing his personality, that
he made Leona Helmsley look like Mother Theresa.
But those ears. . .
Magic should have stayed retired. He retired with
class and dignity. He had a moving ceremony for the
retirement of his jersey. Yet, I understand his motives-
the what if's must have been driving him crazy. If
totally healthy, he had another four or five years to
add to an incredible career. One reason why I want
him to stay retired is that I don't want to see him fail. It would hurt
too much to see him being burned by players that shouldn't even be
able to touch him. Embarrassment isn't something that Magic
deserves.
Embarrassment is something that Perot should wear as an overcoat.
At least Magic has the possibility of succeeding. All Perot can do is
throw a wrench into the works of one of the most interesting
presidential races in history. His track record shows his inadequacies.
Wonder if those ears are on sale at Sears. . .
With all these thoughts in mind, I called one of those late-night
hotlines. 1-900-THE-STARS. I had a nice long talk with one of those
astrologist types. She was nice. Yet she compounded the fears I've
been having. She said that coincidences like this usually have some
bearing on each other. I didn't sleep much that night. But she did tell
me that Lechmere's had a nice sale going on some XL ears...
Hello people free of the
cave! 1
Meet little Scottie Ridley.
He's a freshman. His parents
are coming up this weekend. Weeaaak. . .
Dear Scottie,
It's been six weeks and I still bear the -pain. My heart has not
mended since you were torn out of my soul six weeks ago. Love
letter? Nope. You know that this is your first time away from
home in eighteen years. Talking to you last night, and this
morning, and this afternoon was nice, but you forgot to call me
last Tuesday, and I wonder what you're doing that's more
important than calling me. I pray that you're still taking your
medication regularly.
Today's letter actually has a purpose. Oh joy, of joys! We're
coming to see you this weekend!! Blah Blah Blah Drone
Drone 4 Pages
We'll see you at noon on Friday. Can't wait,
Love, Mom.
Weeaak...
As you can see, Scottie's in a jam. It's 950 Friday
morning, and Scottie feels absolutely horrible. Right now
he's taking seven Advil, which will enable his damaged
system to open his eyes for his Spanish 202 quiz. (After
five more, hell be able to cut off his feet and not feel it.)
It's 10:20, the quiz is over, and Scottie can't remember
taking it. He lifts his head in a feeble attempt to see the
teacher, when what appears, but his dad gently tapping
on the door. Now this is Spanish 202, there's seventy-five
people stuffed into this room, and among them Debbie:
the girl Scottie had hoped to marry. . . Until now.
"Excuse me," said the small, nerdy man coming through
the door.
"Yes?"
"My name is Ralph Ridley, and my son is Scottie. Look
there he is! Hey, boy!!" The small man took a quick
snapshot with his new disposable Fling 35 from Kodak.
OH MY GOD. Scottie felt the bile rise in his throat.
"Do you mind if I sit in on the rest of class, jniss?"
"No, that would be fine, Mr. Ridley. Just have a seat
there by Scott." She turned back to the sentence she was
writingon the board. Dad grabbed one of the seven newly
vacated seats in a ring around poor Scott.
In a whisper, "Hey, son. I love you, boy. Your mom and
I are real proud of you. She's with your sisters write now
talking to that Dean Lewallen fella, about how you've
been getting on here in Maine. We're a long way from the
Southern confines of Alabama."
"Ughhh," was the only reply Scottie could muster if he
wanted to keep down that Hungarian Goolash that the
tower served the night before. Ask Scottie if they're third
in the nation.
The longest forty minutes of Scottie's life finally ended
with a Heisman from Debbie
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
"Comeonboy, let mecheck
out that groovy pad of yours,
lbet you've got somesecurity
in that room of yours, boy.
Gotta keep them there women outta there somehow, eh boy?" asked
the father that Scottie would now gladly sell to theno-more-parents-
weekends<ver-ever-fund.
"Dad," moaned our tragic hero, 'I've just got to run around the
corner to the bathroom. Be back in a sec."
"Go right ahead, big guy."
This was his chance. Scottie knew this building like the back of his
back. He dashed around the corner with thoughts of the 4,31 9 beer
bottles and cans which were piled three feet deep on the floor of
Appleton 33, Scottie's notorious pig sty. Not to mention the forty to
fifty other incriminating objects lying around. Too much late-night
roaming to Copeland and Baxter.
"Brett, it's Scottie, get Hart," yelled Scottie into the receiver.
"Hey, this is Hart." replied the voice, "what's up, dude? I think I
saw your mom and sisters walking around. . ."
"Yeah, I know, I'm shackled! They drove all night to get here for
one of my classes! So you been cleanin' the place, right?" inquired the
frantic first-year.
"No way man, I'vebeen sleeping and listening to Neil on 105.9. It's
a Neil Overkill Day."
"Listen to me now, Hart!" barked Scottie," you must clean the
entire room in the next three minutes. Even the stuff that's super-
glued to the lamps. Everything, dude. My pops is on his way."
"No problem, see ya in an hour."
"I'm serious, Hart," but it was too late. Hart had hung up, and was
no doubt passed out again. He was a bit smarter than Scottie; no
Friday classes.
Scottie met up with his dad, and they left for Appleton. Scottie
barely listened to the random words coming out pops' mouth. As
they crossed the quad in front of the hall, dad noticed bottles and
what looked like stolen furniture being thrown out of a third floor
window. "What in darnation is that, boy?"
"Oh." Scott paused. This bright sun was killing him. (You ever
notice that it's always sunny and pretty out when parents are on
campus, and as soon as they leave a glacier moves in?) "That's this
weird kid that lives next door to me," Scott lowered his voice. "I
think he drinks, dad."
"You're kiddin' me, boy." Dad paused to take a few pics. He
yearned for the camcorder. "Whaf s these young people comin' to?"
They headed into the dorm and Scottie prayed that dad wouldn't
notice the horribly offensive writing on the sidewalk. They
approached his door and Scottie could hear Hart's grunts as he
huzzed the stolen aquarium onto the quad. The door was slightly
cracked open and Scottie slowly pushed it open. His jaw dropped.
Hart was vaccuming naked.
THEEND
' Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Bernstein's philosophy class, professor said,
in reference to Plato's Cave Allegory, "the people in the cave are like
those Doerr and Silverman characters. They know nothing." We're
sweepin' the nation, baby!!
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In defense of Quayle Quotes
By
Brian
Farnham
It simply amazes me what upsets
some people. Imagine trying to
defend Dan Quayle. It seems to me
that anyone, conservative or liberal,
who runs around writing letters to
the editor or opinion pieces trying to
justify the amusing gaffes of politicians might better spend
their energies on real issues. Yes, that is exactly the basis
for some of the criticism of Quayle Quotes: it is
counterproductive to focuson simple misstatements while
ignoring real issues. Well, Quayle Quotes is not meant to
be an encapsulated opinion of current political agendas,
nor is it meant to be a paradigm of the journalistic mission.
It is meant to be amusing. And dammit, it is. When the
Vice President of the United States says his country
condones violence in El Salvador," that's funny. When
he calls the Holocaust "an obscene period in our nation's
history," that too (albeit sad) smacks of humor. The
detractors are right to point out that Quayle Quotes are not
Well, Quayle Quotes is not meant to be
an encapsulated opinion of current
political agendas, nor is it meant to be
a paradigm of the journalistic mission.
It is meant to be amusing.
And dammit, it is.
good journalism, but the important thing is that they are
not trying to be, nor do they have to be. Page two is not the
charter, creed or even editorial of the Bowdoin Orient, it
is only the second page of the paper, and it happens to
have a crossword puzzle, Orientation and a few amusing
quotations on it, meant to make a few people smile. True,
jt would be journalistically imprudent to slant our reported
stories in any biased direction, and we don't do that, but
humor is humor and is afforded any slant it wants. By the
way, who says that a small college's student run paper
may not try to amuse some of its readership? When your
circulation is 3500, you don't have to follow the vaunted
New York Times to the letter.
But there is a greater question to be addressed here, one
which I alluded to in my opening. Why the big defense of
Dan Quayle? I'm a registered Democrat and I consider
myself liberal, but I'm the first to admit Ted Kennedy can
be a major ass. I watched the Anita Hill trial last fall with
an impending sense of doom that Mr. Chappaquidick
(kind of like Mr. PotatoeHead) was actually going to open
his mouth about a subject he should have stayed as far
away from as a batch of gin and tonics, an automobile and
a female admirer on a Fourth of July Weekend.
The fact is, public buffoonery and communicative gaffing
are political beasts that roam equally in the pastures of
both donkeys and pachyderms. It just happens that Dan
Quayle is an elephant whose grazing patch is overcrowd ed
with these friends. Dan Quayle is just the elephant we
can't forget. Even some of his political colleagues don't
like him. Everyone knows James Baker hates him. Why
President Bush himself once said, "I don't think I could
shoot a deer. Quail— that's something else again." Well,
sure, he was talking about his quaiKhunting trip, but come
on, it makes you wonder.
Personally, I feel Dan Quayle is not qualified to be Vice
President of the United States for many reasons outside of
his endearing ability to make an ass of himself, but Quayle
Quotes aren't designed to address any of that. In all truth,
if there were as many books and magazine articles and
circulating jokes about Al Gore's verbal screw-ups, we
would print a few of those too. Consider this an open
invitation to send some in and I'll be more than happy to
give them equal space. And speaking of Al Gore, I only
have one question for Craig Cheslog and his indictment of
the Vice Presidential Candidate for his "ignorance" and
"lies" about the environmental fate of the planet. If
Greenpeace "found that 47 percent of climatologists do
not believe that the planet is facing the risk of a runaway
Greenhouseeffeet," then isn't it safe to say that the majority
(53 percent) of climatologists do believe in one? Basically,
if you left U.S. policy up to a democratic vote among
climatologists, the goverment would be doing something
about it. It's ironic that Cheslog thinks Gore has "forgotten
that facts mean something."
Anyway, back to the chore at hand: defending Quayle
Quotes on the basis of levity, not legitimacy. Election years
are so crammed with mind-numbing issues, it's not a bad
thing to lighten up once in a while. Quayle is an easy
target. So what? If Dan Quayle can "stand by all the
misstatements that I've made," why can't we, and have a
good laugh in the process?
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Men's x-country defends title
Bears repeat as Division III Codfish champions
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
On Saturday the Bowdoin
harriers successfully defended as
Division III champions at the 25th
annual Codfish Bowl Meet at
Franklin Park in Boston. The fourth
place showing by the Polar Bears
signified a watershed in their still
young season. Although Bowdoin
(119 points) was defeated by
Division II foes Keene State (71),
University of Lowell (73) and
Bentley (109), the Polar Bears
defeated NESCAC rivals such as
Tufts, Bates and Amherst. The
strong performance by the men's
team, despite the absence of captain
Andrew Yim '93, vaulted the team
to the fourth spot in this week's
New England Division III Coaches'
Poll behind Brandeis, Williams and
M.I.T.
There are few settings more
appropriate for a cross-country
meet than the pa t h s of Franklin Park.
In the past year Franklin Park has
been the site of the TAC National
Championships as well as the World
Championships this past March.
Running greats such as Lynn
Jennings and John Nnugi have
tackled the rigors of Franklin Park
and run down the final grassy
straight-away as champions. On
Saturday, the Bowdoin harriers
proved to many that they were not
an exception to the tradition of first-
rate running at Franklin Park.
The key to the Polar Bear
performance was excellent team
racing. At the midpoint of the race,
Dave Wood '93 had established his
position near the leaders in tenth
place, while Andy Kinley was in
pursuit of 27th place. A pack of
hungry Polar Bears, including Cam
Wobus '95, Blaine Maley '96, Tom
Eng '95, Andy Hartsig '95, Ken
Rampino'95and Dan Sacco'96 were
in approximately 65th place. This
group worked well togetherto move
their way through the pack during
the second half of the race.
Dave Wood made excellent use
of his speed to overtake several
runners in the final stretch of the
race as he finished in seventh place
(26:39). Andy Kinley crossed the
line in twenty-first place, a twenty-
one place improvement of his
performance from last year. The
determination of Blaine Maley and
Cam Wobus over the second half on
the course enabled them to finish in
twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth,
respectively. Finishing in fortieth
place was Tom Eng, who completed
the scoring for the Polar Bears.
The result of defeating fifteen
teams on Saturday and losing to
only three is the harrier's record of
21-7. This Saturday at 2.00 the Polar
Bears will travel to nearby Gorham
Country Club to compete in the State
of Maine Championships. For the
second week in a row, one of
Bowdoin's top runners, Dave
Wood'93, will be out of action.
However, the still formidable Polar
Bears will travel to Gorham in hope
of avenging a loss at the hands of
Bates at last year's State of Maine
Championships.
Women 's x-country win bowl
By Dan Cook
orient staff writer
The women's cros* country
team dominated the Cod fish Bowl
last Saturday at Franklin Park in
Boston as they came in first out of
fifteen teams with an amazing
point total of thirty- one. The team
managed to defend their title as
first-years Kristen Card and Janet
Mulcahy stepped forward and
delivered strong performances.
Senior co-captain Eileen Hunt
was unable to hold off the eventual
first place winner despite a fast-
paced start. Hunt managed to
place second out of 180 runners
with a time of 18:03 for the
challenging 3.0 mile course. In
fourth place overall was
Bowdoin's number two runner
Ashley Wemher '93 with a time of
18:30. Sophomore Muffy Merrick
came in sixth having another
strong performance for Bowdoin
with a time of 18:41.
First years Kristen Card and
Darcy Storin rose to the occasion
by rounding out the top ten as
they finished ninth and tenth
respectively. Junior co-captain
Anthea Schmid came in twelfth
and Janet Mulcahy '96 finished
thirteenth.
Seven out of the top fifteen
runners were from Bowdoin, with
all seven arriving befbreany other
team was able to bring in their top
three.
Merrick, Card and Storin ran
well together as they formed a
pack until Merrick turned it on
and broke free of the trio to finish
sixth overall. The performance on
behalf of Card and Storin was
somewhat of a surprise , but hardly
unexpected.
Coach Slovenski said of Card
and Mulcahy, "I was especially
pleased with their performances.
They had the races of the day for
our team."
The Bears scored 31 points,
crushing the second-place
finishing UMass Springfield who
finished with 72 points.
Bowdoin's record stands at 20
wins and 4 losses, and the team
pulled into third in the NCAA
national Division III poll. The 4
losses were against Division I
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loss.
Describing the game against
Thomas, Coach Gilbride said that
"the team controlled the ball,
especially in the midfield and, in
general, played a good game."
Inattemptingtoexplainhisteam's
disappointing play, Coach Gilbride
sites largely intangible reasons.
"When a team is having difficulty in
scoring goals and pulling out a win
in close matches as we have, they
tend to place extreme importance
on scoring. This situation is close to
a panicky fixation which invariably
leads to a loss of confidence when
the offense fails to come through.
Our losing streak has nothing to do
with a lack of effort.''
The Polar Bears look to break out
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Men's x-country defends title
Bears repeat as Division III Codfish champions
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
On Saturday the Bowdoin
harriers successfully defended as
Division III champions at the 25th
annual Codfish Bowl Meet at
Franklin Park in Boston. The fourth
place showing by the Polar Bears
signified a watershed in their still
young season. Although Bowdoin
(119 points) was defeated by
Division II foes Keene State (71),
University of Lowell (73) and
Bentley (109), the Polar Bears
defeated NESCAC rivals such as
Tufts, Bates and Amherst. The
strong performance by the men's
team, despite the absence of captain
Andrew Yim '93, vaulted the team
to the fourth spot in this week's
New England Division III Coaches'
Poll behind Brandeis, Williams and
M.I.T.
There are few settings more
appropriate for a cross-country
meet than the paths of Franklin Park.
In the past year Franklin Park has
been the site of the TAC National
Championships as well as the World
Championships this past March.
Running greats such as Lynn
Jennings and John Nnugi have
tackled the rigors of Franklin Park
and run down the final grassy
straight-away as champions. On
Saturday, the Bowdoin harriers
proved to many that they were not
an exception to the tradition of first-
rate running at Franklin Park.
The key to the Polar Bear
performance was excellent team
racing. At the midpoint of the race,
Dave Wood '93 had established his
position near the leaders in tenth
place, while Andy Kinley was in
pursuit of 27th place. A pack of
hungry Polar Bears, including Cam
Wobus '95, Blaine Maley '96, Tom
Eng '95, Andy Hartsig '95, Ken
Rampino '95 and Dan Sacco '96 were
in approximately 65th place. This
group worked well together to move
their way through the pack during
the second half of the race.
Dave Wood made excellent use
of his speed to overtake several
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performance from last year. The
determination of Blaine Maley and
Cam Wobus over the second half on
the course enabled them to finish in
twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth,
respectively. Finishing in fortieth
place was Tom Eng, whocompleted
the scoring for the Polar Bears.
The result of defeating fifteen
teams on Saturday and losing to
only three is the harrier's record of
21-7. This Saturday at 2:00 the Polar
Bears will travel to nearby Gorham
Country Club tocompeteintheState
of Maine Championships. For the
second week in a row, one of
Bowdoin's top runners, Dave
Wood'93, will be out of action.
However, the still formidable Polar
Bears will travel to Gorham in hope
of avenging a loss at the hands of
Bates at last year's State of Maine
Championships.
Women 's x-country win bowl
By Dan Cook
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The women's cross country
team dominated the Cod fish Bowl
last Saturday at Franklin Park in
Boston as they came in first out of
fifteen teams with an amazing
pointtotalof thirty-one Theteam
managed to defend their title as
first-years Kristen Card and Janet
Mulcahy stepped forward and
delivered strong performances.
Senior co-captain Eileen Hunt
was unable to hold off the eventual
first place winner despite a fast-
paced start. Hunt managed to
place second out of 180 runners
with a time of 18:03 for the
challenging 3.0 mile course. In
fourth place overall was
Bowdoin's number two runner
Ashley Wemher '93 with a time of
1830. Sophomore Muffy Merrick
came in sixth having another
strong performance for Bowdoin
with a time of 18:41.
First years Kristen Card and
Darcy Storin rose to the occasion
by rounding out the top ten as
they finished ninth and tenth
respectively. Junior co-captain
Anthea Schmid came in twelfth
and Janet Mulcahy '96 finished
thirteenth.
Seven out of the top fifteen
runners were from Bo wd oi n , with
all seven arriving before any other
team was able to bring in their top
three.
Merrick, Card and Storin ran
well together as they formed a
pack until Merrick turned it on
and broke free of the trio to finish
sixth overall. The performance on
behalf of Card and Storin was
somewhat of a surprise, but hardly
unexpected.
Coach Slovenski said of Card
and Mulcahy, "I was especially
pleased with their performances.
They had the races of the day for
our team."
The Bears scored 31 points,
crushing the second -place
finishing U Mass Springfield who
finished with 72 points.
Bowdoin's record stands at 20
wins and 4 losses, and the team
pulled into third in the NCAA
national Division III poll. The 4
losses were against Division I
schools.
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team will be competing in nearby
Gorham for the State of Maine
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Soccer struggles
(CONTINUED FROM PG.23)
loss.
Describing the game against
Thomas, Coach Gilbride said that
"the team controlled the ball,
especially in the midfield and, in
general, played a good game."
In attemptingto explain histeam's
disappointing play, Coach Gilbride
sites largely intangible reasons.
"When a team is having difficulty in
scoring goals and pulling out a win
in close matches as we have, they
tend to place extreme importance
on scoring. This situation is close to
a panicky fixation which invariably
leads to a loss of confidence when
the offense fails to come through.
Our losing streak has nothing to do
with a lack of effort.''
The Polar Bears look to break out
of their slump with a good home
performance against Tufts on
Saturday. In order to finish with a
winning season, the team will have
to pull out victories in their final six
matches, four of them against
ranked teams.
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Up Close & Personal [Cathy Small '95
A weekly profile of a Bowdoin athlete who shines
in his/her sport outside of the statistics
Photo by Maya Khuri
Sport Field Hockey
Year: Sophomore
Position: Sweeper
Varsity Letters: 1
Most Memorable Game: 3-1
win over Middlebury this year
What do you think of your
teams performance thus far?
We're just really psyched,
working hard, and having a
good time.
Other Sports: Basketball (1
Varsity Letter)
Hometown: South Portland,
Maine
High School: South Portland
High School
Major Psychology
Minor Sociology
Hobbies: Tennis, Biking,
Going to the Beach
Favorite Movies: Naked Gun,
Sixteen Candles, Terms of
Endearment
Favorite Comedian: Eddie
Murphy
Favorite Mixed Drink: Sex on
the Beach
Pet Peeves: People who chew
their food really loudly
Why did you choose to come
to Bowdoin? I liked the small
college atmosphere, the fact
that it was close to home, and
I was able to come and play
Varsity Sports at a school with
a great reputation.
What her teammates have to
say about her: Co Captain
Rebecca "Rebel" Smith says
"She's solid and consistent
and we rely on her to anchor
the defense. She also has a
great attitude and is a lot of
fun to have on the team." Co-
captain Jen Bogue says, " She's
unstoppable!"
By JonathanWinnick
Women's tennis team finishes busy week with a win
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
In its busiest week of the season,
the women's tennis team played
three opponents in five days and
emerged 2-1. After splitting
matches with Wheaton and
Amherst, the team ended the week
positively by crushingl rival Colby
on Tuesday to raise the season
record to 4-2.
The Wheaton team arrived at
Bowdoin with only four players,
due to "an injury, a sickness and a
wedding," according to the
Wheaton coach. Because the visitors
did not have a full squad, the teams
played four singles matches and
two doubles matches instead of the
usual six singles and three doubles.
This created the odd final score, 6-0.
The Polar Bears dominated in
every aspect of play, not losing a
single set. In fact, the team lost only
four total games in the four singles
matches, highlighted by the 6-0, 6-0
victory of co-captain Alison Vargas
*93 at fourth singles.
The doubles matches went almost
as smoothly. Vargas and Alison
Burke "94 defeated their opponents
6-1 and 6-1, while Emily Lubin *95
and Kristi LeBlanc '96 rolled to a
Kli
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Cross Country
N.E.Drv.3
Men
1. Brand eis
2.WUliams
3.MIT
4.Bowdoin
5 .Coast Guard
6.Tufts
7.Bates
8.CoIby
9.Wesleyan
lO.UMass-Dartmouth
Women
1. Bowdoin
2.Wilfiams
3.Brandeis
4Coa st Guard
S.Bates
6.CoIby
7.Conn. College
8.UMass. Dartmouth
9.Tufts
lO.Middlebury
fairly easy 6-3, 6-1
victory.
The players
seemed in good
spirits throughout
the afternoon, glad '/2
to be able to
rebound after their
9-0 loss to
Middlebury .
Coach Hammond
described the
victory as a
confidence
booster, seeing as
how the team beat
a Wheaton squad-
that has not had a
losing season in
ten years.
Amherst,
however, proved
to be too much for
the Polar Bears.
The Amherst Lord
Jeffs arrived the
next day with a full
squad, which ended up beating
Bowdoin 8-1.
The Lord Jeffs dominated the first
through fifth singles, shutting down
the Polar Bears in straight sets. The
visitors had a little more difficulty
in the doubles round, as Lubin and
LeBlanc pushed their opponents to
a tie-breaker in the second set and
Burke and Amy Brockelman *95won
their first set 6-1. Lubin and LeBlanc
were defeated 0-7 in the tie-breaker,
however, and Burke and
Brockelman lost their next two sets
4-6 and 2-6:
The real excitement and the
Bears only point of the afternoon
came at sixth singles. Co-captain
Marti Champion '93 fought for
thirty-five games and two tie-breaks
before emerging victorious, 7-6 (7-
after volley
and slam after
slam in
building a 4-0
lead, which she
eventually
turned into a 6-
3 victory.
After the loss
to Amherst,
Hammond
said, "Weneed
someone
who's even
with us —
maybe Colby
or Bates — so
we can go out
and prove
oursp
) *roK
Ph.
5), 6-7 (7-9) and 6-3.
After winning her first s
Champion seemed well on her w
to victory in straight sets when s
built a 5-2 lead in the second. F
opponent fought back, however
tie things at 6-6 and force a t
breaker.
Things seemed hopeful f
Champion in the tie-break as s
did some fighting back of her ov.
Down 3-5, she came back to
things up at 5-5, 6-6 and 7-7. Tha
pressure!" Coach Hammoi
exclaimed from the sideline. St
her opponent proceeded to take*
next two points and force a thi
set.
Determined to avoid another 1
up, Champion came on strong eai
in the third, making very fe
mistakes. She connected on volli
Volleyball
HE DivJ
Women
1. Bates
2.Gordon
3 .Eastern Conn.
4. Amherst
5.Wneaton
6.Wesleyan
7.Tuft»
8.Wellesley
9.Mt . Holyoke
lO.Williams
Champion sandwiched a 6-3 victory
between 2-6 and 3-6 defeats. And
Vargas took her match all the way
to the tie-break of the third set,
which she ended up losing 3-6, 6-3
and 6-7 (3-7). Heading into the
doubles round, the match score was
tied, 3-3.
At second doubles, Champion
and Vargas lost 2-6 and 2-6, giving
the White Mules a brief 4-3 lead in
the match. Burke and Brockelman
(third doubles) finished shortly
afterwar evening things up with a
6-2 and 6-4 straight set victory.
It all came down to LeBlanc and
Lubin, who were leading in the
second set after winning the first, 6-
1. The White Mules did not give
up, however, working to a 5-5 tie in
the second «*» and forcing LeBlanc
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992
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Scoreboard
Date
10/2
10/3
10/3
10/3
10/3
10/3
10/5
10/6
10/7
Teams Score
Women's Tennis 6
Wheaton
Field Hockey 2
Wheaton
Men's Soccer 1
Wheaton 2
Women's Soccer 3
Wheaton
Field Hockey 1
Amherst
Men's Soccer
Amherst 1
Women's Soccer 1
Amherst
Women's Tennis 1
Amherst 8
Football 41
Amherst
Golf 451
Colby 447
Bates 428
Women's Tennis 5
Colby 4
Men's Soccer
Thomas 1
Field Hockey 2
USM
Record
3-1
5-0
2-4
5-0-1
6-0
2-5
6-0-1
3-2
1-1
4-2
2-6
7-0
Field hockey remains undefeated
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
Under the tutelage of new coach
Maureen "Mo" Flaherty, the
Bowdoin women's field hockey
team is out to a flying start.
Currently sporting an undefeated
record of 6-0 and ranked third in
New England among Division III
schools, the Bears are one of the fall
season's hottest teams.
Coach Flaherty, herself a two-
time Ail-American in field hockey
while at Williams, couldn't be
happier. Coming off a 3-1 victory
over Middlebury on September 26
in which Bowdoin surrendered its
first goal of the season, Coach
Flaherty said, "We played great at
Middlebury... the team really rose
to the occasion."
Bowdoin entered the weekend
with four wins, before they were
slated to play back to back games
t against Wheaton and Amherst. On
October 2 the field hockey team
played host to the Wheaton Lyons.
A sizable crowd was on hand to
witness the Bears defeat the Lyons
2-0 in a fast-paced and bitterly
fought match.
In the first half Bowdoin came
out slowly but stayed off several
Wheaton attacks, thanks in part to
the stalwart defense of sweeper,
Cathy Small '95. Shaking off the
affects of the initial Wheaton surge,
Bowdoin came roaring back with
solid play from the middleand front
lines.
Co-captain, half back Jen Bogue
'94 led the way with able passing
and stickwork in the middle of the
field . At the forward positions Amy
Taylor '96 and Emily "Okie" LeVan
'95 put intense pressure on the
Wheaton netminder. Finally the
tremendous effort paid off. At 31:36
of the first half, LeVan put in a cross
from TayLr and Bowdoin led 1-0.
The Bears picked up where they
left off in the last half by pumping
more than fifteen shots at the
Wheaton keeper. At 14:12 after a
scramble in front of the net, Alison
Mataya '95 scored, giving Bowdoin
a 2-0 cushion. The elated coach
Flaherty said, "We were a bit
anxious at the start but really
dominated them in the second half
with a total team effort."
The next game for the field hockey
team was against the Lord Jeffs of
Amherst. Amherst at 3-2, proved
no match for Bowdoin. Although
the final score was just 1 -0, the entire
game was controlled by the Bears.
Bowdoin pounded out more than
thirty shots while Amherst
managed only five. The lone goal
of the game was scored at 21 :06 of
the first half by Alison Mataya on a
pass from Emily LeVan.
Controversy ensued in the
second half when a goal was taken
away from Bowdoin and a penalty
stroke was awarded instead. The
penalty stroke was stopped by the
Amherst goalie and the score
remained 1-0. It made little
difference, however, as Bowdoin
coasted to a perfect 6-0 record.
In this game, great efforts were
turned in by Robin Hunnewell *94,
whose tenacious play was
unparalleled; Krishna Satter '96,
who played brilliantly at both ends
of the field; and Jane Kim '96, a
speedster who tamed the Amherst
defense with constant rushes up
the left side of the field.
The Bears headed to the field
against USM on Wednesday
expecting a tough game however
the Bears defeated USM 2-0. This
week's athlete of the week, Cathy
Small '95, scored one of the goals
along with fellow sophomore
Alison Mataya.
The Bears will put their perfect
record on the line against Tufts on
Saturday at home.
Men's soccer struggles at home
Men 's rugby wins crucial game
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
After starting the season with two
victories, the men's soccer team has
since struggled in finding the
winning touch, losing six straight
matches and three in the past week
to Wheaton, Amherst, and Thomas.
Last Friday, the team suffered a 2-
1 loss to a visiting Wheaton squad.
From the start, Wheaton controlled
the play and took advantage of a
sluggish performance by Bowdoin.
After r scoreless first half, Wheaton
finally broke through with goals
fifteen and thirty minutes into the
second period.
The Polar Bears struck back with
ten minutes remaining when Jeff
Moore '93 headed a cross from
fellow tri-captain Greg Lennox '93
past the keeper and into the net.
Unfortunately, it was too little too
late as Wheaton held on and handed
Bowdoin its first home loss of the
season.
"It was a real shame to let a game
slip away when we had a good
chance to win coming in," said Head
Coach Tim Gilbride, "We came out
flat, with Wheaton beating us to the
ball and dictating the tempo."
The team performed noticeably
better the following day against
LSAT
GMAT
MCAT
Amherst in an attempt to make up
for their sloppy loss against
Wheaton. Yet despite what Coach
Gilbride called "the most complete
game played this season"
characterized by numerous scoring
chances, the team failed to put one
into the net. Adding insult to injury
was a fluke goal scored by Amherst
shortly into the second half when
the ball inadvertently deflected off
a prone forward and into the goal.
The Polar Bears failed to overcome
this deficit and suffered a tough 1-0
loss.
The team's losing streak
continued with another close 1-0
setback against Thomas on Tuesday.
In a very evenly-matched game
another unlucky goal was scored
when, near the end of the first half,
the opposition crossed one that went
over everybody, including goalie
ToddTrapnell'95. Thomas's stingy
defense prevented any chance at
tying the game and the team had to
swallow yet another tough home
(CONTINUED ON PG. 21)
By Hong Shen
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin Rugby Football
Club won a crucial game verses the
Wh ite Mules of Colby last Saturday.
For the victory, Bowdoin had to
overcome the large partisan crowd
gathered for Colby's parents
weekend. In a very low scoring
and primarily defensive match, the
Bears won by a score of 3-0.
The low score was misleading.
Jason "Wolverine" Caron *94 said,
"We dominated the game far more
than the score showed." The only
scoring of the game occurred when
Justin Givat '93 scored 3 points on
a superbly executed drop kick.
When the drop kick was scored at
near the end of the first half, no one
had anticipated that it would be
the only score of the day. But as the
game progressed, both teams were
determined to contain the other
side.
The difference in this game was
the Bowdoin defense. Despite
several challenges by the Mules to
score at the Bear's goal line, all
attempts were thwarted. A good
part of the credit can be attributed
to the forwards.
The forwards were dominating
in the scrums and allowed the Bears
to keep position during most of the
game. Forward Erin White
remarked, "Defense was
outstanding, kind'a of like trying
to pass Dale Earnhardt on the inside
of turn four at the Charlotte Motor
Speedway."
On a down note, the B team lost
,25-8forthefirst time in many years.
Bowdoin's B team was
overmatched by the size of the
Colby squad. Tackling was a
problem against the Mules
throughout the B game.
The A team victory pushed
Bowdoin's overall record to 2 wins
and 1 loss. Bowdoin will have an
opportunity this weekend to
improve that record. In what will
be a very intense game, Bowdoin
will play the visiting Babson
College Rugby team. Kick off time
will be at 1 pm on Saturday behind
the Farley Field House.
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SportsWeek
Bears romp Jeffs 41
Bill Osburn '94 (#51) and Edward Richards '94 (#74) attack the Amherst offense as Bowdoin racks up record points against the Lord Jeffs.
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The football team picked up its
first win of the year last Saturday
afternoon with a 41-0 shellacking of
the visiting Lord Jeffs. The Polar
Bears dominated every aspect of
the game from the opening kick-off
to the final gun.
On the first play from scrimmage,
quarterback Chris Good '93 hit
junior wide-out Chris Seeley over
the middle for a 71 yard touchdown
pass. With Amherst on the ropes
from the opening play, the Polar
Bears closed in for the kill.
Bowdoin's defense held the Lord
Jeffs out of scoring range and gave
the offense the ball at the Bowdoin
38. On the drive's third play from
the Amherst 47, junior tail-back
Mike Kahler broke through the Lord
Jeffs' defense and eluded the
majority of the Amherst secondary
to register the Polar Bears' second
touchdown of the afternoon. The
two point conversion madethe score
14-0.
Bowdoin added one more T.D.
before the half. After a deadlocked
second quarter, the Polar Bears got
the ball at the fifty with only three
minutes remaining in the half . Good
proceeded to lead the team down
the field, picking up the first seven
yards himself on a Q.B. keeper. He
then connected on 4 of 6 attempts
for 38 yards, the last ten coming on
a touchdown pass to his favorite
target, junior Pete Nye, with only 21
ticks remaining on the clock. The
conversion failed, but the Polar
Bears took a commanding 20-0 lead
into the half.
Amherst came out of the locker
room appearing ready to generate
Week In Sports
*
Date Team
Opponent
Time
10/10 Volleyballl
Bowdoin Round Robin
9:00 a.m.
Field Hockey
Tufts
11:00 a.m.
Men's Soccer
Tufts
11:00 a.m.
\
Women's Soccer
Tufts
11:00 a.m.
Women's Tennis
Tufts
11:00 a.m.
Men's Cross Country
@ State of Maine, Gorham
12:00 p.m.
Men's Rugby
Babson
1:00 p.m.
*
Ultimate
Sectionals @ Portland, ME
10:00 a.m.
Women's Rugby
©Bates
10:00 a.m.
10/11 Sailing
Bowdoin Invitational
9:30 a.m.
Crew
Head of the Conn.
10:00 a.m.
10/13 Women's Tennis
@ Bates
3:30 pan.
-
10/14 Field Hockey
@ Plymouth State
4:00 p.m.
some offense. Mustering their only
effective drive of the day, the Lord
Jeffs picked up 46 yards on eleven
plays, but were stopped at the 1 7 by
the Polar Bear defense. Electing to
try a 34 yard field goal on fourth
and long, Amherst saw their only
scoring opportunity of the day
disappear as the field goal fell
harmlessly into the end zone, well
short of the uprights.
The Polar Bears responded with a
lengthy drive of their own. Once
again, Good led the Bowdoin offense
down the field, picking up 80 yards
on 1 4 plays. The drive was keyed by
5 Good completions two to Nye and
three to senior tight-end Mike
Ricard. Good and Richards
connected for 37 yards, while Nye
picked up 30 yards, including a 22
yard reception that set Bowdoin up
on Amherst's 2 yard line. Senior
tail-back Eric LaPlaca finished off
the drive one play later with a two
yard plunge.
For good measure, the Polar Bears
added two more touchdown drives
before time ran out. Both drives were
finished off by LaPlaca, who scored
from four yards and two yards out.
The story of the second half, though,
was once again first year running
back, Mark McConnick, who picked
up 71 yards on only 11 carries.
Proving his versatility, McConnick
also added the P.A.T. for LaPlaca's
last two T.D. carries.
Bowdoin's offense was led by
Good and Kahler. Good finished
Photo by Suzanne Hahn
with 16 completions in 26 attempts
for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Kahler turned in his finest
performance in a Bowdoin
uniformby rushing for 1 27 yards,
eclipsing his previous perso. alhigh
by twelve yards.
Bowdoin's 1992 football home
opener will long be remembered
as an historic game. Offensively,
the Polar Bears' 41 point margin of
victory set a new Bowdoin record,
surpassing the previous record of
40 points set against Tufts in 1951.
Recording the first Bowdoin
shutout since 1985 and only the
third in the last decade, the Polar
Bear defense limited Amherst to
160 yards of total offense, only 60
coming in the second half. In
addition, the Polar Bear defense
picked off Lord Jeff passers three
times, caused two fumbles and
recorded four sacks.
Overall, the Polar Bears' defense
was evenly balanced with eight
players recording at least 6 tackles
for the game. The team high was
garnered by junior inebacker Bill
Osburn who made \i tackles, nine
of which were solo efforts.
Other defensive standouts
included safety Christian Sommer
'93, who recorded 8 tackles (six
solo), made one interception and
recovered a fumble.
Bowdoin heads to Hamilton on
October 1 7, who, ironically, opened
their season with a 41-0 defeat of
Amherst before topping Wesleyan
last week.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992
Orientation
Eco-YVarriors
Karina Racz '95 and Mike Chilcote '95 researched pollution in nearby
Maine waters and its effect on mussels.
Silverman & Doerr
Quayle Quotes of the Week
The big day is drawing near and things are heating up.
This week we revisit some dandies from the 1988 election.
Countdown to the election: 11 days
\
compiled by
Brian Farnham
August 25, 1988: Speaking of his role on the Senate Armed Services
Committee, says his work involved getting cruise missiles "more
accurate so that we can have precise precision."
September 8, 1988: Says Republicans "understand the importance
of bondage between parent and child."
September 15, 1988: Says, "I didn't live in this century."
This week the Orient's own daring duo face the fine culinary options
open to the late night crowd. Student Opinion has never sunk so low.
SportsWeek
Men's soccer
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The men's team split a pair of games losing 3-0 to Connecticut College
but pulled out a big overtime win over Bates College 3-2.
Your/^2 /Horoscope
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by Ruby Wyner-lo
A A. B. P-certified Astrologer
Aries: (Mar. 21 -Apr. 19) Ro-
mance heats up when a co-
worker at the firm shows inter-
est in your mastery of the photo-
copier.
Taurus: (Apr. 20-May 20) Rock
legend Glenn Frey will come to
your house and staple a frog to
the nape of your neck.
Gemini: (May 21 -June 21) Re-
duced fat production could be
due to your modified intake of
walrus meat.
Cancer: (June 22— July 22)Talce a
vacation by riding a gondola
through a nearby swamp.
Leo: (July 23-Aug. 22) Inherit-
ing three cases of Smokey Links
from a distant relative will be
your ticket to stardom.
Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The
world's singing of Diet Pepsi's
"Uh-Huh" jingle will send you
into a wheezing fit.
Libra: (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) A
neighborhood mastiff will pee
on your car. Scold it gently.
Scorpio: (Oct. 24-Nov. 2 1 )Cheer
up. Now matter how many people
refuse your friendsh ip, your mother
will still let you live in her house.
Sagittarius: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
A rotund construction worker
with a caulking gun will save
you from choking on an ice cube.
Capricorn: (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Move to Idaho now, jerk.
Aquarius: (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Good news. Your goiter will ex-
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blood and pus.
Pisces: (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Due to
recessionary cutbacks, your job as
anchor for the Bullwinkle balloon
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Ruby Wyner-lo caused a stir a few
years ago for being discovered the
astrological counsel to President Ro-
nald Reagan. At taxpayer expense,
she now receives an annual retire-
ment salary of $120,000.
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Due to popular demand (of the horoscopes)
and popular apathy (of the puzzle), one is
replacing the other.
THE BOWDOM ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23 1992
The draft reads, 'The concern to increase the
{proportion of students and faculty of color at
Bowdoin is not only ethical but also practical.
The world for whichwe are preparing our students
increasingly requires the ability to cooperate
closely with people who do not share a common
set of cultural assumptions."
How the Numbers Compare:
Racial Composition of Faculty
Faculty Minorities %Minoribes
Haverford
Williams
Oberlin
Trinity
Middlebury
Swarthmore
Wcslcyan
Whcaton
Bowdoin
96
212
246
144
205
167
264
92
163
16
28
31
16
22
16
23
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16.7%
13.2%
12.6%
11.1%
10.7%
9.6%
8.7%
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Diagnosis of the College's uniformity
Subcommittee on Diversity gauges Bowdoin's progress
By Kevin Petrie
ORIENT NEWS EDITOR
On October 8, the Faculty Affairs
Committee (FAQ submitted a draft
of the Report of the Subcommittee on
Diversity to the faculty of the College.
The faculty will vote on it in
November.
With this report, the
subcommittee caps two years of
investigation concerning the issue
of diversity on campus. Members of
the subcommittee, chaired by
Professor John Turner, include
faculty and student representatives.
"Bowdoin College has long been
committed to the goal of increasing
the range of ethnic and cultural
backgrounds represented in the
faculty as part of a larger goal of
creating a community characterized
by as much cultural and intellectual
variety as possible. But we have not
done well in this regard,'" states the
initial copy of the report. This draft
examines both the representation of
different ethnic groups in the
faculty, student body and the staff
and the atmosphere created here.
The report is definitely a 'how'
rather than a 'whether' report," said
Turner, chair of the subcommittee.
He said this report can only make
recommendations, not implement
them.
"It tries to see what we've done,
and it tries to see what we could do
better." He added, "I don't think a
committee can change behavior."
Recommendations of the report
include:
•Recruit and hire more minority
faculty, by, among other things,
expanding the role of the College's
Affirmative Action Officer. "All our
current procedures and policies,
whether they are successful or not,
are directed at producing diverse
pools of candidates, but not at hiring
them."
•Improve the atmosphere at
Bowdoin, making the campus more
welcome to minority faculty. An
example cited: prospective faculty
"were concerned about the lack of a
diverse population among faculty
and students. They also noticed...
student of color dissatisfaction."
•Recruit more students of color,
employing both new and
"While numbers are
important, they do not
tell the whole story. The
climate [is] obviously
critical "
established Admissions methods:
direct mail, Bowdoin receptions,
recruitment in conjunction with
other colleges and universities,
campus visits and the Teacher of
Influence project. Yet, "while
numbers are important, they do not
tell the whole story. The climate...
[isj obviously critical."
•Work to improve theexperience
of minority students here.
According to the report, students of
color say they can feel "invisible."
The Asian Interest Croup, the Latin
Students Organization, the African -
American Society and the
International Club are listed as
"support and cultural outreach
organizations" that can enhance the
experience here.
•Strengthen the Oversight
Committee on Multicultural Affairs
and clarify its mission. This
committee, says the report, should
collect members from influential
administrative departments
(academic affairs, admissions, dean
of the College, treasurer, vice
president for development, etc.) and
compile annual updates on progress
in each area.
•Increase the representation of
minorities in the staff and personnel .
The subcommittee assembled
after the Coalition of Concerned
Students blockaded the Hawthorne-
Longfellow Library in the fall of
1990, showing dissatisfaction with
Edward's plan for fostering a more
heterogeneous college community.
"The actual birth is November 2,
at the blockading of the library, when
the President promised to form the
subcommittee," said Iris Rodriguez
'94, a member of the Coalition and
of the Subcommittee.
Turner considers the study "a
reaction to the coalition's
demonstration, but I hate to think
that we only did it because students
protested." He added that "those
few students [protesting at the
library) were acting as Bowdoin's
conscience."
Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs, Randolph Stakeman, a
member of the subcommittee, said,
"What we found was that the
problem is much more complex than
our original charge from the
President,and therefore we can only
begin the process."
Bowdoin targets and investigates
nearby environmental hazards
By Erin Collins
orient contributor
Professor of chemistry David
Page offered a lecture Thursday,
October 15, discussing Bowdoin's
involvement in a study of the
environmental hazards that
t ri but y It in, a boat lacquer, poses for
Casco Bay.
He began by stating, "Anything
that makes life easier is probably
bad for the environment."
Tribu ty lti n is such a substance.
Introduced in a paint form in the
early 1 960s, tribu ty 1 ti n is painted on
the bottom of boats to prevent wood
decay. It provides sailors with a
cheaper a,nd safer alternative to
covering the boat with lead or
copper. However, this substance is
very toxic and dangerous to marine
animals. Oysters exposed to this
substance were deformed and not
fit for consumption.
In England research proved the
connection between the oysters and
tributylt in . Professor Page began to
wonder how affected the Maine
coast had become. He set out with a
group of Bowdoin students and
began collecting data from different
This research aided the
United States in
banning the use of
tributyltin on boats less
tha n 75 feet in length
areas throughout Maine.
The team discovered that the
tributyltin had affected the growth,
meat percentage, and shape of the
shell of the mussels along the Maine
coast. The areas with the greatest
concentration of affected mussels
were found where a vast amount of
pleasure boats were docked.
These boats often stayed idle and
because of the solubility of
tributyltin in water the area
contained a high level of this harmful
substance. This research aided the
United States in banning the use of
tributyltin on boats less than 75 feet
in length.
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To fulfill the requirements of
their Environmental Studies 115,
taught by Professor Edward
Gilfillan, last spring Mike Chilcote
'95 and Karina Raez '95 conducted
a field study in local waters.
They researched the effects of
tributyltin on mussels. While
samples from Mere Point, Lands
End and Bethel Point proved to
have escaped damage, mussels
from locations in the Fore River in
Portland, an area with heavy boat
traffic, were disfigured.
"We discovere d the presence of
TBTltributyhin) in water makes
the mussels more spherical and
oddly shaped," said Chilcote. Both
students indicated this study was
a worthwhile experience..
"1 don't know if we helped Casco
Bay, but I learned a tremendous
amount-much more than I would
have learned in a classroom setting.
Itwasgreattogooutinthe6eld.lt
was really enlightening to observe
firsthand the damage to the
environment," said Racz.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1 992
Orientation
Eco-YVarriors
Karina Racz '95 and Mike Chilcote '95 researched pollution in nearby
Maine waters and its effect on mussels.
Silverman & Doerr
Quayle Quotes of the Week
The big day is drawing near and things are heating up.
This week we revisit some dandies from the 1988 election.
Countdown to the election: 11 days
compiled by
Brian Faknm am
August 25, 1988: Speaking of his role on the Senate Armed Services
Committee, says his work involved getting cruise missiles "more
accurate so that we can have precise precision."
September 8, 1988: Says Republicans "understand the importance
of bondage between parent and child."
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September 15, 1988: Says, "I didn't live in this century."
Your/^2 /Horoscope
This week the Orient's own daring duo face the fine culinary options
open to the late night crowd. Student Opinion has never sunk so low.
SportsWeek
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The men's team split a pair of games losing 3-0 to Connecticut College
but pulled out a big overtime win over Bates College 3-2.
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est in your mastery of the photo-
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legend Glenn Frey will come to
your house and staple a frog to
the nape of your neck.
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duced fat production could be
due. to your modified intake of
walrus meat.
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through a nearby swamp.
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ing three cases of Smokey Links
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A rotund construction worker
with a caulking gun will save
you from choking on an ice cube.
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blood and pus.
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recessionary cutbacks, your job as
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she now receives an annual retire-
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Due to popular demand (of the horoscopes)
and popular apathy (of the puzzle), one is
replacing the other.
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| proportion of students and faculty of color at
Bowdoin is not only ethical but also practical,
Theworldforwhichwearepreparing our students
increasingly requires the ability to cooperate
closely with people who do not share a common
set of cultural assumptions. "
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Diagnosis of the College's uniformity
Subcommittee on Diversity gauges Bowdoin's progress
By Kevin Petri e
orient news editor
On October 8, the Faculty Affairs
Committee (FAQ submitted a draft
of the Report of the Subcommittee on
Diversity to the faculty of the College.
The faculty will vote on it in
November.
With this report, the
subcommittee caps two years of
investigation concerning the issue
of diversity on campus. Members of
the subcommittee, chaired by
Professor John Turner, include
faculty and student representatives.
"Bowdoin College has long been
committed to the goal of increasing
the range of ethnic and cultural
backgrounds represented in the
faculty as part of a larger goal of
creating a community characterized
by as much cultural and intellectual
variety as possible. But we have not
done well in this regard," states the
initial copy of the report. This draft
examines both the representation of
different ethnic groups in the
faculty, student body and the staff
and the atmosphere created here.
The report is definitely a 'how'
rather than a 'whether' report,'' said
Turner, chair of the subcommittee.
He said this report can only make
recommendations, not implement
them.
"It tries to see what we've done,
and it tries to see what we could do
better." He added, "I don't think a
committee can change behavior."
Recommendations of the report
include:
•Recruit and hire more minority
faculty, by, among other things,
expanding the role of the College's
Affirmative Action Officer. * All our
current procedures and policies,
whether they are successful or not,
are directed at producing diverse
pools of candidates, but not at hiring
them."
•Improve the atmosphere at
Bowdoin, making the campus more
welcome to minority faculty. An
example cited: prospective faculty
"were concerned about the lack of a
diverse population among faculty
and students. They also noticed...
student of color dissatisfaction."
•Recruit more students of color,
employing both new and
"While numbers are
important, they do not
tell the whole story. The
climate [is] obviously
critical "
established Admissions methods:
direct mail, Bowdoin receptions,
recruitment in conjunction with
other colleges and universities,
campus visits and the Teacher of
Influence project. Yet, "while
numbers are important, they do not
tell the whole story. The climate...
(is] obviously critical."
• Work to improve the experience
of minority students here.
According to the report, students of
color say they can feel "invisible."
The Asian Interest Croup, the Latin
Students Organization, the African -
American Society and the
International Club are listed as
"support and cultural outreach
organizations" that can enhance the
experience here.
•Strengthen the Oversight
Committee on Multicultural Affairs
and clarify its mission. This
committee, says the report, should
collect members from influential
administrative departments
(academic affairs, admissions, dean
of the College, treasurer, vice
president for development, etc.) and
compile annual updates on progress
in each area.
•Increase the representation of
minorities in the staff and personnel .
The subcommittee assembled
after the Coalition of Concerned
Students blockaded the Hawthorne-
Longfellow Library in the fall of
1990, showing dissatisfaction with
Edward's plan for fostering a more
heterogeneous college community.
'The actual birth is November 2,
at the blockading of the library, when
the President promised to form the
subcommittee," said Iris Rodriguez
'94, a member of the Coalition and
of the Subcommittee.
Turner considers the study "a
reaction to the coalition's
demonstration, but I hate to think
that we only did it because students
protested." He added that "those
few students [protesting at the
library] were acting as Bowdoin's
conscience."
Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs, Randolph Stakeman, a
member of the subcommittee, said,
"What we found was that the
problem is much more complex than
our original charge from the
President, and therefore we can only
begin the process."
Bowdoin targets and investigates
nearby environmental hazards
By Erin Collins
orient oontribijtor
Professor of chemistry David
Page offered a lecture Thursday,
October 15, discussing Bowdoin's
involvement in a study of the
environmental hazards that
tributyl t in, a boat lacquer, poses for
CascoBay.
He began by stating, "Anything
that makes life easier is probably
bad for the environment."
Tributyltin is such a substance.
Introduced in a paint form in the
early 1 960s, tributyltin is painted on
the bottom of boats to prevent wood
decay. It provides sailors with a
cheaper a,nd safer alternative to
covering the boat with lead or
copper. However, this substance is
very toxk and dangerous to marine
animals. Oysters exposed to this
substance were deformed and not
fit for consumption
In England research proved the
connection between theoysters and
tributyltin. Professor Page began to
wonder how affected the Maine
coast had become. He set out with a
group of Bowdoin students and
began collecting data from different
This research aided the
United States in
banning the use of
tributyltin on boats less
tha n 75 feet in length
areas throughout Maine.
The team discovered that the
tributyltin had affected the growth,
meat percentage, and shape of the
shell of the mussels along the Maine
coast. The areas with the greatest
concentration of affected mussels
were found where a vast amount of
pleasure boats were docked.
These boats often stayed idle and
because of the solubility of
tributyltin in water the area
contained a high level of this harmful
substance. This research aided the
United States in banning the use of
tributyltin on boats less than 75 feet
in length.
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To fulfill the requirement* of
their Environmental Studies 115,
taught by Professor Edward
G ilfil Ian, last spring Mike Chilcote
'95 and Karina Racz '95 conducted
a field study in local waters.
They researched the effects of
tributyltin on mussels. While
samples from Mere Point, Lands
End and Bethel Point proved to
have escaped damage, mussels
from locations in the Fore River in
Portland, an area with heavy boat
traffic were disfigured.
"We discovered the presence of
TBTftributyhin 1 in water makes
the mussels more spherical and
oddly shaped/ said Chikot e. Both
students indicated this study was
a worthwhile experience..
1 don't know if we helped Casco
Bay, but I learned a tremendous
amount-much more than I would
have learned in a classroom setting.
It was great to go out in the field. It
was really enlightening to observe
firsthand the damage to the
environment," said Racz.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1 992
Executive Board set to
reach out to students
By Chelsea Ferrette
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Prior to fall break, students
received an Executive Board news
bulletin entitled "Board Briefs." This
memorandum is a way in which the
Student Executive Board can to be
more "proactive," as termed by
Ameen Haddad '93, chair of the
Executive Board, on issues
concerning the campus.
This year the goal of the Executive
Board is to make students more
aware of the issues, such as the
revision of the Honor and Social
Codes, which directly involve them.
President Ed ward s, who attended
the Exec. Board meeting on
Wednesday, October 7, called the
review of the Honor Code the "most
impressive student initiative I have
seen in 12 years. My only comment
is related to what you're saying.
You are not merely revising a code,
but creating an ethic."
Edwards then stated that during
this process of reviewing the Honor
and Social Code, the Executive
Board should include the campus,
specifically, students, in its steps
toward justice. He hopes to see "(The
Executive Board] getting feedback
not merely from a good statute, but
from a campus that fully endorses
it."
Dean of the College James Ward
and Director of College Relations
Richard Mersereau were also
present at this meeting and voiced
their concerns on this issue.
Tom Davidson, one of the
representatives of the Student
Disciplinary Review Croup, said
that "[a] lot of talk has been about
codes. But the basic fundamental
issue relates to [the fact that]
academic dishonesty cannot be
tolerated . We must focus heavily on
the process by which students are
referred [to the J Board]. It is fuzzy
between the process from the
classroom to the J Board. We want
something that we can go to the
students with."
A present concern of the Executive
Board is the implementation of the
revisions as part of the Constitution.
"Without [the judiciary section], the
whole constitution will fall apart,"
said Ameen Haddad. The Executive
Board plans to hold open forums to
establish more open communication
with the Student Assembly.
The second discussion of the
Executive Board meeting dealt with
the idea of school spirit at Bowdoin.
"[These years are] hard ones for
Bowdoin. What can we do to help
move it along to create school
spirit?" asked Haddad. "How can
we change [the] attitude of the us
[being the students] verses them
[administration]?" asked Kristen
Deftos'94.
"What can happen so students
feel happy about the system?"
questioned Neil Houghton, vice
chair. These questions were thrown
out and will be debated at the next
Executive Board meeting. The
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Student Assembly must also
consider the answers.
"If anyone thinks it benefits the
College to have a Student
Government that is inactive, I think
we have a disagreement there,"
stated Dick Mersereau, College
Relations.
Dean Ward commented that "[a]
good structure is already in place
with students on the
[Administrative] Boards. Ideas stand
on their merits [concerning]
student/faculty committees. First
there should be communication on
the committees. Don't simply
announce positions. Furthermore,
he called for "communications back
from those committees" to the
Executive Board and the Student
Assembly.
SEA: Singular experience afloat
Oceanography 1 and II. After independent project.
comptetingtheajiirserequirernent, Her independent project, a major
they depart for sea. part of the program, was a
Gomez lived and worked aboard cooperative effort with three other
the SSV Westward,* 125 foot stay people, She examined the ocean
sail ship that made voyages to both food chain across the Grand Bank
Nova Scotia and Greenland, shelf-break front. Nina said that
Aboard the ship her responsibilities she "determined spectrophoto-
Education Association (SEA) based were endless. She had to work on metrically the nutrient
in Woods Hole, Mass. The program deck, in die laboratory and in the concentration from water samples
By Mattthbw Brown
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
For the last six weeks, Nina
Gomez '95 took part in a maritime
program offered by the Sea
involved learning about maritime
history, literature and
contemporary issues as well as
oceanography and nautical science.
'The six weeks I spent on the
Westward were amazing. It was a
radically different world from what
we are used to/ said Gomez.
The SEA program is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to fostering
a knowledge, understanding and
appreciation of the oceans by
providing academic programs that
offer the opportunity to live, work Nina Gomez on her voyage.
and study at sea. Founded in 1971, Photo courtesy of SEA.
SEA has sent over two thousand
college and graduate students to engine room. She had to study,
study life at sea.
The program in which Nina was
involved included four weeks of
academic preparation at the SEA
institute in Woods Hole. There,
students take classes for college
credit. The classes available were
Maritime Studies, Oceanography,
Nautical Science and Practical
watch, and take care of the twenty-
four hour workings of the vessel.
Nina examined temperature
structures as well as chemical,
biological, geological, and physical
differences of water masses. In
addition she took classes in
maritime history and literature,
modern issues, and completed an you are the center of the universe
along the Great Bank shelf and
slopeatdifferentdepths". Through
these readings, Nina says she was
"able to gain an understanding of
howup welling and vertical mixing
of the stratified water layers
containing nutrients
phytoplankton and zooplankton
growth at the frontal interface."
Nina described her experience:
"Every drop of fresh water, every
light bulb, every piece of garbage
had to be considered... we had to
keep our spirits up to make sure
we didn't bring down the rest of
the crew."
She continued. The nights you
were awakened for da wn watch at
0300 to put on your foul weather
gear against freezing wind and rain
in the pitch black, with high swells
on the sea, make merely walking
down the deck a
chore... Psychologically you are
thrown for a loop. You feel like
Ameen Haddad, chairman of the
Exec Board. Photo by Erin
Sullivan.
In the end the result came to be an
open invitation to the Student
Assembly to voice their opinion on
how they feel the system of student
government is operating.
Write for the
Orient! Call
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Do you know who your Executive
Board members are this year?
Daniel Sanborn
Christine Holt
Marc van Zadelhoff
Kristen Deftos
Ameen Haddad
Matthew Murray
Neil Houghton
Amanda Masselam
Claudia Downing
Sajjad Jaffer
Mark Schulze
Lauren Deneka
Erika White
Fred Cobey
John Ghanotakis
On November 1 from 1 .00 to
4.V0 PM, the Exec Board will
hold interviews for:
Lectures, Concerts
Committee
Library Committee
Environmental History and
Aesthetics Impact Committee
Bias Incident
Group(aHernate)
All students interested should
sign at the Moulton Union
Information Desk. For further
information call Neil Houghton
x3906.
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5
Dean Ward clarifies single-sex Greek policy
An Interview with Dean of
the College James E. Ward
This interview was
prepared for publication in the
fall issue of Bowdoin Magazine.
It is being shared with the
Bowdoin Orient in the interest
of clarifying the implications
of the current policy on
coeducational and single-sex
fraternities and sororities for
the campus community.
Some people believe the new
PART TWO OF TWO
sororities-groups over which the people. and I have been faculty advisor to
College has no direct supervisory one Bowdoin fraternity (Chi Psi)
control, upon which it has What changes have you seen in and faculty probation advisor to
diminishing influence, and for the fraternity systeminy our years another (Zeta Psi). Because of these
which some might argue it has some at Bowdoin? and other associations, I have often
legal responsibility and liability. As been invited to Bowdoin fraternity
we rethought all of this it became Ward: This is my 25th year at houses where I have had some good
policy is just a step toward
eliminating fraternities at Bowdoin
altogether. Is that the case?
Ward: On the contrary, the new
policy is an endorsement of the eight
coeducational fraternities currently
in compliance with College policy
in that it prohibits others from
circumventing standards which
many of those eight expended
considerable effort and money to
meet. Bowdoin believes that
coeducational fraternities make
many positive contributions to the
lives of Bowdoin students and fully
expects that they will continue to do
so. The new policy is not aimed at
the elimination of coeducational
fraternities at Bowdoin, but at the
elimination of gender-based
discrimination in Bowdoin' s social
organizations.
Why couldn't Bowdoin just have
left well enough alone?
Ward: In 1991 outside interests
purchased a house for a group of
males seeking to maintain the all-
male rule of a fraternity that had
previously complied with the
College's coeducational policy.
Other male groups on campus
expressed similar intentions. These
actions prompted a rethinking of
the implications of the 1988 policy
allowing for the existence of
"unrecognized" fraternities and
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increasingly clear
that the negatives
associated with the
single-sex
fraternities and
sororities far
outweighed the
positives, and in
May the
Governing Boards
voted
overwhelmingly
that they should
not be allowed at
Bowdoin.
Some people
have suggested
that this new
policy has been
"imported" fcy a
new
administration. Is
this true?
Ward:
Absolutely not.
This policy is the
culmination of
evolving
Governing Boards
policy. It is a
natural extension
of the fraternity
policy adopted in
1988, which it turn
grew out of the Dean of * e Colle 8 e J*™* 9 E - Ward. Photo by Maya Khuri
work of the 1983
Thome Commission, and it was Bowdoin. That means I have been
voted overwhelmingly by here long enough to earn a four-
Governing Boards composed year degree six times, that is, for
largely of Bowdoin graduates who six full student generations! I was
were themselves members of a fraternity member in college -in
Bowdoin fraternities. This is a fact, I was president of my
Bowdoin policy made by Bowdoin Vanderbilt fraternity (Sigma Chi)
times, and some
good meals too.
I can remember
being asked during
my first year at
Bowdoin if my wife
and I would move
into the Kappa Sig
house for Ivies
Weekend and be
chaperones. That
was before the
College was
coeducational and
the practice then
was to house the
female dates on one
floor and have
chaperones present
to discourage floor-
hopping. We had
small children who
couldn't be left for
the whole weekend
so we declined, but
I was flattered to be
asked.
I can also
remember being a
judge several times
in the fraternity ice
sculpture contests
on Winter's
Weekends. Once I
even judged the
Homecoming
QueerT contest.
Each fraternity nominated a
candidate and being a judge was
very pleasant duty, but that was
certainly an activity from another
time. Beauty contests wouldn't be
very well received on campus today!
I was at Bowdoin when we
became coeducational. People
sometimes ask me how Bowdoin
fraternities became coeducational,
and my answer is that it happened .
naturally, like water seeking its own
level.
The first women at Bowdoin were
women who wanted to be at a
formerly all-male college. They
wanted to participate in everything
with the males, including the
fraternities, so they had absolutely
no interest in forming a sorority.
And the men wanted the women to
participate in their fraternities too,
so they invited them to join, initially
as "little sisters" or social members.
This grew gradually, with pressure
from some of the women and men
and from the College, into the full
membership women have today.
Someof the women who founded
the sorority were student friends of
mine. They had become
disillusioned with what they
perceived to be their second-class
roles in coeducational fraternities
so they went off on their own. I also
think they were influenced by the
consciousness-raising of the
women's movement.
Have single-sex fraternities and
sororities played a useful role at
Bowdoin in the past?
Waxd: Certainly. Do they now? I
don't think so. Although some of
their members are outstanding
members of the College comm unity,
the organizations themselves now
have a negative influence overall.
Bowdoin has no wish to export our
policy, or to hold up our fraternity
system as a model for other
institutions to emulate. Single-sex
organizations may well make a
positive contribution at other
institutions, but I believe that
Bowdoin's new policy is the correct
one for our College now.
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Thursday, October 29
7:00p.m.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1992
Arts & Leisure
Latin American art comes to campus
By Lesue Thomas
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin College Museum
of Art presents an exhibition of
Meso-American and Peruvian art
which opened October 6 and runs
through December 7, 1992. The
exhibition, titled Meso-American
and Peruvian Art, was organized
by Susan E. Wegner, Associate
professor of Art, in conjunction with
her course, Latin American Arts:
Pre-Conquest, Colonial and
Modern. The objects are from the
permanent collections of the Bates
College Museum of Art, Bowdoin
College Museum of Art and a private
collector.
There are three cases of artifacts
from Peru, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Of great importance in the Peruvian
case is the Bridge-Spout Vessel with
Two Birds from the Early Nazca,
ca. AD 100-300 and the Stirrup Spout
Vessel with Bean Warriors from
Moche(Mochica), ca.AD 400-600.
Both pieces are made of ceramic-
one is polychromed and the other is
cream-slipped. These two styles of
vessels were very popular in Peru
for carrying water.
In the Mexican case, note the
Effigy Vessel from the Pre-Classic
Olmecoid, ca.AD 0-300. It combines
both jaguar and human traits which
are commonly seen throughout
Olmec art. The Olmecs influenced
many later Meso-American cultures
making this a predominant feature.
In the Costa Rican case pay close
& Jovian art
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Professor Wegner with Peruvian pieces.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
attention to the Tripod Vessel with
Parrot Head possibly from the
Atlantic watershed, date unknown
and the Tripod Bowl with Heads for
Feet from Guanacaste, Nicoya,
ca.AD 500-800. The tripod idea is a
major form in both Costa Rica and
Peru, perhaps suggesting some sort
of communication between the two.
These are only a few of all the
treasures to be found in the
exhibition. All of the pieces make
up a fine example of ancient art,
from these areas and the amount of
drawings on all of the pieces portray
much information concerning the
different cultures in Latin America.
This makes the show a definite must
for anyone interested in Latin
American history or art. Everyone
should stop by the Walker Art
Building and see it.
Living the Dream at Memorial Hall
By Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
The African-American Society
will be sponsoring Living the
Dream, Inc. The acting group will
perform Our Young Black Men are
Dying and Nobody Seems to Care, an
off-Broadway production, at
Bowdoin College on Tuesday
October 27, at 8:00 p.m., in the
G.H.Q. Playwrights' Theater,
Memorial Hall.
The performance is free and open
to the public, but seating is limited.
Tickets are required for entrance
and may be obtained at the Mou Hon
Union Information Desk.
Living the Dream is a non-profit
arts organization that uses the arts
to address crisis issues facing
disadvantaged communities. living
the Dream has also performed What
about Black womyn and You are invited
to an evening of dinner, dancing and. .
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Our Young Black Men are Dying
and Nobody Seems to Care is written
and directed by James Chapman,
who also performs. Chapman drew
on some of his personal stories to
write the play — he was homeless at
one point in his life and since writing
the play in 1983, eighteen of his
friends have passed on.
The characters, including a young
homeless man, a police officer who
kills his brother, a Vietnam veteran
who drinks too much, an eighteen-
year-old death row inmate and other
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Deke's off-center return
By Brian Sung
orient staff writer
Seeing Eye God is hitting the
Bowdoin campus on Wednesday
October 28, in Kresge Auditorium
at 7:30 p.m. The one man show,
centering on two main pieces,
Freezedrive and Time Bombs, is
sponsored by the Art Club, Art
Department, Film and
Communications, Theater Arts and
the Lectures & Concerts Committee
of Bowdoin College. The show is
being presented by Deke Weaver
'85.
Weaver's show is an
accumulation of his works,
including the two main pieces,
which have gained national
recognition. His works were
recently presented at the Solo Mio 3
Festival in San Fransisco. He also
produced a public service
announcement, Don't Be A Dick A
Message From the Honorable Senator,
which has been shown in video-
film festivals in Berlin, Moscow,
Zurich, Bonn, the Netherlands, New
York and San Fransisco. It will also
be shown Wednesday evening.
Experts have critically acclaimed
Weaver's works. The San Fransisco
Examiner proclaimed that his show
was "funny and audacious", while
the Boulder DaUy Camera called his
works "mature."
Seeing Eye God will feature a
number of characters. Weaver
features everything from a naked
man balancing on a log precariously
while discussing
environmental philosophy to a
"deranged, apple-pie loving,
trombone-playing Secret
Service Agent" hoisting a
television above his head while
ranting about the glories of tax -
time and the thrill of hearing
Civil Defense Sirens. Definitely
"wicked" as the San Fransisco
Weekly reported.
Weaver has produced many
video-films in his career. They
include Truth Storyi'92), My
Summer Vocational) and A
naked man
balancing
on a log
Book of Wouka'90). His other
solo performance works
include Please Stop Barking I'm
Very Busy('91), Stormy
Weatheri'91) and An
Accumulation of Answers('90).
Weaver has also twice received
the prestigious Western States
Regional Media Arts
Fellowship twice, in 1988 and
1990. Weaver's "unorthodox"
{New American Makers) and
"amazing"(San Fransisco Bay
Guardian) show will run for
about an hour and ten minutes,
is free and open to the public.
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL
Meeting called to discuss the
Hyde Cage project
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Thursday, October 29
7:00 p.m. in the Pub
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992
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MOMIX will perform tonight
Photo courtesy of John Kane
A company of ance illu-
sionist, called MOMIX, di-
rected by Moses
Pendleton, will perform
on Friday, October 23, at
8:00 pjn. in Pickard The-
ater.
MOMIX is based in rural Connecti-
cut and divides its time working on
stage, video, film and television.
The company has recently per-
formed around the world, through-
out the United States, Canada, Eu-
rope, Brazil and Japan.
Tickets are $1350 for
the general public and
$5.00 with Bowdoin ID,
and are available at the
Moulton Union Informa-
tion Desk and MacBeans
Music in Brunswick.
Manual control in Automatic
By Nick Jacobs
orient staff writer
Is it possible to be accessible and
obscure at the same time?
Automatic for the People, the eighth
album by R.E.M., the Athens,
Georgia band, would indicate that
At times it is over orchestrated, and
with lyrics like, "Hey kids, rock and
roll, no one tells you where to go* it
seems almost silly.
The third cut, The Sidewinder
Sleeps Tonne," which borrows some
of its tune from the Tokens' 1961 hit
The Lion Sleeps Tonne," marks a
return to the confusing Michael Stipe
It's these little things that
can pull you under/
Live your life filled
with joy and wonder.
the answer is yes.
The album opens with "Drive,"
which also happens to be the first
single off the album. It is a dark,
minor-key, teen-spirit song. With
orchestral arrangements by ex-Led
Zeppelin bass player, John Paul
Jones, "Drive" is something of an
homage to David Essex's 1973
glam-rock classic "Rock On."
Actually many hard-core R.E.M.
fans may have some very
legitimate qualms with the song.
lyrics that fans have come to expect,
as the chorus goes, "Call me when
you try to wake her."
The combination of "Sweetness
Follows," "Nightswimming" and
"Find the River" can be counted as
three of the most melodic, richly
written and wonderful songs that the
band has ever made.
"Sweetness Follows" deals with
family estrangement in such a vivid
manner that Stipe was prompted to
call his own parents to assure them
that the song was not about them.
At one point he sings, "It's these
little things that can pull you under/
Live your life filled with joy and
wonder."
Some of the more interesting
songs on the album pay homage to
two rather unlikely subjects. With
"Monty Got A Raw Deal" and "Man
On the Moon," actor Montgomery
Gift and late comedian Andy
Kaufman find themselves the
subjects of songs.
Sounding something like a cross
between early 80s Who and a total
guitarfest, "Ignoreland" is an
uptempo, raging political song
against the Reagan era. Recorded
through an amplifier, the lyrics are
barely discernable. Interestingly,
among the few phrases that can be
heard clearly on the song are the
words, "Someone's got to take the
blame." Given that we are in the
middle of an election where the
incumbent President's record is
coming under intense scrutiny,
perhaps there was some other intent
in the song as well.
Automatic for the People stands as
RE.M/s finest release to date, and
puts RE.M. in a place where they
would hardly expect to find
themselves — in the driver's seat,
making the music they want to make
and calling their own shots— all
without really trying.
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Compiled by Sarah Kurz
Friday, October 23
Film. "Last Tango in Pans."
Saturday, October 24
200 p.m . Lecture. "Bo wdoin and the Civil War" given by
Charles C Calhoun. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
3.00 p.m. Performance by the Chamber Choir, Chorus and
Symphony Orchestra. Chapel. Tickets needed for seating.
4.-00 p jn. Performance by Bowdoin Concert Band. Kresge
Auditorium. Tickets are needed for seating.
Him. "Under Fire." Starring Nkk Nolte and Gene Hackerman.
Sunday, October 25
2.00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92: Latin American Film Festival
Satoador, Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Monday, October 26
730 pan. Film. Fourth Annual Women's Film Series.
Montenegro. Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, October 27
4.00 p.m. Jung Seminar. "'Memory as a Function of Knowledge,
and Ways to Develop It." Given by Reverend Sheldon. Faculty
Room, Massachusetts Hall
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "The Human Face of Global Economics:
MaauUadoras and Mexico." Daggett Lounge, Went worth Hall.
800 p jn. Performance. Our Young Black Men are Dying and
Nobody Seems to Care. Playwrights Theatre, Memorial Hall.
Tickets are needed.
Wednesday, October 28
Filin. "King Kong."
Thursday, October 29
2:30 p.m. Lecture. "Middle East Peace Process: Recent
Developments." Yaakov Levy, consul general of Israel in New
England. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "The Word, the Book, the Building: Bowdoin
Chapel Reilluminated" given by Kathleen Curran, assistant
professor. Trinity College. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 p.m. Performance. EI Cacique Cholo in the Land of Nepantlaf
Chief Half -Breed in the Land of In-Between. Kresge Auditorium.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1992
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Bowdoin must look beyond Maine
In an attempt to satisfy yet another campus
constituency, Bowdoin selected Julia Candice Clark
'93 as the student speaker for James Bowdoin Day.
Cla rk delivered an address entitled "We Should All
Be So Lucky/' articulating the problems that Maine
residents face as Bowdoin students.
Clark lamented the fact that more Mainers do not
have the opportunity to enjoy a Bowdoin education.
She correctly cited that Maine remains one of the
poorest and least-educated states in America. Clark
said that one of Bowdoin's central functions must
be to educate in-state students. She went so far as to
intimate that Bowdoin's student body should be
comprised almost exclusively of Mainers.
We respect Clark's pride in the State of Maine.
She aptly described its many virtues and great
potential. Beyond this, however, we find little to
agree with in Clark's speech.
First, Clark's plan to fill Bowdoin with more
Mainers inherently implies that we must cut the
out-of-state population, for Bowdoin cannot expand
beyond its ability to absorb. Bowdoin should not
turn down qualified applicants simply because
their parents decided to settle somewhere besides
this state. Maine cannot grow by turning inward,
nor can Bowdoin. Just when the College is
embarking upon a new era to promote racial and
geographic diversity, Clark calls for a return to the
old provincial Bowdoin.
Second, we find it ironic that Bowdoin offered
Clark a forum to air her throwback philosophy just
before the long-awaited report from the
Subcommittee on Diversity was issued. Released
just days ago, this report states "The College should
reflect more accurately the diversity of the world
around us." Yet Clark demands that Bowdoin turn
inward — inward to a state that she admitted dislikes
"foreigners." For decades Bowdoin has been vainly
trying to diversify its student body and faculty,
and then all of the sudden, out of left field comes
a a call for an increase in homogeneity among the
student population.
Turning inward to Maine simply will not help
to achieve diversity. For example, how could
Bowdoin attract an increased African- American
population from a state that is four-tenths of 1 %
black? Similarly, the Asian- American and Latino
populations in this state are almost negligible.
We must look beyond Maine for diversity.
Third, Clark said that Maine students feel
uncomfortable with Bowdoin's social
environment. According to Clark, Maine students
are unaccustomed to the cultures of out-of-state
students. Well, isn't this Bowdoin's purpose — to
encounter ideas and persons different from
yourself? Mainers do not possess some inherent
right to steer the social scene here simply because
they are in their home state.
Finally, Clark's message was inappropriate for
James Bowdoin Day and Parents Weekend. The
audience was composed primarily of out-of-state
parents coming to see their daughters and sons at
a ceremony honoring them. Clark chose to exploit
their presence and deliver a "shock-value" speech.
Bowdoin parents deserve to be welcomed to
Maine, not preached at as "foreigners."
We salute Clark's concern for the welfare of our
state and we would not protest a policy that
aggressively recruits Maine students. However,
such a policy already exists. Nearly 20% of current
Bowdoin students come from Maine. Since its
inception, the College has committed itself to
educating Mainers. This must continue, but we
must guard against become provincial in an
increasingly diverse society.
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THE BOWDOfN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1992
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Looking Starboard
Bv Craie Chcsloe
The United States is only eleven days from its day of
reckoning. After two sub-par debate performances, and a
not-good-enough showing in the third, President George
Bush finds himself facing a task of historic proportions.
Can he erase a double-digit deficit nationally, including
large deficits in most of the key battleground states, in the
eleven days remaining in this campaign? Comparisons to
Former President Harry Truman or British Prime Minister
John Major will not go far enough if Bush can pull this
election off. It would be the biggest political comeback in
United States presidential history.
But, this is telling the reader what he or she probably
already knew. The fact that Bush is in deep political trouble
has been well documented by (as cartoonist Wayne Stayskal
draws) CNN (Clinton News Network), ABC (American
Broadcasters for Clinton), NBC (National Broadcasters for
Clinton), and CBS (Clinton Broadcasting System). What is
less well known is how badly Bush is dealing with his
continuing problem with people like this writer:
mainstream Reaganite conservatives.
In last Sunday's New York Times Magazine, conservative
columnist William Saf ire wrote a cover story about Bush's
Gamble. Summing up Safire's brilliant analysis in one or
two sentences is difficult — if not impossible — but this
columnist will give it a try. Sa fire tries to pinpoint the time
when "[Bush] was seized by his inordinate fear of running
without solid support from the far right." This fear has
caused Bush to act in a way that has alienated his true
supporters in the moderate wing of the Republican party,
has forced Reagan Democrats into Clinton's camp, has
kept Reaganites cynical and distrusting, while the far right,
despite Bush's coddling, has not come to the President's
full support. Therefore, mainstream conservatives, like
Safire, are left with this question as they decide who to vote
for this November: "Would a second-term Bush, no longer
needing to gamble on appealing to the far right, lead his
Administration to the forefront of individual rights and
personal freedom — and against the intrusion of Big
Government and ma joritarian morality?" Safire says no,
and writes that he is unsure of which candidate he will vote
for on November 3.
Conservatives are left with a perplexing decision.Tom between
ideology and loyalty, do conservatives vote for Bush despite all
reservations, or allow the Democrats their four years of power?
One strand of thinking goes like this: allow Clinton to win, and
after his tax and government spending increases make the
economy look more and more like the 1970s, Republicans —
newly energized by years in the opposition — in 1994 and 1996
can sweep back into power behind true conservative principles
(Jack Kemp?). Obviously, those who hold this belief are looking
back to the days of Jimmy Carter, who replaced a weak moderate
Republican (Ford), ran the country into the ground (hostages in
Only by stupid and myopic thinking
can any conservative vote to allow
Clinton and Company to control this
country for forty-five months before
this group faces re-election.
Iran, 21 5% prime interest rate, 135% inflation), and was quickly
replaced by the sainted Ronaldus Magnus. This is the new "rosy
scenario" for conservatives. But, allowing the Democrats to take
the executive branch based on this scenario is a grave mistake,
and conservatives should know better.
Only by stupid and myopic thinking can any conservative
vote to allow Clinton and Company to control this country for
forty-five months before this group faces re-election. Forty-five
months is a very long time in politics — ask Bush himself. In that
period of time, Clinton will not only have destroyed everything
Reagan built up, but he will have made it possible to win re-
election regardless of the true yearnings of the American people.
Look at this election year. A majority of citizens want a
balanced budget amendment, lower federal spending, and no
tax increases; but Clinton is apparently winning by ten to 15
points. H. Ross Perot certainly would find this fascinating.
"Folks," Perot might say, "why in the hell would you vote for
Clinton when you support Bush's positions on these issues?" In
The conservative dilemma in 1992
an anti-government year, this country is about to elect the
most pro-government candidate who attempted to run for
president. If Clinton can fool the American people now, think
of what he would do while in office.
Ask the average person what he or she thinks about having
Rev. Jesse Jackson in charge of Housing and Urban
Development, Rep. Patricia Schroeder in control of the
Pentagon, or Gov. Mario "Scenario" Cuomo appointed to the
Supreme Court, and a horrified scream would be heard across
this fruited plain. Even if Bill is a moderate, he will be forced
to appoint such radical left-wingers as these to important
government positions. Once in power, Jackson, Schroeder,
Cuomo, et. al. will be able to mold the society in their own
image, without any real substantial check on their power.
Remember, the Democrats have learned many valuable lessons
while in the opposition, and they will make certain that the
people do not understand the true meaning of their programs.
The dark cloud of Carter hangs over Clinton's head. He is
clearly uncomfortable with the comparison, since it is one of
the heaviest insults that can be hung on a candidate's head in
the post- Watergate era. Just as the Failed Governor of a Small
State learned the lessons of Michael Dukakis' inept campaign
in 1 988, Q i n ton has undoubtedly learned the lessons of Carter .
Rest assured, Clinton will do everything he can behind the
scenes between January, 1993 and November, 19% to ensure
his re-election — with or without popular support. It has worked
for the liberal Democrats who control the House of
Representatives, and such a plan can — and will — work for
Clinton.
Membersof theconservative movement will takea foolhardy
chance by voting for Clinton simply because they assume he
will be rejected by the populous in 1996. History shows that
this assumption is very dangerous. Grover Norquist, president
of Americans for Tax Reform, correctly points out that the
1976 election of Carter was the only time since Grover
Cleveland's 1892 victory that a party has regained the
presidency for a four-year term and then lost it.
While an assumption of a Republican victory in 19% may
not be a sound reason to vote for Clinton on November 3, this
does not mean arguments for conservative support of Slick
Willie do not exist. But, that question is for next week...
O.K. Let's cut right to the chase. In a few weeks we will
be faced with a very profound decision: As American
citizens, it supposedly behooves us to decide who will
captain the nation's course as it sails into the completion of
the twentieth century. What are our options?
George Bush. The name itself has come to be a symbol of
international mockery, the butt of countless comedians'
jokes, and the target of almost every Democrat's election
speech. But can we determinably enumerate why the
unfavorable sentiment held for Mr. Bush is deserved? If
you ask any student on campus who (s)he is going to vote
for, chances are the answer will be "probably Clinton, but
definitely not Bush!" Ask a follow up question and see
what happens.
"Well, specifically, how has he screwed up our country?"
The answer that follows is interesting for the reason that
there usually isn't one other than a defensive, "How am I
supposed to know. All I know is our country has gone to
hell." What this seems to say is that as a result of our
politically correct atmosphere, the one-sided media whence
we reap all of our information and an outspoken sect of
liberals on campus, all eligible voters know one thing and
one thing only: George Bush is the sole reason for every
single problem this country has, ranging from the L.A.
Riots to the fact that it rained last Friday. But how?
Specifically, what did he do? Or what should he have
done? And if Clinton is the divine answer to all of
humankind's problems, specifically what is he going to
do? The fact that most of us can't really come up with much
says a lot about how qualified we are to cast a vote in this
year's election. Most of us will go to the polls or mail our
absentee ballots knowing very little.
Many will argue that it doesn't really matter what Bush
did, that in the final analysis, he is responsible for the
welfare of the country. And that Clinton's definition of
change doesn't matter either, that any change is better than
the status quo. And maybe those people are right.
Nevertheless, the fact that most don't know anything
substantive about the candidates' records and personal
legislativeactions is illustrativeof their incompetence in deciding
the fate of our country this November.
Regardless of what we know, or what we don't know, one
thing is for sure. We will definitely vote because its P.C. to vote
even if you don't know a damn thing. Maybe we would be better
off if we didn't vote. Sure, we've all seen the MTV "Rock the
vote" commercials and countless voter registration promotions
in the Union, and heard the argument don't bitch if you don't
vote. But, is it right to vote knowing only trivialities about the
We will definitely vote because
it's RC. to vote even if you
don't know a damn thing.
candidates just for the sake of voting?
Just think about it. Imagine that the well-informed people who
had thetime to follow thecampaignsand research the candidates'
past record s extensively had come to theconclusion that candidate
"X" would be the best to help the country's economic and social
problems. Now wouldn't it be better for us to stay out of it since
our uninformed votes might cancel out theirs?
Oh boy. Maybe I shouldn't have said that. I can see the letters
coming now. "Mr. Leung is only contributing to the waxing of an
already growing case of political apathy presently rampant
amongst the student body. [Hot air. Hot air. Hot air.]" So before
all of you P.C. police come out and lynch me because I suggested
people who know nothing substantial about the candidates
should not interfere in the electoral system, just continue reading.
I will now give a concise summary of the present state of
American politics.
Here's the scenario. We can all agree the United States is in a
depressed domestic state relative to where it was, say, 5 or 6
years ago. The economy has weakened, education is becoming a
privilege and racial tension has pugnaciously bubbled up to the
surface once again. Is George Bush the single solitary reason
why all of this hit the fan? Probably not. But as a result of
what he did and didn't do, the situation certainly was not
helped. And whether we can tie him directly to any of the
nation's problems is actually quite moot, for there is no other
individual as responsible for the welfare of the country as he
is. Yes, there are two other branches of government, but the
executive branch is the only one that houses one person who
holds so much power and symbolizes the government. And
since the President is in fact partly responsible for what
happens in the country, he is accountable to the public.
Bottom line-if we were in a period of domestic euphoria,
Bush would be basking in the limelight and lovin' it-
regardless of whether he had anything to do with it or not.
Therefore, considering the current state of affairs, he has
justly earned the classification of "loser," somewhat akin to
a military general who did and said nothing as his troops
slowly capitulated in front of him.
But wait, before you PC's start doing so me et hn ic dance of
joy (that will show us ho w culturally aware you are), consider
this. Bill Clinton is a liar. How so? He lied when he
equivocated about his draft dodging and marijuana use. At
first he didn't dodge the draft in any way, shape, or form.
Then when the press found a thank you letter he wrote
expressing gratitude for keeping him out of the war he
changed his position. And to top it off, when asked why he
didn't mention anything about this critical letter earlier after
being asked hundreds of times about the draft issue, he came
up with the slick answer, you didn't ask me. Oh Slick, give
us a little credit. Most of us aren't falling for it.
What about the whole pot thing. I could care less if he did
lines when he was in college; but what gets me is that he tried
to cover his ass by lying to the American people. He didn't
inhale because he didn't know how— so he really didn't do
anything wrong? Yeah, whatever Slick. Some will argue that
he was just exercising political savvy, that all politicians
would have tried to protect themselves in a situation like
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THE BOWDOM ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992
Views From The Couch Saving the best for last
Don't Vote
By
There has to be a higher Dennis Eckersley and Jeff Reardon have suffered two of the worst
power somewhere; either post seasons of their careers. Yet they both address the press patiently,
in our world or out of this sign autographs, and maintain a patience that is almost surreal. Eck
Brian
Sung
world, because someone answered questions for nearly an hour after Game 4, and Reardon has
is just having way too been equally as acceptable.
much fun toying with our Came 7 of the NLCS is easily one of the best and most painful
national pastime. In a year baseball games I've ever seen in my life. Even though Tim McCarver
inwhichplayersclaimthat threw in an incredibleamount of inanefacts in the ninth inning, he let
they are glad their teams the camera speak for itself when it counted. The sight of Sid Bream
don't make the playoffs being buried under a moundful of Braves uniforms shows why
X
In the first true World Series. . .
it is a shame that the
Canadian flag was inverted.
so that their vacations begin on time, someone is also
letting us see the unbelievable wonders of baseball. In a
year in which the owners of baseball teams are allowed to
exile one of the best commisioners that baseball has ever
seen, someone has also given us the talent of Roberto
Alomar and the grace of Jim Leyland. Someone, who at
the same time lets all of American baseball turn red with
humiliation at the sight of the upside Canadian flag flying
in Fulton County Stadium, gives us the satisfaction of
watching the four best teams in baseball, by far, slug it out.
The NLCS and ALCS were two of the most entertaining
series I've ever seen, and the World Series isn't faring to
badly either. Some random thoughts while watching the
best playoffs in years. . .
I've always believed that baseball was a team game, but
I suffered some doubt in Came 5 of the ALCS. Have you
ever seen someone pick up a team, and bear all the burden
of winning as Dave Stewart did? He epitomized the word
class.
Did anyone else see Barry Bonds shed a tear at the
standing ovation he received from the Pittsburgh crowd,
even while he was batting .091? No matter what anyone
says, the city has a lot of class, dignity, and an appreciation
of baseball. If any Red Sox player slumped as badly as
Bonds, do you think the Fenway Faithful would have
cheered as those Bucs fans did?
Roberto Alomar is the best player in baseball.
baseball is the best game in the world. The sights of Barry Bonds
staring helplessly at the sky and Andy Van Slyke squatting on the
grass watching the Braves celebrate also showed why it is the most
agonizing game in the world as well.
The Blue Jay and Brave fans are in a class of their own.
In the first true World Series, or at least in the first series that takes
a step towards actualizing that egotistical title, it is a shame that the
Canadian flag was inverted. The Canadians treated the incident with
humor, teaching a lesson to those of us who are so easy to attack with
anger. Those who feared a Canadian team in America's national
pastime worry needlessly, for if the Blue Jays win, the championship
is in good hands.
Jim Leyland, Cito Gaston, Bobby Cox, and Tony La Russa are four
of the best managers in the game today. What other managers would
pull moves like benching Walt Weiss, former Rookie of the Year, for
Mike Bordick, starting Tom Glavine, of the 1 2.46 NLCS ERA, in the
World Series, give a rookie, Tim Wakefield, his first playoff start in a
must win situation, and keep Kelly G ruber, in an 0-25 slump before
hitting a game winning homer, in the 5 spot?
In a year in which baseball has suffered some of its worst indignities
ever, someone has given us a gem of a Fall Classic, with classy stars
and heartache inducing finales. It's just what we needed to let us take
our minds off, but not forget, for we shouldn't, what kind of a year it
has been for baseball. So whoever you are, thank you. And was that
idiot flag holder really Dan Quayle's cousin? Nah. . . that's probably
just some rumor.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11) .
that. And you know what, I agree. The only problem is my
gut feeling.
My gut feeling is that even though Bush or Perot might
have tried to squirm out of that one in a similar manner, I
can not consciously vote for someone who I know for a fact
tried to deceive me. At least with Bush, it isn't as blatantly
fatuous as it is with Slick. I can at least rationalize my
support for Bush by saying there is a chance that Bush is
an honest man. At least he admitted his blunder of raising
taxes and didn't try some lame clintonesque 1 didn't
inhale" excuse.
With Willy, I would be voting for someone I knew was
a liar. And whether that has anything to do with running
the country is not the point. The point is that as a man
raised to value honesty, something inside repulses me
when I think of myself sending a flagrant liar to the White
House. It makes little sense logically speaking, but like it
or not, we act with our heads and our hearts.
And now you have Perot back in this thing. My, what a
fine speaker he is. He has a skill that allows him to explain
our entire legal system, with all its red tape, eccentricities,
and intricate channels in terms that amount to two farm
animal s and a mai learner (And who said I'm not sensitive?).
Perot holds a unique knack for identifying a problem,
articulating it to the people and then nothing. Yes, the
logical flow of the sentence would be and then tell us how
to fix it. But alas, Ross has a fault. He can't figure out how
to milk the cow when the chicken has to lay a golden egg
in the outhouse. Perot tells us the "what" and never fails
to fail at telling us the "How".
Furthermore, even if he did, could you trust a man who
asked thousands of Americans to support him, many of
whom went so far as to quit their jobs, and then at the last
minute say "never mind." Get the F-ck outta here. What
the hell is that? Anyone who still supports this idiot is
obviously whipped. To even consider throwing your
support behind a man who promised a "world class"
campaign while at the same time ignoring the advice of his
senior advisers and forcing one to resign is utter insanity.
He totally dicked you over and now you're gonna take
him back? I'd send this loser out on his ass.
So where does this leave the confused voter? This is the
heart of the matter three candidates, all far from perfect.
One is a loser, one is a liar, and the other is both. If you're
comfortable with backing a blatant liar who will probably
raise your taxes go to Willie. If you still trust in the
sincerity of Perot, and aren't bothered by major material
concessions and future constitutional infractions, Ross is
your man. Or if you can't rally behind either and will be
content with only marginal change, stay with George. Pick
your poison, you can't go right.
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
The other day, Jon asked me what God looked like. I
said, "Why, Jon," in a most condescending tone.
"Obviously he looks exactly like Gregg Allman."
Anyway, Konichiwa, "Ivy-Covered Womb"!!!
We've been thinking. . . Society should rearrange the
way it looks at meals. There should be four meals a day.
Breakfast, with eight essential vitamins and iron; Lunch,
a random sandwich or two; Dinner, a complete pain in the
butt Oh, but behothl! I felt thou hast left me with but
three-fourths. The only fun meal, and the best of the day,
is the JustBeforePassingOut. JustBeforePassingOut is the
meal that everyone eats late night, everyone enjoys late
night, and everyone eats off of the same plate late night.
Although nobody needs help preparing a delicious
JustBeforePassingOut, we thought it would be oh-so-
humor ous to recount some of the greatest
JustBef orePass ingOuts of all time. So grab a dirty plastic
cup off of the floor, a swiss army knife caked with dried
peanut butter and begin to chow mucho. . .
1. Nachos a la chicken with some other stuff: Two
handfuls of crushed nachos; tomato sauce (These first two
ingredients can just be Humpty-Dumpty-Bet-You-Can-
Ea t-J ust-One-Bar BQ chips if you want), sliced marinated
chicken breast (But, heck, tuna fishll do) and of course,
the food duct tape; tons of parmesan cheese. Microwave
for a long time. Eat with boot-covered fingers.
2. American Sausage, Marinated in Yellowish Salty
liquids: Open package of no w-tha wed-but-once-frozen-
multiple-times hot dogs. Eat five of them quickly. You
won't taste a thing, anyway.
3. Turkey Breast and Paper Sandwich: Grab that
package of turkey breast that has been in your fridge for
two weeks and you would never even contemplate touching during
the daylight hours. Rip out handfuls and begin to eat. Forget to
remove wet paper thatthe meat was wrapped inandhasnow bonded
to the slices. Chase with tap water.
4. Ramen Noodles: The ultimate in fine JustBeforePassingOuts.
Makesure to spill half of them on your roommate, buminghim or her
really badly.
5. 1 Didn't Like Those Crunching Sounds in My Head, Anyway:
Sixteen handfuls of incredibly stale potato chips. Grab the bottom
hem of the dirty T-Shirt you're wearing and fold upward, making
pouch to carry them places while you chomp.
6. Otis SpunkelMayer's Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate
Open package of now thawed-
but-once-frozen-
multiple-times hot dogs.
Eat five of them quickly.
Chip From Bear Buns: After a tough game of Ultimate (oh-so-BUFF)
Frisbee, that you entered because you felt like you should hang out
with independents more often, you bagged the shower. Remember
there was a cookie in your pocket the whole rough-tough-and-
rumble time. You didn't even want the cookie when you bought it,
but you walked by the Bear Buns and felt so miserable because not a
soul was in line as usual that you decided to chuck up a dollar on the
polished glass counter and run away before you burst into laughter
when they barely had enough change for you in the
register. Eat promptly at three in the morning with
whatever has the consistency of milk at the time
7. Thanks for the layout last week, Farnham. Can our
fans please tear themselves away hum the kegCs) and
write some fan mail to that mockery of an editor? We're
seriously considering the Patriot for next week. Oh, yeah.
..Hi Mom!
8. Domino's: Support the Dorm Wars, baby! (Update:
We overheard that Appleton crushed league-leader Moore
Hall with a huge Thursday night pull from Scottie Ridley
and his roomie Hart Put some clothes on, Hart.)
9. Peeler Putty With Tinges Of Rhythm Nation 1814
Poster Returning to your room, on Thirsty Thursday, you
find your roommate is, for the fourth night in a row,
studying for a True-False test, (he got a 25 on the last one.
..weeaak.) If he or she tells you to turn Neil Young down,
throw empty forty-dogger at him or her and eat his or her
posters. Start at corners with puttyifjfit glows in the dark,
ifs better seasoned. Get friend to eat it and watch it slide
down his or her throat). Notice the excellent texture of his
or her family photographs.
10. Lobster End-Trails (we know math's spelled entrails,
you idiot editors, so don't change the spelling): Remember
that monstrous lobsterdinner you had with your rents on
Rent's Weekend six days ago. The bodies that you hurled
at cars from behind a big oak tree and subsequendy got
run over eight to ten times over the week are still out there
waiting. Pick up corroded segments, pick out all major
organs, and throw 'em down the hatch with some Killian's
Red or Givofs homebrew. Sisk does it much. Hi, SiskJ
He's our Number-One Fan.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1992
13
tte
to the K dito
Antolini identifies true origin
of Meddiebempsters
To the Editor.
Music history and Maine geography were dealt a blow in
KatieGilbert'sarticle entitled "Meddies prepared for concert"
(Arts k Leisure page 7, Oct. 2). 1 fear that Ms. Gilbert was
misinformed by the current Meddiebempsters when she was
told: "Founded by Jeffrey Stanwood, he derived their name
from being blind-folded and throwing a dart at a map of
Maine. The dart landed on Meddie, Maine — hence the name.
M
As an alumnus of this august body of singers, I feel it my
duty to correct this flagrant rewriting of local history. There is
no such place as Meddie, Maine, and Mr. Stanwood did not
throw darts at a map to name the Meddies.
The Meddiebempsters were named after the town of
Meddybemps, Maine, which is located on Meddybemps Lake
on Route 191 southwest of Porcupine Mountain,
approximately 15 miles south of Calais in Washington County.
Meddybemps distinguished itself as the first town in Maine to
have its income taxes paid in full.
Anthony Antolini '63
Director of the Bowdoin Chorus
problem of fossil-fuel based agriculture, which is destined to
becomeextinct in another coupledecades as fossil fuel becomes
too expensive to use for low-cost food production. This topic
should be of greatest interest to all Bowdoin students who are
interested in eating or feeding their children after the year
2020. Agriculture's dependence on fossil fuels is unique.
Unlike other industries, agriculture — and the shipping
industry — are not in any position to convert to solar or wind
power or even nuclear power or coal. Alternatives such as
draft animal-powered technology and localized economics ,
and their societal implications, need to be researched by the
future leaders that Bowdoin is educating. They should be
familiar with names like E.F. Schumacher, Marty Strange,
Marc Lutz, Romesh Diwan, Wes Jackson, N.S. Ramaswamy,
Jean Nolle and Peter Watson.
So, it's good that the topic of agriculture has at least been
raised, but it's crucial that Bowdoin continue the discussion
and become aware of issues that will have a profound effect
on our lives in the decades to come.
Noma Petroff
First- Year Vice President
apologizes for jokes
To the Editor
I would like to publicly apologize to any people that took
offense at some of the jokes I made on Monday, October 12 at
the First -Year election forum. I assure all who attended that
these innocent comments were neither premeditated or
intentionally made with malicious intent. I only hope this
clears up any misunderstandings resulting from my speech.
Tom Leung '96
"^^™
George Bush addresses the
students of America
Campus Center Committee
asks for student input
Bowdoin students should realize
importance of agriculture
To the Editor.
Several weeks ago Senator Nancy Clark knocked on my
door campaigning for re-election. The first question I asked
her was "What's your position on agriculture?" I was surprised
when she told me that in all her campaigning, no one else had
asked her that question. It turned out that she had given it
some thought, however, and spoke about increasing Maine's
agricultural self-sufficiency. I was glad that at least she had
some ideas, but alarmed that the rest of the citizenry seemed
to be apathetic and uninformed about a subject so crucial to
human survival — admittedly not something you're likely to
hear about on the six o'clock news or in USA Today.
Naturally, I was gratified to hear the James Bowdoin speaker,
Robert Havener, address this subject in his talk, for the topic
of agriculture is something a student might otherwise not
spend half an hour thinking about in his or her entire four
years at Bowdoin, and this is certainly a tragedy in the
making. History is stuffed with examples of civilizations that
collapsed when their leaders did not understand the socio-
economic realities of contemporary agriculture nor what its
ecological and political consequences would be — as
documented by Vernon Carter and Tom Dale in their classic
masterpiece Topsoil and Civilization .
I was disappointed, however, that the talk did not address
the highly controversial sociological and environmental effects
of the Green Revolution in numerous developing countries
around the world. It turns out that it's not enough to say,
"There are lots of hungry people, so let's produce high-
yielding grain varieties." Such a narrow perspective isdeadly.
It produces heart-attacks and colon cancer among the wealthy,
and starvation among the poor. Why? Because high-yielding
varieties presuppose a highly technological agriculture, based
on ever-more-expensive fossil fuel inputs, which can best be
executed on large commercial farms. This wipes the traditional
animal-powered or hoe agriculture farmers off their land and
sends them and their families to the city to join millions of
others who must now buy their daily sustenance. But due to
industrialization and high unemployment, they are now too
poor even to buy their grain.
Why? Because in general, tractor-produced grain cannot
feed the poor . The high cost of inputs means that farmers must
sell where they can get high prices — not to the poor, but to
wealthy livestock producers. By and large, tractor-produced
grain produces meat to feed to wealthy and middle class
families. This is the socio-economic reality, and this is true
even for much of the grain distributed via food aid programs
like P.L. 480. The upper classes eat the meat and then succumb
to various health problems we now call "diseases of the upper
class." Why is this happening? Because almost no one is
looking at the socio-economic realities. Research is there by
authors like Harriet Friedman, Frances Moore Lappe, Joseph
Collins, David Barkin, Rosemary Blatt, Vandana Siva and
others. But it might as well be a secret because so few are
aware of the grim implications of industrialized agriculture.
I was also disappointed that the talk did not address the
To the Editor
As you prepare for your futures, many of you are worried
about whether there will be jobs for you when you graduate —
jobs in which you can apply all you've learned, and through
which you can realize the American dream.
I know the feeling. Shortly after I was graduated from
college, Barbara and I moved to Texas with our young family
to begin a life of our own. I stated a business, raised a family,
and eventually began my career in politics. I want all of you
to have the opportunity to graduate from college, repay your
student loans, begin your careers, and start families of your
own.
My A genda for American Renewal will do just that by
reinvigorating America's economy and creating jobs and
opportunities for all Americans while protecting our
environment.
Revitalizing America's economy starts with individuals,
families and communities. It requires lower taxes on
individuals and businesses, enhancing competition, and
cutting regulation. It includes health care for all Americans,
child care, job training, housing opportunities, a competitive
school system training, housing opportunities, a competitive
school system based on community involvement and choice
for American families.
My A genda prepares America's youth for the 21 st century
by promoting national academic standards so that great schools
have a strong student population from which to draw.
For you college students, my administration calls for the
largest-ever one-year increase in student Pell Grants, and a 50
percent increase in the amounts of individual Pell Grant
awards. In addition, I want to raise the loan limit on guaranteed
student loans and make the interest on student loans deductible
for federal income tax purposes.
My A genda calls for continued substantial funding for
responsible environmental protection. The United States has
the toughest environmental la ws on earth, and it was the Bush
Administration that proposed and negotiated the Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1 990, which I signed as the most protective
and market-oriented clean air laws in the world.
My administration also established a moratorium on off-
shore and natural gas drilling; accelerated the phaseout of
ozone harming substances; added more than 1 5 million acres
to America's national parks, wildlife refuges and other public
lands; tripled the rate of toxic waste site cleanups since 1989;
and collected more fines and penalties and secured more
prison sentences for environmental crimes in the last three
years than in the previous twenty years combined.
I call upon the youth of today to take up the entrepreneurial
challenge and join me in making America the economic,
export, education and environmental lead erof the 21st century.
Let's win the peace by looking forward, not inward.
My A genda for American Renewal empowers all Americans
to make their own choices and better their lives. No one will
be left behind for want of opportunity.
Good luck to you, and may you achieve your goals in life.
President George Bush
To the Editor
An open letter to the Campus Community:
If all goes as planned, the Campus Center will become a
reality in little more than sixteen months. For over half of the
students presently enrolled at Bowdoin, not to mention the
entire faculty and staff, it will hopefully become a familiar
part of our daily lives.
We are now at a very important moment in this process--
the opportunity to shape what the Cam pus Center will become,
with our ideas, opinions and suggestions, will never be greater.
We encourage you to take part in the exciting and challenging
process by sharing your thoughts on the Opinion Poll in
today's Orient, or at any time soon by contacting the members
of our committee directly.
Yourinput intothis process will have an effect. In our initial
surveys last spring, we learned what the broad outlines and
general character of the Hyde Cage renovation should be.
There was unanimous support for a sunny, green, open place
that also offered more intimate gathering areas; a place to
relax, hang out, have coffee with a friend, read a book, dance,
and generally enjoy ourselves. We also learned what it should
include — a pub, cafe, mail boxes, post office, convenience
store, game room, and a variety of gathering areas — to broaden
and improve the quality of social life on campus.
What we need to know now are more specific answers, as
the survey will indicate. Our architect will take the sum of this
information and begin to design in early November. As the
process continues, the options will necessarily narrow. By
mid-December, an initial design will be complete and the
building will be well on its way.
The architect is anxious to give us the Campus Center that
we want. Please do your part in the coming week by filling out
the survey, getting in touch, and helping us provide the most
accurate information — and the most successful outcome —
that we can.
Members of the Campus Center Planning Committee
A plea to professors from the
Library Reserve Desk
To the Editors:
Dear Bowdoin professors,
Please consider this plea from the reserve desk of the Main
Library:
If your reading or test-copy is less than 2 pages, have
handouts made by the department secretary and hand them
out in class instead of putting them on reserve.
The reasons are as follows:
1 . It gets tiring for Herman, and others at the desk to check
in and out these "thin" reserves to people who simply go the
the copying machine and back.
2. It does not save paper by putting them on reserve.
Everyone copies them, and there are usually 4-10 copies on
reserve already, which equals more paper used than if
handouts were made in the departments and given out in
class.
3. 1 think we pay enough at Bowdoin to have the department
pay for these copies.
Daniel Hinds
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1992
Okay, one more time,
Here's the Executive Board:
Ameen
Haddad '93,
Chair
Neil
Houghton '94,
Vice-Chair
Lauren
Deneka '95,
Secretary
Kristen
Deftos '94,
Public Relations
Erika White '95,
Parliamentarian
Fred Cobey '94
Claudia
Downing '95
John
Ghanotakis '94
Christine
Holt '95
Sajjad
Jaffer '95
Amanda
Masselam '95
Matt Murray '95
Dan
Sanborn '95
Mark
Schulze '93
Marc van
Zadelhoff '94
Here's what the Executive Board does:
. V Presents Student Opinion to the Administration
V Fills Student positions on Faculty and Governing Board
Committees
V Charters new clubs and review all campus clubs and
organizations
V Supervises Class Officer Elections
Here's What the Executive Board wants to accomplish this year:
* Improve communication between students, Faculty, and the
Administration through discussions and the Student Senate
*Create a more efficient system for dealing with issues of
Honor and Social integrity on campus
*Take a proactive role in campus issues
Any Questions?
v
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The Executive Board strongly encourages input from M. members of the Bowdoin
community. Our meetings are open to everyone.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1992
15
Scoreboard
Pate Team
10/10
10/13
10/14
10/17
10/20
10/21
Score
Field Hockey 3 (W)
Tufts 1
Men's Soccer 1 (W)
Tufts
Women's Soccer 2 (W)
Tufts
Women's Tennis 5 (W)
Tufts 4
Women's Rugby (L)
Bates 15
Women's Tennis 9 (W)
Bates
Field Hockey 3 (W)
PlymouthSt 2
Field Hockey (L)
Conn. College 2
Women's Soccer 2 (W)
Conn. College
Football 25 (L)
Hamilton 28
Men's Soccer (L)
Conn. College 3
Men's Rugby 33 (W)
Colby
Women's Tennis 9(W)
Conn. College
Men's Soccer 3(W)
Bates 2
Women's Soccer 2(L)
PlymouthSt 3
Field Hockey 4(W)
Bates v
Record
8-0
3-6
8-0-1
5-2
0-1-1
6-2
9-0
9-1
9-0-1
1-2
3-7
4-1
7-2
3-8
9-1-1
10-1
Bates defeated in OT
(CONTINUED FROM PG.16)
It was a typical Bowdoin-Bates
match with both teams playing real
hard and lots of emotion on both
sides. We put forth a great team
effort and can out with a big win."
Bowdoin hopes to continue their
renewed winning spirit this
weekend. With a talented Trinity
squad visiting this weekend and a
tough match against Colby on the
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Women's soccer loses in OT
Plymouth St. pulls out a 3-2 win over the Bears
By Erik B artenh agen
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The women's soccer team, after
squeezing past Connecticut College
to continue their ten-game
undefeated streak, railed to topple a
strong Plymouth State squadon the
road and suffered their first loss of
this impressive season.
Last Saturday, the team traveled
to Connecticut College and fought
to a 2-1 overtime victory. Despite a
distinct ad vantage in play, the Polar
Bears found themselves behind 1-0
at the half.
Faced with the daunting task of
coming back against a solid team on
the road, the team applied
considerable pressure and finally
broke through with a scant fourteen
minutes remaining. Sophomore
midfielder Elizabeth Stewart
outraced the opposing goalie to a
free ball and slipped it into the net
despite colliding heavily with the
keeper.
The squad capped the comeback
as senior co-captain Julie Roy placed
a perfect chip shot over the goalie
and under the crossbar in overtime.
Head Coach John Cullen said that
the final score was the "correct
result" based on the performance
of his team. Despite the apparent
closeness of the match, the Polar
Bears out shot the opposition 21-9
and played a better overall game.
Cullen credits the excellent play of
the Connecticut College goalie for
keeping her team in the game. .
Describing the overtime victory,
Coach Cullen expressed satisfaction
with his team's comeback effort.
"This was the first time all season
that we've had to play from behind,"
said Cullen. "We snowed a lot of
character and hustle in tying the
game and then going on to win it in
overtime."
Following this victory, the team
traveled to Plymouth State to face
the toughest opponent of the season.
Coming into the game, Plymouth
State was ranked number one in the
Division III New England polls and
number two nationally. The final
score reflected these polls as the
Polar Bears fell 3-2 in overtime in
spite of their strong showing and
tenacious play.
After falling behind 1-0, junior
(Catherine Gould tied it up with
one minute remaining in the half.
The team tied the score yet again in
the second half as first-year Kerryn
Shean took a pass from Could and
slipped it into the net just inside the
right post.
The second-leading scorer on the
team with eight points, Gould was
unstoppable in this game as she
added a goal and an assist despite
double and even triple-team
defense against her. Yet before
Gould could add to her point total,
Plymouth State ended the game in
overtime by heading the ball past
senior goalie Caroline Blair-Smith
off a corner kick.
Even though the team allowed a
season-high three goals, the defense
did well by limiting the powerful
Plymouth State offense to this total.
In particular, Coach Cullen credited
first-year Cynthia Lodding with
excellent play filling in for the flu-
stricken Elizabeth lannotti '96.
Coach Cullen had nothing but
good words for his team after their
overtime loss. "Both teams played
extremely well. Our defense played
very hard against their explosive
offense and overall, I don't think
there was much difference between
our two teams."
The Polar Bears will bring their
9-1-1 record up against three
formidable opponents in the next
two weeks. Both Trinity, on
Homecoming weekend, and Bates,
next week, are in the hunt for ECAC
playoff berths, a fact which Coach
Cullen is well aware of: "These
teams will be pumped up to beat us
in order to make the tournament,
so we have to be very careful that
we don't suffer any letdown."
Winning these games would
produce home-field advantage for
the Polar Bears in the ECAC
playoffs, giving Bowdoin their own
tournament incentives to improve
their already impressive record.
Winning streak
ends....
(CONTINUED FROM PG.16)
to their winning ways. Just ten
minutes into the game Bowdoin
scored on a twenty-five yard
shot by Robin HunnewelL
Less than two minutes later,
the Bears scored agai n . This time
it was Amy Taylor '96 who
scored on two great passes by
Alison Mataya'95 and Emily
LeVan '95. The Bears added two
more goals in the second half to
trounce Bates 4«0.
Sweeper Cathy Small '95 said
after the game. The loss to
Conn. College was really
disappointing. Against Bates,
we needed to put the ball in the
net and we certainly did just
that."
Bowdoin, now 10-1, looks to
upset Trinity on Saturday,
October 24. Trinity is ranked
third in New England among
Division Hi schools while
Bowdoin is fifth.
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THE BOWDOIN ORtEWT SPORTS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1992
Sports
Field hockey ends winning streak against underdog
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
Over the last two weeks the
Bowdoin Field Hockey Team has
made sports history. Despite
suffering their first defeat of the
season, at the hands of Connecticut
College, the Polar Bears set the
record for most consecutive wins in
a season. The previous record, held
by the 1972 and 1976 squads, stood
at seven. With victories over Tufts
and Plymouth State, Bowdoin
stretched its streak to nine straight
wins. The team is currently ranked
fifth in the New England Division
III field hockey polls.
On October 10, Bowdoin faced
off against the 2-4 Jumbos of Tufts.
The two teams played host to a
sizable Parents Weekend crowd.
The Bears wasted no time in exciting
the spectators, when they scored at
454 of the first half. The goal was pour on the pressure and scored scramble in front of the net. Mataya
scored by Jen Bogue '94 after again at 8:06 to make it 2-0. This added her second goal in the second
ricocheting a shot off of a Tufts time the goal was put home by half to give Bowdoin a comfortable
defender. Bowdoin continued to forward, Alison Mataya '95, after a 3-0 lead. Tufts scored late in the
second half and the final score stood
at 3-1. Bowdoin thouroughly
dominated this game.
After parents weekend, the Bears
hit the road for two games against
Plymouth St. Oct. 14 and
Connecticut College Oct. 17.
Despite being outshot by Plymouth
St., Bowdoin scored their ninth
straight victory with a 3-2 win.
Bowdoin scoring wasdoneby Robin
Hunnewell '94, Kristina Rehm '94,
and Christine Kane '96. Bowdoin
held a 3-0 lead when Plymouth St.
put in two late goals. With several
minutes left, there were some
anxious moments; however, the
Bears staved off their foes and
emerged victorious.
Bowdoin's stumbling block came
Week In Sports
Pats Team
Opponent
Time
10/24 Women's
New Englands @
TBA
Tennis
Amherst
Sailing
True North V
9:30 a.m.
Field
Trinity
11:00 a.m.
Hockey
Men's
Trinity
11:00 a.m.
Soccer
Women's
Trinity
11:00 a.m.
Soccer
Women's
NESCAC®
1:00 p.m.
X-Country
Middlebury
Men's
NESCAC®
2:00 p.m.
X-Country
Middlebury
Men's
Bates
1:00 p.m.
Rugby
10/25 Volleyball
UNH
1:00 p.m.
10/27 Field
Colby
3:15 p.m.
Hockey
10/28 Men's
@ Colby
2:30 p.nx
Soccer
Women's
@ Bates
230 pji
rt
Soccer
10/30 Men's
New England Open3:00 p.m.
X-Country
® Franklin Park
Women's
New England Open 3:00 p.m.
X-Country
@ Franklin Park
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Volleyball
NESCAC Tourney
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fcOOpjn.
Smith '94 and LeVan *95 help the Bear's to a win against Tufts on Parent's weekend. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
in the form of the 5-5 Camels of
Conn. College. Despite the lackluster
record, coach Flaherty said, They
are a team on the upswing and have
now pulled themselves together
after a rough start." The Camels had
no intention of folding to the mighty
Bears, and beat Bowdoin 2-0 despite
being outshot.
After the game, coach Flaherty
said, "They played a better game by
beating us to the ball. We had some
great opportunities to score, but
could not finish it oft." The team's
record then stood at 9-1; however,
rather than take solace in their loss
Flaherty said, "We have to look at
this loss positively and learn from
it."
Learn from it they did. On October
21 the Bears returned home and took
the field against the Bates Bobcats 4-
3-1 . They wasted no time in returning
(CONTINUED ON PG. 15)
Team Rankings
CROSSCOUNTRY °
N.E.Div.3Polls
Men
1. Brandeis
2. Williams
3. Coast Guard
4. Colby
5.M1T
6. Bowdoin
7. Tufts
$, Bates
fcWesleyan
10. UMass-Dart mouth
Women
1. Bowdoin ■
2. Williams
3. Coast Guard
4. Brandeis
S.Colby
6. Tufts
7. Bates
8. UMas*-Dartmouth
9. Conn. College
10. Mt. Holyoke
SOCCER
ISAA Polls
Men
l.WPI
2. Conn. College
3. Babson
4. Western Conn.
5. North Adams
6. Bates
7. Williams
8. Middlebury
9. Colby
10. Salem
Women
1. Plymouth St.
2. Williams
3. Bowdoin
4. Salem
5. Amherst
6. UMass-Dartmouth
7. Conn. College
8. Babson
9. Bates
10. Eastern Conn.
Results as of 10/20
Men's soccer defeats Bates in OT
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
Since they lost six straight games,
the men's soccer team has won two
out of three, including a recent split
on the road with a 3-0 loss at
Connecticut College and a huge 3-
2 overtime win against Bates. These
results move the team's record to 4-
7 with only three games remaining.
After a big win against Tufts the
week before, the Polar Bears looked
to continue their winning
momentum against Connecticut
College on Saturday. But beating
Connecticut College, a highly
ranked and undefeated team,
proved to be too tall an order as the
squad dropped a 30 decision.
In the first half, the two teams
played a close defensive game with
limited scoring opportunities for
both teams. Connecticut College
managed to slip one into the net to
take a 1-0 lead into halftime. Early
in the second half, the Polar Bears
had two good scoring opportunities
yet failed to knot the score. After
surviving this offensive flurry
unscathed, Connecticut College
scored two more goals to put the
game away.
Head Coach, Tom Gilbride, saw
his team play a strong match in the
first half before things fell apart in
the second. "Until they got their
second goal," said Coach Gilbride,
"it could have been anybody's
game. We looked very good the
entire first half and the start of the
second half. After they got their
second goal, we had to try to spread
things outand make things happen,
and this unfortunately took us a way
from our game plan and we weren't
as dangerous after that"
The Polar Bears then had to face
an equally tough Bates team which
had won its previous four games by
a combined scoreof 29-0 and ranked
sixth in New England. The team
rebounded well from the previous
loss to steal a big 3-2 overtime
victory.
The first half started explosively
with three goals in the first ten
minutes. Senior tri-captain Matt
Patterson scored off a cross five
minutes into the game to give the
Polar Bears a 1-0 lead. Batesquickly
erased this margin with two goals
in the span of one minute. At that
point, the game settled down into a
rugged and physical match
characterized by solid defensive
play. With only fifteen minutes left
in the game, Cory Crocker '94
volleyed a crossed ball into the net
to tie up the game at 2-2. First-year
Stephen Toot hacker won the game
for the Polar Bears with eight
minutes remaining in the overtime
period.
"This was a real nice victory for
us," said a pleased Coach Gilbride,
(CONTINUED PC 15)
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VOLUME CXXIII
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
NUMBER 7
Discrimination uncovered in African American Society charter
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
The African American Society of
Bowdoin College holds a policy that
threatens the freedom of
participation in its organization.
Although in the past the Am has
had non-African Americans as
officials, its charter states that it may
maintain blacks in all of these
positions. This violates the
Constitution of the Student
Assembly.
This charter holds the
Constitution of the Society, which
reads:
"Although membership is open
to all, we reserve the right to
maintain blacks in all governing
positions to insure that we present
an accurate picture of the black
condition in our society."
In order to receive a charter from
the Executive Board, an
"Organization must be open for
opportunity of equal participation,
regardless of race, sex, sexual
preference, age, creed, or ethnic
background," according to the
Student Assembly Constitution.
I n practice, the Society has hosted
non-black officials. President of the
Society, H. Kolu Stanley '93, said
that Jorge Santiago '94 was a non-
black officer. Still this technical
loophole remains on the record,
stating the Society's intention to
"We reserve the
right to maintain
blacks in all
governing
postions..."
consider the ethnic background of
officials in its Central Committee.
'"My thoughts are that this
appears to be inconsistent with
College policy, and it merits
review," said Dean of Students
Kenneth Lewallen.
In response to the Orient's
inquiries into the legitimacy of the
African American Society's
Constitution, the Exec. Board has
initiated a "friendly" investigation
of the matter. Nevertheless, for years
they have been approving this
charter with its inconsistency.
The Exec. Board issued the
following statement: "Be it resolved,
On 28 October 1992, the Executive
Board, as the representative of the
Student Body and empowered by
the Student Constitution, will
conduct a friendly investigation into
current chartered student
organizations to ensure that any and
all charters held by each student
group upholds and adheres to the
Student Constitution in both letter
and spirit."
The Student Executive Board
approves the charters of all student
organizations and reviews them
each year, and the specifications
cited are in the Student Assembly
Constitution. Thus it is important to
distinguish these policies from those
of the Administration.
However, there is a stark contrast
between this discrimination and the
(CONTINUED ON PACE 5)
Dean Lewallen addresses controversy
"It appears to me that that was inconsistent with the
College's prescription for equal access. Someone would
have to convince me that not allowing non-African
Americans is consistent with College policy. It would
have to he a pretty strong argument, and I don't see one.
I wish \\c could have a debate such that it wouldn't be
throiiiih letters and through the Editor."
Security develops a new sexual
assault policy to protect victims
Bomb threat empties Coles Tower last Friday
Security waited nearly two hours to evacuate students; culprit at large
Despite threat, Tower still erect.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
By Jonathan M. Quinn
orient staff writer
Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
Shortly after 5 a.m. last Friday
morning a visitor staying in Coles
Tower received a phone call from a
man who told her that there was a
bomb in the building.
Twenty minutes later, at 5:29 a.m.,
Mary E. McNamara '92, the visitor,
called Campus Security and
informed them of the threat. Security
Corporal Ronald F. Thomason, the
commanding officer on duty, was
immediately notified and, he
dispatched two officers to Tower
suite 9B, where McNamara was
staying.
Bowdoin is not a frequent target
of such scares, and "it took some
time to find a memo on bomb
threats," said Thomason in his
report on the incident. While looking
for the procedural memo, the
Security operator called the
Brunswick Police Department to
notify them of the situation. The
Fire Department was notified
around the same time.
The Brunswick police officer on
the scene called his superior, seeking
advice on whether or not to evacuate
the building. Meanwhile Corporal
Thomason called Faith Perry, the
Dean on call. Thomason, who had
previously received bomb crisis
training at the Brunswick Naval Air
Station, consulted with Perry and
the other officers and decided not to
evacuate the Tower. Using routine
procedures, Brunswick Police
decided that the threat was probably
a hoax, as are most of their bomb
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
Bowdoin College Security has
issued a sexual assault policy. The
policy isprinted in itsentirety below,
and is detailed in an article on page
3..
1. We will meet with you
privately, at a place of your choice
in the Brunswick Area, to take a
complaint report.
2. We will not release your name
to the press.
3. Our Security Officers will not
prejudge you, and you will not be
blamed for what occurred.
4. We will treat you and your
individual case with courtesy,
sensitivity, dignity,
understanding and
professionalism.
5. If you feel more comfortable
talking with a female or male
officer, we will do our best to
accommodate your request.
6. We will assist you in
arranging for any hospital
treatment or other medical needs.
7. We will assist you in privately
contacting Bowdoin College
Counseling Services and /or other
resources.
8. We will fullyinvestigateyour
case and will provide you with
viable options thereby returning
to you some power and control.
This may involve an arrest and
full prosecution by the local law
enforcement agency. You will be
kept up-to-date on the progress of
the investigation.
9. We will stay with you through
whatever process you choose
either Judicial or Administrative.
We will not force you to take
actions you do not want to take.
10. We will consider your case
seriously regardless of your
gender or the gender of the
suspect.
If you feel you are a sexual
assault victim, call your Security
Department at x3500 and say you
want to privately make a sexual
assault complaint. You may call
any time of the day or night.
If we fail to achieve any part of
the above policy, the Chief of
Security, Donna M. Loring (x3452)
will meet with you personally to
address the problem. Bowdoin
Security wants to help you make
the Bowdoin Campus safe for
students, faculty, staff and
visitors.
Coverage pages 10-11
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1992
Orientation
Sexual Assault Prevention
Chief of Security Donna Loring discusses ways of avoiding and dealing
with sexual assualt on campus.
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"Moondance" in your head all
day.
Taurus: (Apr. 20-May 20) Treat
yourself at the Steven Spielberg
restaurant. Order an E.T. steak
and a Close Encounters fruit cup.
Gemini: (May 21 -June 21) The
contents of your lava lamp will
be freed from their glass prison
and go on a nationwide killing
spree.
Cancer: (June22-July 22) You're
needed at the scene of an acci-
dent, but only to hold someone's
squirming severed head.
Leo: (July 23-Aug. 22) You get
your just rewards this weekend
when the Walrus Vendor comes
to your humble home.
Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Get
the kind of service you deserve.
Strap dynamite to your chest
and go to Wendy's.
Libra: (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) By the
end of this week, you'll either
receive a 50% pay hike or a large
bag of licorice.
Scorpio: (Oct. 24-Nov. 2 1 ) Drop
your pants and boogie all night.
Ravenous tree gnomes are throw-
ing a hcK^tenanny in your garage.
Sagittarius: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Take charge at the office. Pum-
mel your fellow employees with
a wrought iron mace.
Capricorn: (Dec. 22 -Jan. 19)
You need a release. During your
lunch hour, stay at your work
station and masturbate.
Aquarius: (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) For
a delicious taste sensation, try a
slab of glazed peacock meat on a
rye dinner roll.
Pisces: (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Barri-
cading your windows and doors
will prove fruitless because the
Minotaur has the strength of
100 men.
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beating the University of Maine, Farmington 38-0.
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THE BOWDOJN ORIENT NEWS ERJDAy, OCTOBER 30. i 992
Security grappling with
threats of sexual assault
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
Bowdoin Security is addressing
sexual assault on campus by
adopting a set of guidelines for its
officers to follow when dealing with
assaulted students. The policy takes
effect immediately.
Security has listed ten steps that
its officers will perform when
responding to students claiming
assault. "Security Officers will not
prejudge you, and you will not be
blamed for what occurred," say the
new guidelines, which guarantee
professionalism and sensitivity
when dealing with victims of
assault.
Chief of Security Donna Loring
has prioritized combatting sexual
assault since assuming her position
last summer. During the first week
of October, Loring attended an
international conference on sexual
assault in Florida. 'This was the
cutting edge regarding anything to
do with sexual assault. It was
colleges and universities from all
over including Canada. It was
security officers and Deans," said
Loring.
The conferences began during
the mid-1980s as a result of the
increasing rates of sexual assault
on college campuses. One 1986 case
at Lehigh University in Bethlehem,
Penn., helped to draw attention to
the increased violence. The so-
called Cleary case resulted in the
sexual assault of a female student
by a male student and her
subsequent murder.
"Sexual assault is now the
number one security concern. It
has surpassed theft," said Loring.
Parents of prospective students
have shown great interest in
learning about the rates of assault
on campuses. Congress recently
passed the Campus Right toKnow
Act which requires each college to
publish its crime and assault
statistics.
Loring said that assaults are
occurring on campuses, but that
victims are not reporting theabuse.
For example, a recent survey at the
University of Virginia showed that
5% of w6Wn students who
responded had been raped or
sexually assaulted, but only 2% of
that 5% reported theassault. This
new policy is geared to people who
don't know what to do," said
Loring.
Bowdoin Security's new policy
will seek to protect confidentiality
of the victim and the case.
However, Security is required by
law to inform Brunswick Police
that an assault occurred. "We're
not required by law to pass it on to
the Dean (of Students] office, but I
think that would be something
we'd do automatically," said
Loring.
She later said that if a student is
adamant about withholding
information of theassault from the
Dean of Students, that request
would be honored.
Loring is seeking to anticipate
potential sexual assaults, and to
have a clear policy in place for
Security Officers.
Fraternities renovate for bicentennial
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
"By the fall of 1993, all fraternities
must meet the safety standards and
fire regulations created and enforced
by Physical Plant." The College
made this ultimatum three years
ago along with the Henry report
that required fraternities to be equal
opportunity. This ultimatum,
combined with the celebration of
Bowdoin's bicentennial, has caused
many fraternities to undergo major
cosmetic and structural renovation.
Since the mid-1980's, Physical
Plant began routine inspections of
the fraternities. Every summer,
David Barbour, Director of Physical
Plant, would inspect the fraternities,
making sure that there were no
major fire hazards or structural
dangers in the house.
After the first inspection, it was
assessed that only a few of the
fraternities complied with Physical
Plant's safety regulation. However,
after two years, safety in the houses
skyrocketed, and, by 1987, most of
the fraternities met or surpassed
safety standards required by
Physical Plant. Even though the
safety standards were met, the
buildings were still in dire need of
structural and aesthetic renovation.
It is estimated by Physical Plant
that, in the process of renovation,
each fraternity will spend
approximately 250,000 to 1.2 million
dollars. This money comes from
alumni donations, fundraising and
student support. Some fraternities
have even gone so far as to borrow
money from banks or commercial
operators. Since the fraternities are
independently run and funded, the
The Theta house tears up its lawn,
gardening. Photo by Maya Khuri.
College offers no financial support
on renovation. Most of the money
being raised is required for the
fraternities to meet the standards
set by Physical Plant.
David Barbour does note,
however, that he would be happy
"if all the fraternities were like Hyde
Hall". Even though Hyde is one of
the oldest dorms on campus, it is
structurally sound and meets all
safety standards. Essentially, the
fraternities are competing with the
dorms. In order for people to
continue to live in the houses, they
must be as safe and as comfortable
as the dorms.
Some Fraternities and Their
Plans for Renovation
Alpha Delta Phi-This fraternity
underwent major renovation over
the summer. They installed new
ceilings, carpet, new wood floors,
and new light fixtures and repainted
the walls. They also put in some
new walls and made double rooms
singles. Their house is completely
fire safe and surpasses all structural
requirements. *
preparing for new trees and
Alpha Kappa Sigma- They have
recently installed a brand new porch
and driveway. Inside, they have
new wood floors, carpets, furniture,
and a renovated basement.
Psi Upsilon- This fraternity,
according to Physical Plant, needs
major work. They need insulation,
storm windows and major
structural renovation. Considering
the first floor is about to collapse on
the basement, renovation is
desperately needed.
Chi Delta Phi and Kappa Delta
Theta- These two fraternities don't
need much work. They have, in
past reports, been maintained fairly
well and, to renovate them would
be a mere improvement on what is
already pristine.
Delta Sigma-This social
organization has done more
aesthetic work than structural.
Basically, they polished the floors,
put in "spanking new bathrooms"
and made minor repairs on the roof.
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Pauline. and Sam (Bowdoin '66)
invite you to visit them
Quality floral service for all occasions, friut
and junk food baskets, balloons, & plants.
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Hey Bowdoin,
Your representation is lacking!
Student positions are still available on the
following committees:
•Lectures and Concerts
•Afro-American Studies
•Library
•Environmental, Historic, and Aesthetic
Impact
•Bias Incident (1 alternate position available)
•Bicentennial
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AND sign up! Interviews will be held on
Sunday, Nov. 1st, in the M.U.
All committee descriptions can also be found
at the M.U. desk.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, I 092
The Long-awaited
Return of the
Celebrated
Security Log
Compiled by Michael Golden
Tuesday, Oct. 20 1:00a.m.
A Security officer observes a
group of males streaking across
the Infirmary lawn. A studen is
apprehended at Maine Hall
where he put on clothes that he
was carrying. Another officer
arrived and found four full cans
of beer in his possession. After
being asked twice, he poured out
the beer. He denied that he was
streaking or was naked.
10:40 p.m.
A 10-speed bike is found
hanging over the rail fence on the
roof of Morrell Gym. The bike is
lowered.
10:55 p.m.
A vehicle parked in the Dayton
Arena Parking Lot is reported to
have been broken into between
7:00 that morning and 10:45 in
the evening. Six video tapes and
six cassettes were stolen. The
vehicle was not locked.
Thursday, Oct. 22 12:35 a.m.
An ambulance was dispatched to
Coles Tower kitchen after a
worker complained of chest
pains. He was taken to Mid-
Coast Hospital and released after
treatment.
Friday, Oct. 23 8:00 a.m.
While searching for an explosive
device in Coles Tower (after the
bomb threat), an officer found a
baggie of marijuana residue in a
student's room. The officer later
discovered a marijuana bowl.
Both items were confiscated,
tagged and stored by Security.
The bowl showed signs of use.
4:15 p.m.
A bike was reported stolen from
the bike rack on the east side of
Searles Science Center. The
victim attended a class from 9:30-
11:00. After class the bike was
gone. According to the officer
making the report, the bike was
"not secured to the rack or
locked."
Friday, Oct. 24 4:27 p six.
A resident of Brunswick
Apartment M4 reported that
someone was trying to enter the
apartment. Security found a
woman who was visiting a friend
in M2 trying to enter, M4. The
visitor had 'left [the] apartment
to get some fresh air in her
nightgown wearing no shoes."
She was "disoriented" and tried
to re-enter the wrong apartment.
Micro scale soars as Chemistry's pillar
Red Cross Blood Drive
Wednesday, November 18
Sargent Gym 3:00-8:00PM
Organizational Meeting: November 8 in Moulton Union
There will be a contest between dorms and
fraternities to see who bleeds the most
Questions? Call Mindy Abrams at 729-8633
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•Adopt a comprehensive plan for Brunswick
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By Ann Rubin •
orient staff writer
The October 23 dedication of the
new Microscale Organic Chemistry
Laboratory is a concrete testament
to the success of an idea that began
in the academic year of 1980.
Microscale involves revised
experiments conducted at a fraction
of their original scale and uses
miniaturized techniques with tiny
glassware.
The concept of microscale was
developed by Professor of Chemistry
Samuel S. Butcher, Charles Weston
Pickard Research Professor of
Chemistry, Dana W. Mayo, at
Bowdoin College and Professor
Ronald M. Pike of Merrimack
College.
The idea for microscale was
generated out of necessity. The
chemistry building, Cleveland Hall,
was in desperate need of renovation.
According to Mayo, "The building
was approximately 30 years old at
the time and the number of students
in it was two to three times what it
was meant to hold. The ventilation
systems were not efficient for what
we were doing. It was going to cost
$300,000 to renovate the labs and the
institution was faced with that bill."
Consequently, the members of the
chemistry department began to look
into alternative ways to solve the
problems of air quality produced in
the lab.
"It was at this point," says Mayo,
"that we came up with the idea of
trying to decrease the scale at which
the lab was run."
At the time the administration
viewed the idea as one that held
promise. Says Al Fuchs, psychology
professor and Dean of Faculty at the
time, "It seemed that in experiments
using very small amounts of
materials, the waste output of them
would be small as well. It looked
promising— all they needed from
me and from the college was some
initial funding."
The program was then backed
with $25,000 from the school. Fuchs
adds, "I think this is an example of
when individuals confront
problems with creative solutions,
and the administration recognizes
creativity in the faculty."
There were, of course, some
initial barriers to overcome in the
development of the Microscale
Laboratory. Says Mayo, "We first
had to miniaturize the chemistry,
then develop the equipment to do
the chemistry in, and finally
develop the techniques for
handling the material. It took a lot
of labor."
The first formal microscale lab
was run in the spring of 1982, and
was a success. Not only did it
produce less air pollution but it
also created a safer laboratory
because the amount of chemicals
"The most
exciting thing is
to see how it
works on the
students. "
used were too small to do great
damage. It was of greater
economical value as well and
produced a smaller amount of
waste.
According to Butcher, however,
the benefits extend even beyond
the concrete aspects. "The most
exciting thing is to see ho w it works
on the students," he states.
Joanne Holland, chemistry
student and summer lab assistant,
feels that microscale is a fantastic
advance in lab techniques. "I think
it's great," she says. "There is a lot
less waste and the experiments are
more interesting because you have
more opportunities to work with
d ifferent chemicals. Things also go
more quickly because it takes less
time for the reactions to occur. It
makes for a more continuous lab."
The benefits for the chemistry
student extend beyond the college
lab experience as well. According to
lab instructor Paulette Fickett, 'The
students who learn the microscale
techniques will be in great demand
later in chemistry research and
industry."
"This is because," Fickett says,
"in an age of environmental
consciousness, industry is interested
in not wasting large amounts of
chemicals. Microscale for them is
saving resources and money."
The change to a microscale
program is becoming widely
accepted both in the academic and
business worlds due to its efficiency
and lowered cost. Says Mayo, "The
change, however, is gradual. It will
probably take 20 to 30 years for a
complete switch, because it is such a
big change."
Since Bowdoin's chemistry
department is on the cutting edge of
the microscale technology, several
professors have published books
and manuals of instruction to aid in
the nation's gradual change-over to
a Microscale Laboratory. The most
recent of these books is co-authored
by Judith C. Foster, director of
laboratories at Bowdoin. It is called
Microscale Laboratory Manual for
General Chemistry and was written
with Zvi Szafran and Ronald M.
Pike. It is the third in a series of lab
manuals for undergraduate
chemistry students.
These manuals are being used in
an increasing number of colleges
and universities around the country
as the benefits of microscale are
being discovered.
The brand new Microscale
Organic Chemistry Laboratory at
Bowdoin is serving as a prototype
facility for these institutions to
follow as well in their instruction
with microscale techniques.
As Fickett sums up, "Having
worked with both the macroscale
and microscale techniques, I just
don't see any disadvantages with
microscale especially because it
produces less fumes and is better
for your health. I think that it is
definitely the wave of the future —
and the future is now."
Prepare to vote! But the districts vary
By Nick Jacobs
orient staff writer
On Tuesday, November 3, in
Brunswick and across the country,
people will be going to the polls to
vote in the election.
For those students who have not
been busy writing and calling
hometown voting boards and
anxiously checking your mail box
each day for an absentee ballot, and
have resigned themselves to voting
in Maine, the following list is
provided so that they can show up
at the correct polling place.
Students who live in Coleman,
Hyde, Appleton, Maine,
Winthrop, Moore, Coles Tower,
Baxter House, Brunswick
Appartments, 30 College St.,
Mayflower Appartments, Kappa
Sig, 40 Harpswell St., Chi Delta
Phi, and Chi Psi, fall in the seventh
district, which is located at the
Coffin Street School. Students
must go out Maine Street, towards
the town of Harpswell and stay on
it after it becomes Longfellow, the
Coffin St. School is located on the
lc ft ha nd side in between Columbia
Avenue and Barrows Drive.
Those living at 10 Cleaveland
Street, 238 Maine Street, AD, TD,
Psi U. or Beta vote in the sixth district
which is located at the Union Street
School. Students can get there by
turning left on Pleasant Street right
after the post office.
Finally, if students live in
Copeland House, they vote in the
fifth district, which is located at the
Recreation Center on Federal Street.
The polls are open from 8a.m. to
8p.m.
If students have not registered to
vote and still want to, they can
register and vote at the polls.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
Beyond the Classroom:
Professor Diehl
Israeli Consul speaks on Middle East
Sullivan.
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
This week in Professor Profiles I
had the opportunity to talk with
the Henry Hill Pierce professor of
English, Joanne Feit Diehl.
The meeting of one student and
one professor seems to be the
ultimate juxtaposition of each of
their schedules. Finally however,
on Tuesday 6:30 p.m. at the Kitchen,
Prof. Diehl and I got together to
tal k about 1 if e, books, and Bowdoin.
Diehl graduated after three years
at Mount Holyoke. From there she
went directly on to Yale Graduate
School, where she received her
PhD in American Studies with a
concentration in Literature. She
taught at different schools,
including Yale, Kenyon College,
the University of Texas at Austin
and UC Davis, prior to coming to
Bowdoin.
"Occasionally I go to concerts.
Before deciding to be a professor, I
was a classical musician. I played
the piano, violin and viola," Diehl
was a member of the New Haven
Symphony at Yale while in
graduate school.
In her leisure, Diehl walks the
dogs, Phoebe and Felix, and feeds
her four cats. She also enjoys
reading for pleasure in the fields of
psychoanalysis, literary theory,
and contemporary poetry. The
latest book she has read is The
Straight Mind" by MoniqueWittig.
She describes herself as a professor
who reads continuously. To this
effect she reads her own assigned
reading before students do. "If I
can't read it, 1 don't assign it."
As a single mother and professor,
Diehl takes an interest in the
education of her daughter,
Catherine. "I try to be supportive
but not intrusive." Catherine, who
previously attended the
Longfellow School, currently is a
student at Waynflete, a college
with her daughter. Photo by Erin v
preparatory private school in
Portland.
"Bowdoin offers numerous
possibilities for interested students
willing to take advantage of the
opportunities presented. As chair
of the English Department, I am
strongly committed to increasing
offerings in creative writing." Diehl
plans to recommend the expansion
of the first-year seminar program.
"I am particularly impressed by
the one-to-one student/professor
cooperation on senior honors
projects."
Prof. Diehl has just completed a
book which is due out this Spring
from Princeton University Press.
The focus of the book is Elizabeth
Bishop and Marianne Moore in
light of the psycho-analytic work
of Melaine Klein. "I am interested
"Before deciding to
be a professor, I was a
classical musician.
I played the piano,
violin and viola, "
in thecreative relationship between
these major women poets. Moore
[has] influenced Bishop's work, but
Bishop's style is distinctive." Diehl
will look at how someone develops
her/his voice.
For her next project, Diehl is
interested in working on literature
and medicine, mainly the
relationship of narratives by
physicians, patients' accounts of
their experiences, and clinical
experience described in fiction.
On the theme of balancing
motherhood and teaching, Diehl
comments, "one experience
complements the other. At times I
need to balance the concerns of
family and the sense of
commitment to my students. [I]
find that inboth cases, one isdealing
with the invigorating process of
watching [people] grow."
First Wok is soon to reopen following
their new construction. But until
then you can get burgers, wings,
nachos, and a
whole lot more at
Joshua's
Tavern.
By Sarah Amell
t
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR
Thursday afternoon Bowdoin
hosted Yaakov Levy, general consul
of Israel to New England, as he
addressed the issues surrounding
the Middle East peace talks.
Levy's speech coincided with the
seventh round of bilateral peace
talks between Israel, Syria, Lebanon,
Jordan and the Palestinians. The
Government and Legal Studies
Department, the Lectures and
ConcertsCommitteeand the Society
of Bowdoin Women arranged his
speech.
According to Levy, the peace talks
that are now going on might not be
considered successful by U. S.
standards because they have not
resulted in any signed agreements.
However, he stressed that they are
a big step for the nations of the
Middle East because "it is the first
time we have gathered together in
the same room."
When the peace talks opened,
both sides confronted each other
negatively. Gradually, though, the
focus turned to critical issues
New diversity
bank
By Nick Jacobs
orient staff writer
The Student Executive Board and
the Student Activity Office has
designated $7,500 to be placed in a
newly created diversity fund.
According to the proposal, the fund
is designed to provide financial
assistance for programs and events
to promote the celebration and
appreciation of diversity at
Bowdoin.
According to Bill Fruth, the
Director of the Moulton Union, the
diversity fund is designed to be
"another element in addressing the
issue of multiculturalism and
diversity at Bowdoin.
"We're trying to encourage
performing arts events and things
of that nature. A good example of
this is the comedian, Joey Vega,
that LASO brought here a little while
ago.
For those that are interested,
funding requests are available in
the Student Activity Office in the
Union, and they need to be
completed at least six weeks prior
to the event date.
Write for the Orient!
Call x3300
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concerning individual countries.
Levy expressed the Israeli
government's desire for peace with
Syria, which would involve free
trade, open borders, etc. He said
that the major question is whether
or not the Syrian and Israeli ideals
of peace coi ncided . The Israeli ideal
would be peaceful interaction
between the two nations, while
Levy feared that the Syrians view
peace as simply an "absence of
...A big step for the
nations of the Middle
East. "It is the first
time we have gathered
in the same room. "
hostilities." He added that the
Syrians have given no indication of
their interpretation of peace.
A major issue of concern is, of
course, the situation of the
Palestinians in Israel . Levy said that
the Israeli government wants to
come to some sort of agreement
and that they have offered the
Palestinians an "accelerated time
table" for self-rule.
According to this time table, the
Israelis hope to see Palestinian
elections in December of this year.
By February 1993, areas of
responsibilities will be discussed,
and Palestinian self-rule could
possible occur in April or May. All
this depends upon the progress of
the talks.
Besides the political aspects of the
Middle East, the talks also involve
multilateral concerns such as the
environment, the Middle East's
economic development and
refugees. Other countries who have
an interest in the Middle East have
participated in the peace talks. Levy
said the Israelis welcomed other
nations to "share the problems with
us, and participate in the solutions."
He referred to the nations as a "circle
of peace" discussing issues such as
tourism, communication, and
transportation.
Levy stressed that while the
current peace talks may not end the
trouble in the Middle East, both
"Arabs and Israelis agree upon
(them] as the framework and the
base" of peaceful negotiations.
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threats.
At approximately 6:30 a.m.
Thomason contacted Chief of
Security Donna Loring, who was in
Vermont at the time. "My response
was you definitely have to clear [the
Tower]. They (had] to get those
students out of there," said Loring.
She also directed Thomason to call
Brunswick Naval Air Station, who
had assisted Bowdoin in the past
with similar threats.
Following Loring's orders,
Corporal Thomason and the other
officers on the scene proceeded to
evacuate the building by pulling
the fire alarm. Following procedures
used during fire alarms, the
residents were evacuated to Daggett
Lounge, directly adjacent to the
Tower.
Naval Air Station personnel later
informed Security that sounding the
alarm could ha ve caused some types
of bombs to detonate. Security also
learned that the surrounding
buildings should have been
evacuated, including Daggett
Lounge.
Brunswick Naval Air Station sent
two officers and a bomb-sniffing
dog to the scene. Without the dog "a
bomb search would take 2-3 days,"
said Loring. By 7:15 a.m. the dog
and several officers searched the
Tower and failed to find any
explosive device.
Last Friday's bomb threat was
Bowdoin's first since Baxter House
was threatened last fall. "In
retrospect, there were weaknesses
in our procedure which we detected
and we've taken steps to correct
them," said Loring.
In response to the bomb threat,
Loring has now developed a
standard set of procedures for
dealing with such threats. On
Wednesday Loring held a staff
meeting explaining the new
procedures to her officers.
Security will now evacuate not
only threatened buildings but also
any that are within 300 feet.
Evacuations will also be conducted
on a room-to-room basis and not by
fire alarms that could potentially
detonate bombs. Loring
distinguished Security's attitude
from that of Brunswick Police, who
treat most bomb threats as pranks.
"Our policy is going to be responsive
and to evacuate people. We will
adopt a standard operating
procedure from the MaineCriminal
Justice Academy and gear it to our
needs," said Loring.
Loring and Security Officer John
Alexander are arranging a seminar
with the Naval Air station to train
Security personnel about bomb
threat procedures.
■Discrimination in charter
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Governing Boards' policy
concerning single-sex fraternities.
As the Governing Boards moved to
eliminatethem last spring. President
Edwards cited concerns about
preparing for a world without social
barriers. He said in a speech on
February 10, "We are entering a co-
ed and non-discriminatory world."
Stanley said this specification
"should not have to be changed."
She said "I don't think it should be
an issue," and made a comparison
to issues of gender. "A man cannot
understand or be expected to
understand or run a women's
group."
Stanley, however, does not decide
about officially changing this policy.
She said "it is a collective decision"
that all members of the Am would
consider.
Sheria Pope '95, historian at the
Am, said, "I have nothing to say
about the charter."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
Arts & Leisure
Colorful ensemble to perform tonight
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
Seven members of the 13-piece
jazz ensemble called "Orange Then
Blue" will perform in Kresge
Auditorium on Friday, October
30at7:30p.m.Thissmaller version
of the Boston-based ensemble call
themselves "Orange Then Light
Blue" and includes George
Schuller, director and drummer;
Ben Street, Bass; Dave Douglas,
trumpet; Andy Laster, saxophone;
Chris Speed, saxophone; Mark
Taylor, French Horn; and Gary
Dial, piano.
The 13-piece jazz ensemble was
founded in 1984 by New England
Conservatory students. Their
repertoire includes pieces that
combine cross-cultural influences
with original compositions and
arrangements made by such artists
as Gil Evans, Charles Mingus,
Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington,
Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.
Since their founding, they have
performed at numerous top
venues and jazz festivals, including
Orange Then Blue to jazz up the Bowdoin scene with their funky tunes.
the Boston Globe Jazz Festival and
the Festival Internationale de Jazz de
Montreal.Theensemble wonthel990
Boston Music Awards Best Jazz
Album for Gunther Schuller's
"Jumpin' in the Future."
"Orange Then Blue" has also put
together four albums. Their debut
album, "Music for Jazz Orchestra,"
was released in 1 987. Since then, the
group has released SCO's: "Jumpin'
in the Future"(March '89), "Where
Photo courtesy of College Relations.
Were You?" (July '89), and their
most recent, "Funkallero," released
in October '91.
In addition to solo performances,
"Orange Then Blue" has
collaborated with several notables
such as George Adams, John La
Porta, Howard Johnson and
Gunther Schuller; vocalists
Dominique Eade, Olga Roman and
Mili Bermejo; and with groups
Fortaleza (which has performed at
Bowdoin previously), Marimolin
and Night Ark. Their past concerts
have been quite successful and have
received rave reviews. The Boston
Globereports: "...'Orange Then Blue'
blends power and loose ensemble
playing with very strong, rich, subtle
writing." Wrote Cadence Magazine,
'Orange Then Blue' is "...the most
outstanding of Boston's new large
jazz ensembles." The Burlington Free
Press describes them as "trafficking]
in wild avalanches of sound with a
rare combination of wit and
ferocity."
Be sure to pick up your ticket
soon for this once in a lifetime
"jazzfest"; they are free at the
Moulton Union Information desk
with Bowdoin I.D., $10 for the
general public and $8 for senior
citizens. Remember, in Kresge
seating is very limited, so pick up
your ticket today because this
concert should pack a full house.
Goblins, ghouls and ghosts help Bath children's home
People enjoying themselves at Chi Psi Haunted House.
By Alex Moore
- orient staff writer
The Halloween festivities
started before the thirty-first this
year at Bowdoin, as the members
of Chi Psi displayed their annual
haunted house Thursday night,
October 29. Between the hours of
6:30 and 8:30, creaking staircases,
bodies in coffins and dark hallways
brought screams and screeches
from many a child, young and old
alike. "It was fun. I think our group
screamed more than some of the
younger kids did," said self
proclaimed child Tori Garten '95.
For many years now, the creepy
house located at 7 Boody Street
has spent hours preparing their
haunted tour, giving anyone in the
spirit of Halloween a good scare. The
house attracts many students from
the college itself, as well as young
children from the downtown
Brunswick area. Other happy
participants include the group of
young women that travel up from
the Bath Children's Home to join in
the excitement of this fall holiday.
This year the haunted house
included the famous movie character
Jason, of Friday the Thirteenth fame,
accompanied by his axe, as well as a
figure known as "the hanging man."
Though there were many other
bloody and scary obstacles along the
tour, these two were agreed on by
most to be the most frightening.
In order to make this years
haunted house the best ever, Chi Psi
began hanging sheets and applying
makeup at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday
afternoon. Work did not cease until
four hours later when the finishing
touches were applied to the rooms
and hallways. At 6:30 p.m., the pre-
Halloween events began.
Courageous individuals entered
through the front door and were
met by a guide who warned each
participant to "stay together no
matter what". Five or ten minutes
lateT, the tour through the house
finished and the group trampled
down the back staircase, out of
breath but full of smiles.
Among one of these groups were
a few young boys from Brunswick
who came up the street to catch the
yearly haunted house. "It was great.
It must have been really scary for
the younger kids. For us it was scary
but at times also funny too, which
made it a good time," stated the trio
of Sam Crawford, Josh Henshaw
and Lee Shepard.
They felt the tour was fun and
stated that this was the second time
they had ventured through Chi Psi's
dark hallways.
After having made it through the
haunted maze, refreshments were
served for all to enjoy. Cookies,
cider, bowls of assorted candy and
even an orange and black pumpkin
cake covered the food table. Even a
fire had been lit in the fire place,
adding to spooky atmosphere. It
Photos by Erin Sullivan.
was obvious that people were
having a great time as the guide
once again asked if anyone would
like another run through the house
and was bombarded by loud and
excited positive responses from the
crowd.
P.J. Wood, a young girl from the
Bath Children's Home laughed as
she said, "I was scared. Someone
grabbed my foot and I flew down
the stairs." "It was scary upstairs
but not so much downstairs," stated
Crystal Larue, also with the group
of girls. Her friend, Diane Harris
agreed and added, "I think they did
a good job, I was scared a little bit,
mostly when a guy tried to grab
me."
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 7)
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1992
Tower captures Domino's Dorm Wars
Thirty large pizzas, 100 servings of Coke and Domino's mugs awarded
By Brian Sung
orient asst. arts & leisure
EDITOR
Dorm Wars. The three week
competition took the Bowdoin
campus by storm. The Domino's
Pizza-sponsored battle caused
friends to mislead each other,
massive pizza parties and, to the
losers, heartbreak and
disappointment.
The winners were jubilant and
overjoyed . They had won the coveted
prize of "A Pizza Party consisting of
We're really
excited about
this. We want
our justly
de served pizza.
Thirty(30) Large Pizza and 100
servings of Coke, plus a Domino's
SuperGulp Party Mug forevery team
member." The campus was divided
equally into fourteen equal "teams"
and competed from October 2 to
October 18. The final standings?
DFloors 9-15 Coles Tower; 2) Maine
Hall; 3)Floors 2-8 Coles Tower;
4)(tie)Baxter House and 4,14,30,38
College Street
Copeland House, Afro-Am,
Mayflower and 5 and 14 McKeen and thought we'd pulled it off."
Street; and 6)Coleman Hall. "We solicited money and threw
Ken Rolse, the manager of many pizza parties but fell short/
Domino's Pizza, loved the idea of
Dorm Wars, which was presented
to him by a fellow Domino's
employee. His one problem? "We
should have advertised earlier. It
worked great the last week, but the
word didn't get out fast enough."
says Machin's roommate, Ben Wells
'96. 'It was brutal."
Jamie Oldershaw '96 of Coleman
Hall put the contest into perspective.
"Our room ordered something like
ten pizzas a week, but nothing
worked. I'd like to shake the hands
The response from thecampus was of those Tower people, but I know
still overwhelming. The students we tried hard. This was my dream.
have even tried "dubious tactics"
to win the prize.
"The people of 12A are
unbelievably happy," said Bryan
Thorp '95. "We monopolized the
game. We even had a strategy. We
would call our friends over to watch
television and have a pizza. We'd
This [is terrible] because I spent my
free time ordering pizza or getting
others to order. This is a blow," he
said quietly. "Dorm Wars was a
We solicited
then bag them and make them eat yyt r\ yi p\i (YY\(\
their own pizza. They'd pay, and J
j<dh r the credit .owanis our fo^ ^^
Derek Armstrong '95, also a
Chi Psi Haunted house
uereK Armstrong io, aiso a • * •
resident ofl2A said, "We're really piZZtt pOXtieS. . .
It was brutal.
excited about this. We want our
justly deserved pizza."
Other participants expressed
their frustrations at not winning.
"It was definitely a major upset.
We lacked unity and a strategy,
which we had hoped would have
been organized by our proctor,
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6)
A little unexpected thrill was added
to the night when a fire alarm was
accidentally set off on one of the
tours. Excitement was provided by
the Brunswick fire fighters who
drove up, lights flashing and made
a mandatory check to see if
everything was alright. As soon as
that small episode was over it was
lights off again and back to the
entertainment.
Behind all of this fun and laughter
though, lies something on a more
serious note. Each year, Chi Psi
devotes this time not only to give
people a good time, but more
importantly to raise money for the
Bath Children's Home. This is a non-
profit organization that houses
young teenagers, where a few
Bowdoin students volunteer to
spend time with the girls. "Wedon't
charge admission to go through, but
people are encouraged to give
donations to Bath Children's
Home," stated Chi Psi member Mark
Manuel '92.
Rebecca Young '95, a Bowdoin
student involved with the group of
girls was enthusiastic about what
Chi Psi was doing for these kids. "It
shows them that there are a lot of
people out there who care about
them, and then most importantly,
they have a great time." Not only
were the volunteer students
thankful for these efforts, but so
were the girls themselves. "I am
really thankful that they aregetting
donations for us because we are a
non-profjt organization and we
need the money," expressed Cathy
Macleod. On a lighter note,
Macleod's friend, Ellie Easter
commented after her tour of the
house, "I'm just thankful that I'm
still alive."
If you did not catch this year's
pre-Halloween haunted house, be
sure not to miss it next year. It is a
fantastic way to get involved in
helping a good cause, as well as
have great holiday fun. Chi Psi is to
be commended on a scary,
entertaining evening and a job well
done.
great idea, and 1 hope they give us a
second chance."
Well, that could be likely. Rolse at
Domino's says that Domino's is
looking into a better publicized and
Andrew Bachellor — but his apathy organized "Dorm Wars." So, heads
led to more disappointment and up Bowdoin, you just may get
empty stomachs, " said Rob Shaffer
'95, of Moore Hall.
"We're very disapointed," said
Ben Machin '96 of Maine Hall, "We
had an incredible push at the end
another crack at thirty free pizzas
and one hundred complimentary
sodas for you and your friends, and
as Kevin Petrie '95 simply says, "I
love Dominos."
The Dirt on Alice in Chains
The Big Brother/
Big Sister Program
would like to thank the
Senior class, Chi Psi
and the bookstore for a
great Halloween party.
By Tad Diemer
orient contributor
While some people are content to
watch their favorite bands churn
out the same product album after
album, I have always felt it much
more satisfying to see a band grow
and change. Stagnation in music
quickly causes me to loose interest
in a band and its progress. After all,
once a band has reached its ultimate
form and has grown to its ultimate
potential, it becomes easy to predict
new material. Rehashed old work,
labeled as new work goes quickly
stale. Dirt, the third album from
Alice in Chains, demonstrated both
innovation and growth.
I discovered Alice in Chains on
MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" in 1990.
I took a chance buying Facdift, their
first album, after having heard only
one track. But I was rewarded with
a grungy album, full of anger, pain,
nightmarish lyrics, and real music.
Alice in Chains relied not on speed
and volume, but on catchy, grinding
riffs and hauntingly evil vocals that
attempt to evoke the despair and
loneliness of the human condition.
In 1992, 1 came across an EP of
Alice in Chains called Sap. It was an
unusual yet logical variation of their
musical style. Entirely acoustic, it
managed to capture the pain and
hopeless of Facelift without the
gone are .
many of the
hallucinogenic,
"evil for evil's
sake" lyrics
of facelift
grinding guitars and smashing
drums. It was quiet and somehow
more despairing in its acceptance
of pain and fear.
In September, Alice in Chains
recorded Dirt. It combines the styles
of both Facelift and Sap, yet develops
a style of its own. Lyrically, it shows
growth — gone are many of the
hallucinogenic, "evil for evil's sake"
lyrics of facelift. Songs like "Them
Bones" and "Dam that River" still
grind away at a furious pace and
speak of pain and anger, yet songs
such as "Rooster," a strangely
moving and down tempo track
about a Vietnam vet are also found.
In the credits we find it is dedicated
to Jerry Cantrel's father, the
"Rooster." Tracks such as
"Sickman," "Junkhead" and "God
Smack" are about the confusion of
drug addiction.
Perhaps what is so appealing
about Alice in Chains is their
presentation of their message of
human ills — they never preach, they
merely present. So many bands
these days seem so high on
themselves and their craft; the
messages they sing about come off
sounding like hip versions of my
own father. Alice in Chains offers
no solutions, no answers, merely an
expression — an expression which I
find appealling to my soul, not my
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
Flink's Flicks
This week: Candy man "Sweets for the Sweet"
By Tim Funk
orient movie reviewer
Candyman (Tri-Star, RT: 90 min.)
is the second movie in two months
to be based on a story by Give
Barker. The first was Hellraiser III:
the continuing saga of Pinhead, the
ultimate price of evil from hell, and
now we have Candyman, the
ultimate prince of evil from the
supernatural beyond.
The movie begins with Philip
Glass' eerie music, reminiscent of a
cross between the same note on an
organ being played over and over
again and people repeating "Ahh"
over and over again. For the
purposes of this movie, however,
the music sets a chilling tone and is
used effectively throughout.
We meet Helen (Virginia
Mad sen), a graduate student at the
University of Illinois, who is
conducting interviews for her thesis
on urban mythological legends. The
one name that keeps popping up is
Candyman (Tony Todd).
Candyman turnsout to be the son of
a slave, who was chased down 170
years ago and killed for
impregnating someone he shouldn't
have. The cause of death was by bee
stings, which accounts for the
constant reoccurrence of bees and
bee imagery in this movie. His right
hand wa s sa wed off by the attackers,
so it seems that in the supernatural
supermarket he was fitted for a large
hook, which he now sports and uses
to dispose of people. In order to call
Candyman into the real world, one
must look into a mirror and say his
name five times. (Hmmm, for people
who are so terrified of this person,
his name does get said a lot.^When
he does appear, he stalks Helen and
says things like "Believe in me. Be
my victim." A proper response to
this would be: "Gosh, sorry, I have
to run, perhaps we can meet again
later?" Naturally, there are people
who Candyman just does not take
the time to stalk.
Deciding to investigate C-man
further, Helen heads for a gang-
ridden apartment complex where
Candyman has decided to make his
home here in reality. At the complex
we meet the only person who gives
a more than reasonable acting job in
the movie, Vanessa Williams
("Melrose Place"), as a terrified
apartment dweller.
The director, Bernard Rose, keeps
the tone eerie throughout, not letting
any humor sprinkle into the plot.
He is just a tad too fond of using
direct overhead shots for an
extended period of time. His largest
mistake was not including Sammy
Davis Jr.'s classic song of the same
name on the.soundtrack.
Overall, most of the performances
are pretty listless (Virginia Madsen
looks like she just graduated from
Zombie High); however, the script is
tight and there are numerous
genuine scares placed throughout
the movie. BE WARNED: There is a
lot of sick, gross carnage and blood
splattering in this movie, this is not
the ideal movie for a date. If you are
looking for 90 minutes of enjoyable
entertainment and are not expecting
too much, this film more than
adequately meets that need.
Rating (out of 10): 7
Sanchez: One man show, one night only
By Lesley Thomas
orient staff writer
George Emilio Sanchez, a theater
artist, presented "El Cacique Cholo
in the Land of Nepantla /Chief Half -
Breed in the Land of In-Between," a
multi-media performance work
which included music, movement,
video and text. This production was
sponsored by the Latin American
Student Organization in Kresge
Auditorium on October 29th.
Sanchez's background was
reflected in the play. He is a native
Los Angelino and a first generation
American of Ecuadorian descent.
He has worked as a co-lyricist,
performer and dramaturge on a
production of "Suenos" and for
Zone West, a performance company,
as writer and performer in "Atlantic
City: Tel Lie Vision." As part of the
duo, LosMuchachos, hehas traveled
to more than twenty states
performing an original play about
everyday life entitled "Flight of
Quetzal." He is also the director of
Global Kids, a multicultural
educational program that is
currently working in New York City
public schools combining drop-out
prevention with leadership training.
The play explored Columbus'
legacy and his conquest as a set of
historical events that occur in the
present using indigenous media. A
bilingual production, it was a
collection of vignettes that revolved
around Sanchez's life, growing up
as an Ecuadorian in North America.
Within the context of Columbus,
the piece explained Sanchez's
personal search for identity and
integrated creation myths of the
indigenous peoples of the Americas,
Amerindian histories of the
conquest, as well as the experiences
of a present day "Cholo"(Half-
Breed).
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Arts and Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Friday, October 30
7:30 p.m. Concert Series. Orange then Blue, 13-member
jazz ensemble. Free with Bowdoin I.D, Kresge
Auditorium.
Film. Them! starring James Whitmore.
Saturday, October 31
Film. Repulsion starring Catherine Deneuve and Ian
Hendry.
Sunday, November 1
2:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 Film Series, El Norte. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Monday, November 2
7:30 p.m. Lecture. Jasper Jacob Stahl Lecture in the
Humanities, "The Origins of Genius." Given by Cart
Pletsch, associate professor of history, Miami University,
Ohio. Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
Tuesday, November 3
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious:
Analysis and Interpretation. "Synchronicity: As It Can
Parallel Personal Transformation in Crisis." Judith Fowles,
author of The Heritage of Our Maine Wildflowers. Faculty
Room, Massachusetts Hall.
7:30 p.m. Concert American Music Concert L Kresge
Auditorium.
8:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 Film Series. Missing. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, November 4
1:00 p.m. Gallery Talk. "Collaboration: Dance of Egosi."
Given by James D. Cambronne, associate professor of fine
arts, Portland School of Art. Walker Art Building.
7:00 - 9:30 p.m. International Folk Dancing. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "Spain and Latin America in 1992:
Common Problems." Given by Heberto Padilla, Cuban
poet and dissident. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
Film. Secret Honor starring Philip Baker.
Thursday, November 5
7:30 p.m. Slide Talk by Ann Lofquist. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
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Bowdoin Students Should Vote For Clinton
With this country knee-deep in the worst
economic recession since the Great Depression,
where unemployment has soared to the current
7.8%, when the United States' infant mortality
rate is greater than Brazil's, with the United
States one Supreme Court Justice away from
overturning Roe v. Wade on November 3,
Bowdoin students should vote for Governor
Bill Clinton as the next United States President.
There are many more reasons than the ones
listed above to put Clinton in office.
With the debts incurred from the Republican
borrow-and-spend 1980's hovering over our
generation's heads as we enter adulthood,
Clinton proposes to cut the national deficit in
half (to $141 billion) by 1996. To this end, he
proposes reducing the defense budget by 4%,
in comparison to Bush's projected military
expenditures over the next four years, and
raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
Clinton also proposes to make all students
eligible for government loans which could be
partially paid back through a national service
program. This would enable all qualified
students to get a college education. He also
favors parental choice for their children within
public schools and public school reform.
Environmentally, Clinton advocates the
reduction of fossil fuel consumption by raising
auto efficiency standards to 45 miles per gallon,
while reducing nuclear power use and
expanding research on renewable power
resources.
Clinton has also voiced his commitment to
the American family by supporting the
recently-vetoed family lea ve bill and favoring
gay rights legislation. He also wants to abolish
the military's discrimination of homosexuals
and lesbians.
Clinton has promised to announce a
national health-care proposal that would
eventually lead to universal coverage within
his first 100 days of office.
While Bush proponents have accused
Clinton of being too soft to lead the military,
Clinton supports the conversion of the current
mammoth U.S. military into a more ef fident,
modernized, quick response force.
Clinton would also reduce taxes for the
middle class.
In sum, Bill Clinton is a man who sees the
appalling state of the American economy,
health care system, the educational system
and the environment. He is a man of vision
who, even if he doesn't promise to have all
the answers, is at least willing to tackle the
questions head on. For the first time in recent
history, the combination of a Democratic
Congress and President has the chance to
actually accomplish reformatory legislation
that might actually make some differences.
So on November 3, support the realignment
of American government and vote for Bill
Clinton.
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are voting for change on Nov. 3, and not for four more years or
the "just do it" mentality.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1 992
tuclent C> p i n i o n
Don't Edit
^ My Voice!
This Week:!
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Bowdoin Jewish
Organization
By Amy Cohen '95
When asked to write this week's "Don't Edit My Voice,"
I found myself frustrated. What could I write? As a leader
in a "minority" group on campus — BJO — this is my chance,
my fifteen minutes in t he spotlight . What do I want Bowdoin
to know?
I had some ideas: I could write about the High Holidays
and how it was a pain to deal with missing classes, not to
mention the Cibson movie. I could write about strange,
unconscious, anti-Semitic remarks I've heard this week,
one about the morals of Jewish women and one joking
expression I'd never heard before involving the name of a
Jewish holiday. I could write about volunteering in '
admissions and talking to a Jewish family who was happy
to hear from a Jewish woman here. I could also write about
my explanation to them about the ambiguities of Jewish
life at Bowdoin: how over 13 percent of the students are
Jewish but those who identify are much fewer. Or I could
write about simply being a minority at Bowdoin and how
I can empathize with the struggles of other minority
students here and those minority students and faculty
members who are not represented here. Or I could even
talk about the complexity of being a minority yet not a
minority, that familiar, unsolvable, complex of Jewish life
in America. I could also talk about a fellow BJO member's
independent study on attitudes about Jewish dating at
Bowdoin (Jewish what?).
But you know what? At the moment I am sick of
complaining, sick of speculating, sick of trying to speak for
a group who I may or may not represent well. I wonder
how many people realize how exhausting it is to be a public
member of a visible minority group on this campus. An
important part of my identity as a Jewish woman is the
concern for a wide spectrum of social justice issues, so in
addition to being active in BJO, I am continually trying to
act on these types of concerns in other contexts such as
Struggle and Change and BCLAD. As a result of this large
personal agenda, today I'm too tired to complain.
Obviously, I have an opinion and I have areas of concern,
and I even have my pre-programmed list of complaints,
but I can't do that all the time. It's not healthy.
I am grateful for this column which gives BJO and
groups like ours a chance to voice our concerns. It is one of
the only ways we can do this. If I ever write for the Orient
again, it may well be because I am discontented. But I want
people to know that it is not my personal goal in life to be
the eternal adversary of Bo wdoin because I just do not have
the energy. In addition, I realize that complaining is not
always entirely desirable or productive (as opposed to
action, for instance). Hopefully saying this will give me
and maybe some other people some legitimacy. The next
time I do have a concern to voice, it will not be coming from
a chronic whiner but from someone with a valid point that
needs to be made in our community.
13 v C ' ra i «» C he sloe
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Looking Starboard
Take out the clothespin. Elect Bush on November 3, 2992
The Bowdoin Orient today makes official what has been obvious First, he has learned his lesson about raising taxes, and he will
all along— the editors of this newspaper endorse Bill Clinton for work to hold the line on federal spending. Clinton will raise
president. Now, at the same time, this column will make an taxes, and he will raise federal spending. Since the tax and
equally shocking endorsement: despite all reservations, the associated federal spending increases started the recession
American people should choose to re-elect George Bush on (that may have ended), it is hard for this writer to understand
Tuesday. While this writer knows that all Orient readers will how another tax increase and more federal spending can help
need intense counseling in order to recover from the twin shocks the economy. Bush at least will put a (partial) stopper on
of these endorsements, it is now time for him to explain why a federal spending. Second, Bush will not appoint people like
vote for Bush is necessary on Tuesday. Gov. Mario "Scenario" Cuomo, Rep. Patricia Schroeder or any
Last week, this columnist attacked the "Vote for Slick Willie in of Hillary's radical left friends to important positions. Yes,
1 992, so that a true conservative will win in 1996" view that is having Richard Darman and Jim Brady in charge of economic
held by many people. Today, he takes on a much more difficult policy is incredibly stupid, but Cuomo on the Supreme Court
subject— why should conservatives, and the general public, give is just plain scary. Finally, Bush does not have the ethical
George Bush four more years in the oval office? problems of Slick Willie. But, this is not exactly a strong
It is true that Bush's first
term will not be fondly
remembered by historians —
heck, it is not even a fond
memory in this writer's mind
today. Bush broke the only
real promise he made in the
1988 election: we read his
lips, and then he went along
with a Democratic-
sponsored tax increase. The
foreign policy president also
brought us the incomplete
victory of Operation Desert
Storm (hello, Saddam),
Operation Just Cause in
Panama (made necessary by
a series of State Department
This writer will not be
shocked if, on Tuesday,
the American people
choose to go down the
wrong (Clinton) path.
mandate.
Tom Bet hell has written that,
"With a Brezhnev or And ropov
still in the Kremlin, Bill Clinton
would have no chance of
defeating Bush. Now that the
icbms are no longer pointed at
us, however, the U.S. electorate
may feel as free to change the
U.S. government as the British
electorate did at the end of
World War II." While Bethell
is correct, the lack of a
communist threat has given
Clinton (who must have
originally thought that 1992
was a spring training year for
him) the opportunity to win. It
blunders) and failed to develop a policy to manage the breakup is also clear that historians will find little else that will favorably
of the Soviet Union (have you seen your nuclear warhead compare the presidency of George Bush with the prime
today?). In addition, Bush has allowed the media and Democrats ministership of Winston Churchill. The fact that this election
to rewrite history, and smear the legacy of Ronald Reagan by is still marginally close shows how reluctant the American
declaring Jhc 1980's the decade of creed. A cartoon by Orange people are to put a Democrat in the White House — despite
County Register cartoonist M. Shelton describes this situation Bush's failed first term.
quite well: the cartoon shows Reagan giving a speech, while Bushcanofferonlyhispowertotrytokeepfederalspcnding
Ronaldus Magnus says, "As you have probably guessed by now, somewhatincheckandhisappointmentpowerintheexecutive
it wasn't me who kept dozing off during all those years of and judicial branches as reasons to vote for him. These two
economic growth!" positives (barely) outweigh the Bush negatives. But, it will not
This is not a stunning record to run on, as Bush has painfully be surprising if the people of this country decide that these
learned while his approval rating has plummeted this year. His two points — although important ones — are not reason enough
campaign has made Mike Dukakis' look credible in comparison, to keep Slick Willie in Little Rock. Either way, the election of
People warned Bush that a focus on family values and the slimy Bush or Clinton will do little to solve the problems this country
past of Ginton would not lead to his victory. Bush refused to faces in the 1990' s — the United States will have to wait until
listen to this advice, and he will probably pay for his mistake on 1996 for an opportunity to find someone with real solutions.
November 3. But, despite this negative record, it is clear to this The election of Clinton will make things worse, while the
writer that Bush must be re-elected, and he will mark Bush's box election of Bush will result in stasis quo. Either way, things
on the ballot, although it will be while holding his nose. will not improve.
The reader is probably asking the obvious question at this This writer will not be shocked if, on Tuesday, the
point. "Craig," the reader will ask, "you have written thousands American people choose to go down the wrong (Ginton)
of words during your tenure at Bowdoin about the failures of path. Just as a person lost in the woods will continue to move
Bush in both the Orient and The Bowdoin Patriot. How can you just for the sake of doing something, the American electorate
endorse Bush now, Craig?" This is a fair question, and the looks like it will choose Ginton for the sake of change,
answer is not entirely satisfactory. Movement in the wrong direction, a majority may reason, is
Bush can offer three very important reasons to vote for him: better than looking at the same tree for the next four years.
In last week's Fightin' Words I gave a shamefully cynical
outlook for the upcoming presidential election. For those of
you who didn't have the opportunity for even a cursory
perusal, the underlying message was that all of the
candidates were pitiful, and that you couldn't go right no
matter who you chose.
Well, that was then and this is now. And as a result of
gathering more data and giving the situation additional
thought I have come to an intellectual juncture in which I
can whole-heartedly support one candidate for the
presidency of the United States
I publicly and without reservation endorse the man I
know will be most experienced and trustworthy to oversee
the recovery and metamorphosis of this country for the
next four years. I endorse George Herbert Walker Bush for
the position of President of the United States of America.
Why George? Why support someone who I had just last
week called a loser? To put it quite simply, it is not that Bush
is some outstanding statesman who did an impeccable job
in the last four years. Quite the contrary, he could have done
a lot of things differently. He is certainly not a model
candidate. Nevertheless, his experience, character and platform
garner him a comprehensive advantage over Ginton and Perot.
Hence, it is not only by his strengths, but also contingent on his
adversaries' weaknesses, that George Bush stands out as the
most competent presidential candidate.
. . .domestically, America is better off today
than it was four years ago because our air
is cleaner, [and] our oppressed are more
securely protected against discrimination. .
The Bush administration has obviously done much for this
country in foreign policy, and despite what the media may say,
it has also done much domestically. George Bush passed the
Gean Air Act, he drastically increased funding for AIDS research
and prevention, he passed the Americans With Disabilities Act,
and he stimulated the economy by negotiating with the Federal
Reserve Board to lower interest rates in order to encourage
increased investment.
With the Gean Air Act, the United States now has the
toughest and most stringent air pollution regulations in the
history of the country. Yet, just as importantly, this was not
done at such a drastic level that it would significantly thwart
industrial development and productivity. Funding for AIDS
research and prevention has been augmented by hundreds of
millions of dollars since Bush sat in office. And although he
has not been personally vocal on the subject, the fact of the
matter is that most of the commercials we see, literature we
read, and research developments made with respect to AIDS
are in part, the result of federal money; money made possible
by the efforts and support of the Bush administration.
Concerning the Americans With Disabilities Act, one of the
most subjugated groups of people, the handicapped, were
protected from job discrimination by the federal government —
an unprecedented and indispensable step in our efforts to
protect civil rights. Lastly, as a result of the lowering of interest
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rates and it's resulting economic stimulation coupled with
purposely restrained government intervention, the recession
has been mitigated to an extent that is free from any chance of
vitiating into a depression.
As most economists will tell you, the economy has been on
an upward swing and has improved in the past six quarters.
To quote Robert E. Hall and John B. Taylor of Stanford
University (economics dept. heads featured in the New York
Times 10/16/92), "In recent months, press reporting about the
economy has been so pessimistic that it has completely lost
touch with reality . . . Real gross domestic product, the most
comprehensive measure of the overall economy, fell by 30%
in the Depression compared with a 1% decline froml990-
1991" In fact, the economy was far worse during the last
unilateral Democratic presidential/congressional rule (1976-
80) — kudos to the creators of tax and spend (i.e. Clinton's
"invest and grow" approach, new name, same bitter taste).
Tax and spend has never and will never work. Ask Jimmy
Carter.
To comment on the much maligned "trickle down"
economics, the U.S. exports more than it ever has before and
inflation and interest rates are at their lowest in the past 30
years. Yes, unemployment could be lower than the 7.5% it is
at now, nevertheless, it is still lower than the atrocious 10.8%
left by Clinton's democratic associate Carter. Maybe "trickle
down" did not do all that was predicted, but nevertheless, it
sure as hell did more than tax and spend — whoops — I mean
invest and grow, ever did.
To make a long story short, domestically, America is better
off today than it was four years ago because our air is cleaner,
our oppressed are more securely protected against
discrimination, and most importantly, our economy has
withstood the deleterious effects of the last Democrat
administration's economic aftershocks and a worldwide
financial recession.
Thafs it. You've heard my argument. Now vote for the man
you think has the most experience, has a real chance of
winning, is the most trustworthy, and is the most
straightforward when it comes to his intentions for the future.
Choose your next president as if your life depended on it-
it probably does.
itt
to t h o K cl i t <>
Governing Boards bring "Mr.
Roger's Fascism" to campus
To the Editor:
Who does Dean of the College James E. Ward report to?
Does Dean Ward report to John F. Magee, the Chairman of
Bowdoin's Governing Boards?
Isn't Mr. Magee the same guy who runs Arthur D. Little,
that politically correct corporate think tank near M.I.T., in
Cambridge, Massachusetts?
The reason I ask is because someone has got to reign in the
run-amok Dean Ward. Ward must be told that Bowdoin is not
A.D. Little. Bowdoin students are not P.C. corporate assets!
No, Bowdoin students are part of the Maine and U.S.
community. They come under its constitutional guarantees
and protections. They also have certain inalienable rights.
That would be the case even if there were no constitution.
Anybody who would intimidate students for what they do
legally, off campus, in our community, is out of control.
Anybody who would administratively stalk these students
off campus, in our community, is stalking me and mine! 1 offer
such potential victims my very best support, aid and protection .
After reading part one of the interview with Dean of the
College, James E.Ward, on Bowdoin's single-sex Greek policy,
I must ask how far off campus the Dean intends to carry
Bowdoin's policy of politically correct harassment, extortion
and intimidation?
Far enough to reach my neighborhood?
As a citizen of Maine and the United States, I must inform
John F. Magee that I am genuinely concerned about the
prospect of institutions— be they schools like Bowdoin or
corporations like A.D. Little— acting like the P.C Gestapo in
the community.
Listen, Mr. Magee: give it up! You cannot expect to punish
people for the totally legal things they do off campus or away
from the workplace. Who says that your persecution of banned
behavior will always be limited to Bowdoin's students!?!
When Bowdoin College starts coming after its students in
my community for doing something which is not only legal
but an inalienable right, then it is no longer merely a Bowdoin
issue. At that point, Bowdoin might as well be persecuting
me, my kids and my aged mother. Do you see my point,
Magee?
Perhaps we will have the opportunity to discuss this further
in Cambridge, at the A.D. Little corporate offices, where some
of this Mr. Roger's Fascism at Bowdoin College may have
originated.
Jonathan Malmude
Director
Constitutional Advancement and
Literacy League of Maine
Cheslog takes superficial view
of environmental problems
time to turn the page in Gore's computation of the costs of
what the post-World War II Marshall plan to reconstruct
Europe would cost in current dollars, they would have found
Gore's assertion that the costs of assistance to theThird World
cannot be borne by the United States alone, but should be
shared among the United States, Japan, Germany and the oil-
producing countries. Similarly, if the author of "Looking
Starboard" had taken time to read more than the facsimile
transmission of the Bush/Quayle opposition research team,
he might have a less superficial view of positions that Core
has taken on Environmental issues — and the scientific research
upon which those positions are based.
The October 2, 1 992, "Looking Starboard" column asserted
that "global temperatures have risen, at most, by one degree
Fahrenheit this century." More precisely, in the last one
hundred years, global average temperatures have risen by 0.6
degrees Celsius. Of far more concern is the projection in a half-
dozen computer models that the increase in global average
temperatures during the next century will be far faster — IS to
55 degrees Celsius (45 to 9.9 degrees Fahrenheit). The
implications of such a shift in global average temperatures arc
dramatic. Although "one degree" is used in the column to
suggest a minimal change, a shift of one degree Celsius per
decade would translate into a shift in vegetation zones of 60-
100 miles northwards in middle and upper latitudes. Because
terrestrial ecosystems cannot migrate at such a rate, vast
numbers of trees — in areas biologically similar to Brunswick,
Maine — would be likely to die.
Of equal consequence, is the potential for rising sea levels.
As the waters of the ocean warm in response to changes in
global average temperatures the waters will expand— while
warming at the poles will lead to melting of portions of the
polar ice caps and glaciers. A temperature increase of three
degrees Celsius would raise sea level by 50-100 centimeters,
and sea levels could rise as much as two meters by the end of
the next century. Although there is no consensus in global
climactic studies concerning the effects of these changes on
worldwide weather patterns, it has been suggested that
extreme shifts may result, leading to increasing numbers of
droughts, heat waves and hurricanes.
Even if Core is incorrect in his assertion that ninety-eight
percent of atmospheric scientists agree with his position on
global warming, the fifty percent figure that one can derive
from the Gallup poll and Greenpeace figures cited by "Looking
Starboard" should present a basis for concern; at least half of
the scientists engaged in the study of this phenomenon believe
either that "global worming has occurred " or that "the planet
is facing the risk of a runaway greenhouse effect," to quote the
column. While environmental policy should not be based
purely on polling results (in sharp contrast to the political
strategies which the Bush/Quayle campaign has opted for
this year), it is an unusual sight to see a politician like Core
take significant political risks to put an issue of such long-term
importance before the electorate, in defiance of the
conventional political focus on the near term. Unlike most
politicians who review poll results, sprint to the head of the
parade and call themselves leaders, Core has demonstrated a
potential for leadership on an issue which has far more
significance for this country's economy and way of life than
"character" or "family values." Goreisn't ignoring thefacts—
he's facing them.
Benjamin W. Lund '83
saying, but for those who were not, 1 would like to make
myself clear.
First, and most importantly, I am not advocating a
homogenization of the Bowdoin community. I did not
"intimate that Bowdoin's student body should be comprised
of almost exclusively Mainers." I am a very strong advocate of
diversity, but 1 believe strongly that economic diversity needs
to be a part of "the College reflecting more accurately the
diversity of the world around us." Of course we must look
beyond Maine for racial diversity, but it is not too hard to find
economic diversity here. I hope you were listening when I
said, "Here lies Bo wdoin's obligation to the students of Maine,
the obligation of making it possible for any qualified student
to come here. I do agree that Bowdoin owes this too// students,
but 1 would like to look at Maine because it is closer to me."
Second, I would like to clarify what I meant by the problems
with the Bowdoin social environment. I was perhaps unclear
because I did not want to tell people straight out that they
were being snobs. The problem with the Bowdoin social
environment is an ignorance of difference, economic or other.
This is something that needs to change if we are going to
diversify in any direction. As I said, quite clearly, we need "a
real commitment to making this a place where any will feel
welcome, no matter where they come from, what they look
like, what they wear or even how much hair spray they use."
This does not mean that wc shouldn't all bring to Bowdoin the
good differences from our backgrounds. In fact, asl said, "I'm
sure these students, coming from different backgrounds, will
have something to teach you, and you will have something to
teach them."
Finally, a* for the shock value of my speech, let me tell you
that I steered myself away from my wild, shocking, feminist,
socialist subjects so as to come up with a speech that was
relatively tame. I have included a copy of my speech and
would appreciate it if you would include it along with this
letter so that everyone will be able to understand what I was
saying on James Bowdoin Day. I thank you.
Julia Clark -93
Founder of Meddiebempsters on
"phantasma" and ultimate truth"
To the Editors:
It was reassuring to read the quick responses from Bowdoin
students in your October 9, 1992 issue to the screed directed
at Senator Albert Gore found in your "Looking Starboard"
column. Like Dan Quayle's claim in the recent Vice Presidential
debate that Gore had called for the United States to give $100
billion to the Third World in order to address environmental
problems, "Looking Starboard" strung together a series of
misstatements in an effort to portray Gore as a "typical
environmental extremist." If Quayle's handlers had taken the
Clark responds to Orient
Editorial criticizing her speech
To the Editor
I am glad that my speech on James Bowdoin Day got such
a strong reaction, but you misunderstood what I was saying.
I hope that others were listening more carefully to what 1 was
To the Editor
Re Thedcrivation of the name Meddiebempster.as reported
in the Bowdoin Orient of 2 October 1992.
May I suggest that your staff writer might have done a bit
more research before producing the fascinating piece about
the naming of the Meddies. It rather points out that phantasma
becomes legend and ultimately truth. The facts are
DMeddiebempster is one word.
2) There is no town named Meddie, Maine.
3) There is a Meddiebemps, Maine, zip code, 14657, and it
is intimately concerned in the naming of the Meddies. «
4) Regretfully, the name of the group was not derived from
its founder having, whilst blindfolded, thrown a dart at a map
of the State of Maine But what a great idea!
Actually, the current version of the origin of the name is
much more in keeping with the tradition and spirit of the
organization. And certainly more fun. There is much to be
said about vincit Veritas, but, alas, tdiauando bonus dormitatl
The given name of the founder, by the way, is not spelt with
a T but with a X" (as in Cod), noted below.
Geoffrey R. Stanwood '38
Vote on Nov. 3
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDA Y. OCTOBER 30. 1 992
i
Student Opinion
[StudentSpeak J
What is your opinion of Bowdoin's student government?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Background: With most student government positions What do you think its role should be? Are there any changes you
recently filled,we felt it was pertinent to see what students would make in it?" Surprisingly, most students felt unable to
thought of their newly elected representatives. We asked, answer because they knew nothing about Bowdoin's student
"How effective do you think Bowdoin Student government is? government.
TOM LEUNG '96
Mahwah, New Jersey
KIM HYLAND '95
Revere, Massachusetts
MORI AH COUGHLIN '95
Bangor. Maine
I've heard nothing about a student government. Do we
even have a student government? There's probably no power
in the student government since the administration runs our
lives.
If the administration really cared, they would encourage an
active student government, but since they don't it is a perfect
example of their lack of interest in what we care about.
The student government definitely has some effect because
last year they had some influence in getting the decision about
single-sex fraternities postponed. I think the student
government is ef fecti veat what it does, but that ultimately the
school makes the final decisions.
The student government at Wellesley seemed a lot more
vocal. It was more obvious that they were around. I haven't
heard much from Bowdoin's student government so far.
Maybe they don't get enough publicity for what they do.
I'm not saying they don't do a good job, but you don't hear
about what they're doing.
>
JOHN SKIDGEL '94
Bancor, Maine
MARC van ZADELHOFF '94
Westwood, Massachusetts
RASHID SABER '94
Salt Lake City, Utah
I don't really find that student government is that effective The student government at Bowdoin is as effective as
at Bowdoin. To get on any student committee it seems that students want it to be. If everyone is willing to be enthusiastic
you have to have friends on the Executive Board, or to get and not apathetic then it could really work well,
money you have to know people on the SAFC. But unfortunately, the few students who get involved have
trouble motivating the rest of the campus, and thus the
government is perceived as being ineffective.
> I think there's a lot of potential for the student government
to be effective with a motivated campus.
I think in terms of its effect, the student government does a
fairly good jobconsiderngtheapatheticnatureof the Bowdoin
campus.
Overall, however, I think it could do a better job. I think it
could do more to bridge the gap between students and
faculty, and students and administrators. Student government
also seems fairly weakin pro vidingalinkbetween the students
in general.
In a school as small as Bowdoin, however, I think it's
tougher for student government to be effective.
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Views From The Couch The 60 's, the bookstore andRenee: A tale of disillusionment
Brian
Sung
I sensed a disturbing trend in
today's youth, actually in today's
Bowdoin youth. This trend
horrified me at one point. What?
You aren't fa miliar with this trend?
Come now, where have you been
these past few weeks? Well, the
trend is the outbreak of sexuality. Yes, this outbreak has
led to two phenomena which have happened with
alarming frequency as of late — streaking and little treks
up to Montreal. But the blame for this trend should not lie
at their feet. No, that would be wrong; that would be like
punishing a dog who has been locked in a house for two
days for making in the master bedroom.
The flash of unblemished thigh has become a regular
sight on the Bowdoin Quad as of late. In fact, rumor has it
that there have been upward of ten streaks within the past
few weeks. I can only ask, why?
These trips up to Montreal-I saw all these youth
solemnly filing into their cars, bidding their male friends
and girl friends adieu. I even saw our esteemed Editor-in-
Chief (not Famham) crawl into an Acura with four other
somber looking men. The Orient's contacts have found that there
were six carloads of these men in Montreal over the weekend. They
all returned on Sunday and Monday looking slightly groggy, pallid,
and exhausted. For what purpose, I thought, did these men exhaust
themselves for? I soon found out. Their missions were unprintable,
and, to my aghast, they accomplished their missions. What were
What were their missions, I hear you
ask? I can only hint, so I leave you with
this clue-Club SuperSex
these missions, I hear you ask? I cannot say. I can only hint, so I leave
you this clue — Club SuperSex.
What has caused this rash outbreak of unadulterated hedonism?
I looked for answers and soon found those responsible for the blame.
Let me first say that the blame does not lie within these poor youth.
It lies with others. Their parents have suppressed their animalistic
desires, and the Club men compensate for their parents' lustful
sixties behavior. 1 can suppress my anger at these men, for I must
admit that I, too, have felt the repression by those who
enjoyed free lust before me, and nowhave sought to drag
me down to the depths of a sexual Hades.
But the mentality of the streakers still bothered me. Yes I
have seen streakers at sporting events, but the thought of
streakers on our serene campus put me into a state of
anxiety. Was this desire for nudity bred from generations of
men walking proud and naked before the invention of
polyester? Maybe, but that was so long ago. Why were they
streaking again? I asked a few of these, um, natural men,
why, and they gave me a stunning answer. "The bookstore" .
It was a unanimous answer. Why, I asked again. "We are
protesting the new line of sweatshirts offered at the
bookstore. They look like something out of the Grand City
catalog. We want cooler athletic wear. Until then, our
defiance will be expressed through our actions." My anger
quickly faded at this answer. Inebriation wasn't the cause of
this evil behavior, as I originally suspected . These men were
actually making a stand. I felt my anger abate as the tide
does when the moon is aloft. I solemnly shook the hands of
these brave men and no longer worried about the youth of
our time.
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Bowdoin faculty should learn by taking classes-just like students
This is an idea which deserves campus response from
both faculty and students.
I have been at Bowdoin for close to two and half years.
In this time I could seriously say that I have
had three professors who I would like to take
a class with again. This should not be the case.
I am not in a boat by myself either.
I propose that we, the students, develop a
program in which we encourage professors to
take classes along with students. The professor
would be asked to take one class a year, or
Chelsea
Ferrette
moreif they like, outside of their department. The purpose
of the program would be to get back to the basics of
teaching. It will allow the professors to achieve a
perspective of students' academic life while observing
differing teaching styles of their fellow colleagues. Thus,
professors will be able to expand their horizons on new and interesting
topics that they may incorporate into their classes.
It is my understanding that the purpose of a liberal arts education
is to teach a range of subjects for the students' general
learning. However, some professors have become so
concentrated on one style of teaching, that they have
become blinded to the existence of different views and
perspectives on teaching and learning.
I hope the professors who read this do not confuse my
suggestion as being one of asking teachers to audit classes.
I suggest that the professors take the course — this means
exams, papers, oral presentations, the works. Often the tendency of
professors at Bowdoin is to challenge students to do the impossible.
Well this is my challenge to the professors to do the possible.
Possessing a Ph.D. does not mean that a person can teach. It means
that a person was (and maybe still is) willing to learn.
This little piggy zvent to market, this little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none.
This little piggy cried, "Wee, Wee, Wee," and ran all the way
home.
Wieemdd. . .
Okay, Jon. Who should we offend this week? Women's
rugby? Done it. Independents? Had it . Everybody at this
place but us? Check.
All right then. We're going national, baby!
Have you ever wondered what
the presidential and vice-
presidential candidates really
think when they repeat the same
cliches 60,000 times a day? What's
really going through their heads?
We know. Here's an example:
Example: We will now interpret
these gentlemen's best-known
sayings through our own
somewhat warped perspective.
Translation: Yo! We will now
jack out what these yahoos really
lucutionareaficationifyzebidifafoy
when they Eazfly approach the
MIKE!
Okay. Now that you're thoroughly confused, and
considering moving on to a better article, we will now try
to make a little sense. The first statement is an oft heard
quote from these guys (and unfortunately they are all
guys) and the second is what they're really saying.
Bush: "1000 Points of Light*
Doerr/Sil verxnan Translation : Man, I'd love to put all
small children in an inner-city sewer.
Ross: Tm all ears'
Us: God they're stupid, they love me and I'm gonna bag
again.
Clinton: "Don't read his lips."
Cool people: I hope they don't figure out that I pulled
a Milli Varolii when I played the Sax on Arsenic
Georgie-boy : "No new taxes, ever, ever."
D/S Language: Man, am I grabbing at straws. I wouldn't
vote for my sorry ticket either. Oh yeah, I hope Barbara
picked up that RV so we can travel out West next spring.
Write-in Neil Young: "Whoaa. ."
Wr Like I won't legalize pot when I win this thing.
What am I running for anyway?
Mr. Arkansas: "The last twelve years have shown us
that trickle-down economics simply doesn't work."
Guess who?: I pray to god nobody asks me what trickle-down
economics is because I have absolutely no idea.
Perot: "You're right, I don't have experience in running up a $4
trillion debt."
Tony + Jon: Why the hell are these things so big? Why am I picking
up soap operas from Lebanese TV?
Lyndon Larouche: 'The other candidates can't match my campaign
experience."
Orient contributors: I'm such a loser.
DelPrete could beat me.
Quayle Quote: "My public school
education didn't entail frequent debating,
therefore I'm sure I will be at a
disadvantage."
Quayle lovers: Duh? Duh? Duh? (echoes
inside his empty head)
Stockdale: "Well, I'm all out of
ammunition on that one."
Dudes: WHOA A A!! INCOMING!!
TAKE COVER!!! FLASHBACK!! NOT
SUITED TO RUN COUNTRY!!! PUNJI
STICKS!!! BOOBY TRAPS!!
Al "Capone" Gore "I think this MTV
Rock the Vote is really a good thing for
America's youth."
The-t wo-guys-you- wish-you-could-hang-ou t- wi th-most: I wish
TipperwoiiMeaseuponlce-T— 1 thought "Cop-Killer" was righteous.
I wonder if my pants are too short. . .
Bush: "The Gin ton economic plan will not work."
Losers who think they're sweet: If I get shot, the sympathy vote
looks huge.
Ross-boy: "Blah Blah Blah Infrastructure Blah Blah."
D/S: God, I love that word.
Billy the Kid: "I supported the troops but protested the war."
Orient staff Bench Press Champs: Wow! I inhaled MUCH at that
protest! I forgot how smooth Russian pot is!!
Busdu "As President of the United States you can't have it both
ways."
We're sick of thinking up stuff for this line: Weeeaakk. . . I'm
missing the Showcase Showdown right now on the number one
game show, the only hour long game show, prices, prices, prices,
Come ON DOWN!! You're the next contestant. . . OH!! AND when
they play PL1NKO they're SO stupid!! DROP THE CHIP down the
MIDDLE!!!!! Don't you know how much those twin portable hot
dog/popcorn maker stands cost!? (Thanks, Jed).
Silverman
and
Do err
With Tony Doerr
and Jon Silverman
The Concerned Conservative:
A Case Study Against Congress
^ By Justin ZieglerJ
In the Third Congressional District of Massachusetts this
year, the incumbent, the honorable Joseph D. Early ID-
Mass.) is fighting a tough battle to get re-elected. The nine-
term congressman, charged with everything from being
one of the worst check-bouncers to claims that he misused
his influence to lighten the sentence of a convicted felon,
faces the prospect of being replaced by a young, dynamic
Republican state representative, Peter Blute.
Yet, despite the serious allegations that he is accused of
and the strength of his opponent, Early is still alive in the
race. In response to this formidable challenge, Early has
used the thrust of his re-election campaign to showhis
proven ability to bring federal projects to his district, due to
his seniority on the House Appropriations Committee.
Many of those still inclined to vote for the incumbent
I- believe this is the reason to keep the congressman in office.
Even the Boston Globe recognizes his ability to bring back
pork to the district and has endorsed him solely for this
reason.
So what's wrong with this? Though he certainly has the
credentials to serve his district with the pork of
appropriations, he has not shown the same attention to his
duties as a legislator for the nation as a whole. For eighteen
years, bringing home federal projects has been the
congressman's only accomplishment. Early hasbeen named
one of the most obscure members of Congress by a
congressional journal, barely ever speaking before Congress
(except to support a pay raise) or holding press conferences.
Indeed, the first time many ever saw him was his attempt
to defend himself against the House Bank scandal by
throwing a tantrum before an empty chamber. Moreover,
Early has passed only one bill in the past ten years. Indeed,
it seems that getting pork for his district is his only
accomplishment in eighteen years.
Early is not the only congressman who operates on this
singular level. Many others behave in the same manner.
The reason they do so is to satisfy their electorate with the
benefits of federal money, ensuring their re-election so
long as the aid keeps flowing.
This is not to say that the federal projects are bad . On the
contrary, it is part of a representative's duty to see that his
or her constituencies fare well in terms of the nation's
expenditures. However, to solely concentrate on this one
aspect of public service is abusing the system, and prevents
the role of doing what is best for the nation as a whole. In
other words, helping the voters at home does not necessarily
do anything for the problems that the entire nation faces.
Moreover, this behavior places a great emphasis on federal
spending. So long as it filters down to their constituents,
members of congress will continue to vote for measures
that increase unnecessary expenditures.
Thegreat tragedy of these abuses lies in the fact that these
politicians will continue to be elected precisely for this type
of singular service. Men and women with fresh ideas and
a greater concern for the common good will be shut out by
these self-serving politicians, preventing any new blood
from serving our nation. That indicates that some of the
blame lies with the voters themselves.
Perhaps this is the gridlock afflicting our Democratic
Congress that so many pundits and politicians talk about.
Hopefully, the new desire for "change" will reverse this
trend with the election of Mr. Blute and others like him.
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l
THE LEVIN LINE WEEK 9 PREDICTIONS
BY MARK LEVIN
New England at Buffalo.... The league's worst team stacked
up against arguably the AFC's best. This is Buffalo's chance
to pad the numbers.
Take Buffalo: +14
Green Bay at Detroit... Barry Sanders picks up where he left
off last week and runs through a poor Green Bay defense,
the hapless Pack gain sole possession of last place in the
Central
Take Detroit: +7
Houston and Pittsburgh.. .This is one of the week's big
games. After clobbering the Chiefs last week, Pittsburgh
stays undefeated at home with the powerful running of Barry
Foster and a consistent defense. The steelers win this one
going away. In this crucial game for tops in the division,
take the resurgent Steelers.
Take Pittsburgh: +2
LA Rams at Atlanta... The Rams, strictly a West coast team,
will have problems facing the Falcons on the road. Despite
the huge drop in play from last season and a total lack of a
running game, Atlanta has enough to pull this one out in the
battle for the cellar in the NFC West.
Take Atlanta: +5
Miami at NY Jets... With a strong defense and a big running
back behind Marino, Miami will rebound from last week's
stunner against the Colts. The hapless Jets stand no chance
against the Dolphins.
Take Miami: +4
Tampa Bay at New Orleans...After being humbled by the
Lions last week, the Bucs travel to New Orleans to take on
the Saints and their consistent defense. The Tampa Bay
losing streak continues as the Bucs simply don't have the
talent to compete.
Take New Orleans: +10
Cleveland at Cincinnati.. .Here are two teams heading in
opposite directions. The Browns have won three straight and
have a five-game win streak against the Bengals. Cincinnati 's
instability at QB, lack of a running-game, and second- worst
rated defense in the AFC make me sure that the Bengals pick
up their sixth loss on Sunday.
Take Cleveland: +2
Indianapolis at San Diego... The Colts are Over .500 for the
first time in years after their upset win against Miami.
Unfortunately, Indianapolis won't have much time to savor
this fact as they face the top-rated defense in the AFC. The
Chargers should prevail.
Take San Diego: +4
Philadelphia at Dallas... After being trounced by the menacing
Eagle defense a few weeks ago, Dallas is hungry to even
the score and solidify their lead in the league's toughest
division. In what looks to be the best game of the week, the
Cowboys squeak out a victory as both Aikman and Emmett
Smith have big days.
Take Dallas: +2
San Francisco at Phoenix.... Coming off a bye week, the
49ers are rested and ready to punch holes in the Cardinal
defense. Despite their good showing last week against the
Eagles, Phoenix will be overpowered by the explosive San
Francisco passing attack.
Take San Francisco: +13
NY Giants at Washington... Undefeated at home, the
Redskins should have no problems with their longrtime rival.
The resurgent Washington defense, led by Wilbur Marshall,
will shut down a predictable Giant offense as Rypien and
company finally break loose after three tough weeks.
Take Washington: +3
Minnesota at Chicago. .. Coming off two wins against Tampa
Bay and Green Bay, the Bears are poised to make a run for
the lead in the NFC Central. Minnesota fails to come through
in a key game for both teams.
Take Chicago: +3
Field hockey...
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17)
In the second half, Trinity and
Bowdoin, both clearly tired out,
slowed the pace of the game down.
With time running out in the game
Bowdoin tried desperately to score
only to be stopped by timely Trinity
defense. Credit must be given to
Bowdoin netminder Sasha Ballen
'96, who kept the score at 1 -0 despite
some great chances for the Trinity
offense. Bowdoin's tremendous
effort to tie thegame was not realized
and the Bears fell to 10-2.
Trinity's only loss came at the
hands of Williams which is the top
Division III school in New England.
Bowdoin's final home game of
the season came on October 27
against the 2-8 Mules of Colby.
Looking to end their home season
with a good win, Bowdoin did just
that. Playing in intense cold and
wind Bowdoin romped over Colby
3-0. For the first five minutes Colby
could not even get the ball over half
field. Nine minutes into the game
Bowdoin's leading scorer, Emily
LeVan '95, put home a rebound off
the Colby goalie. Four minutes later
Alison Mataya made it 2-0, when
she stole the ball from a Colby
defender, raced in alone and put a
wrist shot, that even Mario Lemieux
would be proud of, into the top
right corner of the net. Bowdoin's
final goal came with less than two
minutes in the first half on a
screaming shot from sweeper Cathy
Small '95. The second half saw no
change in score; however, when the
final whistle blew the Bears boasted
a record of 11-2.
The Bears final regular season
game is at Wesleyan on October 31 .
Then, it is on to the ECAC post-
season tournament which
commences November 4.
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17
Polo competes in tourney
By Rashxd Saber
orient staff writer
This year the Bowdoin water
polo team is on the verge of having
one of their most successful seasons
in team history. Though not a
varsity sport, Bowdoin water polo
ranks as one of the premier club
sports on campus. This year's team
has already compiled a solid 9-5
record. Most importantly,
however, is the fact that this
weekend Bowdoin will compete
for the New England Division III
water polo title.
Twenty-five players, a record
number, are participating on this
year's team. First-year sensation
Tim Lesser leads the team in goals
scored and is characterized by
teammates as one of the team's
"most prolific scoring threats."
Junior standout, Ed Cho, is also
having a stellar offensive season.
Cho, after time away from
Bowdoin, is second on the team in
scoring and, according to Co-
captain Garrett Davis'93, is playing
"remarkably well." At goal, Todd
Haedrich '93 has provided
outstanding defense for the Polar
Bears through their first 14 games.
On October 3-4 Bates, Colby,
Boston University and Dartmouth
all travelled to Brunswick as
Bowdoin hosted the opening
tournament of the year. During
the tournament it became evident
that Bowdoin was going to be a
force to be reckoned with
throughout the season
Bowdoin finished the
tournament by anhilating all four
of their opponents with relative
ease. According toCo-captain Don
Weaffer, "the tournament showed
that this year's team is one of the
best,offensively,thatwehaveever
had."
During fall break, Bowdoin
travelled to Williamstown, Mass.
to compete in a tournament held at
Williams. Bowdoin finished the
tournament with an even 3-3
record.
During their weekend at
Williams, Bowdoin once again
crushed Dartmouth and Boston
University, while defeating
University of Rhode Island as well.
However, the team suffered three
tough losses to Amherst, Williams
and Wesleyen.
This weekend may well be the
biggest weekend in Bowdoin
water polo history. The team
travels to Providence, RI where
Brown University is hosting the
New England Water Polo
Championships
Competition will be intense for
Bowdoin, Wesleyen, Amherst and
Williams, all of whom will be vying
for the distinction of being New
England's best water polo team.
However, Davis predicts that "the
team's solid play and intense desire
to win throughout the season will
undoubtedly provide a strong
showing by our team at New
Englands."
Women's soccer...
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19)
offensive play thus far."
This Saturday Bowdoin travels
to Wesleyan to takeon another team
in need of a victory in order to
qualify for the postseason. If the
Polar Bears come away with a
victory, they will be in good position
for a home quarterfinal match in
the ECAC tournament on
Wednesday, November 4.
In a fortunate twist of events, the
team even has a chance at home
field advantage during the ECAC
playoffs due to a recent Williams
loss to a less than competitive Mt.
Hoi yoke squad.
The schedule of dates and
opponents for the playoffs will be
announced on Monday.
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Volleyball hopes to improve at tournament
By Yun Kim
orient staff writer
The women's volleyball season
has been plagued by the team's Dr.
jekyll and Mr. Hyde
performances — sometimes they're
very good and sometimes they're
not. Last Sunday, they were
definitely on the upswing as they
victoriously closed a five-game
match against University of New
Hampshire (10-15), (15-13), (7-
15),(15-1),(15-11).
"It was a real big accomplishment
for us," said Tiffany Haddock '95.
"We came back against the odds
and we didn't give up. That has
been the major weakness of our
team, and we really overcame it. It
was a really good defensive game. I
myself was mopping the floor most
of the time."
The players gained momentum
in the 5th game, when they came to
a tight 12-11 score. "The end was
very close, and our two blockers
made 3 stuff blocks (when blockers
deflect the oncoming spikes and end
the rally), and closed the game,"
said Jane Buchanan '95. "It was a
very satisfying win because UNH
previously beat us," added team
Captain Laura Larsen '94.
Buchanan attributes the win to
successful offense tactics and plays.
"We were working different hitters
to throworfthe[opponent's] defense
and blockers. We also exploited
their weak spot — the whole in the
middle using dinks and mixed up
shots."
The team additionally employed
new strategies such as making
crosses on courts to confuse the
opponents and making quick
offenses, which is when the set is
low and the hitter hits right of the
Volleyball has been stuffing opponents.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
set. They were successful in
coordinating the difficult timing in
the play.
"The 80% serving rate (also)
allowed the team to develop a strong
offensive and accelerate the play,"
said Coach Lynn Ruddy. "It was
the first match that we used a lot of
jump serves, and that's one step
above the level we were playing at."
The match was highlighted by
excellent individual performances.
Senior Melissa Schulenberg
slammed ten kills, while Amy
Aselton'94and Tiffany Haddock '96
each made 9 kills.
The UNH win will be a confidence
builder, going into the NESCAC
tournament this weekend at
Williams. Bowdoin is seated 11th,
and they will have to fend off such
top teams as Bates, Tufts, and
Williams. It will be difficult, but
Ruddy notes that the team is playing
at a higher level.
Regardless of the outcome of the
tournament, Ruddy said that this
team has been the most cohesive
team in her seven years of coaching
volleyball at Bowdoin.
'This has been the most exciting
and enjoyable year. There are no
egos and attitudes, and we've had
some in the past, and nothing gets
in our way of our goal. We are a
young team, and we just need to
accelerate the skill level."
Regarding the lackluster 13-16
record, Ruddy regrets that the
numbers does not reflect the efforts
and teamwork. "We can always
have a winning season if we had an
easier schedule, but we're playing
top teams — having a challenging
schedule is the only way to
improve."
Field hockey splits final home games
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
What happens when an
irresistible force meets an
immovable object asks the
scientist? Similarly, a field hockey
enthusiast might ask, what
happens when the Bowdoin Polar
Bears (10-1) meet the Trinity
Bantams (10-1)? The answer is, a
hard fought match, with both
teams deserving of a win.
On October 24 the Bears played
,host to Trinity, in a meeting of
Division III feld hocW«y giants.
Bowdoin, ranked fifth in Division
III New England field hockey polls,
looked to improve their rank by
upsetting the number three team in
that same poll. Playing through
torrential rains and sharp winds,
the two teams put on a fantastic
show for the Bowdoin and Trinity
faithfuls. When the smoke cleared
and t he bat t lefiel d emptied, the score
stood at 1-0 for the Bantams of
Trinity.
The early portions of the first half
were characterized by terrific back
and forth action, with a savage fight
for control of the middle being
fought . Tri nit y, a team of hard hitters
and fearless players matched
Bowdoin at every position. The
lonegoal of thegamecameat 19:19
of the first half on a screened shot
from the Trinity left wing. After
deflecting off several players, the
ball found the back of the net.
Bowdoin turned up the pressure
at the end of the first half. With
two minutes left, Bowdoin had its
best chance to score. Shots by
Christine Kane '96, Robin
Hunnewell '94, Jen Bogue '94, and
Alison Mataya '95 came close but
could not find the mark.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 16)
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Dave Wood '93
rut-
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
A weekly profile of a
shines in his/her sport
Sport: Cross Country
Year: Senior
Varsity Letters: 2
Athletic Awards: All
Maine Team ('91), 3rd in
'91 NESCAC, All New
England Team ('91)
Most Memorable Race:
NESCAC '91 when the
team finished 1st overall
What do you think about
the team's performance so
far this year? We finished
2nd in NESCAC last
Saturday which is pretty
Bowdoin athlete who
outside of the statistics
surprising because we lost
a few runners from last
year. Overall, our season
has been great so far.
Other Sports: Indoor Track
(2 Varsity Letters, Captain),
Outdoor Track (2 Varsity
Letters, Captain)
Hometown: Dighton,
Mass.
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Academic Awards: Dean's
List
Hobbies: Don't really have
time for any, but I like to
hang out with friends.
Favorite Actor: Arnold
Schwartznegger
Favorite Actress: Sharon
Stone
Favorite Model: Cindy
Crawford
Favorite Food: Seafood
Favorite Author: Edgar
Allen Poe
Pet Peeves: People who
lie and who are fake
What do you plan to do
next year? Graduate
School (possibilities are
Northwestern, Penn State
or the University of
Washington)
By Jonathan Winnick
Team Rankings
CROSS COUNTRY
N.E. Div. 3 Polls
Men
1. Williams
2. Brandeis
3. MIT
4. Coast Guard
5. Bowdoin
6. Colby
7. Wesleyan
8. Tufts
9. UMass-Dartmouth
10. Middlebury
Women
1. Bowdoin
2. Williams
3. Coast Guard
4. Colby
5. Brandeis
6. Middlebury
7. Bates
8. Mt. Holyoke
9. Conn. College
10. UMass-Dartmouth
SOCCER
ISA A Polls
Men
1.WP1
2. Babson
3. Conn. College
4. North Adams
5. Williams
5. Western Conn.
7. Colby
8. Middlebury
9. Salem
10. Bates
Women
1. Plymouth St.
2. Williams
3. Bowdoin
4. Salem
5. Amherst
6. UMass-Dartmouth
7. Babson
8. Bates
9. Conn. College
10. Eastern Conn.
Football
ECAC Division III
1.WP1
2. Bridgewater St.
3. Middlebury
4. Bentley
5. Mass. Maritime
6. Williams
7. Nichols
8. Trinity
9.StonehUl
10. CoRjy
Results as of 10/27
Women's tennis team continue its winnning ways
Four straight victories have propelled the Polar Bears back into contention
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
The beginning of the 1992 season
was a series of ups and downs for
the women's tennis team. Blow-out
victories were counterbalanced by
blow-out losses, leaving the team at
3-2 after five matches.
Ever since their October 3rd loss
to Amherst, however, the Polar
Bears have been showing nothing
but positive signs, winning four
straight matches against Colby,
Tufts, Bates and Connecticut College
toclimbto7-2. And through a good
showing at New Englands this past
weekend, the team has solidified its
status as a power to be reckoned
with in the Northeast.
After a 5-4 Parent's Weekend
thriller against Tufts and a 9-0 romp
over Bates, the Bowdoin squad
travelled to Connecticut College to
face the Camels on Tuesday of fall
break. Having already compiled an
8-3 record for the season, the Conn
College Camels promised to be
tough.
Still, the Polar Bears ended up
shutting down their opponents to
produce a decisive margin of
victory. Although several of the
matches were fought through three
sets, the visitors ended up prevailing
in all oft' m to win 9-0.
At first . ngles, Alison Burke '94
started things off on the right foot
by thoroughly dominating her
opponent, 6-0 and 6-0. However,
the rest of the singles action was not
decided quite so easily.
Kristi LeBIanc '96 (2nd singles)
a nd Theresa Claffey '95 (5th singles)
managed to finish things off in
straight sets, but had to fight to do it.
LeBlanc's opponent pushed her all .
the way to a 5-5 tie in the tie break
before the Bowdoin first-year could
pull away to take the first set 7-6 (7-
5). She won the second set 6-4.
Claffey had a slightly easier time
with her opponent, winning 6-4 and
7-5.
The rest of the singles matches
were extended to three sets. At
third singles, Emily Lubin '95 won
comfortably in her third set, 6-0,
after going 6-4 and 2-6 in the first
two. But both Alison Vargas '93
and Marti Champion '93, at fourth
and sixth singles respectively, flirted
with defeat on several occasions.
Each had to resort to narrow tie-
break victories in their first and third
sets while losing by more one-sided
scores in the second. Vargas won
her match 7-6 (7-5), 1-6 and 7-6 (7-5),
while Champion overcame her
opponent to the tune of 7-6 (7-5), 2-
6 and 7-6 (6-3).
The doubles round provided
more of a clear-cut Polar Bear
victory. At first doubles, Lubin and
LeBIanc rolled to a fairly easy 6-3, 6-
win. Due to the length of some of
the singles matches, and to the fact
that the Polar Bears had already
clinched victory, Bowdoin coach
Daniel Hammond and the
Connecticut coach agreed to change
the format for second and third
doubles to speed up the process.
Under this new, occasionally-
practiced format the first doubles
team to win eight games wins the
match. At second doubles, Burke
and Amy Brockelman '95 faced
some fairly tough adversity but
ended up prevailing 8-6. And in
their first appearance in a scoring
situation this season, Renata Merino
'95 and Caroline Curtis '96 looked
impressive in shutting down their
opponents 8-1 .
Considering the Camels' 8-3
record, Hammond was quite
impressed by his players'
performance. Naturally, the team
was in good spirits for the ride back
to Bowdoin.
This past weekend, the team
travelled south again to compete in
the two-day New Englands
tournament at Amherst. In this
competition, the players matched
up against opponents of their
corresponding team positions from
approximately twenty-eight other
schools.
Although all of the Polar Bears
fought hard and did themselves
proud, the team member who fared
best was Emily Lubin. Lubin
defeated players from Bates (6-3, 6-
2), Williams (7-5, 7-5) and Wesleyan
(6-3, 6-1) before she was finally
derailed by an opponent from
Amherst (3-6, 0-6), who had faced
and beaten Lubin earlier in the year.
Her victory against the Williams
player was in fact an upset of the #3
seed for the bracket.
Vargas and Champion also came
out strong, each making it to the
third round via a first round bye
and a second round victory. At that
point, each fell victim to the #2 seed
from their bracket.
All of the Bowdoin players ended
up facing opponents who had
placed well in the pre-toumament
seedings and proceeded to finish
strongly in the competition. For
example, in the first round Claffey
faced the Williams player who
ended up coming in first for the
entire bracket.
The Polar Bears performed more
strongly in the doubles round of the
invitational. Each doubles squad
won its first match, and Burke and
Brockelman at third doubles won
their second as well. This team
success helped secure Bowdoin
seventh place overall out of the
twenty-eight teams competing.
The women's tennis team wraps
up its season this weekend with a
visit to Wesleyan College. Armed
with the experience of their veterans
and the luck that has been guiding
their recent winning ways the Polar
Bears hope to end their season with
a win.
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19
Women's soccer moves to 11 -7 -i
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
The women's soccer team
continued mowing down the
opposition last week by topping
Trinity 1-0 and beating Bates on
the road by a 2-1 margin to extend
their record to 11-1-1.
The game against Trinity was
characterized by tough defensive
play which prevented the
powerful Bowdoin offense from
generating many scoring
opportunities despite the almost
constant pressure. junior
midfielder Aileen Da versa scored
the only goal of the match shortly
into the first half by driving the
ball passed a stunned Trinity
keeper.
Even though we controlled the
game," said Head Coach John
Cullen, "it was extremely difficult
to score on their packed -in
defensive position. It appeared
that coming into the game, Trinity
would be satisfied with a tie which
would have probably been enough
to qualify them for the
tournament."
The Polar Bears then traveled to
Bates on Wednesday to face
another team with playoff
aspirations. Once again, the
defensive mindset of the
opposition against Bowdoin was
apparent as Bates utilized two
sweepers on defense to keep the
scoring low. {Catherine Dowdy '96
scored in the first half off a corner
kick by senior co-captain Alicia
Collins to give Bowdoin a 1-0 lead
at the half.
. With the score tied 1 -1 late in the
second half, Carol Thomas '93 took
a free kick and placed it into the
penalty area.
After a chaotic sequence of
events, a Bates player was forced
to take a handball in order to
prevent a goal. On the ensuing
penalty kick. Dowdy drilled a shot
past a Bates keeper who barely
had time to react before the ball
went in the net to give the team a 2-
1 victory.
The defensive overloading by
Bowdoin's opponents have caused
some difficulty even though the
team has managed to win. "We
have had a hard time attacking
these defensive alignments
because it negates our team speed,"
said Coach Cullen, "But I feel that
these teams are changing their
game plans against us because of
our great success this season and is
a reflection of our outstanding
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 17)
Men 1 s soccer defeats Trinity on homecoming
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
The men's soccer team split their
two games last week, beating Trinity
2-1 on Homecoming Weekend and
then falling to Colby on the road by
the same score.
Against Trinity, the team started
slowly and had particular trouble
getting the ball past their speedy
midfielders and into the offensive
end. As a result, Trinity scored first
nearly ten minutes into the game,
putting the Polar Bears in an early
hole.
After adjusting to the speed and
quickness of their opponent, the
team evened the game ten minutes
later as junior David Rodriguez
passed a beautiful through ball to
Richard Maggiotto '96 who one-
timed it into the net.
Halfway through the second half,
Rodriguez took a cross from
Christopher Dayton '94 and gave
the team a 2-1 lead. Sophomore
goalie Todd Trapnell made a few
key saves late in the game to
preserve the 2-1 victory.
The win over Trinity at home gave
the Polar Bears their first back-to-
back victories since the first two
games of the season. The team tried
toextend this modest winning streak
against a tough Colby squad.
Instead, the Polar Bears found
Men's soccer was tripped up by rival Colby. Photo by Maya Khuri.
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themselves outmatched by the 9-2-
1 Colby squad and were defeated
by a final score of 2-1 .
Once again the team fell behind
in the first half as a Colby forward
placed a beautiful shot into the
corner from 35 yards out. Yet despite
a late flurry near the end of the
second half, the Polar Bears could
not even the score and eventually
found themselves down by two
goals. Only a late goal off of a free
kick by Bryan Thorp '95 prevented
the team from suffering their fifth
shutout.
Head Coach, Tim Gilbride,
acknowledged that his team did not
play to the level at which they had
performed in the past two weeks,
but he also cred ited Colby's strength
for the one-sided nature of the game.
"Right now, Colby is playing very
hard and with a lot of confidence,"
he said, "They have a talented club
and they simply outhussled us."
The Polar Bears will take their 5-
8 record on the road for their final
game of the season against
Wesleyan, a team which has also
struggled this year despite high
expectations.
Coach Gilbride is wary of the
talented Wesleyan team, but he is
also confident in his team's ability
to pull out a victory. "If we play the
way we have the last few weeks,
with the exception of the Colby
game, we can finish the season on a
winning note against Wesleyan."
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Women's x-country takes N ESC AC
By Dan Cook
orient staff writer
Last week the Women's Cross
Country team captured the Maine
State Championships coming in
first out of five teams. This week
they destroyed another set of
competing schools with another
first place win in the NESCAC cross
country Division III
Championship.
In last weeks competition, Eileen
Hunt '93 was the individual
champion cruising through the
three mile course in 18:01 which
was 29 seconds ahead of the second
place runner from Bates.
Ashley Wernher '93 turned in a
strong performance with a third
place finish continuing her streak
of strong races. Wernher's time
was 18:39 which was ten seconds
ahead of Muffy Merrick '95 who
finished fourth withatimeof 18:49.
Darcy Storin '96 and Kristen Card
'96 came in fifth and sixth with
times of 18:51 and 19:10,
respectively. Coming in ninth was
Anthea Schmid '94 with a time of
19:12. Janet Mulcahy came in
seconds later to finish the race tenth
with a time of 19:14.
"It's hard to single anyone out
today," said Coach Peter Sloven ski.
"We ran extremely well through
the entire lineup. But Kristen Card
'96 has made the greatest
improvement in her form and
tactics. She'll be one of the best in
the league by the end of the season
and she showed a lot of
improvement today."
Bowdoin scored 19 points
defeating Colby by 45 points.
In the NESCAC meet, Bowdoin
defeated all ten other teams,
brining in a solid 39 points, 37
points ahead of the nearest threat,
Williams College.
Eileen Hunt once again led the
Bowdoin team to victory with a
time of 18:37 for her second place
finish. Ashley Wernher came in
fourth with a time of 18:54. Eight
and twelfth were Merrick and
Storin with timesofl9:16and 19:40,
respectively. In fourteenth and
sixteenth place were Card and
Mulcahy. Cleaning up for Bo wdoin
wasSchmid who cam in thirty first
with a time of 20:25.
Next week the team will travel
to Franklin Park for the New
England Open.
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the bowdoin orient SPORTS Friday. october30, 1992
Sports
Football upsets Trinity for first time since 79
Defense plays major role in second win of the season for the Bears
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin football team scored
its second win of the season in an
exciting Homecoming victory over
theBantamsofTrinity lastSaturday.
The Polar Bears downed the favored
Bantams 14-3. Coming into the
game, Trinity had posted a record
of 3-1, including two consecutive
shutouts and had not lost to the
Polar Bears in nine games, dating
back to 1979.
The Polar Bears received a short
kickoff on their 28 yard line and
proceeded to drive down the field.
On the second play of the game,
Quarterback Chris Good '93 hit
fullback Bill Dolley V3 over the
middle for a 24 yard gain, pushing
Bowdoin into Trinity territory.
The Trinity defense stiffened and
stopped the Bowdoin offense on
three straight plays at the Trinity 20.
Facing a fourth and ten situation,
Good connected with McCormick
on the sidelines for ten yards, just
enough for the first down.
McCormick finished off the 14 play
72 yard drive with a o ne yard plunge
for a 6-0 Bowdoin lead. Proving his
versatilty, McCormick added the
seventh point of the afternoon.
These seven first quarter points
proved to be all the Polar Bears
would need as the Bowdoin defense
took over the game and continually
frustrated the Bantams.
After an even first quarter, in
which the Bowdoin defense
surrendered only twenty-seven
Defense was the key to the Bears' win over Trinity.
yards to Trinity on three
possessions, the Bantams took over
on downs deep in their own
territory . Aided by a costly personal
foul penalty against Bowdoin,
Trinity drove down the field. The
Polar Bear defense stiffened up and
held its ground, forcing two
incompletions and stuffing a run
for no gain.
Faced with a fourth and ten
situation, Trinity elected to call on
its field goal unit. Bantam piace-
kicker, Robert Rondini, scored what
would prove to be Trinity's only
points of the afternoon.
The Polar Bears could muster no
offense after the kick-off and were
forced to punt from deep in their
own territory. The Bantams took
over and moved deep into Bowdoin
territory.
Once again, though, the Polar Bear
defense bent but refused to break.
The defense forced a fumble and the
Bears recovered the ball.
This time, the Bowdoin offense
capitalized on the stingy play of the
Polar Bear defense. LaPlaca took the
ball and ran for the game's final score.
LaPlaca's run, by far his longest of
the year, set a new Bowdoin record
for the longest run from scrimmage,
eclipsing the former markof 82 yards
set in 1980 by Bob Sameski.
On his record -setti ng run, LaPlaca
proved why he is, currently, the
second leading rusher in Bowdoin
history. McCormick, the heir
apparent to LaPlaca's tail-back
position, added the extra point to
make the score 14-3.
Although the day's scoring was
finished at5:13of the second quarter,
the excitement was just beginning.
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Trinity fielded the short Bowdoin
kick at their own 45 and returned it
twelve yards to start their possession
at the Bowdoin 43. The Bantam
offense appeared ready to quiet the
Homecoming crowd of 3500 plus
and take back the Polar Bears'
momentum.
Quarterback Broderick directed
the Bantams deep into Polar Bear
territory. Runningback Mike
Wallace picked up a Trinity first
down on the Bowdoin seven yard
line, giving the Bantams first and
goal. Trinity advanced to the
Bowdoin two yard line but the
defense prevailed.
An impressive goal-line stand
gave the Polar Bears a 1 4-3 half-time
lead and, more importantly the
momentum going into the locker
room.
As Head Coach, Howard
Vandersea said, "Our first score of
the game determined the pace of
the game but the defense's goal-
line stand gave us an important lift
just before the half." In fact, the
second quarter play of the Polar
Bear defense proved to be the story
of the game.
After allowing the Bantams
inside the Bowdoin twenty-three
imes in the quarter yet yielding
inly three points, the Polar Bear
defense never allowed Trinity to
get closer than the Bowdoin 19 for
the rest of the game.
LaPlaca led all rushers with 100
yards on 7carries, while McCormick
picked up 52 yardson fifteen carries.
Chris Good completed half of his
twenty-two passes for 138 yards, 62
of those to NESCAC's leading
receiver, junior wide-out Pete Nye.
The Polar Bear's defense was
well-rounded as nine players
recorded six or more tackles.
Leading the way was Senior
linebacker Brian Berlandi with 13
tackles. Free Safety, Steve Brinkley
*94, and defensive end, Pete Casey
*93, also registered in double figures.
The defensive line also turned in
its best effort of the year, recording
7 sacks. Defensive Tackles Ed
Richards *94 and Dan Hart '95 led
the team with two apiece.
The Polar Bears take to the road
next week-end to take on Wesleyan.
Wesleyan, with a 3-2 record, is
coming off an impressive 46-14
victory over Amherst last Saturday.
This will be the teams' first meeting
since a 13-12 Wesleyan victory in
1987.
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Soccer
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©Williams
UNH 9:30 a.m.
©Wesleyan 10:30 a.m
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ECAC
Tournament
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Tournament
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11:00 a.m.
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Male harriers run well at NESCAC
Men 's X-country come in second at Middlebury
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
For the second consecutive year,
the Bowdoin harriers had a strong
showing at the New England Small
College Athletic Conference Cross-
country Championships. Despite
the rain and mud at Middlebury
College on Sat urday, the Polar Bears
ran to a second place finish (104
points) behind powerhouse
Williams College, who finished the
day with a mere twenty-five points.
The second place finish was the best
performance for the Polar Bears in
the meet's nine year history with
the exception of the win last year.
Captain Andrew Yim '93 once
again led the way for the Polar Bears
as he finished seventh in a time of
29:25 for the 5.3 mile course. His
performance earned him All-
NESCAC honors, which are
bestowed upon the top seven
runners, for the second year in a
row. Andrew Kinley '93 continued
to have a tremendous senior year as
he rallied to an eighteenth place
finish (29:44). His performance
allowed him to finish fourteen places
higher than he did at last year's
NESCACs.
Coach Slovenski could only find
words of praise for Kinley, "Andy
Kinley is having an outstanding
senior year. This was Bowdoin' s
second best finish ever in NESCAC,
and Andy deserves a lot of the
credit." In twenty-second place, was
sophomore Cam Wobus (29:50),
while Dave Wood '93 came through
in twenty-third place in a time of
29:54. Although Dave is often found
in the lead pack, he remarked
Saturday that it was simply not a
good race for him. He hopes to run
quality workouts this week in
preparation for Friday's trip to
Franklin Park to compete in the
New England Open
Championships. The fifth man for
Bowdoin was sophomore Tom Eng
'95, who finished in thirty-fourth
place with a time of 31:17. First-
year runners Blaine Maley and Dan
Sacco finished in 45th and 50th place
respectively to round out the
Bowdoin squad.
The Polar Bears (35-10) have two
remaining chances to achieve
further glory this fall. The New
England Open Championships this
Friday presents a formidable
challenge, for the meet is open to
Division 1,11, and III schools. The
lasUmeet on the schedule is the
New England Division III
Championships on November 14th.
The two week gap between these
two contests will allow the harriers
to fine tune their strategy for an
assault on the N.E. Division III
Championship.
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Theserpent (Dave Johnson 94) tempts Eve (Nicole Devarenne
'95) in Mark Twain's secularized .^
existential version oi the original sin Tj /^VW/T^r^TVf
entitled The Diary of Adam and Eve. U UVVUVJlli
The play is being directed by Maita
David 93 and is one oi a pair of student-directed performances
showing November 3, 6, and 7. For a look at the two shows plus
a profile of Brian Dunphy '94 and his
/\\t Cmi C^T2 participation in a group of skits
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1 992
Orientation
Chabotar talks to Exec Board
Kent Chabotar,Vice President for Finance and Administration and
Treasurer, speaks to the Exec Board about the College's deficit.
Bowdoin's Thespians
Brian Dunphy "9A is performing in Brunswick at the Theater Project on
School Street in a series of skits.
SportsWeek
Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team cruised into the semi-final round of the
ECAC tournament with a 4-0 win over Eastern Connecticut Univ.
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39. Passed away, as time
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grade school buy an attack dog
and a set of flare guns.
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riage is in your future. The tests
came out positive. Enjoy par-
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big whiff of ammonia fumes be-
fore going out on the town.
Cancer: (June 22-July 22) You
breeze through the work week,
but realize too late that this was
your week off.
Leo: (July 23-Aug. 22) This week
focus on communication.
WheneveY you're in a public
place, yell your every thought at
the top of your voice.
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a career which allows you to
work with animals. Sign-up for
roadkill clean-up duty.
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this weekend land you life im-
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kitchen duty.
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tomorrow you'll be crushed by a
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car's persistent mechanical prob-
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summer you spent in the sun
will pay off. After you die, your
leathery skin will be used to make
a fine pair of boots.
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forward to exciting sexual esca-
pades tonight when your mate
arrives with a dozen railroad
spikes and a band saw.
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analyst has told your whole family
everything you said during ses-
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1992
College prepares memorial for servicemen
Inclusion of German, Italian soldiers raises old divisions
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
Soon the Bowdoin Memorial,
recognizing members of the College
community that served and died in
World War II, the Korean War and
the Vietnam War, will be erected
between the east end of Hubbard
Hall and Gibson Hall.
The Bowdoin Memorial
Committee has been planning this
project for several years. The
structure is expected tocost$100,000;
it is slated for completion by the
Bicentennial Celebration in June of
1994.
"The idea came from persons
deeply and directly affected. I know
it's been germinating for a while,"
said Richard Mersereau, Director of
College Relations. In the President's
office is a model of the memorial
that was completed last June. A long
bench will be constructed along the
walkway between the two buildings,
facing the granite wall that lists the
names of those that died in these
wars.
Ninety-four Bowdoin men died
in the second world war, eleven died
in Korea, and eight in Vietnam.
Bowdoin's Class of 1941 lost ten
percent of its students in World War
II. «
Leonard Kronkite '41, a member
of the Memorial Committee and a
trusteeof theCollege, acknowledged
that a few of the men listed fought
for Germany and Italy. He does not
consider that to be a source of debate.
"The criteria for getting on that
plaque was that you were a
Bowdoin graduate." Headded, "the
same thing happened in World War
I (that is, the Bowdoin memorial for
it]. There were some people that
died for Germany."
Members of the Bowdoin Jewish
Organization (BJO), however, are
concerned about the inclusion of
people who fought for Germany
and Italy during World War II. 'If
the point of a memorial is to honor
people who fought and died for an
honorable cause, then having
people who fought for the
J hear even now the
infinite fierce chorus
The cries of agony,
the endless groan...
governments responsible for the
Holocaust doesn't seem to fit. This
is outright offensive to the Jewish
students here, and I hope to
everyone else," said Amy Cohen
'95, a spokesperson for the BJO.
Currently, however, the
memorial is slated to be constructed .
Perpendicular to the bench and wall
described will be two more walls
that carry the words of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, Class of
1825, and Joshua L. Chamberlain,
Class of 1852.
Chamberlain is a war hero, the
legendary Union officer that shifted
the tide of the Battle at Gettysburg
during the Civil War. His statement
reads:
They wUl come together again under
higher bidding, and wUl know their
place and name. This army will live,
and live on, so long as soul shall
answer soul, so long as that flag
watches with its stars over fields of
mighty memory...
Longfellow's passage offers a
view of battle:
/ hear even now the infinite fierce
chorus
The cries of agony, the endless
groan,
Which, through the ages that have
gone before us,
In long reverberations reach our
own.
This memorial will join the
College's other two memorials, for
the first World War and the Civil
War. The monument with the
flagpole between the Walker Art
Building and Hubbard isdedicated
to Bowdoin men that served in
World War I; Memorial Hall in
Pickard Theatre is dedicated to
those that fought on both sides of
the Civil War.
Despite the intention to build,
Mersereau said, "This memorial
doesn't get built unless the money
gets raised to do it." The College
has only begun to raise the $1 00,000
necessary.
At its meeting on October 24, the
Governing Boards approved the
committee's plan to proceed with
the project and campaign for the
funds necessary by approaching
alumni.
Sharon Turner at the helm
Off-campus study program, with new boost
in student popularity, falls under a new reign
The Fleet
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
TheCollege's Off-Campus Study
Program is gearing up for a fresh
approach, as it received a $150,000
grant from theChristian A. Johnson
Endeavor Foundation. These funds
will arrive over a three year period.
With this money, among other
things, the College hired Sharon
Turner as the new off<ampus
study coordinator. Working half-
time, she has an office on the third
floorof the Hawthorne-Longfellow
Building.
Sharon Turner's husband,
Professor John Turner, held this
position last year as he was
chairman of theOff-Campus Study
Committee. His responsibilities
included advising the roughly 200
students that wish to study away
each year.
The popularity of studying off-
campus soared this year, as the
College approved the requests of
52 percent of students in the junior
class to study away.
This number may exceed that of
any comparable institution in the
United States, according to John
Turner. "We don't know why it
grew. There was never a conscious
effort to promote it, as far as I know,
but there was never an effort to
slow it."
Thus Bowdoin, offering only
three programs itself, needs an
effective advising service to direct
students to other programs.
Sharon Turner offered her goals
for Bowdoin's service to students
seeking off -campus study options.
"\ think it is important that the off-
campus program be the best that it
can for each student. I think the
possibility for personal growth and
understanding are really large. I
would like to see that growth,
excitement, and change be
integrated into the Bowdoin
community"
Turner is collecting evaluations
of the experiences abroad from
students away last year, in an effort
to gauge the response of students
as they return from various
programs.
Bowdoin students have
dispersed throughout eighty
programs all over the world . It lists
approved programs in the
following nations and continents:
Africa (including Kenya
and other nations)
Australia
Austria
China
Colombia
Denmark
Ecuador
France
Germany
Greece
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Russia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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Securit
Monday, Oct. 26
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12:40 a.m. . .
Saturday, Oct 31
Security finds one empty beer on
11:00 p.m.
the grass adjacent to Coles
A student's jacket has been stolen
Tower walkway.
from Chi Delta Phi during a
party. The victim's student I.D.
Wednesday, Oct 28
and apartment keys were in the
11:19 a.m.
pockets of the jacket.
Two residents of Baxter House
report that money has been
11:32 p.m.
stolen from a wallet in their
A glass pane has been broken at
room. One of the residents left a
Baxter House.
key under the doormat, which
may have been found by the
Monday, Nov. 2
burglar.
350 p.m.
Security has a Volks wagon
Thursday, Oct. 29
Rabbit towed from the fire lane of
129 p.m.
Coles Tower,
Security transports a male first-
year student to Dudley Coe
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Health Center after he passed
A chemical spill occurs at the
out in Biology class. >
Heating Station. A student
walking by notifies a Physical
723 p.m.
Plant employee. The walkway
A blue Acura Legend is parked
between Morrell Gym and the
illegally in a handicapped space
Heating Station is barricaded.
in the Dayton Arena parking lot.
Most of the spilled fluid runs
Security orders Northern Towing
down a sewer drain.
Company to tow the car.
A Look at BGLAD: What are they about?
By Nick Jacobs
orient staff writer
For many, BGLAD is the source of
the Quad's sidewalk graffiti and the
posters that were the source of so
many editorials a few weeks ago.
But to hear Andy Wells *93, the
head of the Bi-sexual Gay and
Lesbian Alliance for Diversity tell it,
BGLAD exists, in part, "as a support
group and a place where people who
are unsure of themselves can come
to terms with their sexuality."
BGLAD, according to Wells, "had
been a group on campus for a while,
but didn't change it's name to
BGLAD until about four years ago
when it began to get very big. The
name was changed so that bisexuals
and heterosexuals as well could feel
more comfortable in their support of
thegroup. In the next couple of years
we weren't as big on campus, and
that was perhaps because we weren't
as controversial as before. It's
Chabotar, Exec. Roard
target the budget deficit
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
In this time of budget cuts and
balanced budget proposals on the
national level, Bowdoin College is
looking inward to see how the
College can balance its own
checkbook. On October 28 Kent
Chabotar, treasurer of the College,
came to discuss with the Executive
Board some possible plans for
decreasing the deficit.
Bowdoin College has decreased
in its deficit from 3 million in fiscal
year 1 988-89, to less than one million
in fiscal year 91-92. Often in past
years, the deficit has been funded
out of the College's endowment.
"The deficit [has been) caused by
our aspirations for administrative
and academic programs larger than
our wealth," stated Chabotar. Fiscal
year 1993 ends June 30. So the
^budgeting committee is already
looking forward to fiscal year 1994.
President Edwards, upon arriving
at Bowdoin, promised thegoveming
boards a balanced budget.
At present, Bowdoin uses 1 1% of
its budget for student service, 17%
for financial aid (a raise from 15%
five years ago), 25% to 29% for
instruction, and 20% for
administrative salaries, (down from
22 percent.)
Bowdoin has two possible
solutions to solving its budget, just
like the American voting pubic.
Either tax the populous (i .e.-increase
revenues, increase tuition and fees,
or cut programs) or cut cost by the
termination of nonessential
personnel. Increasing revenues by
increasing tuition and fees has
always occured at schools.
However, Bowdoin has taken into
a ceo un t that, since tuition is already
at a high price, the raise will hurt
citizens already caught in the
recession. Currently, the growth has
interesting, we tend to get much
bigger in size the more
controversial we are."
That lack of controversy came
to a close this year, when signs
with strident quotations about
Bowdoin women and
is bad publicity.
"We were showing the links
between sexism and homophobia.
The people who criticize us have
never been willing to support gays
and lesbians or any other
marginalized group."
"To start, I believe that in my outlook
on gay and lesbian rights, the
Democratic Party is useful as a
stepping stone. "
masturbation caused more than a
little debate.
When given a scenario in which
the members of BGLAD would
have to choose between the types
of signs that they have been
putting up or a plain piece of white
poster board announcing a
BGLAD meeting, Wells explained
that, "...what people would prefer
Wells also had a great deal to say
about President-elect Clinton. 'To
start, I should say that in my outlook
on gay and lesbian rights, I believe
that the Democratic Party is useful
asastepping-stone. I support Clinton
and I am overjoyed that he won.
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been 4.4%, as an effect of inflation.
This is not an option Bowdoin
wants to consider in the short term,
five year programs. The increase in
tuition will have a d irect effect to the
amount of financial aid that the
student body will need, because, as
the tuition increases, so will the gap
of those students who can afford to
pay, compared to the amount of
financial aid that will be needed by
families.
Another way to increase revenue
is to use the college endowment to
cover the debt. Currently Bowdoin
spends 6.5% of its $10 million dollar
endowment per year. However,
this expense does not help to build
up the the endowment in for future
insurance, or financial difficulties.
The solution Bowdoin is looking
to implement is the dismissal of
twenty non-essential personnel. The
College has taken into consideration
the effects that these cuts will have
on the campus community as a
whole. Tenured faculty and tenure-
track faculty are not considered in
terms of cutting personnel. Bowdoin
has already eliminated 45 positions
in the last two years.
"Is it possible? The budget is due
November 2 from each area," stated
Chabotar. Presentation of budgets
will be by Senior Staff officers to the
Budget committee. The Budget
Committee will work out the
possible tradeoffs to the budget.
From there the Budget Committee
recommends the budget to the
President, who will either give a yea
or a nay to take the budget to the
Governing Boards, who have the
last word.
The three financial goals of the
College are to "balance the budget,
keep the budget balanced, and start
generating surplus for the future,"
stated Chabotar. On November 10th,
2:30-3:45 p.m., in Maine Lounge*
there will be an open forum for
faculty, support staff and interested
students.
TOP TEN SCARIEST
PEOPLE ON EARTH
10. Prune-eating Sumo wrestler.
9. High-rise window cleaner
with bladder problem.
8. Near sighted knife juggler.
7. Megalomaniac Third
World Dictators.
6. Grown men named "Biff."
5. Heavily armed hot dog
vendors.
4. Carsick brother in the seat
next to you.
3. Brain surgeon with hiccups.
2. Anyone with a cranky
disposition and a chainsaw.
I . People who offer you drugs.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1 992
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Phi Beta Kappa honors five outstanding Bowdoin achievers
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By Chelsea Ferrette
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Steven Gray
Louisville, Kentucky
Gray is a double major in
biochemistry and economics.
For the past two years he has
been involved with the Judiciary
Board and the Big Brother/Big
Sister Program.
Gray is a graduate of Kentucky
Country Day School.
Photos by Adam Shopis and
Maya Khuri.
Jason Carbine
Rutland, Vermont
Carbine is an Asian Studies major
and the Asian Studies Student
Advisor. He is currently working
on an honors project that explores
the development and cultural
assimilation of the Yaksha in both
Hinduism and Buddhism. During
the fall of his junior year, Carbine
studied in Sri Lanka.
Carbine has been a member of
the Crew team, the Outing Club
and Bowdoin Special Friends. He is
a graduate of Rutland Senior High
School.
Jonah Harley
Newfoundland, Canada
Harley is a major in physics and
a minor in economics. He has
enrolled in the 3-2 program that
allows students to leave Bowdoin
after three years to study atCalTech.
He is a graduate of Bishops
College in Canada.
Harley was unavailable to be
photographed because heisatCal
Tech.
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Eileen Hunt
Island Falls, Maine
Hunt holds a double major in
English and philosophy and a
minor in Greek.
She is the captain of women's
cross country, indoor track and
outdoor track. Hunt has achieved
ail-American status four times
(twice in crosscountry and twee in
outdoor track). She is also a
volunteer teacher at the Coffin
School for a second grade class.
Hunt is a graduate of Southern
Aroostook Community High
School.
Catherine Sperry
Monega, California
Sperry holds a double major in
English and environmental studies,
with a minor in biology. As an
honors project, Sperry will be
looking at the works of Annie
Dillard, an environmental writer.
She has been active in Masque
and Gown, and wrote Before 11, a
play produced on campus last fall.
Sperry has been a leader of the
Outing Club since her first year.
Sperry is a graduate of
Interlochen Arts Academy in
Michigan.
Beyond the lecture: Professor Springer
By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
Asa student at Bowdoin College,
have you ever wondered how a
person decides to become a
professor? Well, I had the
opportunity to find this out for
myself. Allen Springer of the
Government Department
discussed with me his career as a
professor, his current projects and
his favorite pastime.
Springer,a nativeof Washington
state who grew up in Geneva, New
York, attended Amherst College.
Immediately after graduation he
went on to the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University. It was at the Fletcher
School where Springer's interest
in International Environmental
Law was sparked.
So how did he get to Bowdoin?
Here's the catch. Springer, the
proud owner of a masters and Ph.D.
in International Environmental
Law, was living in a farm house in
New Hampshire. "Some go into
teaching for the joy of it. I wentinto
teaching because I was broke." I'm
laughing, he's laughing, then the
phone rings. No one goes into
teaching for the money! Au
contraire, mon frere.
"Bowdoin had a one semester
position open in the government
department to replace a woman
who went on maternity leave. So I
applied and took the job. It was
totally unplanned," commented
Springer. When the woman took a
job at Simmons College, Springer
decided to apply for the tenure
track position. "My father la former
Classics teacher) warned me not to
be a teacher. He expressed great
concern about the politics of a small
school." That was 1976. Since then
Prof. Springer has become the chair
of the government department, as
Allen Springer with his family.
well as acting Dean of Students from
1980 to 1981
Springer, since at Bowdoin, has
been actively involved in the
Tedford Shelter program. "It has
given me an opportunity to get to
know a cross section of people in the
community and in town."
Springer is also a member of the
Noontime Basketball Association.
The Association is a group of
administrators and professors who
get together for the sport of
basketball. Springer stays active by
playing tennis, doing various sports
and taking care of children for the
last three years.
When asked what he did outside
of Bowdoin, Springer's immediate
response was "taking care of
children". As the proud parent of
Sophie, 3, and Jake,l-l/2, Springer
is concerned about their education
in the future. "I'm happy that they
are going to the Children's Center.
They are learning and developing."
Springer admits his concern about
the state of primary and secondary
public school education within the
Brunswick area has been heightened
because of his children. "Some
faculty are talking now about
moving to towns with stronger
public schools. I'm concerned about
what high school [education] will
be like in the next 15 years."
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
On the topic of the quality of a
Bowdoin education Springer
expressed that, "the quality of
students [coming into Bowdoin]
has improved from the early 80s to
now. Students are much more
lively and academically alert." On
the other hand Springer fell that
Bowdoin needs a bit of
improvement. "Faculty need to
teach in areas of strength. Bowdoin
lacks a good advising system."
Springer felt that if students are
encouraged to spread their
academic schedule instead of
having distribution requirements,
the students will not feel forced to
fulfill requirements but will do
areas outside their major. This
allows students, particularly first
years and sophomores, to be more
in touch with the notion of a liberal
arts education-.
At present, Springer has a series
of projects in process. He has
received a grant from the Canadian
government to do a comparative
study between the Gulf of Maine
and the Gulf of Mexico in Regional
Ocean Management. Springer is
also finishing up a book about
environmental diplomacy. His
main interest at this time is research
on the Development of
International Environmental Law
from Stockholm 1972 to Rio 1992.
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Wednesday, November 18
Sargent Gym 3:00-8:00 PM
Organizational meeting: November 8 in
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Questions? Call Mindy Abrams at 729-8633
BGLAD
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4)
What he has said so far bodes very
well for gays and lesbians
nationally."
Healso discussed the referendum
that was just defeated in Portland
that would have overturned a bill
guaranteeing civil rights for gays
and lesbians. "In May, the Portland
city council passed a gay civil rights
bill which would have outlawed
discrimination against gays in
credit, accommodation, housing
and employment. While it was
under consideration, there were
several incidents of violence against
gays. The religious right geared up
and had the law placed on the ballot.
Thankfully it was defeated."
Looking at society both in the
national sense and here at Bowdoin,
Wells is quick to say, "Things are
getting better. Gays and lesbians
are becoming more accepted and
more comfortable in society. There
has been a backlash though, as we
say in Portland, Oregon, and
elsewhere around the country. Will
the religious right succeed? It's
tough to say. Now people can be
more supportive of gay and lesbian
politics and not take heat for it.
We're more organized and united
than we were in the past."
Within the gay community,
though, AIDS still casts a very
threatening shadow. "Among gay
men now," Wells says, "there are
three distinct generations. There are
those who led a very unsafe lifestyle
and are now dying rapidly. There is
the second generation which is very
vocal — who are members of ACT
UP — and are protecting them selves.
There is a third generation, though,
which is curious about gay life but is
not being very careful."
Looking to the future, Wells seems
extremely optimistic. "While the
group has gotten smaller, we have a
lot of things planned . We want to do
outreaches in the dorms. December
1 is World AIDS Day, and we plan to
take part in that. We want to go
down to Washington in April for the
Gay Rights March. That will be the
place where Clinton will make his
mark or not. It'll be interesting to see
how his Administration looks at
this."
Budget Meeting
The Budget and Financial
Priorities Committee will
hold a meeting for faculty,
administrative and support
staff, and students at which
committee members will
discuss issues pertaining to
the 1993-94 and 1994-95
budget. Various documents
concerning the budget will
be available at the meeting.
Tuesday, November 10
Main Lounge,
Moulton Union
230 - 3:45 p jn.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1992
Bowdoin Art Professor displays recent work in Walker Museum
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
"Ann Akimi Lofquist: Recent
Paintings" is a new exhibit in the
Twentieth Century Gallery at the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
This exhibit is unique because
Lofquist is a professor at Bowdoin,
and many of her paintings depict
scenes of Brunswick from the
perspective offered from her studio
in Adams Hall overlooking the Bath
Road and First Parish Church.
Thecxhibit opened on November
3 and continues through December
13. It includes 19 paintings: 6 large
oil-on-canvas landscapes and 13
small perceptual studies done in
oil. Lofquist began work on these
paintings upon her arrival at
Bowdoin in 1990.
The large paintings consist of
conceptual works completed in the
studio. A "studio landscape" might
seem a contradiction in terms, but
Lofquist explains that they were
completed through "memory and
invention." Many of the large
paintings include human figures
and narrative elements. Lofquist
likes her paintings to tell a story.
The thirteen small perceptual
Lofquist's East from Auburn, 1992, oil on linen.
Photo Courtesy of College Relations.
studies are landscapes viewed from
out the window of her Adams Hall
studio. Says Lofquist, "Even though
they are small, they reflect the visual
reality ot the subject accurately, but
they are 'painterly'." She hesitates
to call them 'realist,' though. She
says, "They are more
representationalist, romantic
landscapes."
Lofquist also emphasized the role
of light in her paintings. She tries to
paint when the light is at a moment
of transition, "either at the beginning
or end of the day, or just before a
storm. ..when light suggests change.
Light lends an expressive emphasis
to my paintings which highlights
their poignancy and aesthetic. These
are not cold, cerebral paintings."
There are also three sketchbooks
displayed in a glass case that were
completed on several trips abroad.
One was done in 1986 on a trip to
Europe and focuses on Italian
scenes, another was done in 1990 in
Japan, and the most recent was
completed in 1991 in Nova Scotia.
This exhibition is a preview of
Lofquist's first New York show
scheduled to open at the Tatistcheff
Gallery on 57th Street in Manhattan
in January, 1993. In addition to this
major showing, Lofquist has
participated in several recent group
exhibitions including First Street
Gallery, New York, 1990; Maine
Coast Artists' "Over the Edge," 1992;
and the Tatistcheff Gallery's
"Isolation" show, 1992. Inl990,The
Indiana University Art Museum
also organized a showing of her
work. This coming summer,
Lofquist will have a solo exhibition
at the Maine Coast Artists.
Although originally from
Washington, D.C, Lofquist received
her Bachelor of Fine Arts from
Washington University in St. Louis
and her Master of Fine Arts from
Indiana University at Bloomington.
She has been an assistant professor
of art at Bowdoin since 1990.
The Museum of Art is open to the
public free of charge. For more
information, call (207) 725-3275.
Museum hours are Tuesday through
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed
on Mondays and national holidays.)
Love, sexuality and socks performing in Theater Project
By Brian Sung
asst. arts & leisure editor
With the slow and sexy sound of
a saxophone, More Uncensored
Memoirs moves smoothly into it's
first act. The play is a series of short
skits written by Feiffer, Pinter,
Pintauro and Ratner. The cast of
Brian Dunphy '94, Lynn McGhee,
Jessica Miller, Lee K. Paige, Don
Weatherbee and Mike Welch
assume different roles within each
skit. Directed by Al Miller, the
founder of the downtown Theater
Project, More Uncensored Memoirs
will entertain you totally for a
thoroughly enjoyable evening of
laughter.
The night begins with meeting a
thoroughly confused Superman.
The skit quickly brings the two main
themes of the evening to the
forefront-sexuality and the fact that
life is hard. Superman confronts his
own innate homosexual desires and
his rationalization of saving "more
men than women."
Miller directs us down a path that
makes us take a hard look into our
own feelings, actions, sexuality and
lives. Yet though the tone of the
play may seem heavy and sad, the
short skits do not rest upon the
sadness that occurs within the skits.
Instead, each skit ends on an upbeat
note that gives us a sense of hope.
"Rules of Love" focuses on a sexual
relationship between a churchgoer
and a priest. Though it may seem
like a hopeless love, the end hints at
a reconciliation.
Both acts were amazing. They
were extremely well acted and
directed. The first act has several
memorable highlights.
"Downtown" is a scathing, brilliant
and wickedly naughty sideswipe at
today's pop culture. Three
characters sit at a table mocking
passerbys, as they subtlely pass
judgement upon each other. They
carry themselves in an all-knowing
pretentious manner, giving the
impression of tired worldliness. But
at the end, they are revealed to be a
waiter and two waitresses in a cafe,
not three members of the nouveaux-
riche.
"Hold Me" gives us an insightful
look into relationships. A man is
totally being accosted by his
girlfriend and asks her to let go,
literally and figuratively. She does
as she says, decides freedom is nice
and leaves him. Laughter, some of it
rather wry, flowed freely from the
audience, for there seemed to
understand the dangers of getting
what you want.The theme of reality
continues to the end of the first act
as "The Applicant" shows us a
hyper-realistic version of a job
interview that floored, literally, the
applicant.
The second act hits sexuality. It
opens with a gem in "Uncle Chick" .
This skit focuses on the hardships of
being homosexual in today's
supposedly enlightened society. The
reality of sensitive men being in
love with other men is shown by the
two lead characters. One has
accepted his homosexuality, and the
other is still embarassed and
humiliated by it. The former is
young and the latter is old, perhaps
showing us that an idealistic
homosexual youth may become an
embittered old man, beaten down
by society's ideals of sexuality.
Again though, More Uncensored
Memoirs gives us hope in the form of
a shared hug.
"Lenten Pudding" shares the
theme of homosexuality in the form
of a woman's eviction from a family
due to her lesbianism. Her niece
comes to talk with her, presumably
just to gain a secret pie recipe from
the disgraced aunt. The real reason
for her visit becomes clear at the
end, for she is there to offer support.
The niece is not there for her gain,
but to show admiration towards her
aunt.
The play then moves into a failed
Jessica Miller and Brian Dunphey '94 to perform at the Theater Project
tonight. Photo courtesy of Susan Mills.
marriage in "Cat Scratch." The
beauty of their once caring
relationship finally re-appears when
the husband finally takes a look at
his wife's love of cats and
understands. Perhaps it is a small
jab at those who are selfish and hits
at what a little understanding can
do for a relationship.
More Uncensored Memoirs ends
with two wonderfully funny skits
in "Socks" and "Married Bliss."
"Socks" gives us a new, insightful
look into that universal
phenomenon of machine washers
that eat socks. "Married Bliss" then
ends the night with a thoroughly
confusing, riotously funny dialogue
that plays on words and
relationships.
More Uncensored Memories is a
great, serious, light-hearted, warped
and funny play. It will entertain for
it's entire duration. It will run Friday
night at 8:00, Saturday at 8:00, and
Sunday at 2.00 at the Theater Project.
The Theater Project is located on 14
School Street.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1992
Play along with Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve in the GHQ.
By Katie Gilbert
orient staff writer
This weekend, Masque and
Gown, Bowdoin's completely
student-run theater group, will
present two new thought
provoking plays. The first is The
Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark
Twain, adapted by Mark Bucci and
directed by Maita David '93, and
the second is Play, written by
Samuel Beckett and directed by
David Finitsis '95.
David's production of The Diary
of Adam and Eve is a "lighter, fun
play." She describes the
production as a "personal" story
that has been "secularized,"
without the presence of the
character of God . The play portrays
Adam and Eve's "feelings" about
their existence, "the relationship
between them, and what it means
to be human".
This is David's third time
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
directing with Masque and Gown.
She has also performed in two
musicals, stage managed and has had
roles in a several GHQ productions
here at Bowdoin.
When asked about the rewards and
difficulties in directing The Diary of
Adam and Eve L David said she "had
an idea about what [she] wanted to
do."
In directing a play with such unique
subject matter, she encountered and
was able "to play around with many
new ideas." She also notes that one of
the more difficult aspects of directing
is the initial process of casting; finding
people she "can work with" where
there will be a "give and take"; a
"respect." The cast includes Adam
Van de Water '95 (Adam), Nicole
Devarenne '95 (Eve) and Dave
Johnson '94 (serpent).
Finitsis is directing a play by
Samuel Beckett, appropriately titled
Play. Kris Johnson '93, Cat Speny93
and Sam Kennedy '96 are the three
main characters.
Finitsis explains that this unique
play is an "existential" experience,
"a play of voices that recounts a
love triangle." Their "relationships
are now severed." The characters
are presented as "disconnected from
each other" and at "no point are
they consciously aware of each
other."
Finitsis further elaborates that
Play "relies solely on the text. There
is no movement of the characters."
The triangle is "all dead to them. . .
post-facto." And, as a result, he
continued, "stands the characters in
urns up to their necks".
This "dynamic" production
"curves in on itself. The characters
are looking in." Each of them has
"no real sense of each other, but
each has elaborate [yet ) entirely false
perceptions of the other two."
This is Finitsis' first time directing
at Bowdoin. He has been involved
in both Masque and Go wn and main
stage productions. He has enjoyed
directing Play, and feels the actors
present "excellent portrayals of their
characters" and have "solidified the
play."
Finitsis eloquently sums up Play
as a production that "smolders-it's
not extinguished, it's a dying cold" .
The Diary of Adam and Eve and
Play will make for an exciting
evening of a glimpse into
existentialism, reflection, and both
the light and dark sides of human
beings and life. Both should not be
missed! The two productions will
be shown November 5, 6, 7 at 8:00
p.m. Tickets are available at 7:00
p.m. and seating is limited, so get
there early!
Professors to play American Music
Music faculty to perform this coining Tuesday in Kresge, Visual
Arts Center. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
— fellowships.
By Archie Lin
orient arts k leisure
EDITOR
His recent and upcoming
events include premieres in
Amsterdam, Minneapolis and
Copenhagen.
The concert will also include
performances by Professor of
An evening concert this
coming Tuesday, November 10,
will celebratetwo-hundred years Music, Robert Greenlee (piano)
of American music and will and Music Instructor Deirdre
feature performances by Elliot Manning (flute). Music Instructor,
Schwartz, Professor of Music, Margery Land is, and twelve other
other music faculty and students, students will join Marti
This concert is intended to Champion '93 (cello), Lara Curtis
provide a "historical survey" of '93 (soprano), Alanson James
American music, coinciding with Donald III '95 (percussion),
a course being taught this
semester by Schwartz, who is an
internationally recognized
composer of contemporary
music.
He has received numerous
honors in the United States and
abroad. Schwartz was the
Masatoshi Hirono '94 (clarinet)
and Ashley Pensinger *95 (violin)
for an ensemble performance of
Terry Riley's classic, In C.
In additon to Riley's Piece, this
program includes work by
Anthony Heinrich (1781-1861)
and Amy Beach (1867-1944), a
recipient of composition grants notable women composer,
from the National Endowment The concert is sponsored by the
of the Arts, the Leo Snyder Department of Music and will be
Memorial Prize for Music held in Kresge Auditorium,
Composition, the Maine State Visual Arts Center. It will begin
Award in the Arts and promptly at 7:30 p.m. open to the
Humanities and two Rockefeller public and free of charge,
Foundation Bellagio residence although seating is limited.
Groupie's Delight
This Week: Bone Machine bv Tom Waits
By Michael Johnson
orient music reviewer
"For some, you know, murder is the
only door through which to enter life. "
— Tom Waits
Tom Waits scares the shit out of
me. Tom Waits makes me listen.
What does it matter a dream
of love/ or a dream of lies/
we're all gonna be in the same
place/ when we die.
Tom Waits has a new album
called the Bone Machine. Flowing
over with black humor and an even
more wicked vibrancy than found
in his earlier releases, Bone Machine
bounds from road trips, to love, to
farm philosophy; with almost
every song on the new album
referring to religion or murder. In
an age when it is so "wonderful"
for an artist to be "full of sorrow"
and "anger" at the world, Tom
Waits lays these pretenders to
waste.
I can't stay here and I'm scared
to leave/ just kiss me once and
then/ I'll go to Hell . . I might
as well.
No one is as forsaken as Tom
Waits.
Tom Waits chews up life and
spits it out with sad vengeance.
and just who are you Ms
time?/you look rather tired/are you
pretending to love/well, I hear
that it pays well.
lyrics, Waits has added a new
dimension to the recording aspect
of his songs. Waits entered thestudio
Tom Waits chews up life and
spits it out with sad
vengeance.
to the songs that you would not
expect from a studio recording.
Well he once killed a man with
a guitar string/ he's been seen
at the table with kings/ well he
once saved a baby from
drowning/ there are those who
say beneath his coat are wings
Tom Waits is not for the timid.
Although his repertoire on this
album spans from slow ballads to
harsh rockers, all of the pieces share
the same emotional intensity. Songs
like "Earth died Screaming" and
"In the Colosseum" can be shocking
in the realization of the visceral
responses that must have created
them. Bone Machine is not for the
masses, but it will appeal to a few. .
for whom it will be a gem.
The quill from a buzzard/ the
blood writes the word/ 1 want to
know/ am I the sky/ . . .Or a
bird?
A voice of whiskey-sharpened
sand paper and darkness allows
Tom Waits to span emotional
spectrums. He has created an album
of sacrifice with Bone Machine. Angry
edged guitars and intense
drumming create the bones of this
new album, the demons of Tom
Waits having devoured the flesh.
Murderers regale crowds, devils
dine with kings, and lost lives lament
... on the Bone Machine.
The Bone Machine marks the
beginning of a new creative period
for Waits. In addition to the bizarre
and often angry percussion and harsh
with the lyrics and musical basics
essentially intact but then
improvised the remaining music as
it was recorded, lending a vibrancy
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Flink's Flicks
By Tim Funk
orient movie reviewer
Dear Faithful Readers,
Last week I was accosted by a few
people wanting to know what my 7
stood for in my review of Candyman.
7-UP? Was 7 bad? Was it good?
Luckily for you, O readers, the
Brunswick/Portland area decided to
open no new movies this week, and
since all the other movies have been
open too long for my review to matter
much since you probably have
already seen them, I will take my
limited space this week to explain
my rating system and encapsulate a
few movies for you.
As for the rating system, each
number from to 10 is an indication
of the quality of the motion picture.
Briefly, here is what each one stands
for:
10-A must see. It would be a sin to
miss this movie.
9-Excellent — though you're left
with a nagging suspicion that
something was wrong.
8-Very good — though you might
not remember all of it after it's over.
7-Good but somewhat flawed.
6-OK but no classic.
5-Average. Not good. Not bad.
4-See this movie at a reduced price
showing — like a matinee.
3-Wait until video.
2-Cable. Or if you're a real die-
hard fan of the director or actors.
1 -For people who enjoy torture or
those of us who like to watch bad
films as well as good ones.
0-Trash.
Now for some reviews:
Consenting Adults: A cheap,
tawdry mess about mate swapping
and insurance scams. The brightest
thing about this movie is the color
of Kevin Spacey's hair. Rating: 2
Hero: Dustin Hoffman does Ratzo
Rizzo for the 90's. A cute film about
the media's willingness to exploit
the average man who does
something above-average. No belly
laughs but sustained chuckles.
Rating: 7
Glengarry Glen Ross: A stunning
adaptation of the David Mamet
play. Gripping, suspenseful with
Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon giving
their best performances ever. About
the avenues taken to insure a job at
a real-estate company. A shoe-in
for some Oscars. Rating: 10
Mr. Baseball: Tom Selleck stars as
an aging Yankee traded to Japan.
Not too much Japan Bashing. Not
too much culture-clashing. In fact,
not too much. Rating: 5
Dr. Giggles: Standard horror film
buoyed by above-average
direction. Most of the one-liners
are predictable, though a few
generate actual giggles. A little too
formulaic (sex-starved teens, blood
and guts). Rating: 4
Under Siege: Steven Seagal's next
chop/sock/kill thriller. Graced with
an intelligent script by J.F. Lawton
(Pretty Woman) and with wonderful
supportingtumsby Gary Busey and
Tommy Lee Jones, this is his best
one yet. Rating: 8
Sneakers: Robert Redford finally
relaxes a bit and remembers how to
have fun acting. With this refound
ability, he leads an excellent
ensemble cast in a high-tech thriller
involving the proverbial "little black
box". Rating: 9
Singles: More of a TV movie of the
week than a 97 minute movie. There
is enough subtle humor to keep you
smiling throughout the day, unless
you go see Consenting Adults right
after it. Rating: 6
Mr. Saturday Night : Billy Crystal' s
directorial debut, where he plays a
70 year old comic reflecting on his
career. The movie is filled with
hilarious one-liners but too much
pathos. This is probably what the
Marx Brothers would have churned
out if they continued acting into
their 70's. Rating: 5
Next week, we shall return to the
in-depth, unpsychological jargon
filled reviews that all of you love to
read while eating your Quiche
Lorraine in whatever place of d ining
you frequent. Tentatively, you can
expect Passenger 57, starring Wesley
Snipes. That's all for this this week;
the aisles are now roped off.
Danish's American Standard is standard fare
By Mathew Scease
orient contributor
The overall\quaHty of the songs that gapingchasm of corruption and
provesconsistentifnotexceptional, perfidy that swallows anything
with some clunkers thrown in — daring or original and then tries to
like "Sister Shade" with its market the resultant product to the
In the beginning was the void, execrable instrumental bridge. We 16-24 age group as somehow hip. It
Then there was a pastry. Then along are lucky enough to have a version is, compared to some other artists'
came Mary, mother of Jesus. The of "I Fought the Law" that rivals records we could be buying, like
pastry became flesh and put out two CheapTrick's "Don't Be Cruel" for say Neil Diamond or Kris
well-received albums of hard-edged the Grammy category of Most
Pointless Cover Award. But these
songs were offset by a couple of
bettertracks that struggled mightily
to distinguish themselves, most
notably "Killjoy" and "Porcupine."
While savaging the mediocrity
of the songs, I hasten to add that the
record soundsgreat;kudos to Peter
Asher for making a little go a long
way. It's frustrating to imagine
what this album could have been if
only the band had had some good
songs.
American Standard skirts the edge
of what is called "alternative" music
Kristofferson (who is actually not
that unhip; witness his support of
rock before turning the production
Listen to it
95 times
a day
reigns over to Peter Asher, the man
responsible fordomesticating 10,000 (which is a dangerous place to be booed off the stage at the Bob Dylan
The record
sounds
great
Sinead O'Connor when she was
Maniacs.
What can I say about American
Standard! After a weekof listening to
it and trying to figure out what could
possibly separate it from any number
of similar "college music" discs, the
only words of commendation I can
offer are directed to anyone who
likes bland blues-rock that sounds
like a lame-ass Replacements retread
going nowhere: this album is for you.
And maybe if you listen to it ninety-
five times a day you'll be able to
after our national orgasm over
kudos to
Peter
Asher
tribute concert).
The bottom line? American
Standard is just what the title
promises: standard fare. If you want
to listen to a bunch of rocking, guitar-
based songs with killer female
vocals-songs that are a hell of a lot
more likely to mean something to
you rather than simply to pass
through you with all the impact of a
can of Diet Coke, then listen to the
new albums by PJ Harvey or
Throwing Muses. This record will
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Friday, November 6
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Book Sale aUfre^useum of Art. Walker Art
Building. /
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. InformaUcmal Talk. "Understanding
Alternatives to TIAA-C^£Fi^Talk given by Barbara Kaster,
Harrison King McCann Prof, of Oral Communication in Dept. of
English. Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
Film. In Cold Blood starring Robert Blake and Scott Wilson. *»
9:30 p.m. Meddies performing in the Pub.
Saturday, November 7
10:00 a jn. - 5:00 p.m. Book Sale at the Museum of Art. Walker Art „
Building.
Film. The Long Good Friday starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
Midnight. Film. Sleuth starring Lawrence Olivier and Michael
Caine.
Sunday, November 8
2:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 film series, Missing. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
2:00-5:00 p.m. Book Sale at the Museum of Art. Walker Art
Building.
Monday, November 9
7:30 p.m. Film. Fourth Annual Women's Film series, Little Vera
starring Natalya Negoda. Kresge Auditorium.
7:30 p.m. Lecture. 'The Psychology of Winning." Given by Dr.
Allen Goldberg, sports psychologist. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth
Hall.
Tuesday, November 10
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. "A la recherche du temps perdu." Given by
John Carmen, artist. Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
7:30 p.m. Concert. American Music Concert II: Elliott S. Schwartz
and Friends. Kresge Auditorium.
7:30 p.m. Slide Lecture. "The Creation of Indian Identity in the
Andes." Given by Regina Harrison, professor of Spanish, Bates
College. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
8:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 film series. Bye, Bye, Brazil. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, November 11
Film. Picnic at Hanging Rock starring Rachel Roberts.
Thursday, November 12
7:00 p.m. Lecture. "Confronting America's Future: Education and
Other Issues." Given by Senator George Mitchell. Pickard Theater.
Bowdoin College Art Museum
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Bowdoin building a P.C. memorial
Two weeks ago the Governing Boards officially
approved the construction of a "memorial" to
commemorate Bowdoin students who sacrificed
their lives during World War II, the Korean War
and the Vietnam War. Such action is honorable
and long overdue, for the College should recognize
the sacrifices of students who gave their lives
defending this nation and the democratic ideals
for which it stands.
The College, however, has displayed an
astoundingly weak-kneed and pathetic attempt
to protect itself when no such action is warranted.
When originally announcing the project,
Bowdoin's administrators meticulously stressed
that the "memorial" was not a "war" memorial.
The College refused to honor war — only those
who fought in them. To avoid this perception,
Bowdoin then called the project a "service
memorial," to honor students who died fighting
in service for the country. Now, amazingly, when
the project comes to fruition, the College has even
backed down from calling thememoriala "service
memorial," or even implying that the structure is
associated with war.
We expect integrity from the Bowdoin's
administrators. We also expect honesty. If this is
a memorial commemorating students who died
in a war, then call it that. Nobody is fooled by
simply altering the name of a project, and it is an
insult to the collective intelligence of the
community to assume that the pseudo-censorship
the College is participating in will be a band-aid to
the evils that humans do. Nobody who is smart
enough to be accepted for admission at Bowdoin
as a student or hired here to teach is going to
assume that the word "war" before "memorial"
means that the administration has authorized a
granite endorsement of human cruelty. The
ommission of words that are simply clarifications
is sadly insulting.
Memorializing war is not a precedent at
Bowdoin, for the College has honored the soldiers
of the Civil War with Memorial Hall and the
soldiers of World War I with the flagpole. In fact,
the flagpole is officially dedicated to "the Sons of
Bowdoin who in the World War offered their lives
and services for their country and for freedom."
When did such courage to call a war memorial a
war memorial leave our school? If we're honoring
alumni for courage than we should show a little
ourselves.
The administration's second mistake involving
the memorial is baffling for its inconsistency with
the first. The committee failed to consult students
about the construction of the memorial even the i i gh
it will include students who died fighting for I fazi
Germany and Fascist Italy during World War II : ; jr
some reason, the College took careful measures : -.ot
to offend pacifists but failed to consider ttvii
memorializing Nazi sympathizers might offt \r.
Jewish students on campus. This is not to say t: "! :
the inclusion is wrong — the Orient understan .'-
and agrees with the sentiment to honor all the
who suffered participation in war — but that ti
administration's P.C. priorities lie with se\
protective language and not with the feelings of i-
students is a sad inconsistency.
To theadministration, and committee that planned
this structure, we ask, where is your consideration?
Why no student input? The committee seemed
intent on silently brushing this matter under the
rug, by quietly approving it at the Governing Boards'
meeting two weeks a go. The actions of the committee
overseeing the construction of this memorial are
ironic. They attempt to be politically correct yet end
up being hypocritical to a mockable degree.
We call upon President Edwards to host an open
forum to allow student opinion on the memorial.
We should be accomodating to the wishes of alumni
who sadly lost their brothers and friends in wars.
We respect this. We simply want a voice in the
construction — don't shut us out.
It is sad that with all the good intention behind the
new memorial, all that the structure may remind us
of is that our distinguished alumni who died to
secure our freedoms had their memories
compromised to shelter the self-protective and
cowardly values of the administration charged with
honoring them.
The New Bowdoin Memorial
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The Bowdoin w We hope we
didn't offend anyone because
war is bad and we're not
thrilled about military service
either" Memorial
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OPINION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1992
The myth of the P.C.Monster
I would like to personally thank all the thoughtful and
sensitive people who have thoroughly embedded a fear of
some P.C. blob that is apparently running rampant on this
campus trying to brainwash us all. 1 hate to inform anyone
who was planning to head south to flee from this beast, but
IT DOESNT REALLY EXIST. It is, however, a very effective
tactic to dismiss all people and issues that are slightly
unsettling as "Politically Correct" because it lumps them
into one amorphous group and takes away their credibility.
Political Correctness is a concept and term that came into
being in the late 1960s during the rise of the New Left and
the Black Power Movements. It was used first as a term to
unite a variety of groups which were working to change an
historically "incorrect" society. In turn, it became a tool
implemented by the Right to mock and dismiss these
groups as "ideologically rigid and authoritarian." P.C. has
cleverly been reinstated today, as an "evil force" that is
By Sharon Price
taking over "our" universities and other parts of our society.
"The accusation of P.C. restrains and embarrasses anyone
inclined to point out these appalling inequalities."*
Unfortunately, the people who constantly bat this term
around are doing exactly what they claim is being done to
them. They are silencing their peers, and very efficiently I
Belittling and pushing aside issues of
racism, sexism and homophobia. . . is
irresponsible and selfish.
might add.
Without doubt, there are campuses where people have
become over-sensitized to the issues and have gone too far
in placing their standards of speech and behavior on
everyone. But, Bowdoin is the last place we can accuse this
of happening. If traditionally oppressed groups have gained
enough power in this school and elsewhere in society to
make their voice heard, why have so many people chosen
to mock it? There have been positive changes at Bowdoin
in terms of a more inclusive curriculum and student needs,
but it is a constant battle to make these small gains. Belittling
and pushing aside issues of racism, sexism and homophobia
that' effect your peers (and yourself) is irresponsible and
selfish. The politically active people on this campus are
sincere in their concerns and grievances and are not spouting
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Looking Starboard
By Craig Cheslog
Some reflections on "Conservatism in the post-Bush world "
\
After many months and countless words written in columns
like this, the election has come and gone. What seemed
unthinkable 12, 10, eight months ago has happened: Bill
Clinton is the President-Elect. George Bush has joined Gerald
Ford and Jimmy Carter in the ranks of recent presidents that
failed to win re-election.
Tuesday night was a difficult one for this writer, even if the
result has seemed to be obvious for the last several weeks.
Bush, despite all of the disagreements this columnist and
others have had with him, is a good man. He deserved a
better fate. Perhaps history will take a kinder view of his
administration, but that can be of little solace to Bush.
While watching Bush give his concession speech, this
writer could not help but notice that Bush actually seemed
relieved: relieved that the campaign was over, relieved that
he would no longer be president. A glimmer in his eye that
had been missing over the last few months returned when he
talked about going into the grandparent business. It was well
known that many of Bush's advisors were not planning on
serving in a second Bush administration. Tuesday night,
watching Bush give his speech, it seemed that even he was
glad that he was being relieved of his duties.
That is purely speculation, but it certainly explains many
of the events of the fall, when Bush seemed lackadaisical and
dispassionate. Regardless, Clinton is the President-Elect.
Democrats are returning to Washington, DC, and the
pressure is on them to produce. The stakes are high.
If people like this columnist are wrong, and Clinton's
prescriptions for the country are correct, Clinton's presidency
will begin a new Democratic epoch. But, if Clinton's programs
are misguided, and the Democrats fail to govern effectively,
the stage will be set for a massive Republican resurgence in
1994 and 19%. Clinton will be loved or reviled. That is the
nature of his mandate.
Every election year, pundits and constitutional scholars
renew an old debate: should the Electoral College be
eliminated from the process of electing a president? This
election proves how valuable the Electoral College can be.
Clinton won the electoral vote by a landslide, while winning
the popular vote less impressively. The Electoral College has
provided Clinton a large mandate — the reader has probably
already heard Democratic operatives talk about it. The
President-Elect has a Congress that has been looking forward
to this moment since 1981.
Washington will be a busy place. There will be no excuses
for Clinton.
Perhaps the most significant problem Clinton faces will be
controlling Congress. Remember, the Democratically-
controlled Congress from 1 977-1 981 helped to destroy Carter,
and leadership in both houses will pounce on Clinton the
minute an opportunity presents itself. Clinton will need to
watch his back very closely, especially in early 1994 if things
have not improved.
The time has come to congratulate Clinton on his election.
He ran an incredible campaign and overcame the multitude of
obstacles that he and others placed in his way. The fall of Bush
is historic: jus* fifteen months ago, Bush was the titan of the
free world. On Tuesday, Bush lost to someone who was
considered a second-stringer when the year began. The time
has come for conservatives and Republicans to sit back and let
Clinton have his chance. This writer honestly hopes that the
American people did not make a terrible mistake. But, do not
fear, he will be watching the Clinton administration very
closely.
Conservatism in the post-Bush world .
It does not take a genius to figure out that the conservative
movement faces somedifficult times ahead. Conservatives, in
the months to ca^ne, will be grappling with and making some
of the most difficult — yet important — decisions in the history
of the movement.
The problems of conservatives are multiplied by the fact
that Bush and his* ad visors (read: Richard Darman) allowed
Ronald Reagan's legacy to be spoiled. Lies about Reagan and
the 1980s are said with conviction by Democrats, network
anchors, and even Bush administration officials. Because of
this, people are trying to say that the repudiation of Bush is a
repudiation of Reagan. This is, quite simply, not true.
Conservative economic strategies have not been a part of
federal economic policy since as early as the 1986 Tax Reform
Act or certainly since the 1990 Budget Agreement. The tax
increases of 1986 and 1990 have forced this economy into its
current sluggish state. For goodness sake, conservatives told
Bush that a tax increase would lead to recession. Conservatives
warned Bush that Congress could not be trusted to hold the
line on spending. This election was not a repudiation of
conservatism, it was a repudiation of Bush's lack of vision.
There is a need for conservatives to take to the airwaves and
the press to keep the conservative philosophy alive. To be
successful, however, conservatives cannot repeat the mistake
of Bush and continue to be negative. Conservatives must come
up with and articulate a positive vision for the post-Cold War
world.
It is only a matter of time before prominent figures begin
maneuvering for the 1996 nomination. Jack Kemp may be the
most visible of the these conservatives, but others like William
Bennett are also sure to have an impact on the ideology of the
right.
This defeat will be looked back on as a positive experience
if it re-energizes the GSF and the conservative movement.
Twelve years in power is a long time, and it is important to
remember that Bush was never really a part of the movement.
He tolerated and used conservatives to be elected, but failed
to follow through on the policies that had given him power.
Even if Clinton errs, charges of draft-dodging or a lack of
family values will still not be enough to win back the White
House in 1996. What will be the conservative plan for the 21 st
Century? Now is the time to figure it out.
Fightin' Words
By
Tom
Leung
This week's target:
Our beloved Student Center
Picture this: our multi-million dollar student center will
include things never humanly dreamt possible. I mean,
we're talking about a difference of night and day compared
to that decrepit, rotting embarrassment of a building we call
the Union. Let's see, the new center will have a pub, a
convenience store and another game room! But wait, there's
more. We will have a "small post office" too! No, you are not
hallucinating, a small post office! Its always nice to know our
$4,000,00 is being put to good use.
Frankly speaking, my problem with this new student
center is that almost every person I talk to is at best luke
warm in his/her support of this multi-million dollar project.
Don't get me wrong, I think Bear Buns could be renovated in
such a way that we can all sit down and hang out, the pub
could be remodeled, the book store could be expanded to
carry convenience store items and they could all be open
later than they are now. But the question is, do we have to
spend 4 million dollars to achieve these simple goals? (I
know the present calculation is 3M, but let's be realistic,
remember your last car repair estimate?) The Union could be
renovated to accommodate these improvements without
much of a problem, but for some reason our wonderful
administration found it irresistible to contact 36 architectural
firms across the country and set a 4 million dollar budget
with the Hyde cage in it's hungry sights to solve our humble
requests. Excuse me, President Edwards, do you know what
overkill means?
If we can get lounge space for the cafe, a fresher look for the
pub, a more comprehensive book store and expanded hours
without abandoning the Union, why would anyone in their
million dollar project renovating the entire Hyde cage. Why
buy a brand new computer when all you need is another disk
drive?
It is the year 1994, the Administration's pride and joy is
finally constructed. "In the past, the fraternities have
For some strange reason, the
administration is on a moral crusade
to wipe out fraternities. . .
contributed to the well-being of the College community, but
are now no longer necessary considering the realization of
our new student center. Fraternities were allowed to exist on
this campus because they provided a social outlet for the
students; the student center is now that outlet. In addition to
their obsolete pragmatic status, all fraternities are
fundamentally inconsistent with the values of this socially
inclusive college."
And that would be the end of it.
Why else would anyone make a four million dollar financial
investment in a plan whose objectives could be easily met
with relatively nominal renovations to the Union? In an
economic environment where we have abolished need-
blind admissions, where all of the academic departments
have taken cuts in their budgets and where significant
quite interesting that the school is more than willing to
commence with a brand new multi-million dollar complex
while it hypocritically cuts back on everything else. For some
strange reason, the administration is on a moral crusade to
wipe out fraternities, on some kind of fanatical/i/iad to eliminate
every one of them. In a few years, no frat will escape its self-
righteous guillotine of extermination, already bloodied by the
remains of Chi Psi, ominously sharpened for the future arrivals
of the others.
Logically speaking, the question arises: is there anything
else we could do with that money since we don't need all four
million to improve the Union? How about expanding the
dining halls so I don't have to stand in line for twenty minutes
only to wander around aimlessly with a tray full of food for
another ten hoping to find a place to sit? How about putting
washing and drying machines in all the dorms so I don't have
to physically assault someone over the rights to the next
available dryer after trekking halfway across campus? How
about not turning down competent applicants simply because
they can't afford to pay our ridiculous tuition? How about
hiring a few more professors so our classes are smaller and
more personal?
There are so many other things we could do with 4 million
dollars. To squander it on the administration's furtive holy
war against fraternities is ludicrous and a major blow to any
trust there is between the students and officials of this college.
As a piece of advice to any College official reading this: if
you're gonna try to kill off the f rats, at least be straightforward
about it. Don't insult our intelligence with the sales pitch
you've been pushing on us lately. U makes an ass of you and
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
OPINION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1992
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Student Opinion
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and John Silverman
ROAD TRIPPING: FIRST IN A THREE-PART LIMITED
EDITION SERIES
BuyBOKS.
Hi, dudes! This is a good day. You know why? It's Friday.
You know whyelse? The Orient comes out on Friday. You
know why else? Because we're in the Orient You know why
else, even? Because Friday's road^trippin' day!!
Have you ever heard of the Trojan horse? It's something
that dressed up like a nice gift, but it really just kicks your
butt. That's exactly what Self-Paced Calculus is. At face-value
it's real pretty; heck, you get to do it when you want, personal
tutors and convenient scheduling. It's dressed up like it's real
easy.
Inside of big wooden horse is someone who says: "O.K.,
kids. . . buy a $680 book Read it. Learn it now or fail." That's
pretty easy.
Let's say you just failed another SPC check (Doerr/
Silverman translation of "SPC check": another word for
swallowing molten lead), and you need to get the hell out of
Bowdoin because you are convinced the only way you got
accepted here is because of a gross clerical error. There's
nothing like an "F" to square your self-image. You grab some
pals and hop in a car.
You're going on a road trip, baby.
Where should you go? What's the optimum number of
road trippers?
We know.
Top-Ten Road Trip Destinations:
1 . Montreal: (In road-trippers language that would be read
as Mon-ray-all.) The ideal place for a wild and story-to-tell-
when-you-return road trip. Montreal, speaking from personal
experience, is a righteous time no matter how long one
decides to stay for. Choice night spots to say the least. Bring
more than four so you will have to fight for the floor to sleep
on.
2. UNH: It will rain. It will be horrible. Everything will be
locked. You will sleep in the sewer. You will hate every
minuteof it . . . until you get backand realize how unbelievably
hilarious it was. Pack thousands into a two-seat-sports-car-
Get his or her parents to hate
you. . . If they haven't met
you before, use a pseudonym.
that-has-no-back-seat-what-so-ever.
3. Colby: The most important aspect of Colby reader is to
bring everyone you know. The reasons for this is that you
will be able to do the most possible harm to that loathsome
hole, and when you get caught doing it (Isn't that a given?),
you have the greatest variety of bull to feed to the Waterville
law-enforcement bacon.
4. Roommate's House: As long as it's not yours, right? Get
his or her parents to hate you. That way they'll never come
up to see their child, and you'll never have to clean the room
again. Bring a few others to spread blame amongst you. If
they haven't met you before, use a pseudonym.
5. Fat Matf s: It's not far, but it's necessary. Good for
weekdays. DEFINITELY don't spend the night there Walk
over in a long single-file line from shortest to tallest.
6. Chile: Amy Sachrison and Theima are there. Go hangout
with them. If you don't know them. . .go anyway. Someone
please go, we don't want to. Just kidding guys. Bring seven
people because we have no idea how many people to bring,
but seven is the next one.
7. Fenway-Red Sox Game: It's not as good as watching
eight-year-olds playing soccer, but it might be fun in about
fifty years. Wow! They're unbelievably bad! Bring a group of
nine, and who knows, you may get some action.
8. Reggaefest: (Summer Insert) By the way, that's in
Burlington, Vt. every summer. Crash Dumper's place at
Killington on the way home. You won't remember it, but
believe us, it's incredible. Good tunes, so we hear. Bring as
many as you want, you'll lose them all anyway. You'll probably
want to transfer to UVM after being there for a day.
9. Jail: It's free room and board, baby. Tell your fellow
trippers that you're going to one of the above places. Do many
things wrong on the way and don't complete the journey.
Consult Consumer Reports edition #43276960-326547 for best
prison food across the globe. (International laws are really fun
to break) Bring very strong, very large people with you.
10. Colgate: We've never been, but we seriously think it
would be a good time. Jon visited there as a senior in high
school and saw that they have the 4th best collegiate golf
course in the nation. Bring your clubs. Go with Erin cause his
brother goes there. If you don't know Erin, go with someone
who wears tie-dyes cause we hear they're real into that stuff
there. Dead bootlegs are essential.
Next week. . .We can't tell. O.K. We wilL;We really shouldn't.
Alright we'll tell you. Keep your knickers on. The properly stocked
road-trip croker sack.
P.C. Myth
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10)
rhetoric trying to manipulate unsuspecting bystanders.
Those of us trying to make changes in this school and
beyond have burnt ourselves out attempting to have our
voices heard.
Take the time to look around you. See for yourself
whether Bowdoin is a comfortable place to be "different."
How are women treated in class and in social settings?
What kind of assumptions do you see people making about
other people's sexuality because of their dress or
mannerisms? What terms are used to describe people of
different ethnic or racial backgrounds? Even if people are
not willing to admit it, there is racism, sexism and
homophobia at Bowdoin, both subtle and blatant. Have a
look in the Tower elevator. The latest graffiti says, "I hate
fags."
I personally don't care if manhole cover is called a person-
access-hole or even if a freshman is called a first-year. But,
when approximately two date rapes happen every weekend
on most campuses, when one in four women will be sexually
assaulted in her life-time, when a disproportionate number of
black men are dying before age twenty, when AIDS is still
considered a gay disease and when epithets such as the one
above are written on the Bowdoin campus — things are not
right. The universities were a place of silence and com pla cen cy
throughout the 80's. This should be an exciting time to be in
school when there is the potential for us to implement major
change.
Please do not let the status quo discourage you from speaking
your mind. We should be able to leave Bowdoin saying that
we listened to new opinions and id eas, lea r ned to respect them
and perhaps incorporate them into our own lives. I wish that
the people who have been writing the unnecessarily
provocative and inane opinion pieces in this newspaper,
creating the P.C. panic, would make the effort to find out
about the issues and talk to people before they ignorantly
bash them with their pen. It is not fair for anyone to belittle
others and mock issues that are real to them. Don't be scared
because of anyone's rhetoric to speak up in class or to a
friend when you have heard something that is hurtful to
yourself or someone else. No one can hear your silence.
'Quotes and historical information gathered from: Perry,
Ruth, "Historically Correct," Women's Review of Books,
1992, v.9, n.5, Feb, p.15.
etters to the Eclito
Safe Space responds to
Belisle's Patriot article
To the Editor
We, the members of Safe Space, are writing in response to
an article that appeared in last week's Patriot entitled "Safe
Space Statistics Poorly Substantiated." We would like to
take this opportunity to respond to certain issues Ms. Belisle
raised concerning the goals of our group and the information
conveyed in our outreaches.
Contrary to what was stated in the article, Safe Space's
purpose is not to inform students of "Bowdoin' s sexual
policies and environment," but rather of the problem of
sexual violenceon campus — two very different issues. While
Ms. Belisle was fortunate enough to have received
information on this topic in her high school health class, the
outreach given by Safe Space was intended for a group of
people, many of whom were not as fortunate.
Ms. Belisle asks where Safe Space get its statistics. Some,
such as the fact that 1 out of 3 women will be sexually
assaulted in her lifetime, come from an advocate training
. manual published by the Maine Coalition on Rape. Yes,it is
correct that 1 in 3 will be sexually assaul ted, not harassed . The
other statistic that Ms. Belisle questioned is the estimation
that one to two rapes occur every week at Bowdoin. We are
able to derive that estimation from the group's six years of
experience at Bowdoin. We are surprised that Ms. Belisle
would consider us incapable of coming up with an estimate,
considering the fact that we are the only group on campus
completely devoted to the support of survivors. We cannot
give the exact number of cases that we deal with each year
because of our policy of confidentiality, which is there to
protect the rights of survivors. The reason we give an
estimation is that due to our experience, we have found that
it is a way to make students aware of the severity of the
problem while still maintaining the confidentiality that is so
vital to our group. Each member of the current group has had
two to four years of experience of supporting survivors, and
we feel that we are qualified to make this estimate.
Ms. Belisle attempts to prove that our estimate is an
exaggeration by staring "security reported zero rapes." We
are not arguing against this report. However, it is evident
from Donna boring's statement in Michael Golden' s article,
"Security grappling with threats of sexual assault," in October
30th's Orient, that "sexual assault is now the number one
concern. It has surpassed theft." This clearly demonstrates
that security is well a wa re of the fact that the number of rapes
that they publicize represents only the number of rapes that
are reported directly to them. By no means does this reflect
upon the number of rapes that actually occur on campus.
The next issue raised by Ms. Belisle concerns a scenario
that was supplied to us by the Maine Coalition on Rape. Safe
Space members had two main reasons for presenting this
realistic scenario. First, we wanted to show two differing
perspectives of a date rape situation, that of the perpetrator
and that of the survivor. Second, we wanted to portray how
common it is for a survivor to blame herself for the rape.
Rather than focusing on these two issues, Ms. Belisle chose
to blame the victim. Her questions of "Why didn't she
scream? Why didn't she try to leave when he made the first
approach? Why did she stop struggling?" epitomizes the
prevailing misconception that the victim has control over
the situation and that she is to blame for the acts that are
forced onto her. i
In a rape situation, the victim does all she can with
regards to her physical and psychological capabilities at the
time. What gives Ms. Belisle the right to impose a judgement
concerning what those capacities are? Nowhere does Ms.
Belisle consider the psychological impact that a rape has on
a victim. Rather than giving the victim credit for her attempts
to get out of the situation, Ms. Belisle condemns her for not
succeeding.
Ms. Belisle argues that by presenting this scenario. Safe
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Space is vocalizing the belief that struggling cannot get the
victim out of a rape situation. She seems to believe that if the
victim in the scenario had just struggled longer, she would
have avoided being raped. What we believe is that if the
victim is able to struggle enough so that she is able to remove
herself from the situation — great! Under the circumstances,
that would be ideal. However, very few situations are ideal,
and the majority of the time, a victim will be raped regardless
of her protests. We do not pass judgement on what a victim is
able to do to get herself out of a harmful situation. That is
irrelevant. What is relevant is that a rape can never be the
victim's faulty regardless of whether she is able to vocalize her
protests or not.
Next Ms. Belisle discusses the Kennedy-Smith trial. Ms.
Belisle made assumptions concerning the reason the Safe
Space member brought up this case based on the "volume and
severity" of her voice. Our representative brought up this case
not to express an opinion on the verdict, but to discuss the
difficulties that a victim may go through in proving her case
in court. The difficulty of proving a rape and the humiliating
process of a rape trial are two of the reasons why many
women choose not to go to court. On the other hand, to
question a verdict in any case, especially in a case that is so
difficult to prove, is understandable when to this day jurors
often feel that the woman asked to be raped.
As members of Safe Space, we do not believe that sexual
conflicts are a necessary or inevitable part of this world. We
would not be doing this work if that is what we believed. We
educate, not to "scare" anyone, but to try to make people
aware of the unfortunate reality of our society and to offer the
support that they may be receive in our "Safe Space."
Through our experience, all that we have presented is
reality. Ms. Belisle needs to question why it is that she is afraid
to accept the reality that we put forth. Is it because the reality
is so understandable frightening? It is easier to silence this
reality than it is to face the fear. However, by discounting the
relevance of this fear, Ms. Belisle is discounting all survivors
and all potential victims, including herself. Weask Ms. Belisle
instead of denying reality to help us change it.
SAFE SPACE
In closing, I must express my regret that so much of our
campus is politically apathetic. There are fifteen dedicated
people who meet each week to discuss and d ebate the im portan t
issues on our campus, and try, without much support, to make
Bowdoin a more fruitful academic and social place. There's
nothing wrong with students criticizing their form of
representative government; there is something wrong with
students criticizing a government structure that they know
nothing about by fault entirely of their own.
Kristen Deftos '94
Haddad and Gunn report
on Governing Boards
Deftos responds to Student Speak
To the Editor:
Once again, I am amazed by the political apathy that rages
on this campus. Having been a member of the Student
Executive Board for two years, I am all too familiar with the
popular campus sentiment of the executive Board's inability
to voice student opinion to the Administration and to exercise
meaningful "power" on campus.
Many of the quotations cited in last week's Student Speak
section reflected certain student's disappointment with
Bowdoin's student government. What I found most striking
about these quotations were their obvious reflection of student
apathy of the governmental process at Bowdoin and the
evident indifference a majority of students hold toward student
government in general.
To illustrate, several comments were made relevant to the
student body not knowing whether there even is a student
government at Bowdoin, regardless of what that governing
body does. Tom Leung '96, for example, commented, "I've
heard noting about a student government," while Moriah
Coughlin '95 stated, "I haven't heard much from Bowdoin's
student government so far. . .I'm not saying they don't do a
good job, but you don't know what they're doing."
My response is simple: Haven't these students received the
bi-monthly Executive Board newsletter, Board Briefs? If
students on this campus would take the time to actually read
their campus mail instead of carelessly throwing it on the
floor, then perhaps political apathy wouldn't be such a major
concern at Bowdoin. Board Briefs was designed to inform the
entire Bowdoin community — students, faculty, staff, and
administration — of the happenings of the Executive Board. It
doesn'tinclude boring monologues; in fact, the ed itors include
pictures and simplify accounts of issues the Board discusses
so as to keep Executive Board news both interesting and
informative.
To give these students the benefit of the doubt, I suppose
one might have missed the last two issues of Board Briefs.
However, could you have missed the full-page advertisement in
the Oct. 23rd issue of the Orient outlining who the Executive
Board is and what exactly they do? I think not. Therefore, the
logical conclusion may be drawn that a majority of students
on this campus just do not care about Bowdoin's student
government.
To the Editor:
As the student representatives to the Board of Trustees, we
feel it is our responsibility to inform the student body about
the Governing Board meeting two weekends ago. Dean
Ward briefed the Boa rd s on the status of single-sex fraternities,
stating repeatedly, "So far, so good," though he was quick to
add that this is not yet a closed issue. Dean Beitz, along with
professors Barker, Diehl and Nagle presented work in
progress on the academic program at Bowdoin. Issues now
being addressed are the writing competency level at Bowdoin,
the science requirements and the importance of first-year
seminars. The status of several building projects was also
discussed by the Boards. Mark Wethli's description of the
Student Center was well received by the Governing Boards,
who gave their hearty approval to the continuation of the
project. Leonard Cronkhite, a member of the Board of
Trustees, spoke about the construction of a memorial
commemorating fallen Bowdoin Students from World War
II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, to be built between
Hubbard and Gibson Halls. Richard Morrell, also a member
of the Trustees, stated that the refurbishment of both the
Parker Clcaveland house (The President's house) and the
Dayton Arena have been completed.
Given the Governing Boards' positive response to informal
meetings with the Executive Board and other student
representatives, it is our hope that future Board meetings
will encourage and welcome even more student input.
Ameen Haddad '93
Suzanne Gunn '93
Derby responds to Orient
election coverage and editorial
To The Editor:
I know the election is over, but I am writing this letter on
Friday, October 30th, after reading your sloppy, biased and
woefully inadequate election coverage. Thank God there are
other newspapers and we don't have to rely on the Orient to
inform us about national issues.
First, your endorsement. You have every right to endorse
a candidate, but please take a few seconds to get your facts
straight. Unemployment is not 7.8%. It is now down to 75%,
and it has been falling for the last four months. This is also the
lowest unemployment rate in the entire industrialized world,
save for Japan. The total average unemployment rate during
the Bush years was 5.3%, lower than during both of Reagan's
terms and lower than Jimmy Carter's 4-year average of 65%.
The defense cut figures were confusing, although I think
that comes from a misreading of the numbers on your part,
not deliberate distortion like the unemployment statistic.
Both Bush and Clinton want to make large defense (sic), both
much larger than the 4% claimed in the endorsement. Taking
an average from campaign literature and news reports, Bush
wants to cut about 16% over five years, while Clinton's plan
calls for something like 18-19% over the same period. The
difference between the dollar amounts of the cuts proposed in
two plans is 4-5%. Hence, there is very little difference in
terms of defense expenditures. Defense priorities are another
matter. Bill Clinton would totally eliminate the Strategic
Defense Initiative, leaving us vulnerable to ballistic missile
attacks from terrorist nations and depriving US. high-tech
companies of the enormous spill-over technology from such
advanced research. But that is a matter for another day.
In the environmental part of the endorsement, using the
word "advocates" todescribeBillClinton'sposition on raising
fuel efficiency standards to 45 MPG has got to be the
overstatement of the century. One has only to look back to the
debates where Clinton attached numerous if's, and's, but's
and other conditions to that idea.
The endorsement said that, "While Bush proponents have
accused Clinton of being too soft to lead the military," Clinton
wants to make it more flexible, sophisticated, etc. First of all,
our military, despite its ranking as the third largest in the
world, is already by far the quickest, best -trained, and most
technologically advanced fighting force in the history of the
world (No thanks whatsoever to about 70% of Congressional
Democrats). Next, the choice of "soft" to describe Republican
criticism of Clinton was vague. Clinton in his own words is an
expert on defense since he openly brags about the fact that as
governor of Arkansas he was also the Commander-in-Chief
of the Arkansas National Guard. Wow! I guess that makes
him qualified to command the most advanced and powerful
military force in the world. Further, the major incident behind
the "soft" criticism was Clinton's position about the resolution
authorizing the use of force in Iraq. He said that had the vote
been close he would have voted with the majority, but that he
really agreed with the argument of the minority. His position
on the Gulf War shows that at best Clinton is someone who
votes against his own convictions to cover his ass, and in the
worst case, he is incapable of making up his mind and sticking
to it, even in the short run, and on a specific, narrowly-defined
issue. Just what we need in a Commander-in-Chief!
Perhaps the worst distortion of all was when the
endorsement opened by saying that this was the worst
economic recession since theGreat Depression. That is wrong.
There were worse recessions in America in 1974-5, 1978-9 and
1982. 1 challenge you to produceany documentabletraditional
economic figures, ie. unemployment, GDP/GNP growth,
inflation, interest rates, job creation, etc. that shows that this
recession is any worse than the other recessionary periods, let
alone the Depression. Even if the numbers can be crunched in
one of those areas, you won't be able to get any of the other
categories to add up.
The endorsement said absolutely nothing about foreign
affairs. That is clearly understandable, considering Bill
Clinton's blatant lack of any foreign policy experience
whatsoever. Compare that with President Bush's handling of
everything from successful military operations, to the earth-
shaking geopolitical changes we have witnessed, and it's easy
to see why Clinton supporters are afraid to talk foreign policy.
Honestly, who would you rather have in the oval office in an
international crisis: the Commander-in-Chief of the Arkansas
National Guard, or a world class diplomat, former UN
ambassador, CIA Director and envo/ to China, who is good
friends and has an excellent rapport with dozens of world
leaders. Of world leaders, Saddam Hussein is the only one
who really wanted to see Bush lose.
The 'issues guide' on the next page of the October 30 Orient
also left a lot to be desired. The listings of each candidate's
promises was more or less accurate, but you created a totally
false picture by ignoring all the candidates' records. Especially
on the environment, your issues comparison painted George
Bush as a villain and Bill Clinton as an environmental hero.
The simple fact on the environment is that both candidates
have done good and bad things environmentally. President
Bush got the historic Clean Air Act passed over heavy dissent
from elements within his own party, yet he has allowed Vice
President Quayle's Competitiveness Council to weaken
several existing regulations. On the other hand, Bill Clinton
tentatively supports Al Gore's environmental proposals, but
his Arkansas record is atrocious. Although Clinton inherited
some environmental problems, he has been governor for ten
straight years, and Arkansas now ranks 48th in overall
environmental quality, 42nd in percent of clean rivers and
streams, and 50th in government action to protect the
environment.
Any political expert in Arkansas will tell you that Bill
Clinton cut numerous deals with both the mammoth chicken
and timber industries. He allowed the chicken farmers and
meat processors destroy the White River area of northwestern
Arkansas, and when the time came to appoint people to look
into the problem, all the task forces were comprised of industry
members or lobbyists. Starting in 1982, he refused to fight
clear-cutting of public land by Georgia Pacific. In short, both
candidates offer very mixed bag environmentally bags,
especially after the most cursory glance at their respective
records. The issues section in the Orient's election guide
totally distorted that fact, and thus failed miserably in its
attempt to educate voters.
In the future, before you make a statement as bold as
endorsing a presidential candidate or attempt to educate
voters, please take some time to become informed by reading
something (anything!) more than just one candidate's
campaign literature.
Mark Derby '95
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1 992
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What do you think of the Orient?
By Brian Sung and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Background: This week, in a moment
of pure self-consciousness wrapped in
the general ennui following an oh-so
riveting thirteen months of a politician-
jabbering presidential campaign, the Orient
decided to find out what the readers (if
there still are any to be found on campus)
think about it.
GINA GODING »96
China, Maine
I think it's a well-rounded paper
that offers a wide variety of topics
for lots of people of different
interests.
RUSSELL GRUBBS '96
Albuquerque, New Mexico
It doesn't come out enough. I love
"Views from the Couch" though.
There aren't enough current events
covered on campus.
YOUNG McWHIRTER '95
Charleston, South Carolina
The Orient makes a lot of mistakes.
It tends to be detrimental to the
subjects of the article. They
misrepresented information about
my fraternity last year and this year.
They don't always practice
responsible journalism. .
TIM SMITH '94
Manchester, Massachusetts
JEFF FLEISCHAKER '96
Louisville, Kentucky
HOYT PECKHAM '95
New Canaan, Connecticut
I think the Orient has improved a
lot this year. At the end of last year I
wasn't impressed. The journalism
seems to be better, though the sports
page doesn't seem to be as complete
as it used to be. I like the colors they
started using.
I like it. It's the voice of the people.
It seems to be an open forum for
students to vent their anger about
the overly-bureaucratic
administration. Plus, the colors are
catchy to the eyes.
I don't think Columbus should
have ever set out. Marco Polo's
overland route was enough.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1 992
Football team loses on the road
Away games continue to give the Bears troubles
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin football team
continued to experience troubles
on the road last Saturday. A week
after its hard fought 14-3
homecoming victory over Trinity,
the Polar Bears travelled to
Middletown, Connecticut to take
on the Cardinals of Wesleyan.
After having lost their first two
road games, both in the last minute
of play, to Middlebury (18-14) and
to Trinity (28-25), the Polar Bears
hoped to reverse this trend and
raise their record, 2-2 at the time,
above 500 for the first time this
season. However, the Cardinals
were too much for Bowdoin, as
Wesleyan rolled to a 40-6 victory.
Starting quickly, Wesleyan
received the opening kick-off at
their own 26 yard line and marched
down the field, scoring on a five
yard run within 958 remaining in
the game. After the kick failed, the
Cardinals' 13 play 74 yard drive
put the Polar Bears down 6-0.
On the ensuing kick-off,
Bowdoin's all-time leading kick
returner, Eric LaPlaca ('93), fielded
the ball on the Bowdoin 20 and
returned it 22 yards to the 42. The
Polar Bear's appeared ready to
answer the Cardinals' quick score,
as they picked up five first downs,
driving 48 yards to the Wesleyan
nine. However on first and goal
from the nine, Senior Quarterback,
Chris Good, was intercepted by the
Wesleyan secondary on the one
yard line,for the firstof six Bowdoin
turnovers on the day.
Wesleyan controlled the ball, in a
similar fashion, for the remainder
of the first half, holding the Polar
Bears scoreless and picking up two
more touchdowns, for a 19-0 half-
time lead. The Polar Bear offense
was plagued by turnovers in the
first thirty minutes of play,
committing four (three interceptions
and one fumble) and could muster
only 116 yards of total offense,
including a mere 30 yards on 13
rushes. The Bowdoin defense was
handicapped by the generosity of
the Polar Bear offense, as Wesleyan's
second and third touchdowns of
the half were the result of the
Cardinals' excellent field position
due to Bowdoin turnovers.
The second half was no better for
the Polar Bears. Wesleyan added
three more touchdowns, while
shutting down the Bowdoin offense.
The Polar Bears did garner over two
hundred yards of total offense in
the second half, but were frustrated
by the Cardinals' big plays on
defense.
The Wesleyan secondary added a
fourth and fifth interception in the
final thirty minutes, and the
Cardinals' defensive line applied
constant pressure to Good,
including two second half sacks.
Despite Wesleyan's solid defensive
play, Bowdoin was able to drive
deep into Cardinal territory several
times during the second half. Three
times after the half, the Polar Bears
drove inside the Wesleyan ten yard
line, yet could only muster one score.
Bowdoin's lone tally of the day was
an eleven yard sweep by LaPlaca, at
11:43 of the fourth quarter. With
these six points, LaPlaca became
Bowdoin's all-time leading scorer
with 150 career points, breaking the
previous record of 144 set by Jim
Soule(76).
For the game, one of Bowdoin's
few bright spots was the play of
junior wide receiver, Pete Nye. Nye,
who caught 7 passes for 107 yards,
continues to lead all NESCAC
receivers with 30 receptions for an
impressive 402 yards. Other
Bowdoin leaders included LaPlaca,
who picked up 75 yards on 15
carries, and Good, who, despite the
harassment of the Wesleyan
secondary, threw for 224 yards on
18 completions (35 attempts).
Defensively, cornerback, John
Vegas C93) led the team with 13
tackles (seven solo) followed by
defensive end, Bill Osburn C94) with
12 tackles. Safety, Steve Brinkley
( *94) recorded nine tackles and broke
up two passes.
This coming Saturday, Bowdoin
will play its last home game of the
1992 season against Bates. In
Bowdoin's first CBB action of the
year, the Polar Bears will by playing
a weak Bates squad (0-6), which,
last week, lost 52-0 to Colby, and
has not won since a 1990 victory
over the Polar Bears. The Polar
Bears will be looking to rebound
from last weeks tough loss, and take
the first step towards their first CBB
championship in five years.
The Bears will face Colby on the
fourteenth, and then they will head
to Galway Ireland to face long time
rival Tufts.
Field hockey advances
Team heads into playoff semis
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin Women's Field
Hockey team has had a season to
remember. On Wednesday, they
entered the post-season playoffs
with a stellar record of 11-3. They
were seeded fifth in the New
England Division III field hockey
tournament. Their opponent was
Clark University, seeded fourth,
and sporting a record of 11-6-1.
The quarterfinal match was
played within the conf i nes of Clark
on a rainy and dreary day. After
seventy minutes of bitter play,
Bowdoin emerged with a 1-0
victory and advanced to the semi-
finals. The lone goal of the game
was scored eighteen minutes into
the first half by Co-captain Jen
Bogue '94. The goal came off a
penalty corner, when Bogue
received the free hit, shot, fought
for the rebound, and put home the
goal on her second effort.
Flaherty was extremely proud
of her troops/'OveralL a great
game. I saw nice things happening
in the second half. There was good
passing among the front-line
players. The last six minutes of the
game, they put intense pressure
on our defense but we held on. It
was an incredible team effort."
Bowdoin, now 12-3, will play
number one seeded Williams
College Saturday af Williams.
Flaherty, a Williams grad uate, and
field-hockey all- American in 1990,
commented on the pending match
with her alma mater, " We have
nothing to lose against Williams
and we will go out there and play
with our hearts."
Maureen Flaherty had her work
cut out for her when she arrived at
Bowdoin. Replacing retiring
nineteen year veteran coach, Sally
Lapointe, Flaherty had a young
and inexperienced squad to deal
with.The 1991 team posted a record
of 7-6-1 and graduated several
seniors. The 1992 squad had but
one senior and eight first year
students.
The Bears set a school record for
most consecutive wins jumpingout
to 9-0. Bowdoin slowed somewhat
at the end of the season, going 2-3
in their last five games. However,
their record was good enough to
pro pell them into the playoffs.
Alison Mataya '95, led the Bears
in goal scoring this season, with
eight scores. Emily LeVan '95 was
the teams top point getter with
eleven. First-year goal keeper,
Sasha Ballen, has filled her post io n
admirably, postingaminiscule053
goals against average including
four shut-outs. She has combined
with back-up goalie Jen Baker '95
to have nine shut-outs on the
season.
With the season hinging on this
Saturday's game, the Bears will
have to buckle down to overwhelm
the powerhouse team fielded by
Williams College. Win or lose,
Bowdoin field hockey has earned
the respect of its opponents as well
as\he pride of its classmates. With
only one player lost to graduation,
Bowdoin is sure to continue its
winning ways for years to come.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1992
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Scoreboard
Date Teams
10/31 Women's Tennis
Wesleyan
Field Hockey
Wesleyan
Men's Soccer
Wesleyan
Women's Soccer
Wesleyan
Football
Wesleyan
11/4 Field Hockey
Clark
Women's Soccer
Eastern Conn.
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4(W)
1(U
1
2 <U
1
2(L)
6
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1
0(W)
4
0(W)
Record
8-2
11-2
5-9
11-2
2-3
12-3
12-2
Women's Soccer...
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16)
the Polar Bears. The team shut out
the opposition with the help of
some key saves by goalie Caroline
Blair-Smith '93 and a superb
defensive game from senior back
Carol Thomas who did an excellent
job in neutralizing Matukaitis.
Coach Cullen called the
quarterfinal match "the best overall
game we've played this season. We
scored some beautiful goals on
offense, and our defense played
great, limiting their shot total to
only five."
The Polar Bears will finish their
season at Williams in a semifinal
and a possible final matchup. The
team first plays Bab son, whose only
blemish during their nineteen-game
season was a 1-1 tie against
Bowdoin early in the year.
If the team were to beat Babson,
they would have to play the winner
of the Williams- Amherst matchup.
"Right now, Williams is the odds-
on favorite," said Coach Cullen.
"They've performed extremely well
all season and they are going to be
playing in front of a homecoming
crowd. It will be tough to beat
them."
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Women's tennis ends season in victory
Polar Bears finish 8-2 with triumph over Wesleyan
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By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
Last Saturday, the women's
tennis team wrapped up its first
season under coach Daniel
Hammond with a satisfying 5-4
victory over Wesleyan.
The narrow victory extended the
team's winning streak to five
matches, including wins over
nationally-ranked Tufts and
traditional rivals Colby and Bates.
In addition to bragging rights
among the small liberal arts colleges
in Maine, the Polar Bears earned
respect throughout the Northeast
for their persistence and talent.
The combination of these two
important elements has resulted in
the best team record in eight years,
8-2. Not since a 9-1 season in 1984
ha s a Bowdoin women's tennis team
achieved a higher winning
percentage.
After being moved indoors, the
Bears faced the Cardinals of
Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon.
The two coaches elected to play the
doubles round first, deciding that
as soon as a doubles team evacuated
one of the four courts, a singles
match could begin.
The signs from thedoubles round
seemed positive for the visitors. At
first doubles, Emily Lubin '95 and
Kristi LcBlanc '96 looked good early
and never relinquished control,
winning 6-3 and 6-2. Alison Burke
'94 and Amy Brockelman '95 had
third doubles well in hand as well,
downing their opponents 6-1, 6-3.
Co-captain Alison Vargas '93 and
Theresa Claffey '95 faltered a bit at
second doubles, however. They
started well, winning the first set 6-
4, but came up short in the next two,
4-6 and 3-6. Still, both ended up
significantly redeeming themselves
with crucial singles victories later
on in the competition.
From the early results of the
singles round, it was clear that their
contributions would be needed.
Emerging from the doubles round
witha2-l lead, Bowdoin proceeded
to be shocked by losses at the first
through third singles positions.
At first singles, Burke played
close with her opponent the entire
way. A tough 5-7 loss in the decisive
third set followed a 6-4, 4-6 split in
the first two. LeBlanc at second
singles also played well enough to
extend her match to three sets, but
ended up succumbing to her
Cardinal opponent bv a final score
of 6-2, 4-6 and 3-6.
Lubin (3rd singles) played close
in her first set (5-7) before losing by
a wider margin in the second (2-6).
With four of the five points
needed to win, it looked like the
Cardinals would have their way.
However, the Bowdoin fourth and
sixth singles were coming up with
more lopsided victories to tie the
match at 4-4.
At sixth singles, Co-captain Marti
Champion '93 downed her
opponent fairly convincingly, 6-2
and 6-2. At fourth singles, Vargas
was almost flawless, rolling to a 6-
1, 6-0 win.
This left the match in the hands
of Theresa Claffey, whose fifth
singles face-off was the last to take
the court. Appearing confident,
Claffey took control in the first set
and went on to win 6-2. In the
secorjd set, she wasted no time
putting any remaining Bowdoin
fears to rest, dispatching her
opponent 6-2 to clinch victory and
to wrap up the season.
Looking back on his first season
with the Polar Bears, Coach
Hammond had nothing but good
things to say about his squad.
"I was very proud," he said. "At
first, the women weren't sure how
good they were. But now they've
convinced themselves that they're
strong and can beat some good
teams. If we could play Amherst
and Middlebury again . . ."
Citing late season victories
against nationally-ranked Tufts
and 8-3 Connecticut College,
Hammond believes his players
could now beat the two squads
responsible for the only losses of
the season. He also believes the
Polar Bears will be nationally
ranked when such rankings are
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Hammond is especially excited
by the prospects for next year. The
team will lose only two players to
graduation, while welcoming back
the young talent of this season as
well as Tracy Boulter '94, who is
abroad this semester.
"We're going to be tough," says
Hammond.
Team Rankings
CROSS COUNTRY
N.E.Div.3PolIs
Men
1. Williams
2. Brandeis
3. MIT
4. Coast Guard
5. Bates
6. Wesleyan
7. Colby
8. Bowdoin
9. Tufts
10. Amherst
Women
1. Bowdoin
2. Williams
3. Colby
4. Brandeis
5. Coast Guard
6. Bates
7. Middlebury
8. Mt. Holyoke
9. Tufts
10. Conn. College
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4. Trinity
5. Mass. Maritime
6. Middlebury
7. Nichols
8. Wesleyan
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10. Colby
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1992
Sports
Women's x-country looks to solidify dominance
New Eng lands are on the horizon and the team is gearing up for their final race... maybe
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Throughout the season, the
Bowdoin Women's Cross-Country
team has simply dominated the
competitionithasencountered. The
extent of their strength is illustrated
by their number three ranking in
the NCAA Division III Poll and then-
record which stands at sixty wins
and nine losses.
Although nine losses may seem
substantial for such a formidable
team, these losses have come at the
hands of Division I teams including
the NCAA Division I Champion,
Villanova. An athletic team of this
caliber is certainly a rarity at a small
school such as Bowdoin.
It was during last fall's campaign
that the basis for this year's
tremendous success was
established. The combination of
Eileen Hunt '93 and Ashley Werhner
'93 had always proven disastrous
for the opposition, but the arrival of
Muf fy Merrick '95 allowed Bowdoin
to establish an effective top three
that could be matched by few of
New England's Division III teams.
With additional support provided
by Anthca Schmid '94 and Tricia
Connell '93, the women harriers
captured second in the NESCAC
Championships, seventh in the New
England Open Championships, and
had a second place showing in the
Division III New England
Championships.
In addition to not having suffered
any losses to graduation, the women
harriers gained invaluable talent
from the first-year class including
Darcie Storin, Janet Mulcahy, and
Kristen Card. These three have
proven themselves to be stalwart
runners capableof stepping up their
performance when necessary. Their
NCAA Div- III Poll
Crosscountry
1. Cortland (NY)
2. Wartburg (Iowa)
3. Bowdoin
4. Calvin (Mich)
5, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
6. Williams
7. St. Thomas (Minn.)
8. Hope (Mich.)
9. Wisconsin-Steven Pt.
10. Occidental (CA)
The Bears' top finishers celebrate their first NESCAC championship.
addition provided the squad with
the depth it needed to make the
transition from a good team to a
championship team.
This season the Polar Bears have
won the University of Maine at
Presque Isle Invitational, The
Codfish Bowl, The State of Maine
Championships, as well as The
NESCAC Championships.
The NESCAC win was a first for
the women's cross-country
program. The win was especially
gratifying as the harriers defeated
last yearns winner, Williams, by
thirty-seven points after having
been the bridesmaid to Williams
last year. Once again, Eileen Hunt
and Ashley Werhner were awarded
All-NESCAC honors, while Muffy
Merrick missed the award by a mere
one place.
While the Polar Bears's record
against Division III competition
remains unblemished, they have
also asserted themselves as a force
on the New England Division I
circuit. At the Boston College
Invitational, Bowdoin finished fifth
out often Division I teams including
nationally ranked Villanova,
Providence and Boston College.
Bowdoin's performance was
commendable as they defeated
Brown, the University of Rhode
Island, and Northeastern.
Despite the absence of Ail-
American Eileen Huntdue to injury,
the Polar Bears once again
performed admirably at the New
England Open this past weekend.
Ashley Werhner'93 spearheaded
the offensive as she ran to a twenty-
first place (18:37) finish out of 180
plus runners. Running well
Photo by Maya Khuri.
together as they have all season,
Muffy Merrick'95 and Darcie
Storin'96 finished twenty-seventh
(18:49) and twenty-ninth (18:53),
respectively. Finishing in fifty-
seventh place (19:37) and fifty-
ninth(19:38)place were Kristen Card
'96 and Janet "Mulcahy '96 as they
rounded out the top five for the
Polar Bears. Anthea Schmid '94
provided additional depth as she
raced to a sixty-seventh place finish
in 1951.
While defeating twenty-six teams,
Bowdoin's point total of 191 points
placed them behind Providence,
University of Connecticut,
University of Rhode Island, Boston
College, and Boston University. The
presence of Eileen at that meet may
have allowed the Polar Bears to
defeat BU as well.
With the New England Division
HI Championships on the 14th, the
harriers are tuning their strategy
for a championship performance.
The victor at this meet qualifies
for Nationals November 22 in New
York, however, NESCAC rules
prevent NESCAC teams from
qualifying for an NCAA
championship due to concerns of
academic strain upon the athletes.
"It's tough for us being ranked
second and third nationally all
season to watch teams from
Brandeis and Wellesley have the
opportunity to attend nationals
when we can't," noted Coach
Slovenski.
Despite their success up to this
point, the team is an amiable group
that possesses the tools to win and
enjoy itself doing it
"Above all the wins and great
races we've had, the thing I'm most
proud of is the team's spirit and
attitude," said guru Peter
Slovenski. "They never complain
about anything. They act like
winners and think like winners all
season."
On November 14th this squad of
runners not only wants to act and
feel like winners, but they are
hoping to be winners; New England
Division III champs.
Week In Sports
Date Team
O pponent
9:30 a.m.
11/7 Sailing Horn Trophy
@ Harvard
Football Bates
* Volleyball MAIAW @
U Maine Farm.
Women's Babson
Soccer @ Williams
Field Williams
Hockey @ Williams
11/8 Sailing Horn Trophy
©Harvard
ECAC Championship Games 12:30p.m.
Women's Soccer & Field Hockey
1:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
1:30p.m.
11:30a.m.
9:30a.m.
Women's soccer crushes Eastern Conn.
The team advances to semis of ECAC tournament
By Erik Bartenh agen
orient staff writer
The women's soccer team, after
losing a shocker at Wesleyan in a
game which could have awarded
Bowdoin the number one slot for
the ECAC tournament, rebounded
in the quarterfinals by storming past
Eastern Connecticut 4-0.
Last Saturday, the Polar Bears
traveled to Wesleyan knowing that
a solid victory would put the team
in a good position to host the
tournament as the top squad.
Instead, a fired up Wesleyan team
looking to qualify for the
tournament, got a jump on the
sluggish Polar Bears and handed
the team only their second loss of
the season by a final score of 2-1.
The team got off to a slow start,
allowing two Wesleyan goals in the
first fifteen minutes. At that point,
the squad picked up their play and
attempted to climb back into the
match. A Courtney Perkins '95 goal
ten minutes into the second half
closed the margin, but the stubborn
Wesleyan defense held on and
prevented any Bowdoin comeback.
"In recent games, including the
Wesleyan match, we have
unfortunately gotten off to slow
starts," said Head Coach John
Cullen. "We were not ready
emotionally, and two goals was just
too big of a hole for us to climb out
of."
The team returned home for a
critical game against Eastern
Connecticut in the quarterfinals of
the ECAC tournament. As the
number two seed, the Polar Bears
were matched up against an Eastern
Connecticut team with a record of
12-7 and a dangerous offensive
threat.
Undaunted by their quarterfinal
opponent, the team ripped apart
the Eastern Connecticut defense on
their way to a strong 4-0 victory.
Senior Co-captain Julie Roy started
the scoring spree by heading in a
cross by Katherine Gould '94.
Another head ball, by first-year
Kerryn Shean, gave the team a 2-0
halftime lead. A volley past the
Eastern Connecticut goalie by
Jennifer Cain '93 clinched the
victory two minutes into the second
half and Shean's second goal of the
match completed the scoring for
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NUMBER 9
African- American Society defends charter
Exec. Board gives Afro- Am chance to answer charge of discrimination in informal review meeting
By Brian Farnham
orient editor-in-chief
the African-
Members of
American Society
gathered at the
Executive Board
meeting on
Wed nesday night
to defend the
wording of the
charter of their
organization. The
group was invited
to the meeting as
part of the Exec.
Board's "friendly
investigation"
into the apparent inconsistency of
the charter with the Student
oftheblackconditioninoursociety." Exec. Board. Stanley pointed to the
The meeting was in direct response Student Assembly Constitution
to an article in the October 30 issue itself as part of the justification for
of the Orient which reported the the Society's charter. According to
apparent discrepancy in the Article III, Section A.l.b, an
The African- American Society
We were told it [sentence in question]
was ambiguous and wouldn't cause
problems. The thinking behind it was
that we remain an autonomous body.
There was nothing more behind it.
KoluSfanley^President
IS
organization
officially
recognized when it
meets the
Constitution's
criteria which
"does not imply
that the
organization's
views represent
those of the
College or of the
Executive Board."
Stanley argued
that this discounted the
argument that the sentence in
clauses in the Constitution relevant leadership, and any qualifications
to the Society's defense. The first, for selective membership."
Article III, Section A.2.a, reads The Society is in compliance with
"Organizations must be open for both, Stanley said, but argued that
opportunity of equal participation, even if the sentence in question in
their charter put
them in violation
of the first, the
second one finds
them in
compliance.
"The two clauses
contradict each
other," Stanley
said later.
Stanley then
explained the
criteria for
becoming an
The Executive Board
As far as the Executive Board is
concerned, you. ..have run your
organization the way we approved it
andthervayyouapprovedityourselves.
AmeenHaddad '93, Chair
officer of the Society as involving
regardless of race, sex, sexual such things as meeting attendance
Society's charter.
Assembly Constitution because of "Our position is that we don't feel question put the Society out of line preference, age, creed, or ethnic and living up to the goals outlined
the sentence that reads, "Although we're being discriminatory and we with the views or values of the
membership is open to all, we feel that way for many reasons," administration, since that argument
reserve the right to maintain blacks said Kolu Stanley '93, president of has no validity under the Student
in all governing positions to insure the Society, in her explication of the Assembly Constitution,
that we present an accurate picture organization's charter before the Stanley pointed to two other
Malaise sets in and students leave
High number of students studying away to "escape" Bowdoin campus
easily articulate why they chose or cited that Bowdoin seems to be rw
background." The second, Article
HI, Section 2.F, dictates that all
student organization charters
"must have a written charter
outlining purpose, organization,
in the charter. Stanley pointed out
that in the last election process, one
white student and several black
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
Matthew Brown
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
A permanent sense of malaise is
feared to have set in at Bowdoin, as
over half of the student body is
opting to leave the school for at least
part of their junior year.
While study-away can be an
opportunity to experience a
different culture and broaden
horizons beyond Bowdoin, many
students cite unhappiness with their
experiences here as the primary
reason for leaving. In total, 52% of
Bowdoin juniors will study away
this year, compared to only 36% at
Bates, 38% at Amherst and 30% at
Williams.
1 think if s a subject of concern
because we don't know why they're
all going," said Professor John
Turner, chair of the Committee for
Off-Campus Study, about
Bowdoin's high rate of studying
away.
Conversely, most students could
easily articulate why they chose or
would choose to study away.
"Socially, I'm an independent. I felt
like it wouldn't have been a blast
here this year," said Oliver Moses
'94 who is currently studying at
Harvard. Dissatisfaction with social
opportunities was a recurrent theme
as to why many students chose to
study away.
The Committee for Off-Campus
Study requires students to justify
their request to study away
academically before approval is
granted. The faculty believes that
the primary motivation to study
away should be to learn subjects not
offered at Bowdoin or in a different
academic environment.
"Some students are using this as
an opportunity to get off campus.
But it's important to note that nearly
all of them only want to leave for a
semester," said Turner.
The high rate of students opting
to study away may point to a deep-
rooted dissatisfaction with the type
of institution Bowdoin has become.
Many students feel the campus to
be lacking in unity and
communication. Several students
cited that Bowdoin seems to be two
schools, one focused on fraternities,
and the other on academics, though
the two are not necessarily exclusive
of the other. With this dual focus,
neither group seems totally satisfied
at College.
"Bowdoin is a fairly small and
isolated community. Studying in
one place for four years can be very
limiting and claustrophobic for
anyone," said Tom Schroeder '95,
who is planning to study in England
next year.Theclaustrophobia theme
recurred through many students'
statements.
Students and Turner said that
Bowdoin offers little in the way of
experiencing diverse cultures or
ideas. "Clearly there is a proportion
of students here that see things that
Bowdoin doesn't provide in four
years like cross-cultural studies or
field studies," said Turner.
Jared Payton '93, who studied at
the University of Maryland during
the second semester of his junior
year, was typical of many students
who combined academic reasons
with a sense of simply wanting to
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
U.S. Senator George Mitchell '54 (D-Me.) addressed the community
on Thursday evening in Pickard Theater. George S. Isaacson 70
(left), a visiting prof essor in education, invited Mitchell to campus.
Students packed the theater to see the Senator and had a chance to
ask questions. Story on page 5. Photo by Maya Khuri.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Orientation
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address issues of education.
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Thursday, Nov. 5
1:45 a.m.
A resident of Coles Tower on the
14th floor complains of loud
yelling in a neighbor's apartment.
Security arrives to find water
flowing from the door of 14A,
stemming from a water fight A
Thompson Intern arrives and
gives 14A residents a bucket and
mop.
155 ajn.
A female student reports that
someone is trying to enter her
apartment, Harpswell 6. A male
student is found by Security near .
her door. This is the second time
this semester the male has
attempted to enter her apartment.
Security transports the male to
Pine Street apartments.
12-30 p.m.
A student reports that her watch,
necklace and bracelet have been
stolen from a locker in the
Women's Locker Room at Farley.
They were stolen from the
unlocked locker between 4:00-6:00
p.m. the day before.
Friday, Nov. 6
12:40-8:30 a jr.
Someone has attempted to break
into Ashby House. A window
Security Log
screen has been pushed in and the
window shattered.
11:11a.m.
A resident of Harpswell Apartment
*#1 2 reports that her Sony Walkman
and stereo have been stolen.
12:16 p.m.
A student reports that his bicycle
has been stolen from outside
Brunswick Apartment K. It was
secured to a rack with a "cheap
cable lock only."
Saturday, Nov. 7
1228 a.m.
Security observes a group of males
outside of Morrell Gym. The
students said that they had been
"assigned" to watch the Polar Bear
and Whittier Field that night to
prevent mischevous Bates students
from vandalizing the property
before the football game later in
the day. The males were five first-
year students. Security notified
them of the location of emergency
phones in the case of any Bobcat
attacks.
1:40 a.m.
A bottle is thrown through a
window at the Heating Plant. The
five first-yea r males protecting the
Polar Bear said that the suspect
was intoxicated and fled into Maine
Hall.They were unable to indentify
him.
3:00 a.m.
A person informs Security that
between 12:30-230 a.m. someone
dented the hood of his car by
walking on it. The car was parked
on North Campus Drive.
Brunswick Police have taken a
report.
5:14 p.m.
A resident of Mayflower #2 who
was playing his stereo loudly
noticed smoke coming from one of
the speakers. The speaker blew,
and he took it outside. A resident
of Mayflower #4 saw his neighbor,
and doused the smoking speaker
with an extinguisher.
Sunday, Nov. 8
11:00 a.m.
A member of Psi U reports that a
male from Walpole, Me., continues
to show up at the fraternity
uninvited and stays for days. On
Oct. 31, he came in and attempted
to sell cocaine, and proceeded to
ask women out to dinner withhim.
On Nov. 6, he returned and slept
in the basement.
1:20 pjn.
The same male is seen sitting on
the Psi U porch drinking.
BmnswickPoliceand Security ask
him to leave and not return to
Bowdoin or Brunswick. A search
of his car fails to find any drugs.
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the bowdoin orient NEWS Friday, November 13,1 992
Faculty solidifies affirmative
action policy in future hiring
By Joshua Sorensen
orient asst. news editor
On November 9, in Daggett
Lounge, the monthly Bowdoin
College faculty meeting was held.
The focus of this meeting was the
issue of faculty and student
diversity, as the Subcommittee on
Diversity submitted a report
suggesting a stronger affirmative
action policy and other measures
to promote diversity.
The meeting showed little actual
debate as many faculty members
were absent and those present had
few complaints.
The first order of business was to
approve new wording concerning
the process of hiring new faculty
members. This change in wording
will be added to the new Faculty
Handbook. Specifically, it states
that "In order to improve the
diversity of the faculty, and to
redress the under-representation
of women and minorities in the
faculty, Bowdoin will consider
among qualifications for
appointments candidate's gender
and ethnicity (specif ically, African
American, Asian American, Latino
American, Native American), as
provided in the College's
Affirmative Action Program."
This change in wording was
edited by Bowdoin College's
counsel in order to insure a minimal
chance that litigation might be
brought against Bowdoin College.
When the proposed change in
wording was put to a vote, it was
unanimously approved by all
faculty members present at the
meeting.
The next important issue to be
discussed was the Report of the
Subcommittee on Diversity.
According to this report, Bowdoin
"must do more than change the
numbers; we must seek new ways
to develop a climate in which
difference is welcomed as an
opportunity to learn."
The report then goes along to
state four specific goals: first, the
percentage of faculty members of
color should equal that of minority
holders of Ph. D/s. Secondly,
student numbers on campus
should reflect national
percentages. Thirdly, for hourly
staff, we should aim to double our
current percentage. Finally, for
salaried staff, we should set the
national figure of 16% as our goal.
In order to accomplish these
goals, the report has several
general suggestions. These
suggestions include diversifying
applicant pools, valuing ethnic and
gender diversity in the hiring
process, clarifying the role of the
Affirmative Action Officer,
changing the curriculum and
improving the overall campus
climate.
Interestingly, the report goes on
to state that if the hiring pool "does
not show enough diversity, the
search may be renewed."
Beforethe faculty meeting, John
Turner, professor of Spanish and
chair of the committee said, "I
really want that to be a good
debate."
But the debate that followed
would be better described as a
mild discussion of the contents of
the report. In most cases, the
objections to the report were mild
in nature and were prefixed with
an endorsement of the report.
One faculty member inquired
into what the relative weight that
ethnicity and gender would be
given in relation to teachingability
and scholarship when making
hiring decisions.
Turner replied by saying that
ethnicity and gender will be less
important than teaching ability
and scholarship but still a factor to
be considered when hiring.Tumer
added that "the [hiringl process is
already highly subjective."
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B AAF constructed to fight PC
As the College virtually shuts the debate about single-sex frats, a lone
student group fights PC policies and cries for freedom of association
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
Joshua Sprague '93 and others
have founded the Brunswick
Association for Academic
Freedoms (BAAF), an organization
of students, alumni and local
citizens, in an effort to fight what he
terms the "politically correct"
movement at Bowdoin and on other
college campuses.
The BA AF sees itself standing as
the last organization calling for the
freedom of association and
expression for the Bowdbin
community. Student responsetothe
group has been far from
enthusiastic so far, however.
The BAAF's intention is to
compare Bowdoin's policies
concerning freedom of expression
and association to those of private
colleges nationwide. They remind
"I would feel so guilty
if I was apathetic and
if I just sat back and
let this go by. "
people that state universities,
funded by public money, cannot
make regulations governing speech
or behavior standards.
"Our final goal is to bring our
regional issues into the national
limelight to prevent any further
proliferation of such
unconstitutional policies," reads the
BAAFs charter.
In fact, Sprague attempted to
bring the BAAF into the spotlight
on Thursday evening when Senator
George Mitchell addressed students
in Memorial Hall. After asking
Mitchell about an obscure bill that
would guarantee Constitutional
rights to students, Sprague then
said, "How do you view what the
administration is doing here at
Bowdoin [stripping students of
rights]?"
"I don't have a view on that,"
said Mitchell as students laughed.
"There are a lot of subjects on which
I don't have a view — subjects I don't
know a lot about."
This was an example of the
.BAAF's efforts to force Bowdoin's
administration to answer to society
at large. Sprague intends to battle
what he refers to as the PC
movement, represented by
Bowdoin's administrators.
The Governing Boards' ban on
single-sex fraternities and the
sorority last spring, and current
indications that the African
American Society cannot consideY
ethnicity in appointing officials are
examples of the infringements
Sprague is targeting.
He said of the African American
Society, "the whole stink of this
situation is that for these majority
groups — their rights don't matter.
But minority groups come along,
and they are O.K."
The BAAF's meeting Tuesday
evening showed little response from
the student body, as only three
students attended. Sprague
criticized the apathy of the student
body. "I would feel so guilty if I was
apatheticand if I just sat back and let
this [movement] go by."
Since Sprague aims to cast
Bowdoin's issues onto a regional,
even national stage, he disregards
opportunities the College offers for
organizations. He said, "A group
like thiscould never exist at Bowdoin
College."
However, members of the
Executive Board, representing
students rather than administrators,
said the BAAF could at least apply
to be a student organization on
campus. "I don't think his assertion
is wholly accurate. They [the
administration] couldn't block the
group; they could just make it a pain
to do," said Neil Houghton '94, a
member of the Executive Board.
Sprague plans to register with the
state of Maine as a community
organization; he clearly does not
want to limit his organization to
Bowdoin's campus. However, his
assertion that the administration
closely examines the purpose ©T\
every student organization is subject
to serious question.
"I don't think that Bowdoin is out
to stop people from talking about
issues they feel are important," said
Bill Fruth, student activities
coordinator.
Sprague, howeyorr cited an
example of the Administration's
meddling with his free speech, as he
tried to be heard on Alumni
Weekend. The Governing Boards
had convened after students left for
the summer in May. At this meeting
the Boards completed the task the
members had shied away from in
March: banning single-sex social
organizations.
Sprague, a former member of the
now-illegal fraternity Delta Kappa
Epsilon, posted 100 to 125 signs
around campus that urged alumni
not to donate to a College that
infringed on freedom of association.
Within hours, every one of these
signs disappeared. Sprague alleges
that the administration directed
Sprague posted 100 to
125 signs around
campus... Within hours,
every one of these signs
disappeared.
someone to take down the signs.
This type of censorship is a focus of
the BAAF.
The BAAF's agenda includes
researching the nationwide issue of
PC in media publications, and
contacting news organizations in
order to publicize the situation here.
Sprague encouraged protests off-
campus. For example, "Whatever
we do in Boston, I know there's a
great constituency we could get to
come out [there]," he said. Sprague
has already written several letters to
editors of local newspapers about
Bowdoin's PC nature.
Sprague also intends to look into
the Federal grants Bowdoin receives,
in order to see if trie College is
ineligible to receive the funding due
to Federal laws concerning freedom
of speech and association.
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students were told they could not
run for various positions after they
were nominated because they failed
to meet the criteria as members in
goo J inding. Any member, white,
black or otherwise, could become
an officer if they met this criteria.
Following Stanley's defense,
Ameen Haddad '93, Chair of the
Exec. Board, addressed the group
and stated that the Board had no
plans to revoke or attempt to change
the Society's charter. "As far as the
Executive Board is concerned, you
are an approved organization and
^you have run your organization the
way we approved it and the way
you approved it yourselves," he
said.
Reached later for comment,
Haddad stressed that the meeting
was meant to give the Afro-Am a
chance to defend itself against
Afro-Am defends charter
charges made against them and not
to try to railroad them into changing
their charter. "We organized the
meeting because of the Orient's
article. The Society felt attacked and
we didn't want them to think it was
coming from the Exec. Board."
Following Haddad s statement at
the meeting, the floor was then
opened to questions and Board
members tried to deconstruct the
sentence in question in the charter
to determine its exact meaning.
Asked what the thinking was behind
it, Stanley replied, "We were told it
was ambiguous and wouldn't cause
problems. The thinking behind it
was that we remain an autonomous
body. There was nothing more
behind it."
Reached later for comment,
Stanley tried to clarify the point of
the statement and the
misunderstanding behind it. "The
sentence is being taken out of the
context of the preamble. The 'we' [in
the sentence] is the Society asa whole,
which includes our non-black
members. The statement reflects a
multicultural decision and not the
single decision of one ethnic group."
Following the question and answer
session characterized by a cautious
attitude on the Board's part and a
defensive attitude on the Society's
part, Haddad again stated the
Board's intentions. He explained that
the charter would be reviewed in
mid-February along with all other
student organization charters as part
of normal procedure. Addressing the
Society he said, "It would show a
weakness on the Board's part to go
back [before that February review]
on another Board 's deci sion to charter
you. We're interested in making
organizations stronger, not weaker,"
he said.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Students design center
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
The 24 responses from the Orient poll and the 204 from the Placemats
indicated:
Game Room: the game ratings are as follows:
For Against
Pool 79% 5%
Ping Pong 71% 12%
Foosball 58% 29%
Video Games 50% 29%
Further wishes with the game room: free pool, ping pong
and foosball with Bowdoin I.D., large screen TVs with
cable and about 25 seats in the TV lounge.
The surveys on the new campus
center which were distributed in
the Orient and as placemats have
been collected and tabulated, and
results appear to be not that
different from what already exists
in the Union.
Regarding what students would
like to put in a Game room, student
preferences were no real surprise.
Most indicated an interest in
pooltables, ping pong, foosball (we
checked the spelling on this one)
and video games. Due to the noise
that goes along with foosball and
video games, most respondents
were inclined to keep those
machines somewhat removed
from the rest.
With the TV room, students
indicated a preference for a small
setting with large screen, cable
television. Many were not very
enthused about including a VCR
as well.
People like the way the Pub is
now and want it to stay that way.
Many wanted to folio w something
of a Cheers motif, but with a dart
board . Support for a TV in the Pub
was evident but not
overwhelming.
Including such adjectives as
"light," "open but intimate,"
students also came down heavily
in favor of a caf, but voiced a
preference to keep a "sidewalk"
type cafe as well.
Sentiment on a College Store was
considerable more murky. Most
indicated that they wanted to keep
the store in the Union, not Hyde. A
majority of those responding
wanted to have textbooks under
one roof with the bookstore, but a
similar number said that they
prefered keeping textbooks in
Moore. What this seems to indicate
to both the planner and the
committee is that the bookstore is
not a very high priority item to
most.
In the proposed convenience
store, most students wanted it to
stock freezer goods, fruit, juices,
soda, candy, cookies and snacks,
as well as newsstand items and
personal health care products.
Regarding general services like
mail and ATM machines, most
student responses indicated
something akin to the status quo
with students sharing mailboxes,
as well as a post office with the
addition of packing and shipping
facilities.
Security thwarts vicious food conspiracy
Responding to rumors of an impending food fight, Security staked
out Wentworth on Wednesday. Photo by Maya Khuri.
The banned fraternities
The Governing Boards declared that the all-male frats and sorority must
disband by June 1993. This year marks a period of change for members.
Zeta Psi
Chi Psi
Delta Kappa
Epsilon
By Matthew Brown By Charlotte Vaughn , By Joshua Sorensen
Adam Strom '93, social chairman. Dave Sciarretta *93.
By next June, Zeta Psi will cease to
exist.
"We were disgusted but not
surprised by the actions of the
administration," are the words of
Kevin Thomson, senior president of
Zeta Psi. He continues to stress that
the dissolution of the single-sex
organizations are indicative of a
recent trend in the administration: a
trend that adheres strictly to a
"politically correct doctrine."
Zeta Psi has made it crystal clear
that it will not be going co-
educational. They feel that it "would
be hypocritical" to renounce their
principles of 1 25 years. They are now
in preliminary discussions with the
administration to discuss the future
of Zeta. However, it seems, the
dissolution of Zeta is guaranteed
simply because both parties are
strictly adhering to previously
established rules and doctrines.
Alumni response to the proposed
banishment of single-sex
organizations has resulted in
overwhelming support for Zeta Psi.
Thomson reports that he "receives
calls every week from alumni voicing
their support for Zeta and outrage at
the administration's
decisions.. .some have even stopped
their annual contribution to the
college." Obviously, many people
are upset about the dissolution of
Zeta, but at this point, it seems the
debate has been settled, and Zeta
will cease to exist after June of 1993.
Write for the
According to Chi Psi president
Dave Sciarretta, the brothers
currently belonging to this social
organization voted at the end of
September to"cease to exist" at
the end of the 1 992-1 993 academic
year. He explained that the
fraternity would go "dormant" at
the end of the year and would be
in full compliance with thedictates
of the College. This means that
they will rush no new members
this year and they will not go coed :
"Freshmen wanting to rush here
at the end of January will not find
too much going on," Sciarretta
lamented.
Right now, Chi Psi is having
discussions with the Dean of the
College and the alumni
organization to try and figure out
what to do with the house at 7
Boody Street. Options include
either selling it or donating it to a
worthy cause. The alumni
organization has a major part in
this decision because they are in
control of the financial destiny of
the organization. Asof yet, no final
decisions about the fate of the
"Lodge" have been made.
Joshua Sprague '93. Photos by
Maya Khuri.
In response to theadministration's
new policy outlawing the existence
of all single-sex fraternities on
campus, the formerly all-male
fraternity of Delta Kappa Epsilon
has dropped all active operations as
of the beginning of this year.
According to the former president of
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Joshua Sprague
'93, "All former members of Delta
Kappa Epsilon have declared
themselves inactive and all
membership activities have ceased ."
Each member of Delta Kappa Epsilon
has individually communicated to
the college administration the
discontinuation of their membership
in the fraternity. According to
Sprague, "we (former members of
DKE] have dropped everything.
Otherwise we would be jeopardizing
our education."
The sorority Alpha Beta Phi
changed its plans and may
disband rather than become a
coed group. President Leslie
Morse said there will be an
announcement soon.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13.1 992
Deficit squeezes tightly
By Dave Simmons
orient contributor
At an open forum of the Budget
and Financial Priorities Committee
on Tuesday, Kent Chabotar, Vice
President (or Finance and
Administration and College
Treasurer, discussed the most
recent estimates of the '93-'94 and
'94-95 budgets, in light of the
administration's current
commitment to eliminating
Bowdoin's budget deficit by 1994.
The numbers indicate that in order
to meet President Edwards'
promise of a balanced budget, a
shortfall of about $980,000 will
have to be compensated.
Before a crowd of more than 75
interested administrators, faculty,
support staff and a handful of
students, Chabotar explained in as
much detail as possible the lines of
the estimated budgets . The budget
draft is one of the first steps in a
long process of revisions and
collaborations of several
committees, as well asthe President
and Senior Staff, before the final
budget is proposed and approved
by the Governing Boards next
March.
Although this draft shows little
significant change in the use of
current funds, other lines of the
budget are pivotal to the reduction
of the deficit. Of primary interest
to students is the continued
increase of tuition, which will rise
4.1% in '9V94. This figure is based
on the previous fiscal year's
Consumer Price Index (C.PJ.)
inflation rate, calculated at 3.1 % in
'91 -'92, whichis augmented by one
percent to come up with the annual
tuition increase. Chabotar stated
at the meeting on Tuesday that
because Bowdoin's tuition base is
so large, even a one-percent
increase will generate $200,000 in
revenues. He also pointed out that
the tuition increase will be matched
by a corresponding increase in the
number of budget dollars set aside
for scholarships and fellowships,
to counteract the simultaneous rise
in student need.
Other ways to boost revenue
include an expected five-percent
increase in privategifts, grants and
contracts resulting from the start
of the upcoming Bicentennial
campaign and the "better
utilization of existing available
funds," which include myriad
private trusts earmarked for
specific purposes that have not
been used as efficiently as possible
in the past.
The bulk of the deficit is
generated by the salary column,
which will include a 3.1% salary
increase for all employees of the
College, as well as additional
compensation for the support staff
based on a job evaluation study
begun last spring, and about
$307,000 in compensation for
faculty, to meet what is known as
the "AJSfi" guideline. This salary
guideline was established many
years ago in comparison to the
average of the the fourth, fifth and
sixth-ranked schools similar to
Bowdoin. Next year marks the
second phaseof the "catching-up"
period to make the salaries of
Bowdoin professors more
competitive.
The elimination of the nearly $1
million deficit will involve a goal
of at $190,000 reduction in the
general operating budget. Some
expressed concern on Tuesday
about the large expenses generated
by mailing and telephone costs.
The phone system alone accounts
for roughly $400,000 in
expenditures annually, it was
noted. But the remaining $797,000
is where tough decisions must be
made: Chabotar estimates that the
budget cuts could result in the
removal of almost 28 non-faculty
staff positions. Based on his
experiences last year with
similar budget cuts, Chabotar
hopes that most if not all of the
positions will be vacated in what
is known as a "voluntary
separation/' which involves an
employee either quitting or
choosing early retirement.
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Senator Mitchell visits alma mater
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
United States Senator George
Mitchell(D-Me.), and a member of
the Bowdoin Class of 1 954, spoke to
students in Pickard theater last
night.
Dealing with the change of power
that is no w in effect due to Governor
Clinton's victory over President
Bush last week. Sen. Mitchell began
his speech by saying that, "the
transition of power, without
exception for over two hundred
years, remains one of the most
remarkable achievements of the
American system of government."
Much of this is due to the fact, he
continued, that there exists an
independently elected legislature
which can exercise its own authority
under the Constitution.
Citing the English monarchy in
the 1600s as an example of how a
government can operate when the
chief of state can exercise total
control, Mitchell also pointed out
that the Congress functions as a
useful checkon Presidential power.
The majority of Mitchell's time
spent here last night was devoted
to questions from the audience.
While the scope of his speech
dealt more with national politics
and the transition of power that is
underway, a majority of the
questions dealt with more local
issues, forcing Mitchell to answer
more in his capacity,of U.S. Senator
from Maine than Majority Leader.
The questions ranged from his
view on the War Powers Resolution
Senator George Mitchell, Class of 1954, addresses Bowdoin community.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
and the upcoming debate on the
extension of Most Favored Nation
trading status to the People's
Republic of China, to Mitchell's
stance on adopting a voucher
system to guarantee students a
college education.
Senator Mitchell's speech was
brought to a local level when Josh
Sprague '93 was called upon. He
started by identifying himself as a
member of the Bowdoin
Association for Academic Freedom
(BAAF). He proceeded to ask
Mitchell, "You've spoken a lot in
the past about human rights. ..I
represent theBAAF...Bowdoinand
other like-minded institutions think
that because they are private
schools, that things likedue process,
freedom of speech and other
Constitutional rights can be
ignored. In the last session of
Congress, Sen. Larry Craig(R-ld.)
introduced a bill that would
essentially guarantee these
Constitutional rights to students at
colleges that receive Federal
funding."
Mitchell responded by saying,
"I've never heard of that bill."
Sprague quickly followed up by
briefly explaining the situation at
Bowdoin regarding single-sex
fraternities and then asked the
Senator, "Well then, how do you
view what the Administration is
doing here at Bowdoin?"
Mitchell responded simply, "I
don't have a view on that."
Thequestions then resumed, with
someone asking Mitchell about his
views on Roe v. Wade, and other
topics like statehood for the District
of Columbia.
Discussing abortion and Roe v.
Wade, Mitchell said, "I think that
this right will be protected in the
Clinton White House, and his
nominations to the Supreme Court
will also protect that right."
Regarding his role in the Clinton
transition process, Mitchell said that
he will be flying to Little Rock on
Sunday to have dinner with
President-elect Clinton and House
Speaker Tom Foley(D-Wa).
Malaise among students
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leave. "Ineeded to go away because
of my major [Jewish Studies]. But I
also just wanted to get out of here,"
said Payton.
Payton also added that if
Bowdoin students did not have the
opportunity to leave, they would
simply resign themselves to the fact
and learn to tolerate their lives at
Bowdoin. "Because we have the
option to get away, people say 'why
not? Let's get out of here.' Most
students at most universities don't
go away," said Payton.
Regardless of the reasons, the
numbers show that Bowdoin
students continue to study away at
increasing rates. Just five years ago,
197 students studied a way .■This year
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While most of Bowdoin's peer
schools have not experienced this
phenomenon, Middlebury's study
away rate was 46% of its junior class
this year, still 6% behind Bowdoin.
But Middlebury touts itself as an
internationally-minded school, and
specifically encourages students to
study away. According to Turner,
Bowdoin has never made such a
concerted effort.
Some Bowdoin students feel peer
pressure, however, to study away.
Mark Schlegel '93, who studied for
nine months during the summer and
fall of his junior year at Oxford, said
"there is a lot of pressure to study
away — a herd mentality is created
when everybody around you asks,
'So where are you going next year?'"
said Schlegel.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS &L LEISURE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Musica Antiqua Koln to perform Baroque music
By Bruce Speight
orient staff writer
Musica Antiqua Koln, one of the
leading chamber music ensembles
on the international concert scene,
will be performing on Tuesday,
November 1 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. The
ensemble performs a broad array of
classical pieces that span the
Baroque era. With accomplished
musicians, Antiqua Musica Koln
frequently arranges their
performance pieces from the
original sources of the pieces; some
of the pieces they choose to perform
are presented to the audience for
the first time since the Baroque era.
The ensemble frequently varies
its size and instrumental
composition, which ranges from a
duo to a thirty-piece orchestra,
depending on the demands of the
repertoire. Italian violin music from
the time of Monteverdi, French
chamber music from the time of
Ancien regime, German chamber
music before the time of Bach and
the chamber music of Bach and his
sons are concentrations and areas of
special interest to the ensemble.
Titled "Chamber Music of Mozart's
Friends/ the performance will
Chamber music ensemble to play in concert on Tuesday night
Photo courtesy of College Relations.
include selections from the late 18th
to early 19th century by German
composers.
Reinhard Goebd, a violinist and
violist, founded the group in 1973,
and he worked to create a varied
and accomplished repertoire. In
1978, Musica Antiqua Koln had
their first major success, and since
then they have held concerts
throughout South America, the Far
East and North America. The
ensemble performs about 150
concerts a year and has appeared in
Paris, Amsterdam, London's Queen
Elizabeth Hall and in principal
German festivals and cities. Musica
Antiqua Koln have recorded nearly
two dozen albums, all of which have
received critical acclaim. Recently,
the ensemble recorded Telemann's
Trafelmusik, Biber's Mystery Sonatas
and a just-released recording of
Italian concertos for four violins,
featuring music of Torelli, Locatelli,
Mossi, Valentini and Leo. The
ensemble has received numerous
awards and much international
recognition. Some of these have been
the French Grand Prix, London's
Early Music Award and the Critics'
Choice Award.
The musicians of Musica Antiqua
Koln are more than just
accomplished and talented
performers, however. They teach
regularly at Hilvresum
Conservatory at the Amsterdam
School of Arts, and their desire to
study the original sources of the
music they play shows their
scholarly involvement with the
issues of performance practice. The
members of the ensemble are also
collectors and restorers of old
instruments and are often able to
perform with them.
Seating is limited and everyone is
urged to get their tickets soon.
Tickets are$10forthegeneral public,
$8 for senior citizens, and free with
Bowdoin identification. Since the
instruments and the arrangements
that Musica Antiqua Koln perform
are unique and rare, this
performance will provide a fresh
opportunity for anyone interested
in the music of the Baroque era.
Amina Myers, jazz musician, to funk on campus
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
Jazz musician Amina Claudine
Myers will be the featured artist at a
concert scheduled for Saturday,
November 14, in Kresge
Auditorium. Myers is a composer,
pianist and vocalist who meshes
genres of jazz, blues and gospel
music to produce her own|unique
sound. /azziz magazine describes her
as "a musician in touch with her
roots and herself ... a true original."
Myers' style is truly unique; she
combines several different musical
styles into her repertoire. These
styles include country blues, organ
funk and urban R&B. The sound
that results is a combination of the
spontenaity and intimacy of jazz
with the balance and high-impact
intensity of pop music. "I just try to
let The Creator guide me," Myers
claims. "Many times, I don't know
what is going to happen, but then it
all works out. I'm just a vehicle, a
vessel, and I hope I can make
uplifting music that makes people
feel good." Most musicians measure
success by the position of their
albums on the charts — Myers bases
her fulfillment on her abiding faith
inTheCreator. She draws additional
strength and inspiriation from the
improvisational precepts she has
embraced during her long
membership in the Association for
the Advancement of Creative
Musicians (AACM).
Despite the fact that she combines
so many styles that may seem so
different, Myers feels that they all
share a common ground. This basis
is her nearly lifelong involvement
with Afro-American spirituals and
gospel music.
Myers does not perform solo;
using her latest album 'In Touch"
as an example, she plays along with
support from her trap drummer,
Reggie Nicholson and bassist/
guitarist Jerome Harris. Together,
they lay the rhythmic foundation
for Myers' understated -yet-emotive
singing and her complimentary self-
accompaniment on an array of
keyboards including acoustic piano,
Hammond B-3 organ and Roland
D-50 synthesizer. With assistance
from her producer, Lenny White,
and some discreet synthesizer
programming, Myers presents eight
compositions of widely varying
tempo, mood and meaning.
"In Touch" inculdes such tracks
as "It's All Right With Me," "A
Ballad For You" and "Natural Self,"
all of which are songs that were a
part of Myers' contemporary
musical of the late 1970's which was
performed in New York and
Chicago. In these songs, Myers
pumps out upbeat, gospelish chords
combined with her own vocals.
Other highlights on the album
include "Cairo" and "Oiaya" (an
African name meaning Mother's
Pride). This song is about the harsh
reality of homelessness and how a
young woman named Olaya "draws
strength from her heritage" and
"turns her life around."
Myers was raised in Blackwell,
Arkansas. She became interested in
music at the age of four and began
formal piano training at age seven.
Around this time, her family moved
to Dallas, Texas, and she helped to
form a pre-teen gospel group and
later served as choir director and
pianist in several Dallas-area
churches. Later, she returned to
Arkansas and co-founded the
Gospel Four and the Royal Hearts,
two groups which performed in
high schools and church choirs. She
has also studied European concert
music at Philander Smith College in
Little Rock, graduating with a B.A.
in music education.
After finishing her education in
Little Rock, Myers traveled to
Chicago and taught music for six
years in public schools. She joined
the AACM in 1966, gaining the
opportunity to work on her
composing and to perform with
such artists as pianist, Muhal
Richard Abrams, percussionist,
Ajaramu (Jerold Donovan) and
reed men, Henry Threadgill and
Kalaparusha (Mauric Mclntyre). In
1970, she traveled and performed
with Sonny Stitt, which she followed
with a two- and-a-half year
partnership with t he Gene Amnions
Quartet.
Myers moved to New York City
in 1976. Since then, she has
"A true original" to deliver a unique concert in Kresge Auditorium on
November 14. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
performed with her own groups —
the Amina Claudine Myers Voice
Choir, Trio, Quartet and Sextet.
Myers is a much-in-demand jazz
performer after her long career on
the international jazz circuit. She
has made regular appearances at
blues and gospel festivals in recent
years. In trio performances, she
colaborates with Jerome Harris and
drummer Thurman Barker. In
quartet settings, the group is
augmented by saxist Ricky Ford.
Tickets for this concert are
available for free at the M.U. desk.
Be sure to pick one up or to arrive
early at Kresge. The show starts at
7:30 tomorrow night.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Flink s Flicks
This week: Passen,
with Wesley Snipes
By Tim Funk
orient movie reviewer
Legion of fans:
This week, for your reading
pleasure, I have decided to review
Passenger 57. This movie is a valient
attempt to make Wesley Snipes
the next action hero for the 90's.
However, the movie falls
somewhat short of expectations.
For starters, there is no continuous
sense of humor, crucial to every
action movie of this type. Without
humor, the film just seems to be
routine action, and its flaws are
easy to spot. Granted, there are the
light moments. The best comes
when a stewdress asks Snipes ( who
is attempting to thrawt the
terrorists): 'Tell me you're good at
this." He replies: 'I'm the best."
Never let it be said that heroes
areunduly modest.
Charles Rain (Bruce Payne) is
the most evil villian to come across
the silver screen in quite some time.
Finally, we have someone that
requires no pity from the audience
and does not ask for it. We first
meet Rain as he is about to undergo
plastic surgery. A SWAT team
interrupts and he tries to make his
escapebyjumpingthroughahospital
window. Unfortunately, he is caught
and is to be flown to L. A. for his trial.
Now we meet John Cutter (Snipes),
a former security agent for Atlantic
Airlines, a martial arts expert (sure
comes in handy when you' re fighting
there aren't that
many ways a
person can die on
a plane, even with
guns around
bad guys, hard to strike people down
using witty comments) and a grieving
widower (every hero needs their
sensitive side). Cutter is hired by
Atlantic again to lead a counter-
terrorist program. To introduce him
to the company heads they're going
to fly him to . . . L.A.!!! Guess who's
on the same plane? Right!!! Rain!
Once the plane is "safely" in the
air, Rain's compatriots, who
somehow avoided security while
carrying large guns,leap upand take
over the plane. Luckily for Cutter,
he is in the bathroom while this
happens. This plot contrivance
allows him to roam free on the plane
while taking out the bad guys. There
is a brief stopover in Louisiana(?) to
meet up with some stereotypical
slow, dumb policemen.
As for the action itself, everything
about it is too routine. No one dies
in an especially creative way. The
ending can pretty much be figured
out. (There aren't that many ways a
person can die on a plane, even
without guns around.) Kevin
Hooks, the director, doesn't show
much flair for action, but there are
one or two nicely shot scenes.
The acting is average, with no one
giving a lifeless or an over-the-top
performance (something the movie
needed).RATING: 6
Next Week: This column will
simply be batty (yuk! yuk!) as it
sinks its fangs (again, yuk! yuk!)
into Francis Ford Coppola's new
flick: Brant Stoker's Dracula. Be sure
to buy plenty if garlic.
Has Dylan been good to you?
By Mathew Scease
orient contributor
This past October, Bob Dylan
celebrated the thirtieth anniversary
of the release of his debut album
on Columbia Records, this was an
album of traditional folk and
country blues numbers containing
only two original compositions,
one of which was his tribute to
Woody Guthrie, "Song to Woody."
To mark the anniversary,
Columbia organized a tribute
concert to Dylan at Madison
Square Garden, featuring an all-
star bill of artists who lined up to
pay homage to the Most Influential
Songwriter of His Generation.
Dylan actually performed at the
end of the show. The first number
he played, no was surprise "Song
to Woody."
This sense of closure, contrived
or not by Columbia's desire to
stimulate the sales of Dylan's
impressive back catalogue, is
completed by the Election Day
release of Good As I Been To You,
only the second Dylan album ever
to contain no originals (the first,
Dylan, was released without his
consent). We get thirteen
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songs accompanied only by his guitar
and harmonica. The selections range
from archetypal folk sagas of love
and death, like "Arthur McBride,"
"Blackjack Davey," and the excellent
opening track, "Frankieand Albert,"
to the more bluesy matter of "Sittin'
On Top of the World" and "You're
Gonna Quit Me" (although
uncentered guitar work and vocals
sabotage "Step It Up and Go"), as
stripped-down,
no-nonsense
recording seems a
t rue labor of love
well as a playful oddity, "Froggie
Went A Courtin'."
The songs fit in comfortably with
Dylan's earlier work. "Blackjack
Davey," a cousin to Guthrie's "Gypsy
Davy," might have been in his
repetoire thirty years ago, while "Jim
Jones," the tale of a convict
transported to Australia's Botany
Bay, effortlessly recalls any number
of his protest songs. "Canadee-I-O'
reiterates how powerful Dylan's voice
can be when combined with a moving
melody. The tension of the guitar
line in "Little Maggie" echoes mid-
sixties gems like "Gates of Eden"
and "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only
Bleeding)." These echoes arise not
from a man reliving the dreams of
past glories, but instead they
highlight the folk roots that resonate
throughout Dylan's career.
The incongruity of rock's greatest
composer putting out an album of
covers because, ironically, this
stripped-down, no-nonsense
recording seems a true labor of love,
especially in light of his recent
output: Alongside the rigor mortis-
inducing Dylan and The Dead, the
insultingly low quality of Knocked
Out Loaded and Under The Red Sky
and theculled-together carelessness
of Down In The Groove, only \99&s
Oh Mercy stands out. Good As I Been
To You does not have the air of a
quickie album shoveled out to
capitalize on the renewed interest
in Dylan's work, but a heartfelt
return to fertile musical pastures
that may yet prove to redirect his
rudderless muse. On the other hand,
it could be his swan song; as the last
lines of the album say, "Little piece
of combread layin' on the shelf/If
you want any more, you can sing it
yourself." Either way, it makes
damn fine listening.
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Friday, November 13
7:30 p.m. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Lincoln
Academy Old Gym. $4 for students. For reservations and
information call 563-3868. Also performed on November 14, 20, 21
and November 15 and 22 at 1:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m. Concert. Miscellania. Chapel.
Saturday, November 14
7:30 p.m. Concert. Amina Claudine Myers, composer, pianist and
vocalist, performing in Kresge Auditorium. Tickets are needed for
seating.
Sunday, November 15 •
2:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 Film series. Bye, Bye, Brazil. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
7:30 p.m. Reading. Liu Sola, fiction writer and native of the People's
Republic of China. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Monday, November 16
7:30 p.m. Introduction to Mario Vargas Llosa's life and work. John
H. Turner, professor of Romance languages. Daggett Lounge,
Wentworth Hall.
7:30 p.m. Film. Fourth Annual Women's film series. Spices starring
Smita Patil. Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, November 17
7:30 p.m. Concert. "Chamber Music of Mozart's Friends." Musica
Antiqua Koln. Kresge Auditorium. Tickets Required.
8:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 Film series. Milagro. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, November 18
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "Michelangelo at Twenty-Three: The Roman
Pieta." Given by Leo Steinberg, Benjamin Franklin Professor of the
History of Art, University of Pennsylvania. Kresge Auditorium.
8:15 p.m. Lecture. "Fiction: The Power of Lies." Given by Mario
Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist. First Parish Church, Brunswick.
Film. M starring Peter Lorre.
Thursday, November 19
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "Michelangelo's Creation of Adam: Meditations on
a Commonplace." Given by Leo Steinberg, Benjamin Franklin
Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania. Kresge
Auditorium.
7:30 p.m. Slide Show. Nancy Shroeder, free-lance photographer,
shares her experiences from her solo backpacking trip. "Mexico to
Yosemite: the Pacific Coast Trail." Beam Classroom, Visual Arts
Center.
Comedian Barry Crimmins
to jest in Moulton Union
By Brian Sung
orient arts & leisure asst.
EDITOR
On George Bush: "Bush's
popularity has fallen so low that
he's only popular among people
who haven't thought of him lately."
On a remark by the Japanese House
Speaker claiming that 30 percent of
American workers are illiterate: "The
Department of Education wanted
to dispute it, but they have trouble
with percentages."
On political humor: "There are
people who say they do political
humor, and then you go out to see
them, and they're talking about
Mike Dukakis' eyebrows. I don't
think that counts."
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based in Boston. He has written for
The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix,
was a writer for "The Dennis Miller
Show," and performed in over 40
comedy night clubs and over 30
colleges nation-wide.
Crimmins also has an album out:
"Kill the Messenger." The album
has received rave reviews and the
support of big name performers
such as Jackson Browne, Steven
Wright, the Indigo Girls, and Billy
Bragg. He has also toured with
Bragg, opening for his shows.
The socially conscious performer
speaks his mind, without "that kind
of shock stuff.. .that reinforces
hateful stereotypes." He has done
this without compromising his point
of view or muting his criticism.
Crimmins started his career in
the late 70s at the Ding Ho, a comedy
club, using this as his launching pad
for his career, which has now
reached eighteen years in length.
He is one of the peace movement's
greatest supporters and was
honored with the Boston
Mobilization for Survival's Peace
Leadership award in 1991.
Barry Crimmins will perfrom on
Saturday, November 14, at 9:30 p.m.
He will be performing in the Maine
Lounge, free of charge.
§_ THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1992
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Editorials
BAAF is an embarrassment
In reaction to the abolition of Bowdoin's single-
sex Greek organizations last May, the Brunswick
Association for Academic Freedoms (BAAF) was
formed and has brought an organized "anti-PC"
hysteria to Bowdoin's campus. In its charter, the
BAAF states that one of its goals is "eliminating
the stifling academic atmosphere which has been
created by the politically correct agenda."
The BAAF is a thinly-veiled umbrella for a
group of psuedo-conservative malcontents.
Students who are legitimately concerned about
the very real issues of Constitutional freedoms
and political discourse will be well-advised to
stay away from this group for several reasons.
First, while the BAAF may purport to represent
students fed up with "political correctness," its
true hidden agenda is the reinstatement of single-
sex fraternities. That is and will remain its only
goal.
True, not everyone (even some folks in
Hawthorne-Longfellow) is happy with the
outcome of that decision. But it's over.
Frantically assaulting "political correctness" has
been an over-used theme for quite some time now
also. Where was the BAAF four years ago when
the political correctness debate began? It seems
that only when fraternities were threatened that
its present members began caring about political
dialogue.
Second, the entire concept of fighting "political
correctness" is misguided to begin with, and we
are appalled that students of Bowdoin's caliber
would be gullible enough to fall for it. The BAAF
rails against the "Third Reich Odor" of the
Bowdoin administration. Do they really believe
that the folks in Hawthorne-Longfellow are
comparable to Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini?
It seems that desperate organizations will employ
desperate tactics.
Third, students interested in serious political
dialogue must ask themselves who the BAAF is
fighting against when they say they want to squash
"political correctness?" Who comprises this
imaginary left-wing opposition just waiting to crush
freedomat every chance?Their en tirepremise seems
paranoid, at best, and their target group may be
you, for they have yet to cleaily define their
"enemies."
Fourth, look at the tactics of the BAAF. Instead of
trying to advance debate about political correctness,
they have launched into a full force attack on their
enemies through several letters to the Editors of
local newspapers decrying the evils of Bowdoin's
"repressive" atmosphere.
Let's face it, Bowdoin is a private institution with
an inherent right to determine the characteristics of
its community. The BAAF's conclusion that the
constitutional rights to freedom of expression and
assembly extend entirely into the private sphere is
ridiculous. It is somewhat analogous to asserting
that our constitutional right to assembly means that
we can gather for a protest on someone's private
property against their wishes. The Constitution
may protect our rights in these areas so long as we
remain in the public sphere, but it is unreasonable
to expect that our individual rights should interfere
with the ideals of private institutions which are
acting within the boundaries of their own
communities and beliefs.
Fringe organizations like the BAAF should
reconcile themselves to the fact that they don' t have
a legal leg to stand on in their fight against the
mythical "political correctness." With this in mind,
the members of the Bowdoin community should
realize that they attend a private college with certain
educational aims.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1992
Student Opinion
Looking Starboard
By Craig Cheslog
The Magic Issue
When Magic Johnson decided to retire for the second time
from basketball two weeks ago, he made the correct choice.
Yes, doctors will tell us for unending hours that the chances
of contracting AIDS while playing basketball are incredibly
small. True enough. But, it is also a fact that no doctor can
truthfully say that there is no chance of contracting this
disease through athletic competition. In fact, there is evidence
that AIDS was spread during a soccer game in Australia in
1991. When it comes to fatal diseases, incredibly small risk
cannot be our standard. Instead, it must be zero risk.
Magic retired after an incident in an exhibition game
against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Magic sustained a cut on his
arm through the course of play, and players from both teams
were visibly afraid when they saw his blood. This fear is
The time has come to stop
treating [AIDS] as a civil
rights concern.
justified, since we are talking about a disease that is fatal in
every case. It is important to also remember that we are
discussing a disease that is spread by the exchange of body
fluids, like blood. It was no small matter when Magic began to
bleed during that exhibition game. Yes, his cut was minor, but
what about next time? What assurance can be made that there
will never be the danger of the transmission of AIDS from
Magic to another player? The truthful answer is that there can
be no assurance.
AIDS activists throughout the world were angry and upset
that Magic was forced out of the NBA. After all, Magic's
retirement is a visible blow to the notion that people stricken
with this disease can continue in any profession without
restriction. Finally, we have a clear and easy-to-understand
example of a profession that should exclude people with
AIDS. Now, if people can forget their activism and use some
common sense, this episode can have a positive resolution.
We all know how AIDS is spread. This disease is contracted
by the exchange of body fluids, so it is wise to avoid all
possibility of an exchange of body fluids with someone with
AIDS. Remember, we are talking about a disease that kills
everyone who contracts it. No chance is worth taking. NBA
basketball is physical and rough. Cuts are fairly common,
and imagine what would happen if Magic and another
player knocked heads together and caused cuts to each
other. The chance of this happening is small, and therefore
the activists contend that there is nothing to worry about. But
we have heard this sort of reasoning before. "Well look," we
have been told, "the chances of getting AIDS are so small that
it has never happened. Do not worry about it." Really? Ask
Kimberly Bergalis. Oh, that is right, one cannot ask her since
she is dead. Her crime? Going to see her dentist. A dentist
that just happened to have AIDS.
Surely the reader remembers this debacle. Oh, AIDS
activists and the medical community had everyone convinced
that we had nothing to fear from dentists or other medical
professionals. After all, the chances of contracting thedisease
were very small. It would not be fair to exclude AIDS
patients from being our doctors or our dentists. Then,
shockingly, Bergalis contracted her disease from her dentist.
Bergalis was not promiscuous, she was not a drug user— she
needed dental work. That should not be a cause for a death
sentence.
The time has come to stop treating this disease as a civil
rights concern . AI DS i s a public health problem, and innocent
people will continue to die until this country treats it that
way. We know how the disease is spread, and there is no
reason to place those people who do not participate in high
risk activities in danger of contracting this behaviorally-
spread disease. Sorry, but people should not be sentenced to
die because the fight against any discrimination against
those people with AIDS advances some group's political
ambitions.
Magic Johnson should not play basketball because he
places others at some risk of contracting AIDS. The chances
are small, but intelligent people do everything possible to
lower the risks of contracting something that will end up
killing them. And that is once again the point — society must
do everything possible to protect its members from deadly
diseases.
This means that people who have the AIDS virus should
have to disclose the fact of their disease before working in
certain professions. It is only a matter of time before some
famous person contracts AIDS through an operation. The
uproar that it will cause will result in necessary reform so that
reason may prevail. This writer does not want a person with
This writer does not want
someone with AIDS to
operate on him.
AIDS to operate on him. AIDS is too dangerous of a disease,
that no chance is warranted. Patients have a right to know if
their doctor or dentist has the AIDS virus. Just as there are
certain occupations that people with syphilis or other diseases
may not be employed in, the time has come to realize that
AIDS is just as serious a problem.
Magic now can become an example of something that is far
more substantial and important than the "Athlete Who
Continues to Play With the AIDS Virus". Magic now can
provide an example of what happens when a person is
irresponsible and does not take proper precautions. Actions,
people will be reminded when they think of Magic, have
consequences that can prove to be fatal. Today, engaging in
unprotected sex with hundreds of partners can be as deadly
as a bulletin the head. This lesson is more important than all
the assists and points Magic would have scored during his
comeback.
Listen to activists condemn the ignorance of the players in
the NBA. Listen to commentators once again make Magic out
to be a victim. Why is it ignorant to reduce the chances of
contracting a fatal disease as much as possible? Blood flows
during basketball games — and that is one of the ways this
disease is spread. It is not ignorant to be afraid of contracting
AIDS during a basketball game— it is only natural to take all
possible precautions.
Fightin' Words
By
Tom
Leung
Leung's Inst Fightin' Words?
Over the past three weeks, I've received a veritable
cornucopia of hate letters, calls, and nasty looks that were the
direct result of my journalistic contributions to the Orient. In
these expositions, I have taken outspoken positions on a wide
variety of issues running the gamut from national politics to
isolated campus controversies.
When I see something that bothers me, I let people know. I
don't keep it bottled up inside of me, I don't clandestinely
snicker with my friends, and I don't pull any Clintons. If I have
a problem with something, I'll let you know — regardless of
who you are, whose beliefs you subscribe to, mmmhbbm
or how much you will like me after I tell you.
I pride myself in not being a two-faced
invertebrate. Why is that such a bad thing?
I was raised to stand up for what I believe
in, to speak my mind, and never to back down
if I feel strongly about something. Most people
feel the same way — correction — most people
say they feel the same way. (There is a clear
distinction between words and action. You
may talk the "open minded, mature
intellectual" talk, but do you walk the walk?)
Herein lies the problem.
There is a significant group of people on
this campus who loathe me, who look at me
of discussing points of contention in an intelligent and the most prestigious undergraduate institutions in the country,
rational manner, they consummately write off any idea that Yet for those of us who aren't on the forefront of p.c. thought,
challenges their infallible opinions with cop-out remarks to publicly state anything that doesn't kowtow to the
like, "Tom Leung is an asshole." mainstream would be almost suicidal. (Just look at my
By changing the focus from issues I bring up to the predicament.)
denigration of my character (which shouldn't matter unless When was the last time you stated a dissenting opinion on
I'm running for government office), the problem of analyzing a controversial issue without fear of being ostracized by your
thought-provoking questions is conveniently circumvented; peers? The reality is that the only time we part with p.c. on
leaving a net obstacle factor amounting to one easily assailable confrontational issues is when we're with friends who we
first-year student . Essentially, neutralize the speaker and know won't turn around and say, "Oh, Jane, she' s an asshole"
^^^ H ^^^^ BMHBHBaa ^^^^ H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ aHHBH just because you didn't agree with the cultural
There is a significant number of
people on this campus who loathe me,
who look at me with contempt
because of my nonconforming ideas.
elite on a given issue. No matter how much of
a load of shit you may think a politically
correct idea is, if you are with people you
don't know, mum is always the word.
It's unfortunate that I have to stand by and
watch my name get urinated on simply
because of issues I bring up to spark debate.
It's unfortunate that people pass judgement
on me without having the decency to voice
their opinions to my face and hold a rational
conversation with me. Its unfortunate that I
get shafted because I have the courage (and
^^^^^^^ stupidity) to say things that I know are not
what people want to hear.
Am I overreacting? I wish I were. The only thing is I've
overheard too many conversations, my friends have had to
with contempt simply because of my nonconforming ideas, you neutralize his speech.
These people don't know me. They may read my articles, they To be qu it e honest, I find a lot of people' s ideas baffling and
may listen to my radio show, they may hear unsubstantiated offensive. Nevertheless, I make it my business not to hate stick up for me too many times, and too many anonymous
generalizations about my character, but they don't know me. them, but their positions. Case in point: for whom a person hate calls have been made and letters sent to write it off as
I have no qualms with criticisms made about anyone's votes for has absolutely nothing to do with what kind of paranoid overreaction.
beliefs. The problem arises when personal attacks are made person he/ she is. There are Republican assholes and there are The easy way out for me would be to give up my column,
against the individual who holds these beliefs. If you find Democratic assholes, party affiliation is entirely unrelated, to make these self-righteous, god-playing infants happy, and
yourself saying, "I can't understand Republican politics, their Unfortunately, many of us don't feel that way and take part in to tell you the truth, I've thought about it. But that would make
positions are trash, what do you think?", God bless you. You a warped kind of peer censorship, setting implicit standards me a hypocrite I would be doing the very same thing I try to
are debating, discussing, and exchanging ideas on important of social protocol ranging from political views to musical oppose every week by writing Fightin' Words. So guess what?
issues. preferences. This stifling practice would never be fathomed to I'm stayin'. The fact of the matter is I don't write to make
Unfortunately, many choose not to take this route. Instead exist at a "liberal arts" college; especially not Bowdoin, one of friends, I write to make a difference. Get used to it.
THE BOWDaN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13.1992
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Letters to the Editor
Le Gac questions Patriot article
To the Editor
I have three questions related to Sarah Heck's article in
October's Bowdoin Patriot ("Indoctrination Alive and Well at
Bowdoin"):
Is indoctrination the word some conservatives use for
"tolerance" and "respect"? Repeated attacks on the would-be
terrifying Political Correctness — the archenemy some
resourceful minds have substituted for Communism — suggest
to me that openmindedness is a daily — and painful — task for
some people on campus.
Is this country the exclusive property of a happy few? The
vision of the new world presented in "The Christopher
Columbus Follies: An Eco-Cabaret" seems as valid to me as
that of "the land where dreams come true and where freedom
reigns supreme", as sarcastic and self-derisive as it may be.
Is progress (which kind of progress, by the way?) an absolute
value? Describing some of the tragic events linked to the
conquest of this continent as a normal tribute to pay for the
"advancement" of our civilization is utmost cynicism. It does
nothing but foster irresponsibility and justify future abuses.
Let me come back to the use of the word "indoctrination".
In the context of a college such as ours, and whatever you may
think of the administration's policy, doesn't it sound a bit. . .
exaggerated? Neither of our papers has been censored, as far
as I know. . .
Franck Le Gac
Teaching Assistant in French
Anonymous student saves
campus from mass destruction
To the Editor:
Last Tuesday the Physical Plant incurred a small fuel additive
spill at the Heating Plant. The primary reason that the spill
was minimized was the prompt action taken by a male
student who was passing behind the Heating Plant on his way
to class and noticed the additive running out the back door.
He took prompt action by notifying Heating Plant personnel
who quickly contained it and prevented the fuel additive
from entering a nearby catch basin.
Unfortunately, we failed to get the name of the student who
was so conscientious. I am anxious to learn who he is and ask
that you print this letter in hopes that he will read it and
contact me at the Physical Plant Office.
We all owe him a great debt of gratitude for his prompt and
proper actions. I would like to express my sincere appreciation
for his help in preventing what could have been a very serious
environmental problem.
David Barbour
Director of Physical Plant
, Leung finds fault with Orient's
negligence in "StudentSpeak"
In those median six weeks, pivotal events took place that
drastically altered my position with regard to our student
government; one of which was my decision to run for class
vice-president in hopes of infusing an element of change in
the very same organization I said was lacking. In fact, it was
shortly after being asked about the student government that
I decided to run for office.
Now, herein lies the problem: since the Orient staff did not
bother to mention when their question was asked and how
they had waited almost a month and a half to publish these
statements, many Bowdoin students assumed thattnese
answers were given quite recently.
Obviously, as the elected vice-president of my class, seeing
a personal statement ostensibly stating obliviousness to an
organization I am now part of disturbed me. I only hope that
the students of the class of '96 now realize that it was due to
negligence on the part of the Orient staff and not any disrespect
or incompetence on my part that led to this seemingly
contradictory and flippant statement.
What the Student Opinion staff did to me was irresponsible
and inconsiderate. Through no fault of my own, I was
portrayed as an uncaring and insolent class officer — things I
pride myself in not being. My statements were taken out of
chronological context and resulted in an onslaught of
complaints and personal attacks on me by students who,
unbeknownst to them, thought I made these impertinent
comments as their vice-president.
What's done is done, I can only hope that in the future the
staff will exercise a higher level of competency and
consideration for the ramifications of reporting news and
opinion without adequate background information. It is
something that should be a given for any newspaper worth
reading.
Tom Leung '96
governments.
The memorial simply lists the names of all Bowdoin men
who died. That seems right to me. I opposed the Vietnam war
but certainly feel the names of those who died in Vietnam
should be included. My uncle was at Bataan and was a
prisoner of war, dying in captivity in 1944. Had there been
Japanese Bowdoin men who died, I would have supported
the inclusion of their names.
All these men were part of the Bowdoin family. The
memorial remembers that and a list of all the names strikes
me as a most eloquent reminder of the horror of war.
Professor Barbara Kaster
WWII memorial will be a
political statement
Professor Kaster chastises
Orient staff about editorial
J
To the Editor.
This letter is in response to the unconscionable negligence
on the part of the Student Opinion staff, a division of the
newspaper that I regretfully admit I write for. What pisses me
off this week? TheStudent Speak questionnaire featured in
the last week's Orient neglected to disclose a pivotal and
indispensable fact: when it's poll was taken. Asa result of this
omission, I have been the victim of excessive castigation by
students who were infuriated after reading a presumably
insolent comment by their recently elected vice-president.
During the week of September 20th I was asked what I
thought about the student government. Understandably, being
a first-year student who had just arrived weeks earlier, I
responded that I didn't know we had one. I do not deny what
I said on that September afternoon. My problem is with the
fact that it was published six weeks after it's inception and the
section where my statement was located lacked one scintilla
of information indicating the intermediary time that had
ensued.
To the Editor
Shame on you! Your editorial last week complained about
the lack of student involvement in the design of the memorial
to honor Bowdoin's war dead.
Even the slightest research oft your part would have revealed
that there were student members of the committee until this
year. One of the students, in fact, was the son of a man whose
name will appear on the memorial. In addition, the Orient
itself published an article last year which discussed the
memorial and announced the open meeting the committee
was to hold so that students, faculty and staff could review
and make comments on the proposed memorial. The meeting
was held in Lancaster Lounge, and students were there.
In addition, the proposal was reviewed by three other
committees and all three had student members.
You referred to the proposal as an "administration"
proposal. The proposal was not made by the administration.
The idea originated with alumni who had fought in World
War II, and the committee membership also included alumni
who had fought in Korea and Vietnam. Jim Ward and I were
asked to represent the faculty and we were both honored to do
so. The committee has worked for four years on the memorial .
Your editorial was irresponsible and factually incorrect.
You owe a lot of people an apology and I hope one is
forthcoming.
The Orient also published a thoughtful comment from Amy
Cohen in which she objected to the inclusion of the names of
Bowdoin men who died while fighting for Germany and Italy.
Bowdoin has long had an international student body and,
during wars, some students and alumni fight on opposite
sides.
I certainly understand Amy Cohen's distress. The Holocaust
is the most horrifying event of my lifetime. The committee had
long discussions about whether to include the names of those
who were German and Italian who had been killed . Ultimately
the committee decided to include the names just as the names
in Memorial Hall include men who fought on both sides in the
Civil War.
There were members of the committee who had known
these men, and had been their friends before the war. They
respected them as individuals. During the war, these
committee members had fought, had suffered grievous
wounds, had lost many friends fighting against everything
for which the German and Italian governments stood. They
did not, however, confuse their former classmates with their
To the Editor:
The upcoming construction of the memorial to recognize
Bowdoin students who died serving in World War II, the
Korean War and the Vietnam War, is a mixed blessing. The
memorial is definitely an appropriate way to show our
mourning for fellow students who died prematurely in these
wars and an im portant expression of our condolences to their
families.
However, while I do know that the plans have been in the
making for several years and that students have been involved
in the process, I do not feel that we know enough about the
intention and the content of the memorial to express full
satisfaction. Last week's article in the Orient revealing that the
memorial will include the names of a man who fought for
Germany and a man who fought for Italy raises some questions
for me.
What exactly is the intent of this memorial? Some may
argue that it is simply to recognize individuals who died,
regardless of who they were or for what causes they fought.
In my mind, a memorial is more than that: it is a symbol. And
it is my initial reaction to think that war memorials symbolize
both sorrow and pride for those who died for a certain cause.
Those who argue that we are honoring the individuals and
not the nations for which they fought are ignoring the fact
that, no matter how it is constructed, a war memorial is a
political statement. Chamberlain's poem reads "This army
will live. . . so long as that flag watches with its stars over fields
of mighty memory. . . " It seems to me that this implies praise
for those who died fighting for the United States of America.
It is precisely because we cannot know their intentions that
we should not risk including the names of these two men. The
memorial inevitably becomes a symbol for what we do know
were the intentions of the side for which they fight. Even if
these men were fighting for their countries and for a cause
they believed to be right, the German and Italian intention in
World War II is not something that Americans would want
to honor. As a Jewish student, I am sad that people have to die
in wars, but I do not in any way want to honor those who
participated in genocide.
Finally, though it has been Bowdoin's custom to include
those who fought for the enemy sides in earlier wars, I should
hope that members of the Bowdoin community have learned
that tradition is a poor excuse for maintaining the status quo.
Traditions are not sacred; they have often been broken in the
name of progress, fortunately for us, because without breaking
traditions we would still have slavery and many other
oppressive systems that were maintained for centuries because
people did not want to disturb "tradition."
To me and many other Jewish and non-Jewish members of
the Bowdoin community, this memorial is of great concern. I
am distressed that the members of the committees involved
with this project, after considering the inclusion of these two
men, arrived at this conclusion, and I feel that it is important
to address these questions before it is too late.
Amy Cohen '95
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Student Opinion
Views From the Couch A circle of confusion
Brian
Sung
Catch-22. A Catch-22 is a
situation in which a matter
cannot be resolved due to one
factor. To solve the matter,
one would seemingly only
have to solve this factor. Yet,
in a Catch-22, the facfor
cannot be resolved until the
original matter is solved. Get
it? That's a pretty estranged
explanation for an idiomatic
phrase. Try this example of a
Catch-22 situation: Bowdoin
needs minority students. To
attract minority students,
.Bowdoin needs minority
faculty. But to attract minority
faculty, Bowdoin needs
minority students. Capische?
Earlier this year, Bowdoin
College extended contracts to
three minority professors, but all three said thanks, but no
thanks. It wasn't the money. We matched all other offers they
had. So. . . why did they decline?
Now, the Bowdoin faculty has unanimously voted to include
gender and race into the criteria for the hiring of new faculty.
Right or wrong, I honestly don't know. I know that we do
need minority students and having minority professors is a
must for this. But to include a person's race or gender in
deciding their worth to this College? Something just doesn't prospective minority student might have,
totally click in me with that concept. Those minorities that choose to come here, come for a
The Catch-22 explodes again when one considers the variety of reasons. Yes, some may come to educate and bear
expectations placed upon new minority professors. Yes, they the responsibility of representing minorities. Yet some may
are here to attract minority students and will be, I'm sure, also choose to attend theCollegebccauseoftheeducationthat
more than qualified. But shouldn't they be here as good may be gained. Is it wrong for these minorities to choose to
professors above anything else? Is it fair to thrust the concentrate on their studies rather than to concentrate on
responsibility of being role models for the minorities on alleviating racial tensions? Shouldn't that be the student's
campus? Is it fair for them to have to try to educate, or bring right to choose?
Yes, a minority student at Bowdoin
is different to the typical Bowdoin
student, and so a minority professor
is different from the typical Bowdoin
professor. If they choose to address
racial issuesoutsideoftheclassroom,
all the power to them. If they choose
not to, all the power to them as well.
The choice should be there. For
minority students, it seems that the
choice, usually, is there. One can
^ ™ ■ choose to be in extracurricular
committees or groups concerning race or choose not to be. For
minority faculty, the burden, and restriction of choice, is still
there. We must remove that barrier, be it through educating
the students and faculty already present on campus or by
attracting proven educators who are willing to address racial
issues on campus. The freedom of choice must be present. No
one is going to walk into a job knowing that they will have to
address issues not by choice, but by an unsaid mandate.
Would you, as a professor, . . . want
to be placed under a microscope
because of your skin color?
about social understanding, to all of the Bowdoin campus? I
have a sneaking suspicion that that may have been at least a
part of the reason for the three rejected contract offers. Would
you, as a professor, entering a new job on a new campus also
want to be placed under the microscope because of your skin
color?
So what to do? The arguments for minority faculty to not
come to Bowdoin are strikingly similar to those that a
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and John Silverman
This is not the second part of a limited edition in road
tripping. We're bored with that.
OK! Now that we're thoroughly unshackled. . . Hey, did
you see us sitting in that table in the Union the other day? No
you didn't, you liar, we weren't there. We were at Fat Mart's,
Tony was in front because he's shorter.
WOW, is he fat!!
We took a poll last week. Wanna' see it?
OK! Survey!
The first word or phrase is the categorical response chosen
at random from our followers, the second is the number or
figure which represents theamount of people which answered
in the fashion of the words that proceeded it. (We realize that
not everybody knows we're deities, but they'll come along
soon, don't rush them.) The third thing is our most tremendous
commentary on the figures before us. It's really just the
situational-dimensions goin' on, dudes.
(That last paragraph is about as confusing as what comes
out of those guys' mouths on ESPN when they explain the
rules to one of those monster truck and tractor pulls that they
have at the Civic Center in Portland right after the WWF thing
that Tony went to which had a steel cage match that the Big
Boss Man lost. Yeah!!!
Question #1:
How often do you boot?
Never: (good);
Very Rarely: 5 (in Hawthorne, they studied too much);
Once in a while: 18 (The flu)
Often: 106 (Wow not bad!);
Usually: 9 (the others probably signed up for the often
category);
Socrates: KHe booted too, baby!};
Really often: 236 (I love this place! );
A whole lot: "Hey are you guys giving away pot, or what,
man?"
Every minute: 1 (why do you think I'm writing this alone?)
Question#2:
Have you ever seen a guht A %#gfd34lsa0g=/4]fds?
In the Desert: 4 (The Doors)
Inside a banana: "Yeah, but it was dark, so I got really
GET OUTTA
HERE!!!!: This iS A
drUg-fRee zone?<>:
scared."
Nope: 87667656 (It wasa big survey. We had more responses
than Clinton got votes . By the way, you guys should get a look
at one of these things.)
In a swimming pool: "GET OUTTA HERE!!!!: This iS A
drUg-fRee zone?<>:"
That's a weird question: 432456 (Losers.)
Question#3
What's your most vivid memory of your life as a fetus? *
Oh, I was just hangin' out at Woodstock: 345 (Wow.)
It was dark: 65467 (That was the number one answer in a
studio audience survey, Maurice!)
Lifting: 1 (Jed.)
Dri ving around inacan 3 (Figure out that one. Weshould' ve
asked a follow-up question to these three asking them if they
knew the difference between a car and golf cart inside a
uterus. Tony only eats cranberry sauce on Ash Wednesday.)
Watched Totally Pauly on MTV: 4 (Corvi's huge).
Question #4:
Whatdoyou think of Reebok's new line of shoes, BOKS!!?
You gotta love Boks, baby: 543 (That about says it all.)
Everyone should have some BOKS: 900087654321
(Whooiuuhh!!! Our biggest response by far, child.!! Holy 64-
doggers. Boks was the number one item for people who were
going to be stranded on an island.)
A BOKS is a BOKS is a BOKS: 1 (Richard Nixon).
BOKS: "Look! If you don't stop trying to offer free herbs to
freshman I'm gonna' kick you outta the Union!!"
None: 1 (Doerr)
Question #5:
Do you think that last question will make it into print?
Yes: 3 (Thanks for the faith, Jake.)
No: Everyone else.
Question #6
Do you realize mat Super Mario Brothers is a totally drug-
induced production?
Absolutely not: 31 (Wake up, the guy eats things and gets
bigger.)
Yeah, I figured: 534 (Go buy yourself some BOKS as a
reward, rocket surgeon)
I hate you guys: 54354536 (Who cares? We have the three
stage: wet screen wipe, dry screen wipe, computer keyboard
and mouse wipe Macintosh thing .Do you? Well then step off).
Question #7
Do you mind if we dance with your dates?
"Get your own BOKS"
Write for the Orient next semester
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
13
Student Opinion
m
Student Speak
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V
^
How do you feel about the Faculty's Diversity Motion?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
L
Background: Last Monday, the
Bowdoin faculty unanimously passed
the Diversity Subcommittee's report
suggesting the use of race and sex as
part of the criteria in selecting faculty.
AMY FERRO '96
Oakton. Virginia
We asked students, "What do you
think of this measure? Is it a good way
of judging a candidate's worth? Will it
ultimately help or harm the academic
atmosphere at Bowdoin?"
ANDREW B ACHELLER '95
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
EMILY BAKER '96
Houston, Texas
I don't think very much of the
measure at all. It seems to me
that race or sex shouldn't be a
qualification, and that the person
with the best academic
qualifications should get the job.
Maybe if two applicants were
equally qualified and it came
down to the nitty-gritty, they
could use race or sex as the
criteria to help choose.
But if they're using it as the
major reason to hire somebody,
it seems unfair to other people
applying for the job.
I think if it's going to diversify
the campus, it's a good thing. I
suppose it might discriminate
against white males, but it also
might give other people like
women and minorities a chance.
JULIEN YOO '93
Bayside, New York
CHEF DAVIS '93
SCARSDALE, NEW YORK
HANS LAPPING '93
Manhattan, Kansas
As long as the candidates'
qualifications for the position are
acceptable, it's a good thing. You
need good role models for women
and minorities on campus, and
different kinds of people should
be represented on the faculty.
To be succinct, I think the
motion is just backwards. With
Bowdoin's movement to attract
diverse candidates not only for
admissions, but for faculty, they
will instead alienate potential
white, male candidates.
I also have some concerns
about the possible and
dangerous misuse of such a
policy.
On the one hand, I'm all for
the policy, and I think Bowdoin
has to reflect the larger
community which is not all
white male.
But at the same time, I'd hate
to see qualified individuals
turned down because of
characteristics out of their
control.
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1992
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16)
Polar Bear, a milestone achieved by
only a select few.
"You don't replace a player like
Dennis," said Gilbride. "And we're
not going to ask anyone to be able to
do the kind of things he could do."
Gilbride hasn't yet decided who his
point guard will be for the season
opener. The players vying for the
vacancy at point guard are Tim
Kittredge '95, Juan Bonilla '95 and
Jason Kirk '96.
The Polar Bears are fortunate to
be returning almost the entire 1991 -
92 team. The only other loss to
graduation was Mike Brown, a 6-3
forward.
Leading the group of returning
players is Tony Abbiati '93, a 6-1
guard who has been selected as the
team's captain. Last season, Abbiati
finished third on the team in scoring
(1 3.8 ppg) and second in assists (2.6/
game). Gilbride has been impressed
by his captain's leadership abilities
in the first few weeks of practice.
Other letter-winners at the guard
position are Peter Marchetti '93 and
Michael Jackson '94. Both should
help to provide speed and
play making skills in the backcourt.
Returning at the forward position
are Eric Bell '93, Nate Owen '94 and
Elijah Whitehead '94. Bell was
second on the team in scoring (13.9
ppg) only to Jacobi and was the
team's second best rebounder (7.4/
game). Owen's tenacious style of
play off the bench envigorated the
team when it was down. Whitehead
Basketball kicks off
proved to be deadly from three-
point range, shooting a .400 from
behind the arc.
Anchoring the Bo wdoin front line
will be 6-6 senior Mike Ricard, who
made the most of his size last season
with a team-leading 34 blocked shots
and a team-leading rebound
average of 8.0/game. Ricard also
scored just under ten points per
game for the Bears.
The basketball team plays its first
game of the season next Saturday
night at UMaine-Farmington. "It
will be a tough opener," says
Gilbride. "They have almost all their
personnel back, and with a fast
backcourt and tall guys up front,
they'll be tough."
Yet perhaps of more interest in
the early part of this 92-93 season is
the rare opportunity the Polar Bears
have to play a foreign team, and a
very successful one at that. As part
of a lengthy tour of the United States,
the Lithuanian national team will
come to the Morrell Gymnasium on
November 24 to do battle with the
Bo wdoin squad.
"It's a great opportunity to play
against an international team with a
high rank," said Gilbride. Gilbride
expects at least two of the players
from the team which won the bronze
medal at the Olympics in Barcelona
to be travelling with the team. He
also expects to see the Lithuanian
squad playing some of its prospects
for the future may appear in the
next Olympics.
Basketball prepares for upcoming season. Photo by Adam Shopis.
Of course, the best player from
the bronze medalist team, Sarunas
Marciulionis, will not be with the
team, seeing as how he plays for the
NBA's Golden State Warriors.
Perhaps tired of all the hype that
surrounded the United States
Dream Team this summer, the
Lithuanians hope to field their own
dominant squad, which can travel
from college to college wreaking
similar havoc to that wreaked by
the United States' pro team in the
Barcelona Olympics.
However, the Lithuanian team is
also concerned with the well-being
of the citizens from its homeland.
The team hopes to sell some of its
tie-dyed clothing, provided through
funding from the Grateful Dead, to
raise money for the Lithuanian
Children's Fund.
Once all the hype from the
international match-up dies down,
however, the Polar Bears will have
to face a rigorous season to contend
with. And Coach Gilbride thinks
the team is well on its way to being
a contender. * '
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9. Bowdoin
10. Amherst
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Football defeats
Bates...
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15)
recorded two sacks, raising his
team-leading total to 6 for the year,
and deflected one Bobcat pass,
and cornerback John Vegas C93)
who registered a game-high eight
tackles.
Next Saturday 1 the Polar Bears
will travel to Waterville for the
1992 CBB championship game.
Both teams enter the game with
CBB records of 1-0, having easily
defeated Bates. The Polar Bears
will be loo king to raisetheir record
over 500 for the first time this
year, and to break the White
Mules' four year hegemony on
the CBB title. On paper the two
teams are evenly matched, but
the Polar Bears, who will play
Tufts in Galway Ireland over
Thanksgiving weekend, will need
to put together four strong
quarters to defeat the White mules
who will be looking to the end
their season on a winning note
and fahsion a 5-3 record for the
second season in a row.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1992
15
Football wins last home game
CBB rival, Bates, falls to Bowdoin 35-14
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin football team
returned home to Whittier Field this
past Saturday afternoon for its last
home game of the 1992 campaign.
Rebounding from a disappointing
loss to Wesleyan the previous week,
the Polar Bears easily downed the
visiting Bobcats of Bates 35-14,
sending the Bobcats to their
fourteenth straight loss, dating back
to 1991. Though Bates'.14 points
mark their best offensive
performance of the year, the Bobcats
were never really in the game, as the
Polar Bears controlled the tempo
from the outset, scoring on their
first three possessions.
The Polar Bears won the coin toss
and elected to receive the opening
kick-off. Adam Rand ('95) fielded
the kick deep in Bowdoin territory
and started Bowdoin rolling, by
returning it 31 yards to the 41. On
the second play of the series, senior
tailback, Eric LaPlaca, on a pitch
from quarterback, Chris Good ('93),
turned the corner and powered
through the Bates defense for a gain
of 48 yards. Four plays later, LaPlaca
finished the drive and plunged over
the goal line from one yard out for
the game's first touchdown. Mark
McCormick's ('%) kick made it 7-0
less than three minutes into the
game.
The Polar Bears quickly got the
ball back, and took over on their
own 30 after a Bobcat punt. On this
drive, the Bowdoin offense was led
by first-year sensation, Mark
McCormick. McCormick, almost
singlehandedly, led the Polar Bears
to the goal line, picking up 51 yards
on only three carries, including a 21
yard rush, which set up the Polar
Bears on the Bates' two yard line;
Once again, however, LaPlaca
finished the drive, scoring his second
touchdown of the afternoon from
two yards out. LaPlaca's touchdown
run, the twenty-fourth of his career,
set a new Bowdoin record for
rushing touchdowns, surpassing the
former mark of 23 set by Jim Soule
(76). McCormick's kick increased
the Bowdoin lead to 14.
Once again eager to return to the
sidelines and enjoy the frigid
autumn air, the Polar Bear defense
limited the Bobcats to three plays
and a punt, which set up the
Bowdoin offense on the Bates 39.
On this drive, Good provided the
bulk of the offense, picking up 26
yards himself on a quarterback
keeper on second down. LaPlaca,
for the third straight time, finished
thedrive supplying the last 13 yards
on three carries, including another
one yard touchdown jaunt, with
three minutes remaining in the first
quarter.
Having played a nearly flawless
first quarter, the Polar Bears enjoyed
a 21-0 lead, going into the second
quarter. Firmly in command of the
game, the Polar Bears coasted for
the remainder of the game, and
played somewhat sloppily. After
limiting Bates to 28 yards on three
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first quarter possessions, the Polar
Bears allowed the Bobcats to accrue
251 yards of total offense and 14
points (both season highs) in the
final three quarters. The Bobcats
were greatly aided, however, by the
undisciplined play of the Polar
Bears, on both offense and defense.
For the game, the Polar Bears were
penalized 17 times for 154 yards
(both Bowdoin College records).
Bowdoin's generosity granted the
Bobcats three first downs by penalty
and numerous second chances,
which Bates often capitalized on.
Although the two teams played
rather evenly for the last three
quarters and battled to a 14-14 "tie,"
the Polar Bears were never in danger
of losing the game. Bowdoin's
upperhand allowed Head Coach,
Howard Vandersea to rest the
starters and give the second and
third strings some valuable playing
time, particularly after Bowdoin's
14 point third quarter.
The Polar Bears struck quickly in
the second half, scoring on their
second possession of the half.
Starting on the fifty yard line, the
Polar Bears surprised the Bobcats
with a reverse to Senior wide
receiver, Tom Muldoon, which
picked up 23 yards. Three plays
later, Good hit tight-end Mike Ricard
('93) in the end zone for a fifteen
yard touchdown pass.
The Polar Bears finished their
afternoon's scoring with a drive
orchestrated, once again, by LaPlaca.
On the drive's first play, he picked
uptwentyyardsonasweepleft. On
the next play, LaPlaca galloped 35
yards around the opposite end of
the offensive line for his fourth
touchdown of the day. McCormick's
kick, his fifth of the afternoon, made
him a perfect 10-10 on PAT's for the
year, which along with his 300 yards
(86 vs. Bates) and two rushing ID'S
make him one of NESC AC s leading
(and most versatile) rookies.
LaPlaca, for his efforts, 183 yards on
27 carries for the game, earned
•NESCAC co-offensive player of the
week.
Defensively, the Polar Bears were
led by safety Christian Sommer who
picked off two Bobcat passes and
made four tackles; defensive tackle,
Dan Hart C95), who made six tackles
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Field hockey exits EC AC
Bears lose to number one seed Williams
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
All good things must come to
an end, so goes the saying. For the
Bowdoin Women's field hockey
team, the end of their fine season
came on Saturday, November 7, at
Williams College. Bowdoin, after
defeating Clark, advanced to the
New England Division III field
hockey tournament semi-finals.
Bowdoin, seeded fifth, was slated
to meet number one seed Williams
College. Williams entered thegame
boasting a record of 14-1, while
Bowdoin stood at 12-3.
The Bears were the clear
underdogs in this match. Coach
Maureen Flaherty echoed this
sentiment when she told her
players before the game, "You're
the underdogs. If they beat us, they
beat us. We have nothing to lose so
give 110%. If at the end of thegame
you feel that you made Williams
play their best to beat us, then you
should feel good about
yourselves."
With this in mind, the Bears took
the field against the favorite to win
the tournament. The two teams
played a scoreless first half.
Unfortunately, just five minutes
into the second half, Williams
scored the only goal of the game. It
came off a penalty corner in which
the Bowdoin defense was sucked
to the left side of the field, a good
cross was made by a Williams
forward back to the right, and the
goal was scored on an open net.
The score was 1-0, and that was
how it ended. Bowdoin did have
some opportunities to tie it up,
though. Flaherty said, " We had a
mental lapse after they scored, but
we picked ourselves up and
pressured them until the end."
Flaherty praised the play of
defender, Kristina Satter '96. "She
was switched from the left side of
the field to the right to cover
Williams' top forward and really
shut her down." Kelsey Albanese
'95 filled in at the right defender's
positionand "rose to the occasion,"
according to Flaherty. Williams
went on to meet the number two
seed, Trinity. Both teams stood at
15-1. Trinity defeated Williams in
the finals 2-0 for thechampionship.
Bowdoin finished the season at 12-
4.
The team holds its break up
dinner next Wednesday; however,
they can only look forward to next
year. They graduate only one
senior, and the younger players
have gamed the experience
necessary for improvement.
Flaherty believes the team will
better this year's record if not stay
the same. Reflecting on her
inaugural seasonascoach, Flaherty
said, " 12-4 is a great way to start;
however the most credit goes to
the players who worked hard and
played hard." She expects non-
starters Christine Kane '96 and
Albanese to move up to the starting
team next year and assert
themselves as premier players. For
now, though, the Bears can look
back with prideon a terrific season.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 3, 1992
Sport
Women's soccer wins EC AC title
Bears shut outBabson and Williams on their way to the championship
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient staff writer
The women's soccer team
completed their outstanding season
last weekend by capturing the
ECAC Division HI New England
championship, the first forBowdoin
in five chances, dating back to 1987.
The Polar Bears disposed of
Babson 3-0 in the quarterfinals of
the tournament at Williamstown
and then went on to take the title by
shutting out a powerful Williams
"We won this game
handily because we
came on very strong
right from the start
and didn't let Babson
gather any
momentum."
squad 1-0, bringing their season
record to an impressive 14-2-1.
In their quarterfinal match, the
team had to face a strong Babson
squad who had won seventeen
straight games coming into the
tournament. The only blemish in
Babson's 18-0-1 record came from
an early-season tie against Bowdoin.
"Going in to the Babson game, we
had tQ do something early to break
their confidence,'* said Head Coach
John Cullen. "We had to show them
that this wasn't going to be just
another easy game for them."
The Polar Bears did just that,
bringing Babson down to earth with
a goal against them a mere six
minutes into the game. (Catherine
Could '94 took a cross from senior
Co-captain Julie Roy and headed
the ball past the Babson keeper and
into the net.
Fifteen minutes later, Roy took a
pass from senior Carol Thomas and
netted the second Bowdoin goal of
ECAC women's soccer champs pose for a final group shot
the half. The team then weathered
a blistering Babson attack near the
end of the first half with some
excellent saves from Caroline Blair-
Smith '93 and a little help from the
crossbar.
Satisfied with the two-goal lead,
the team adopted a defensive game
plan in the second half and shut
down the Babson offense. Gould's
second goal of the game midway
through the second half sealed the
victory for the Polar Bears.
"The team really tightened up
defensively in the second half and
played much better than in the first
half," noted Coach Cullen. They
didn't have many dangerous
scoring opportunities the last forty-
five minutes. We won this game
handily simply because we came on
very strong right from the start and
didn't let Babson gather any
momentum."
The championship match paired
Bowdoin with Williams, who had
won a hard-fought 1-0 victory
against Amherst. Coach Cullen
though that the character of the
quarterfinal matches gave Bowdoin
a slight edge.
"Because Williams had to fight it
out until the very end against
Amherst, they couldn't rest their
starters as we were able to do in our
less competitive semifinal match, "
Cullen said.
Thirty minutes into thegame, Nan
Gorton '96 rushed down the right
side and lofted a cross into the
penalty area where first-year
Cynthia Lodding. pounced on the
Photo by Maya Khuri
loose ball and gave Bowdoin a key
1-0 lead. Both Gorton and senior
Carol Thomas, who struggled to
keep the ball alive in the penalty
area, were awarded assists in what
would turn out to be the game-
winning goal.
From that point on, the defense
which had come through all season
long kept the quick Williams
forwards under control and shut the
opposition down. Midfielders
Courtney Perkins '95, Michelle
Comeau '94 and Lodding played a
large part in neutralizing the team
speed of Williams. Despite constant
pressure, Williams failed to score
the tying goal, and the game ended
1-0 in favor of the Polar Bears.
In the final Coach Cullen credits
the team defensive play for theclutch
victory. "Even though Williams
had the overall edge in terms of
shots and territory," he said, "our
excellent defensive play from all
positions prevented them from
getting any dangerous scoring
opportunities and helped us hold
on to the one-goal lead. It was a
courageous effort."
A pleased Coach Cullen summed
up his team's play in the regular
season and during the ECAC
playoffs by praising the team effort
on both ends of the field. "We
excelled on both the offensive and
defensive end this year, as shown
by our playoff performance," he
said. "We not only shut out all three
"our excellent
defensive play from all
positions prevented
[Williams] from
getting any dangerous
scoring opportunities
and helped us hold
onto the one goal
lead."
teams we faced, but we also scored
eight goals against top-quality
squads. We had an extremely
balanced soccer team, a feature
which was the key reason for our
great success this year."
GoU
Bears
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Date Team
Opponent
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X-Country Div. Ill @ Gorham
Men's New Englands 1:00 p.m.
X-Country Div. HI ©Gorham
Football @ Colby 1:00 p.m.
Men's basketball gears up for the season
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
With the season opener and a
potentially thrilling exhibition
game against Lithuania beginning
ina week, the men'sbasketball team
is busy getting ready for its 1 992-93
season.
Tim Gilbride returns for his
eighth season as head coach of the
Polar Bears. He has been working
his players hard in practice over the
past two weeks in preparation for
what he thinks will be a promising
season. He is eager to redeem
himself for last year's record when
the team finished with an
unsatisfying 8 wins and 16 losses.
Asked how the team seems to be
shaping up, Gilbride said, "If s too
early to tell. But theguysare working
really hard."
"Our first challenge, is to get
together a group of guys who can
work well together. It looks like
we're well on our way to doing
that, "Gilbride said.
Orchestrating the team in past
seasons has been Dennis Jacobi '97.,
the most difficult loss to graduation
the team has had in years. Jacobi
finished four stellar yea.s as
Bowdoin's point guard by
becoming the all-time assist leader
in school history. Last season he
also scored his 1000th point as a
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NUMBER 10
Admissions actively pursues minority students
As part of an aggressive new policy to improve Bowdoin's student diversity, admissions
officers traveled to bring high school students of color to see the Bowdoin experience
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
Following the recommendations
in the Report of the Subcommittee
on Diversity, the admissions office
is attempting to change Bowdoin's
homogeneous community to
include more minorities.
Active recruitment of minority
students is seen as the most effective
method for change. Programs are
offered to students who otherwise
would not recognize the extent of
Bowdoin's facilities. According to
Stad Williams, coordinator of the
new program, the aim is to "make
students of color who are relatively
nearby aware of Bowdoin and what
it has to offer."
Minority students in cities such
as New York, Boston and
Springfield, Massachusetts, are
selected to experience Bowdoin first-
hand under the new admissions
policy. Prospectives spend a night
in a dorm, attend classes and visit
with professors with the hope that
their experiences will entice them to
apply.
The admissions office provides a
program which includes a student-
faculty brunch, tours and a talk with
Betty Thompson, Assistant to the
President on Multicultural Affairs.
A student panel on campus life and
explanatory sessions on the
admissions process and financialaid
round out the visit.
The admissions office is offering
several chances for minority
students to experience Bowdoin.
The first visit occured last week with
students from New York City. A
second group arrives today.
Approximately twenty students
from the Boston area will spend the
day at Bowdoin.
A third trip is planned for
December 4-6 for minority students
from Springfield. Of the twenty-
two, all are in the top 10% of their
class, and several are National Merit
Scholars. Bill Christie 70, a lawyer
from Springfield, is responsible for
the student's transportation.
Because Bowdoin pursues a
distinguished student body, the
prospective students are chosen
from selective public high schools
that require admissions testing or
have programs for gifted students.
From these schools, the students
who visit Bowdoin are chosen by
their high school guidance/college
counselors on the basis of their
academic achievement and
academic potential.
This criteria means that those
students who the counselors
aspects of college life will simply be
more accessible. ..from professors to
team sports," said Williams.
Williams hopes that minority
students will discover the appeal of
a small school, despite the general
homogeneous reputations of
The aim is to "make students of
color who are relatively
nearby aware of Bowdoin and
what it has to offer. "
recommend are the National Merit
Scholars and potential
valedictorians and salutatorians of
their high school classes. Names of
minority students interested in
Bowdoin come from a prospect list
of those students who have written
to the admissions office and have
requested application materials.
These kids may be counseled to
go for the Ivies, but we want to let
them know that Bowdoin will give
them more of an individualized
approach to education; many
colleges like Bowdoin.
Bowdoin has felt the pressure for
adopting the new admissions policy
from competing colleges. Williams
says that most other selective, liberal
arts colleges like Bowdoin have
been active in pursuing minority
students for the past few years.
For example, Bates sponsors an
entire October weekend for
minority recruits to visit the campus
and become more familiar with the
college. In the future, Williams
hopes that Bowdoin will sponsor a
similar event, combining the three
visits that occur on separate
weekends this year.
But Bowdoin has started the
process. The admissions office
recognizes that there are faults in
the program, and the first weekend
"could have been planned better,"
according to Williams. Yet despite
the setbacks, Bowdoin is actively
undertaking a coordinated effort to
diverify itself. The percentage of
minorities will increase.
Williams believes that the efforts
to attract minorities will be expanded
to include other cities as well.
Students in cities such as New
Haven, CT, Washington, D.C., and
Philadelphia may be attracted by
Bowdoin's new, active admissions
policy.
Allowing more students to
appreciate Bowdoin interactively
may provide the key to increased
enrolement. The admissions policy
facilitates the experience. According
to Williams, "We just assume that
these kids probably don't have any
other way to get up here, and we
want them to have a chance to see
the campus so they will consider
applying in January."
National Science Foundation donates $250,000 to fund Searles renovations
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
The National Science Foundation
recently awarded Bowdoin College
nearly one quarter of a million
dollars to support renovations in
the Searles Science Center . The grant
of $236,885, an amount Bowdoin
must match in unrestricted funds,
will be used to modernize, upgrade,
and expand its research labs and
support spaces to provide more
efficient end effective space
utilization. The major thrust of the
renovation, however, lies in
upgrading the ventilation and fire
prevention systems.
Housing the departments of
Biology and Physics, the Searles
Science Building was dedicated in
September of 1894 as a gift from
Ed ward F. Searles in memory of his
wife, Mary Frances Searles. At the
time, it "put Bowdoin in the
forefront of the construction of new
science facilities for expanded
curricula," according to Patricia
McGraw Anderson, writing in The
Architecture of Bowdoin College. There
has been no major renovation to
Searles in the last few decades.
The initial renovation to Searles
commenced last summer. The
College, spending approximately
$278,400 (their matching of the
grant), concentrated efforts on the
top floors of the building. There,
officials upgraded the heating and
ventilation systems and installed
new fire alarms and exhaust hoods.
The renovation completed last
summer brought the science
facilities to a level of safety that is
required by the NSF.
Next summer, the College hopes
to complete the renovation by
working in the basement of Searles.
This project involves extensive
removal of asbestos, installation of
new ventilation systems, lighting,
electrical service, and replacement
of old bench tops and casework in
nine faculty research laboratories
and their support facilities.
In addition, two rooms in the
basement will be converted to
increase available research space for
biology anid physics. The general
purpose biology research space will
be modified and upgraded to
accommodate increasing numbers
of independent and honors research
students.
The College designated H.B.
Cummings as a very strong
candidate for the independent
construction firm needed to
complete renovations.
"The renovations that will be
made possible by NSFsupport go to
the heart of Bowdoin's programs in
Biology and Physics: they will
address important health and safety
Searles Hall will benefit from an NSF grant Photo by Maya Khuri.
requirements and enrich the in the College's future and a
environment for student and faculty
research," said Charles R. Beitz,
Dean for Academic Affairs. "The
Searles grant is a vote of confidence
recognition of a historic strength".
Although it seems that Bowdoin
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992
Orientation
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Taurus: (Apr. 20-May 20) While
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brake line, causing your car to
implode.
Gemini: (May 21-June 21) You
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invisible to you.
Cancer: (June 22-July 22) I refuse
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bom under a zodiac sign named
after a disease.
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cable just to live with him. Do
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Virgo: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) By
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1992
Orient Do you look forward to
new cooperation with the White
House, and do you foresee more
than thirty presidential vetoes
during the Clinton Administration?
Senator Mitchell: I have no way
of knowing what the number of
vetoes will be, but I hope that they
will be few, and I look forward to a
good and positive and productive
working relationship with Governor
Clinton.
Orient: How do you feel about a
line-item veto? I understand Clinton
supports it. How do you approach
that issue?
Mitchell: I am opposed to it.
Orient: Do you foresee that
becoming an issue during Clinton's
term?
Mitchell: As I said earlier, no two
people agree on everything. I have
been opposed to it in the past and I
will continue to oppose it.
Orient: There has been a lot said
in the press lately about how there is
a difference between Clinton's style
as a candidate and his style as a
president-elect. As majority leader,
what do you anticipate his
leadership style is going to be as
president, and how do you hope to
work with him?
Mitchell: He has an effective
leadership style and he is beginning
the process of consultation very
A conversation with George Mitchell
— ^
After Senator Mitchell's speech last Thursday, Orient News Editor Kevin Petrie
andAsst. News Editor Nick Jacobs chased down the Bowdoin graduate. He
discussed the line item veto, homosexuals in the military, and Clinton's arrival in
Washington. Photos by Maya Khuri.
early, and has invited Speaker Foley
and I to come to Little Rock to have
dinner with him on Sunday to begin
that process, and then we, in return,
have invited him to come to
Washington on Thursday to meet
with ourselves and other members
of the congressional leadership. So
I think that it will be very positive.
He has had experience with the
legislative body and, by all accounts
that I have received, he was very
interested and active in that. I think
that it will be good, and I look
forward to it.
Orient: How do you feel about
President-elect Clinton's proposal
to lift the ban on gays in the military?
Mitchell: I favor lifting the ban.
Orient: Do you think that it will
happen in his first hundred days in
office?
Mitchell: Certainly he will act on
it. I think that it has to be done in a
phased manner with careful
attention to legal and other practical
details that have to be attended to.
My advice, if you asked me, would
be to appoint a group including
military and others to view all of
the applicable laws, customs and
practices and to recommend what
the best way to lift the ban is. That
way I think we will act to end the
ban. For example, the uniformed
code of military justice which
imposes legal requirements on
military service prohibits
homosexual acts. Now obviously if
you are going to permit
homosexuals to serve in the military,
you want to review whether or not
they will be living under a legal
code which prohibits homosexual
acts. That is one of the many legal
questions that has to be considered
and resolved. But I think that he is
right in terms of stressing that the
ability to serve should be based on
conduct and I expect that the ban
will be rescinded.
Orient Overall, how do you rate
Clinton's ability to help make college
more affordable for middle-class
Americans?
Mitchell: I rate it very highly. I
didn't get into that much detail
here, but I probably should have. It
has been one of the principle areas
of controversy between the
Congress and the Bush
Administration. The President
wanted, in the last budget, to
concentrate grant assistance in
families whose incomes are less than
$10,000 a year. We resisted that very
strenuously and in fact we increased
the limit from $32,000 to $42,000 a
year. Because it is frankly absurd to
think that a family's income that is
$11,000 to $12,000 a year doesn't
need grant assistance and that it can
get by with just loan assistance.
Secondly, we wanted to adopt now
a broad-scaled change in the
payment which would permit
someone to repay a percentage of
his or her income after leaving
college as opposed to a fixed amount
now which imposes very heavy
obligations early in a young person's
career and is one of the contributing
factors to the high rate of default on
student loans. Bush was opposed to
that and he compromised by using a
demonstration program. I hope to
extend that to a full program and
finally Governor Clinton has now
proposed that payment will take
the form of monetary repayment or
public service. I think that is a good
suggestion.
Beyond the lectures: Professor Olds
Security prepares for break
By Nick Jacobs
ORIENT ASST. NEWS EDITOR
With Thanksgiving break
rapidly approaching, College
Security is warning all Bowdoin
students to be especially careful
when they leave, so as to prevent
any break-ins over the holiday. To
this extent, there are several
precautions which can be taken to
prevent a burglary, according to
Security Officer Mike Uoyd.
There are a few things that
students can do before leaving, if
they just want to take an extra 20 or
30 minutes to be carefuland prevent
a break-in," says Lloyd. First of all,
students should make sure that
their locks are in good working
order. Students living on the first
floor of any residence should
double-check to see that the
windows are securely locked.
Uoyd also recommends closing
blinds. "With the blinds closed,
burglars can't look in the windows
to check your room out,* Uoyd
says.
Students living in any of the
Harpswell or Pine St. apartments
with sliding glass doors should
call Physical Plant and get a
wooden block to put in the door
jam.
If students are especially
concerned about keeping their
belongings — especially
computers and stereos which are
the first to go in a break-in— Uoyd
recommends the use of the Coles
Tower storage area. It will be
guarded at all times and only a
fixed number of people are
allowed in the area, so that is the
most secure place on campus to
store your things.
As a special note to fraternities:
if the house is going to be vacant,
Uoyd asks that members notify
security so they can step up their
patrols around the houses.
Despite the recent cutbacks in
the Security force, Uoyd is quick
to point out that there have been
no major crime problems on
campus this semester, and they
do not expect any problems oyer
break. If students want to be
absolutely sure that their
important possessions are not
going to be taken, students are
advised to put them in the Tower,
or even better, take it home for the
break.
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By Chelsea Ferrette
orient staff writer
This week in the professor
profiles, I discussed art, jazz and
cooking with the Ethel Cleaves
Barry Professor of the History of
Criticism of Art, Prof. Clifton C.
Olds.
Professor Oldsgrew upin a small
town in Minnesota, with a
population of about one thousand.
He attended Dartmouth College
and went on to the University of
Pennsylvania where he earned a
Ph.D. in late, middle and
Renaissance Art History.
Olds studied Chinese and
Japanese Art at UPenn as a second
field . It was only when he arrived at
Bowdoin, ten years ago, that his
interest grew into teaching a course
on the subject.
Olds has taught at San Diego State
University and the University of
Michigan prior to coming to
Bowdoin.
He came to Bowdoin out of a
desire to teach at a small liberal arts
school. "I left [the University of]
Michigan halfway through my
teaching career," he said. Olds
found that there is a vast difference
between teaching at the graduate
level at a school of 37,000 students
and teaching undergraduates at
Bowdoin. "Your subject is one of
many [your students] are learning.
They are interested in other fields
besides art history."
Olds owns a boat in Casco Bay in
which he sails during the summer
season. In his leisure time he cooks
and listens to classical music and
"really good" jazz. Earlier in his
career, Professor Olds was a
professional jazz musician. "I
played all throughout college and
some years after college. I played in
various bands for different
Professor of Art History Clifton Olds.
Photo Erin Sullivan.
engagements." Just when I thought
I had heard it all, Prof. Olds
remarked, "I played Carnegie Hall
once, while in college." During the
Thanksgiving Weekends, Carnegie
Hall invited college bands to play
for the students during their holiday
breaks, and his band was invited.
As any father would, Olds takes
great pride in the fact that his
daughter is a principle ballerina at
the Royal Ballet Company of
Winnepeg, Canada. She has been in
the company for some years
managing advertisement as well as
dancing for the company. Full of
fatherly pride, Olds asked me if I
wanted to see a picture of his
daughter. Expecting a little desk-
top photo of the professor's family,
Olds instead directed me to a poster
of an elegantly poised woman
performing the role of Juliet in
Shakespeare's classic. That's her,"
he said modestly.
Olds, who does most of the
cooking for his family, was kind
enough to share his Mediterranean
Fish Chowder recipe with the
campus.
For anyone interested in an art
historian's culinary technique, the
basic ingredients for the chowder
include: fish stock, tomatoes, red
wine, red peppers, garlic, other herbs
and spices, and onions. For the fish
portion, a variety of fish can be used
such as halibut, cod, squid, clams,
and mussels. Saute theonions, garlic
and tomatoes, along with other
seasoning ingredients. Add in the
red wine and fish stock. When hot,
put in the fish and other seafood.
If you love to cook while listening
to classical music or jazz, and if you
have the time, just pass by Prof.
Olds' office in the VAC and swap
recipes.
Searles
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
will be undergoing major
changes in the next year, the
renovation, according to David
Barbour, director of Physical
Plant, will serve as a "patch until
construction on a new science
facility begins within8-10 years."
'These changes are minor,"
continued Barber, " when you
compare them to the massive
plans for a new science
center. '... possibly parallel to
Cleaveland Hall."
It seems, however, that none
of the renovations or upgrades
to Searles would have been
possible without the need -based
grant from the National Science
Foundation.
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Bowdoin disk jockey makes it big
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
If you've ever, in the course of
some drunken Friday night, turned
on WBLM anytime
from 1 AM to 6 AM
and heard a familiar
voice, it was not your
imagination. It was
Jared Payton '93.
Payton, who also ,
has a show on WBOR
on Fridays, is no
stranger to radio.
"My mom has been
in radio for 25 years,
so I've been around
it all my life," he said.
Getting on WBLM
was no easy trick,
however. "I had been
doing a show on BOR
since I was a first-
year, so I had some
experience, and a
friend's father is the Jared Payton
program director at BLM, so I've
always kept that in mind . I had heard
about an opening for an overnight
DJ, so I sent a resume and did a
*
underground
bunch of audition tapes. Finally I Clapton. On BOR I get to play pretty
got the job." much what I want, except for some
For Payton, though, there is a FCC stuff that I can't play, but you
world of difference between WBOR just have to suck it up and deal."
and WBLM. "It's hard going from But what goes on during those
early hours of the
morning when only
your DJ is awake? 1
drink a lot of tea and
smoke a lot of
cigarettes. I keep
myself occupied by
signing birthday
cards or taking calls
from all the drunken
people that call in. I
could tell some
stories..."
Regarding the
future, Payton isn't
too sure what lies
ahead. "I want to stay
in radio or maybe get
in the recording
industry. In 15 years
I'd like to be where
'93 on WBLM. Photo by Erin Sullivan. Kasey Casern is right
my metal show — playing things like now — America'sTop 40. Right now,
Napalm Death and Pungent Stench, I sort of see myself as Dr. Johnny
to a major station with playlists that Fever."
have stuff like Aerosmith and Hear Payton Saturday at 1 a.m.
Students perform Sunday
Choir and Orchestra will be performing in the Chapel
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin Chorus, Chamber
Choir and Symphony Orchestra will
be performing in the Chapel this
Sunday, November 22 at 3:00 p.m.
The program includes a selection of
pieces from the French Renaissance
as well as two pieces by Ludwig van
Beethoven.
The French music Renaissance
composed by Claude Goudimel and
Clement Janequin will be sung by
the Chamber Choir. The Goudimel
pieces are two so— called "sacred
works": "Jusques a quand as
estably" and "De Beata Maria."
Protestant psalter forms the basis
for the lyrics of works by Goudimel,
a French Huguenot. "Jusques a
quand as estably" is from Psalm
XIII and is written in the imitative
Motet style in which each line of
text introduces a new melody that is
heard contrapuntally. "De Beata
Maria" is an example of the
compositions Goudimel has made
for the Roman liturgy. In this piece,
the imitative motet style is also
employed ,and it demonstrates that
he was well schooled in traditional
counterpoint.
Clement Janequin's music was
popular throughout most of the
sixteenth century. His success is
widely attributable to his
specialization in three areas: psalm
settings, chansons spirituelles and
the Parisian chanson, a genre which
first appeared in the 1520's and
continued into the 1530's. The
Chamber Choir will be singing five
of these Parisian chansons, entitled:
"La plus belle de la ville," "Je n'ose
estre content," "L'ermaphroditeest
estrange," 'Toutes les nuictz tu m'es
Beethoven, entitled "Meerestille
und Gluckliche Fahrt." This piece is
a setting of two poems for chorus
and orchestra and was first
performed in 1815 with Beethoven
conducting. Beethoven later
Bowdoin choir performing in chapel.
Photo by Maya Khuri
presente" and "Le chant des
oyseaux: Resvueillez vous."
After an intermission, the
Symphony Orchestra will perform
Beethoven's Overture in C, entitled
"Die Weihe des Hauses," meaning
"Consecration of the House." This
piece was composed in 1822 and
was one of two large orchestral
works he composed during the last
years of his life — the other was his
famous 9th Symphony.
Then, the Chamber Choir and
Orchestra will be joined by the
Chorus to perform another piece by
dedicated the piece to the poet
Goethe. "Meerestille. . ." is divided
into two parts, the first is soft and
dynamic with a slowly moving
harmonic rhythm; the second is
sharply contrasted with a fast
moving pace set at allegro vivace.
Tickets for this performance are
available at no charge at the Moulton
Union desk. Remember: it's at the
Chapel at 3:00 on Sunday. Come
hear what the Chamber Choir, the
Orchestra, and Bowdoin Chorus
have been working on for the past
few months!
Killion's woodcuts on
display in Museum
By Archie Lin
orient arts k leisure editor
The Bowdoin College Museum
of Art will be showing professor
Tom Killion's Color Woodcuts of the
California Landscape beginning
November 24, 1992, in the Becker
Gallery. This will be his first solo
exhibition in Maine. Killion will give
two gallery talks, one on Thursday,
December 3, 1992, at 1:00 p.m. and
include Walls: A Journey Across Three
Continents, and The Coast of
California. His style and technique
are derived from Japanese
landscape prints of the Ukiyo-e
School.
Killion's woodcuts have been
shown in many exhibitions, most
recently at the Artisan's Gallery, Mill
Valley, California (1988 and 1990);
the Santa Cruz Art Center (1989);
and La Galerie Blanche, Carnac
Killion's Mendocino Coast North of Elk, color woodcut in the Becker
Gallery. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
another on Sunday, December 6, at
2:00 p.m.
Killion earned his B.A. from the
University of California at Santa
Cruz (1975) and his Ph.D. from
Stanford (1985). He published his
first book of landscape prints and
poetry as an undergraduate and
continued to work on his landscape
prints while completing his
doctorate. Killion has illustrated a
number of books for other printers
while working on two research trips
away in Europe and Africa.
His most recent publications
France (1990). His illustrated books
are represented in internationally
known collections of fine printing
including those at the Victoria and
Albert Museum and the British
Museum in London, and the
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
For more information on this
exhibition, call (207) 725-3275. The
Museum of Art is open free of
charge. Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and national
holidays.
Masque and Gown does Moliere
By Emily A. Kasper
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
This Friday will kick off another
theatrical weekend at Bowdoin, as
Masque and Gown performs
Moliere's The Misant hope in Pickard
Theater on Friday, November 20,
1992 at 8:00 p.m., and on Saturday,
November 21 at 8:00 p.m.
Set in Hollywood, the updated
version of The Misanthrope takes
place in the 1930's where famous,
big-named stars mingle with
influential directors in lives full of
decadence and extravagance.
Alfred, the main character, falls for
the young, glamorous star Celeste;
however, his love is incomplete due
to her noncommittal attitude and
her preoccupation with
Hollywood's gossip circle. Though
the first rendition was performed
more than 300 years ago, Moliere's
comments on society and human
nature are still insightful and
pertinent in the 1930's as well as in
thel990's.
Tickets can be obtained at the
Moulton Union Information Desk
free with a Bowdoin ID and $2.50
for the general public.
"Put down that Isotope and go see Misanthrope."
-Robert W. Shaffer, ^-,Ph.D. Biochemistry
ORIENT COPY EDITOR
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By Tim Funk
orient movie reviewer
Fellow Humans:
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Columbia
RT:130 min.) is probably the most
lavish and visually striking film that
will come out this year. The director
Francis Ford Coppola has spared
no expense in creating a seven-
course feast for the eyes. This film
will, I predict, manage to dig himself
out of the financial rut he entered
with One From the Heart.
The entire movie is one large
homage to the art of moviemaking
itself. Most of the effects are done
using the camera alone:dissolution,
split screens, superimposition, all
tricks made possible with a little
manipulation of the camera. Of
special note to film buffs is that the
background of the nickelodeon
scene has some short films of
Victorian pornography shot with
an actual Pathe 1905 camera.
Most of the money in the budget
went into the costumes and the sets.
From Dracula' s robe with the mile
long train to Lucy's wedding dress,
these are creations that Ralph
Lauren and Donna Karan would
drool over.
The sets are equally impressive,
at times seeming to ingest the
character into them so that they get
lost. Dracula's castle stands out as
some horrid monstrocity on a
hilltop, while Lucy's house is the
ultimate picture of Victorian
extravagance.
All the glitz and glamour
surrounding the film serves one very
good purpose: to shroud over a very
weak storyline. This is not
scriptwriter James V. Hart's fault,
but Stoker's. His novel was no great
literary tome plot-wise to begin
with.
Relatively, here is what we have:
The movie starts out with a
prologue created by Hart. We learn
that in the 1400's Dracula (Gary
Old man) was a valiant knight for
the crusades. While out fighting,
Madame Dracula recieves enemy
news that her husband died, so she
commits suicide. Upon his return,
our knight discovers that she will
not be granted a Catholic burial.
Enraged, he takes his sword and
strikes the sacred cross, which starts
to bleed profusely as if it were some
cherry bonbon gone mad. How this
turns him into a vampire is never
explained, but it doesn't matter.
What matters is that he is a vampire
and 400 years later, John Harker
(Keanu Reeves) a London solicitor
comes to Dracula's castle to close
the deal on real estate in London.
"Drac" sees a picture of Marker's
he takes his sword
and strikes the sacred
cross, which starts to
bleed profusely as if
it were some cherry
bonbon gone mad
fiance, Mina (Winona Ryder) who
just happens to be the reincarnation
of Drac's long dead wife. From there,
Dracula goes to London and the fun
begins.
Harker is left behind with three
female vampires eager for
something to drink. While in
London, Drac gets a little drink from
Mina's friend Lucy (Sadie Frost). Of
course, in the prison is Renfield the
first solicitor (Tom Waits). Waits is
wonderful in a thankless role that
mostly asks him to eat insects to
show how mad he is.
Once Lucy gets too sick, a Dr. Van
Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) steps
in and gets to the root of the problem.
From there the story dissolves into a
routine good vs. bad plot. Even
though the plot is sparse, Coppola
is a masterful director and he
manages to keep interest sustained
for the full running time.
As to the performers, Gary
Oldman is wonderful as the Count,
ably switching between young, old,
bat, wolf and a few other disguises
that Drac adorns during the movie.
Ryder is adequate in her first role
that requires her to act with a little
more theatrics than in her previous
films. Sadie Frost as the doomed
Lucy is a erotically stunning,
vivacious newcomer. Frost manages
to make do quite a lot in a relatively
one-dimensional role. Reeves comes
off as the worst performer,
seemingly put in the movie just so a
matinee na m e could be in thecredits.
He looks too young to be a solicitor
and sounds too American to be an
English one. Hopkins is the one utter
standout in the cast. He delves into
this part with the same relish as he
did with Dr. Lecter last year.
Hopkins recieves virtually all the
funny lines in the movie and delivers
them with a hilarious dead pan tone.
Wherein lies the other fault in the
movie: it's not scary. It's funny and
sexy and beautiful, but not
frightening. Youknow what isgoing
to happen before it does and when
you don't, it is revealed dully.
However, for all of its faults,
Dracula is one of the best pictures
this year and most certainly should
not be missed for any reason, unless
you're under 17 and not
accompained by a parent or a
guardian.
Rating: 7.5
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Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Friday, November 20
1:30 p.m. Lecture. "Digital Tools for Visual Communication."
Given by Charles Altschul, director of education at Kodak
Center for Creative Imaging, Camden. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
Film. The Killing starring Sterling Hayden.
8:00 p.m. Performance. The Misanthrope. Admission $250,
Free with Bowdoin I.D. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
Saturday, November 21
Film. Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas and Adolph
Men jo u.
12:00 midnight Film. Two Mules for Sister Sara starring Clint
Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine.
Sunday, November 22
2:00 p.m. Film. Encounter '92 Film Series. Milagro Beanfield
War. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
3:00 p.m. Performance. Bowdoin Chamber Choir, Chorus and
Symphony Orchestra. Chapel. v
Monday, November 23
7:30 p.m. Film. Fourth Annual Women's Film series.
Strangers in Good Company. Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, November 24
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Discussion. "Short Term Disability." Given by
John Benoit, Holden Agency, Portland. Smith Auditorium,
Sills Hall.
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. "Thirty Years of Sculpture and Its
Psychic Evolution ." Given by Richard Guy Miller, sculptor,
Orrs Island. Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
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Blood Drive Breaks Goal
The blood drive held Wednesday in Sargent Gym exceeded its goal of 105 units attaining a total of
212 units. Bowdoin volunteers thank the I n t ra-Fra terni ty Council for organizing the competition that
produced such a large amount of donors, as well as everyone else who participated. Photo by Erin
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The Bowdoin College Athletic Department
Needs students to work at the Bowdoin College Men's Ice Hockey
Game on Saturday, Novembers (the Saturday after Thanksgiving.)
If you are going to be in the area, and would like the opportunity to
earn some money while attending the hockey game,
Contact Coach Maureen Flaherty at ext. 3329 as soon as possible!
People are needed to:
• sell tickets
• take tickets from fans
• sell programs
• serve as a goal judges
People who are going to be in the area during Winter Break or anyone who
would like to work for the entire hockey season (home games only) are especially
encouraged to call, even if you cannot work on November 28.
The Bowdoin Rugby Football Club
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1992
Join the members of the Student
Disciplinary Review Group to
discuss the newly revised
Academic Honor Code.
Topics to be discussed include:
• a newly created Judiciary Board comprised of four students,
four faculty members, and a non-voting chair
• a ban on all attorneys from hearings
i
• specific guidelines outlined in the new Code regarding all
students found guilty of infractions
• a stated obligation of students to refer all cases of Honor Code
violations.
• the public release in the Orient of all Academic Honor Code
infractions f -
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1992
As recommended to (lie Student i'.xeeutive
Hoard by the Student Judiciary Review
(i roup
The unfettered quest for truth remains the
fundamental mission of a liberal arts
education at Bowdoin College. Essential in
creating an academic environment dedicated
to the development of independent modes
of learning, analysis, judgment, and
expression, is intellectual integrity.
Academic dishonesty, with respect to
academic performance in and out of the
classroom, discourages intellectual growth
and is antithetical to institutional values.
Since 1964, with revisions in 1977, the
community pledge of personal academic
integrity has formed the basis for academic
conduct at Bowdoin College. The institution
assumes that all students possess the
attributes implied by intellectual honesty.
Thus, course instructors generally administer
unproctored examinations and expect that
all submitted work will reflect students' own
original efforts.
Since the Academic Honor Code remains
a central role in defining intellectual life at
Bowdoin, students and faculty are obligated
to insure its success. Individuals who suspect
violations of the Academic Honor Code
should not attempt to resolve the issue
independently, but are encouraged to refer
such concerns to the Dean of Students Of fice.
The College reserves its severest sanctions,
often dismissal from the institution, for
students who violate the core of its values.
Procedures under the Academic Honor
Code are not criminal proceedings and
should not be construed as such. Bowdoin
College acknowledges its responsibility to
provide student judicial procedures which '
reflect due process provisions. For the
purposes of assuring fairness and
consistency, the College adopts the following
protections for students under conduct
review: adequate notice of hearings; advance
notice of matters requiring student
responses; impartial proceedings; an
opportunity to provide evidence and
witnesses; the availability of an appeal; and
an advisor present at the formal Student
Judiciary Board hearing. Meanwhile, the
following sections express the organization
and constitution of the Academic Honor
Code.
I. Definition of Terms
Listed below are standard definitions of
important terms used in the Academic Honor
Code: /
A. The "Academic Honor Code" is the
basis for such student intellectual conduct as
classroom and laboratory assignments,
examinations, quizzes, and papers.
B. Terms as "Bowdoin" or "the College"
refer to Bowdoin College and its premises.
C. "Student" includes all persons officially
pursuing course work at Bowdoin College.
D. "Faculty" or "faculty member" means
any individual employed by Bowdoin
College to conduct formal academic
activities.
E. "College official" refers to any person
employed by Bowdoin College performing
assigned administrative or professional
responsibilities.
F.The "Bowdoin community" incorporates
all faculty, students, student groups (including
fraternities), and officials or other persons
employed by the College and its properties.
K. The "Board of Appeals" considers
appeals of the Judiciary Board decisions.
L. The terms "shall" and "will" are used in
the imperative sense; "may" and "should"
are used in the permissive sense.
G. College "premises" comprises all land, M. Bowdoin College designates the
The Process...
The Student Disciplinary Review Group (SDRG) has attempted
to employ every possible resource for the construction of a fair
judicial process. During the course of our charge t we have
studied over fifty Honor and Social Codes administered at
colleges and universities across the nation.
As a group, we have met three days a week and consulted
with students, faculty, and administrators. Besides the strong
leadership of Dean of Students Ken Lewallen, the new Code is
largely the product of student efforts, designed for the fair
adjudication of all students.
Initially, our main purpose was consistency. But while on
the fringe it may seem easy to achieve, we realized that there
were certain factors that had to be addressed. We needed all
members of the College community to be comfortable with both
the Code and the judicial process. This meant that faculty and
students would have to be confident that referral meant first and
foremost, fairness to all parties involved.
Our proposal to the Student Executive Board calls for the
creation of a new Judicial Board to replace the standing
StudenUudicairy Board. While the StudentJudiciary Board has
shown nothing but olatant competence and fairness in its
administering of the current Honor Code, we beleived that
faculty had to be confident with the process and that meant
placing members of the faculty on the new Board.
Therefore, the new Judiciary Board will consist of four
students (juniors and seniors), four faculty (chosen by the
Committee on Committees), and a presiding chair (the Dean for
Academic Affairs.) We strongly believe that this new Board will
be representative of the entire Bowdoin Community
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buildings, facilities, and other property "Judicial Coordinator" in the Dean of Students
owned, used, or supervised — in part — by Office as the individual designated to
Bowdoin, including its student organizations, supervise the administration of the Academic
adjacent streets, and sidewalks. Honor Code.
H. "Organizations" include student groups
who have complied with formal requirements
for College recognition and over which
Bowdoin exercises authority.
I . "Judicial procedures" refers to all written
and expressed policies involved in
determining possible infractions and
sanctions of College conduct codes. These
regulations/policies are found in, but not
limited to, current student handbooks,
catalogues, pamphlets, and other publications.
J. The "Judiciary Board" is authorized by
the Student Assembly Constitution to hear
possible conduct violations and conclude
decisions and, if appropriate, sanctions.
N. "Misconduct" refers to student actions
which violate the College's Academic Honor
Code.
II. Judicial Authority
A. The Dean of Students Office is
responsible for ensuring the administration
of the disciplinary process at Bowdoin
College.
B. Student governance, in conjunction with
the faculty and the Dean of Students Office,
shall develop judicial procedures which apply
to individual students and organizations
consistent with the Academic Honor Code.
C. The Judiciary Board shall review conduct
cases referred by the Judicial Coordinator.
D. Judiciary Board decisions remain final.
III. Proscribed Conduct
Student involvement in the following
activities constitute breaches of intellectual
integrity and, therefore, the Academic Honor
Code:
A. Academic "cheating" includes (1)
receiving, giving, or use of unauthorized
assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or
examinations; (2) references of sources beyond
those authorized by the instructor in preparing
papers, constructing reports, solving problems,
or carrying out other academic assignments;
(3) acquisition, without permission, of tests or
other academic material belonging to a member
of the Bowdoin faculty or staff; (4) submission
of academic work not a student's own original
effort; (5) use of the same work for multiple
courses; (6) depriving learners of access to
library information through intentional
mutilation, defacing, unauthorized removal of
books and other materials from College
libraries, failure to return library materials —
especially Reserve resources, on a timely basis;
and (7) unauthorized altering of academic
records (transcripts, grading sheets, Course
Registration Cards, etc.)
B. "Plagiarism," as described in the current
booklet, Sources: Their Use and
Acknowledgment, and regardless of intent,
involves the use, by paraphrase or direct
quotation, of the unpublished work of another
person without full and clear acknowledgment
in all such scholarly work as essays,
examinations, oral/ written reports, homework
assignments, laboratory reports, computer
programs, music scores, choreography,
graphical depictions, and visual
representations. Plagiarism remains possible
with any work performed in any medium and
in any scholarly discipline. It also includes the
unacknowledged use of materials prepared by
another person or agency engaged in the selling
of term papers or other academic materials.
IV. Judicial Policies
The following procedures govern the judicial
process with respect to adjudicating possible
violations of the Academic Honor Code:
A. Members of the College Community are
obligated to submit a written complaint against
any student for academic misconduct. The
document should describe the nature of the
conduct to the Judicial Coordinator within two
weeks of the occurrence.
B. The Judicial Coordinator will review all
claims for merit and refer all instances of
suspected violations of the Academic Honor
Code to the Judiciary Board.
C. In cases referred to the Judiciary Board,
the Judicial Coordinator must present accused
students with written charges describing the
nature of the alleged violation, time and place
of the hearing.
D. Formal judicial hearings shall be
conducted by the Judiciary Board according to
the following guidelines:
. !• Hearings are confidential, therefore,
shall be conducted in private; admission
of other individuals unrelated directly to
the case shall be at the discretion of the
Board chairperson.
2. The Board, consisting of four regular
students (two seniors and two juniors
appointed by the Student Executive Board)
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and four faculty members (appoi n tod by
the Faculty Committee on Committees).
and the Dean of Academic Affairs
(presiding chair), and two alternates ( a
sophomore and a faculty member), will
hear formal cases and decide findings/
sanctions. Alternates may participate
actively in the hearing and deliberation
processes, but not vote. Hearings may
not proceed with fewer than three
students and three faculty of the Judiciary
Board without concurrence from accused
students.
3.The Board may enact additional rules
and procedures necessary to conduct its
business within the guidelines of College
judicial policies and in the spirit of
fairness.
4. The chair assumes discretionary
authority with regard to all procedural
rulings, including participation by non-
Board members and decisions on the
relevanceand/or admission of evidence.
5. Formal evidentiary rules do not
apply in College administrative hearings;
the Board may consider any evidence,
such as pertinent records, exhibits, and
written statements, it decides valuable
and creditable.
6. The examination of evidence and
witnesses and deciding appropriate
educational penalties remains the
primary function of the Judiciary Board.
7. In cases involving more than one
charged student associated with the same
or related incidents, the Board may
interview students separately or in
groups.
8. After the hearing, the Board members
will decide by two-thirds vote whether
students violated sections of the
Academic Honor Code.
9. The Board's decisional standard
remains whether it is "more likely than
not" / "preponderance of the evidence" /
"clear and convincing" that the charged
students violated College conduct codes.
10. After the Board determines that a
violation occurred, it may consider
previous misconduct when creating
appropriate penalties.
11. The board will immediately notify
accused students and the Judicial
Coordinator of its findings; the Dean of
Students Office may share this
information with the complainant/
accuser.
12. There shall be a single verbatim
record, such as a tape recording, of all
hearings — but not deliberations. The
record becomes the property of Bo wdoin
College with access determined by the
Dean of Students Office.
13. The Judiciary Board shall not
conclude violations of the Academic
Honor Code based solely upon failure of
individuals to appear at hearings;
however, the Board may consider
evidence/ witnesses in support of the
charges and reach conclusions in the
absence of students.
E. Formal Judicial procedures provide for
student rights and responsibilities.
Individuals charged with misconduct should
familiarize themselves with rules and
procedures in the Bowdoin Colleg e
Handbook, and keep abreast of their cases
through frequent contact with the Judicial
Coordinator
1. Charged students shall receive a
written notice outlining the substance of
misconduct charges against them, including
date, time, and place of the hearing.
2. Students must receive a reasonable
period for the hearing preparations,
generally not less than five or more than
fifteen calendar days after notification.
Students may waive minimum time limits;
the Judicial Coordinator may use discretion
in extending maximum time limits in
scheduling hearings.
3. Students may request "pre-hearing"
conferences with the Judicial Coordinator
to review and discuss judicial procedures.
4. Students may select a single advisor
from the College community to assist them
in their preparations and personal support
at the hearing. Students must identify their
advisor with the Judicial Coordinator at
least forty-eight hours prior to the scheduled
hearing.
5. Except when students simultaneously
face independent criminal/civil
proceedings, attorneys or advisors with
professional legal experience shall not
participate in the College's disciplinary
process. When attorneys are permitted,
legal counselors are limited to advisory
status with no opportunities for cross-
examination of witnesses and other
individuals.
reference (any individual verifying the
personal integrity of the charged).
9. Charged students must attend
hearings as scheduled by the Judicial
Coordinator. If accused students fail to
appear, the chair may allow presentation
of evidence to the Board independent of
the charged student's presence. The Board
may reach decisions based on the
assembled evidence. The board may also
insist that the Judicial Coordinator issue
additional misconduct charges for failure
of students to attend hearings.
10. Charged students must attend, but
may decide against active (responding to
questions presentation of arguments or
evidence, etc.) participation.
Consequently, Board members shall not
in which everyone has a stake in academic honesty.
The process will also be very different than what has
been seen in the past. The Dean of Students will no longer have
the role as interpretor of Judicial Board recommendations.
Rather, the Dean of Students will administer the decisions of
the new Judiciary Board,. All Judiciary Board decisions will
be final. A Judicial Coordinator will handle cases from the
beginning and refer cases to the Judiciary Board. The SDRG
will most likely recommend that the Associate Dean of Students
assume the position.
We do want to emphasize that the process of Honor Code
revision is not over and that our recommendations are not
final. We have recommended the new Academic Honor Code
to the Student Executive Board who will now seek approval
from both students and faculty. The Executive Board has
offered unwavering support and leadership to the SDRG, and
we thank the distinguished Chairman and Vice-Chair man for
their attention to this delicate matter.
The SDRG will be available to field questions and
opinions regarding the new proposal on Monday night at 7:30
pm. iri Daggett Lounge during an Open Forum. We strongly
encourage all members of the community to attend.
Thomas Marshall Davidson Jr.
Student Disciplinary Review Group
Student Disciplinary Review Group
Craig Cheslog '93 Jon Dugan '95
Thomas Davidson '94 Kenneth Lewallen
Lauren Deneka '95 John Vesas '93
6. Forty-eight hours prior to the hearing,
charged students may request the removal
of a single Board member believed
incapable of rending an impartial decision;
in cases of multiple charged students,
challenges to Board members may not
exceed two. Students must submit written
petitions to the chair by demonstrating
"actual bias" by Board members. The chair
will rule on applications in confidence at
the students' request.
7. Charged students may review all
formal evidence scheduled for review by
the Board prior to the hearing, including a
list of witnesses and other indh
expected. Individuals shall not seek to
influence or harass witnesses before the
hearing.
8. Students must list their "relevant"
witnesses (individuals directly bearing on
the case) forty-eight hours prior to the
hearing. Without permission from the chair,
students are limited to a sinele "character"
conclude negative inferences. Once
students engage in the hearing process,
selective participation does not protect them
against negative Board inferences.
11. At the hearing, students may orderly
present evidence, make arguments, respond
to questions from the Board, offer witnesses,
and hear and question evidence against
them.
12. The Board assumes that charged
students will participate truthfully.
Purposefully misleading information
makes individuals subject to serious
disciplinary College action in a separate
Rearing.
F. Witnesses and other resource individuals
fe certain responsibilities related to
isciplinary hearings:
1 . Student witnesses, complainants, and
other resource individuals are neither
compelled to attend. Droduce evidence, nor
participate at a hearing.
2. Student witnesses, complainants, and
other individuals who attend are not
expected or allowed to participate actively
in the hearing process unless permitted by
the chair.
3. The Board expects truthfulness and
honesty from witnesses and other
participants at a hearing. Purposeful
misleading and /or false statements may
result in serious disciplinary charges
leading to a separate hearing.
4. Given the confidential nature of the
College's judiciary procedures, witnesses
and other individuals shall not discuss the
case with other persons not present at the
hearing.
G. Appeal of the Judiciary Board decisions
involve the following:
1. The Board of Appeals (appointed by
the Faculty Committee on Committees)
shall limit its review of Judiciary Board
decisions to a review of the verbatim record
of the original hearing and supporting
documents for one or more of the following
criteria:
a) Procedural error(s) which may
have materially prejudiced the Board.
b) Newly discovered evidence
unavailable at the original proceeding
which would have likely affected the
decisions and sanction.
2. Students must initiate appeals in
writing to the chair of the Board of Appeals
explaining the basis for such consideration.
Students should accompany requests with
materials important to their argument.
3. If granted, the Board of Appeals will
direct the Judiciary Board to consider the
case with the appropriate corrections.
H. Within certain limitations, the Board
may proscribe appropriate and educational
sanctions. Minimally, violations of the
Academic Honor Code normally results in
failures in the disputed courses and dismissal
from the College. Types of dismissal available
to the Board include:
1 . Permanent Dismissal: separation from
Bowdoin College with no opportunity for
future readmission. Second -time violations
of the Academic Honor Code or first
offenses with significant records of
disciplinary misconduct most often receive
this sanction.
2. Indefinite Dismissal: separation from
the College community for an undesignated
period — usually, at least one semester —
with recommended minimum conditions
on readmission. Depending upon
circumstances, first-time violators should
generally expect this penalty.
3. Suspension: separation for a specified
period after which Bowdoin College expects
students to return.
Under highly extraordinary
circumstances, the Board may consider a
range of lesser penalties, such as simple
course failures, revisions of assignments,
loss of College privileges, etc.
I. Disciplinary sanctions shall remain a part
of students' confidential record only. Students
control access to their files consistent with the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974.
IV Interpretation and Revision
A. The Judicial Coordinator shall
interpret questions of the Academic
Honor and Social Codes.
B. The Judicial Coordinator, in
conjunction with student
governance and the Bowdoin
College faculty, shall conduct a
review of the conduct codes and
their administration on a yearly
basis.
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Brawls at campus-wides must end
It's unclear why this semester has
seen so many of the idiotic beer-brawls
occuring at campus-wide parties. This
past weekend was a glaring example of
how fraternity parties can, and do, go
bad. Standing in a sweaty basement
waiting twenty minutes for a beer isn't
as fun as it use to be. Now you have to
worry about getting clocked for the
apparent crime of just being there.
It always starts when someone is
accidentally shoved or has beer spilled
on them, and suddenly there are Jets
and Sharks squaring off aching for
retribution. All that's missing is
Leonard Bernstein's music.
Unfortunately, it's not quite as fun for
everyone as a musical.
Aside from ruining parties and
potentially hurting themselves, these
brawlers also put others at risk.
Bowdoin students should not have their
personal safety jeopardized every time
they go to socialize and be with their
friends at fraternities.
On the other side, fraternities are
under too much scrutiny as it is these
days to be making the spotlight any
brighter on themselves. It's no big secret
that most of the fights are started by
fraternity brothers intrigued by fresh
beer muscles and high on the air of
brotherly solidarity. If the fights
continue, the College will simply have
another bullet with which to load the
gun of eventual total fraternity
abolition. Let's not kid ourselves—that
weapon is being forged. One need
only look at the recent executions to see
the trend.
As it stands, the most fraternities
currently do to stop fighting in their
houses is to separate the combatants and
let them cool off. This does nothing to
discourage the behavior, it only signals
that the round is over and that people
can pick up their cups.
The student handbook is rather vague
on the subject of fights. The Social Code
states that "The use or threat of physical
violence or injurious conduct may result
in disciplinary action." No one wants to
be a squealer-especially when it's on
people who have just exhibited a
propensity for violence—and that's
understandable, but that's also the only
way any disciplinary action can be taken.
Because such singular responsibility is
unlikely, it is up to the fraternity hosting
the party to take immediate action when
a fight ensues. Ejecting the combatants
from the house is the first step.
But to deter the fight from ever
happening in the first place, fraternities
should require themselves to report the
participants of a fight to the Dean of
Students. Instead of showing how brave
they are by starting a fight backed up by
ten beers and ten brothers, fraternity
members should show the courage to
use their strength in numbers to report
offenders and keep the party peace. The
distasteful pain they prevent may just be
their own, incurred by a system being
abolished in the near future.
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Looking Starboard
By Craig Cheslog
The snowfall has evoked a veritable plethora of thoughts
in this columnist's brain. Winter is here, the transition team
is busy at work, Bowdoin College is getting more interesting
by the moment and winter sports are about to start. Ah,
where to begin?
• Did the reader know about Maggie Gallagher's lecture
last Tuesday? No? That is not surprising, considering the fact
that over 50 posters where destroyed and ripped down the
week prior to the lecture. Naturally, this writer is surprised
that intellectual midgets who only know how to respond to
different ideas by destroying posters were admitted to this
college. Obviously, standards have slipped.
• I see that Barry Crimmins returned to Bowdoin. C rim m in s
is an excellent comedian who tolerant conservatives can
enjoy watching and listening to on a cold November evening.
Of course, it would be nice if the Student Union Committee
brought in a comedian who did not have to call College
Republicans "little fascists" as he did during his 1990
performance. The proper response to him must be to rip
down his posters — make a note of it.
• Is anyone really surprised that a way to justify the
African- American Society charter was found? In a shocking
development, the provision stating that the African-American
Society "reserve(s) the right to maintain blacks in all governing
positions" was found to be acceptable by the student Executive
Board. So, a new precedent for student organizations has
been established. Now, where is that College Republican
charter anyway?
• Just in case there was any confusion, the new faculty
hiring policy is not just a goal, it is a quota policy. It is a good
idea to be wary of regulations that are rewritten by lawyers
in order to "ensure a minimal chance that litigation might be
brought against Bowdoin College." Our faculty should be
honest and call this quota regulation, but such honesty is
obviously too much to ask for at a institution of higher
education.
• When the Brunswick Association for Academic
Freedoms stops contending that Bowdoin College had no
right to abolish single-sex fraternities, this columnist will
consider joining. Folks, it is clear that Bowdoin has every
right to limit the association privileges (note that word) of
students. Should Bowdoin abolish singje-sex fraternities? No.
Does Bowdoin have a right to abolish them? Yes, especially
after the Colby fraternity case. Let's face it, Bowdoin has the
right to require that all students wear beanies and leisure suits,
but (hopefully) the college will not fall to that level. Activist
conservative interpretation of the Constitution is just as
deplorable as liberal activism.
• Wait a minute, 29 percent of students voted against
Let's face it, Bowdoin has the
right to require that all
students wear beanies and
leisire suits. . .
f oosball in the new student center? Some people just cannot be
satisfied.
• Unlike certain students, there will be no moral posturing
about the World War II Service Memorial in this column until
all of the facts about the two "offending" individuals are
known. If one of the two men turns out to have worked for the
resistance, this writer wonders if some outspoken members of
the college community will apologize for their poor judgment.
• Does the reader really miss the Quay le Quotes each week?
Personally, I think that last week's security log was funnier.
Hopefully it will stay on page two.
• Here is a shocking report: It appears that 44 percent of the
nation's journalists consider themselves to be Democrats,
while only 16 percent describe themselves as Republicans.
Wow, really, that is a rather shocking story, but it does explain
a great many things like. . .
• The contention that receiving 43 percent of the vote gives
a president-elect with the largest mandate in United States
electoral history. Columnist E.J. Dionne even wrote that
Clinton's election "overturned the verdict of 1980." Excuse
me? Where was Bush's mandate when he won 53 percent of the
Ramblings ...
popular vote and 426 electoral votes? The president-elect
would be wise to work as fast as possible before people regain
their common sense.
• Clinton does have a mandate in Arkansas, New York and
Maryland, the only three states he won with a majority of the
vote.
• Hey, Vice President-elect Al Gore, is that you or a poster
in the background?
• Will the budget deficit remain an issue with the media
now that a Democrat is in the White House? What happens to
national health care, a federal jobs program, unemployment
insurance and so on? Will we suddenly see an end to this
emergency?
• No,of coursenot. Politics had nothing todo with Lawrence
Walsh releasing the latest indictment against Reagan Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger the Friday before the election.
Quick, this writer must compile a list of those who believe that
Walsh did not have an ulterior motive — for they could be sold
anything.
• Best news about Clinton's election: At least now
Democratic initiatives will be enacted by Democrats. Everyone
will know who to blame.
• Hey, didn't you used to be the sainted Jim Baker? But, to
be fair, we should give Baker credit for doing the impossible
during this campaign. After all, he led the campaign that
removed Michael Dukakis' from the top of the most-inept list.
Really, this writer did not think that the Duke would ever be
topped in that category.
• Top five jobs for Richard Darman now that he will no
longer have the opportunity to destroy the economy and a
presidency: 5. Clinton economic advisor (What is the difference
in policy?); 4. Bowdoin College Professor of Economics; 3.
President of new House of Representatives bank; 2. J im Baker's
hunting dog; 1. Unemployed.
• Top five candidates for Clinton Supreme Court
appointments: 5. Bill Clinton (Is he that slick?); 4. Mario
"Scenario" Cuomo, saving New York from itself; 3. Professor
Laurence Tribe, since he thinks he already is one; 2. Robert
Edwards, an outside-the-beltway pick; 1. Hillary Rodham-
Clinton. Hey, this is a buy-one-get -one-free presidency, and
Rodham-Clinton wants real and lasting power, remember?
Fightin f Words
By
Tom
Leung
Memorial should honor all
Bowdoin WWII Dead
Should the existence of two Bowdoin students killed happened to fighting on the "wrong" side,
fighting in WWII be ignored in the proposed war memorial Look at it this way: I detest the Vietnam War. Thousands of
simply because they were not enlisted on the side of the civilians were exterminated and their villages incinerated for
Allied Powers? Some people on this campus are actually reasons I still cannot comprehend, but you don't see me
objecting to their inclusion because the flags they fought desecrating the honor of fellow students who died in that war
under happened to be German and Italian. To purposely by demanding their names be eradicated from the memorial,
restrict their posthumous right to be acknowledged is like Just because these men fought in the Vietnam war doesn't
callously sweeping their lives under a self-righteous rug of mean they liked it. All it means is that they served their country
elitist recognition— as if they aren't worth remembering and, and were killed as a result of it. You can say the same thing
even worse, as if they shouldn't be remembered. about the WWII decimation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Are
I can understand hatred of the Axis Powers' ■ B ^^ Ba ^ a ^^ ai ^ aH |^^ aBIHIH ^ HaHaB
actions and goals, but what the leaders of — mmm mm ■■ mmm ^ — ■ mmmmm . ■ — — — — — — — — — — -^^— —
those powers clandestinely believed in and
what their soldiers knew could have been
two very different things. We don't know
what the convictions of these two deceased
students were, and we don't know if they
were even cognizant of their leaders' much
hated motives. All we know for sure is that
their lives were prematurely extinguished
fighting for their countries. And, frankly,
that's all we need to know.
We are not here to play Cod and decide
whose life is worth memorializing and whose
isn't. Yet by arguing over its abstract political
to preserve the remembrance of our war dead. Nothing
more, nothing less.
For those of you who still abhor Axis soldiers being
remembered because of their countries' actions, consider
this. During WWII, Germany and Italy committed atrocious
war crimes that were barbaric. Nobody is questioning that
fact. But what country is without the stain of at least some
civilian blood on its hands? Since when was any war "just"?
And isn't this proposed memorial one for men who have
fallen in the line of duty, rather than a memorial for the ethical
^^■■■^m ideologies of the countries that they happened
to be citizens of? I don't think there has ever
been a war where no horrid acts were
committed. War itself is repulsive; Essentially,
it is people murdering each other to get their
way. The issue concerning this memorial is
not whose government was "right" and
whose wasn't. If it were, no country's soldiers
could be memorialized. We all understand
the evils of war, and the memorial does not
condoneitoranygovernment'sparticipation
in it.
"^ What we are trying to remember is those
^^^^^^^^■^■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■^■^■■^■■■•■^ individuals who were only pawns in these
we going to exclude the US WWII dead because America may lethal games of global chess. We are
implications, we overlook the memorial's most fundamental have been wrong in annihilating two cities full of innocent memorializing their deaths, not the countries they died foror
We are not here to play God and
decide whose life is worth
memorializing and whose isn't.
purpose: to remember individual Bowdoin lives unfairly civilians? Of course not. No one side is ever "right" in war;
ended in past wars. Just because they were German and therefore, a country's perceived ethical innocence or guilt should
Italian citizens does not make them fascist, genocidal not be an acid test for whether respect should be given to those who
murderers. Their names were not Hitler or Mussolini, and have died in battle..
we shouldn't act as if they were.
To eulogize men who fought for sides we happen to agree
with and simultaneously argue for the exclusion of others
who patriotically sacrificed their lives doing what they
thought was their duty is ludicrous. It is an insult to their
families, their friends and any veterans from WWII who
the leaders they died under. To ostracize fellow Bowdoin
students simply because they donned the uniforms of
governments wedon't like is a slap in their families' mourning
faces.
Let's get right down to the heart of the matter. Only a few
A memorial is defined by The New Merriam Vi&ster Dictionary decades ago, two men who walked on the same ground and
as something that is designed "serving to preserve breathed the same air we do were prematurely exterminated
remembrance." Period. Amemorialdoesnothaveanyimplicit for no truly justifiable reason. Their families and friends are
political overtones, nor does it symbolize the importance of still recovering over the murders of their bodies. Is it really
one ideology over another. The proposed memorial isdesigned necessary to murder their names too?
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1992
etters to the Editor
B.A.A.F. defends "God-given
associational rights"
To the Editors:
. I would just like to respond to the current "misinformation"
being circulated about the B.A.A.F. through both word-of-
mouth, and even worse, through several recent pieces in the
Orient. Last week's editorial, "B.A.A.F. an embarrassment,"
only demonstrates to me that a $100,000 education can't buy
"journalistic integrity" and "critical thinking" for everyone.
Let's take a look at the editorial, point -by-point.
1) ". . .while the B.A.A.F. may purport to represent students
fed up with 'political-correctness,' its true hidden agenda is
the reinstatement of single-sex fraternities." I'm so glad that
all the editors have done their homework by attending the
meetings of the B.A.A.F. to come to this informed, striking
conclusion. I'm so glad you all have read the literature we've
been circulating about hate-speechcodes around the country,
about the banning of fraternities and sororities at other liberal
arts institutions, and about the professors, etc., all occurring
simply because these people do not conform to the perverse
ideals of their "politically-correct" administrations. Even if,
arguendo, our only mission was to end the off-campus harassment
of fraternity and sorority members, and to do away with the
formal sanctions which could ruin a student's life only for
exercising his/her God -given associational rights off-campus,
that is enough in itself to warrant the creation of our group.
However, if you'd come to our meetings, you'd see our
ambitions range far beyond that.
2) "Where was the B.A.A.F. fouryears ago when the political
correctness debate began?" Well, I know at this time four
years ago most of us were in high school worrying about
which acne cream worked best and whether we'd get the car
for the weekend. But anyhow, the idea of "time-lag" is
irrelevant because the recent single-sex fraternity and sorority
prohibition is what polarized the long-standing suspicions of
both students and alumni as to where Bowdoin's "mission"
was taking us. Up to that point, Dean Jervis and the rest of her
lackeys had been working on how to "save students from
themselves" and how to sanction students' behavior both on
and off campus. This did not "fit in" with their own versions
of "equality." When the single-gender ban was implemented,
it then became quite obvious that Bowdoin was more
concerned with its own image and the outward vestiges of
what Bowdoin purports to be than with what a liberal-arts
college is supposed to be: a "marketplace of ideas" allowing
for many different lifestyles and belief-systems to interact and
develop, with all the constitutional freedoms attached.
3) ". . .we are appalled that students of Bowdoin's caliber
would be gullible enough to fall for it. . . Their entire premise
seems paranoid, at best ..." On the contrary, I am appalled that
you're still so blind. Take some time to re-read your own
articles which have been published over the last several
weeks:
•MALAISE SETS IN AND STUDENTS LEAVE
• DISCRIMINATION UNCOVERED IN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN SOCIETY 'S CHARTER
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIETYDEFENDS ITS
CHARTER
• FICHTIN' WORDS: "OUR BELOVED STUDENT
CENTER"
•VIEWS FROMTHE COUCH: A CIRCLE OF CONFUSION
•BOWDOIN BUILDING A PC MEMORIAL
Do you see any common thread running through these
articles? Do you see the concern which students are expressing
in writing about he PC decision making of the administration?
Do you understand why students are fed up with the intolerant
enforcement of "anti-tolerance" by Bowdoin College, which
has created a situation where students are often apprehensive
about expressing viewpoints and making friendships that
don't "fit in" to Bowdoin's nice little scheme? Hell, your own
editorial last week was "Bowdoin building a PC memorial."
Was that a paranoid accusation also?
4) "The B.A.A.F.'s conclusion that the constitutional rights
to freedom of expression and assembly extend entirely into
the private sphere is ridiculous. It is somewhat analagous to
asserting . . . that we can gather for a protest on someone's
private property against their wishes." Boy, you have really
missed the mark on this one. What Bowdoin restricts on its
own campus and its own property is quite different than what
it restricts off -campus. If Bowdoin wants to get rid of single-
gender fraternities and sororities on its own property, then I
still have an ethical problem with that, but not a legal problem .
However, when Bowdoin Collegeextendsits "invisible hand"
into the larger community, investigates students' activities
and friendships off-campus and attempts, by mandate, to
monitor students' behavior 24 hours a day, that is an ethical
and legal problem in my book. Do you think Bowdoin should
continue to receive federal assistance, grants, etc., for many
talented and needy students, while they simultaneously
disregard the scriptures of the Constitution? Does it occur to
you at all that even if the Afro-American house chose to
relocate off-campus, they still would not retain the right to
choose all-black leadership positions under the school's "equal
access" policy?
5) ". . .it is unreasonable to expect that our individual rights
should interfere with the ideals of private institutions which
are acting within the boundaries of their own communities
and beliefs." Maybe you're right about this, but the whole
problem is that Bowdoin is not acting within its own private
community anymore. It has arrogantly stepped into the lives
of students off-campus, and in doing so, has created an
atmosphere of intolerance on its campus. Doesn't it strike you
as wrong that the entire academic future of many dedicated
and talented students could be jeopardized by Bowdoin,
simply because they choose,on their own terms, to intimately
associate with others in "pursuit of a wide variety of political,
social, economical, and cultural ends?" Roberts v. United
States laycees.
I am sorry my criticism of your editorial is so long-winded,
but due to the misconception of a constructive group such as
B.A.A.F., YOU HAVE ALL MISSED THE POINT! 1 also find
it hard to believe that those who oppose the tactics of the
"politically-correct" are labeled necessarily "right-wingers,"
for the violations and ethical problems involved naturally
transcend the conservative-liberal continuum. The sorority,
the Afro-American Society, the fraternities, the Rape
Counseling Group, and any other group that feels it must
limit its membership to preserve a special associational
experience as promised in a free society, have that associational
experience as promised in a free society have that right
guaranteed to them as citizens on off-campus property.
Joshua S. Sprague '93
Executive Director, B.A.A.F.
Ward replies to November 6
Orient editorial
To the Editor
Your editorial in the November 6 Orient implied that the
committee which planned the memorial to honor those
Bowdoin people who lost their lives in WWII, Korea and
Vietnam acted with haste and bad judgment. As someone
who has served on that committee since it was appointed by
President Greason in 1988, 1 do not think that is the case.
The Bowdoin Memorial Committee is chaired by Everett
Pope, former Chair of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Pope's
committee has included alumni, faculty, administrators and
students during the nearly four years it has existed and it
discussed thoroughly the matters of whom the memorial
would honor and how such a memorial would become a part
of the campus. The committee met several times last year with
the Committee on Environmental, Historic and Aesthetic
Impact, a committee on which three students serve as
members. The project has been discussed openly by Professor
Barbara Kaster, another member of the Memorial Committee,
and was announced in a story which appeared in the Orient
last spring. A great deal of care was taken to assure that
faculty, students and alumni were consulted before the plans
for the memorial were presented to the Governing Boards.
Considerable thought was given by the committee to
whether or not two Bowdoin graduates, one who served
Germany and another who served Italy in WWII, should be
honored. In the end, the committee felt that the memorial
should honor those graduates who died, not the nation they
served, in the same spirit in which the names of Bowdoin
graduates who fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy
are listed in Memorial Hall alongside those who fought for
the Union. For the record, the German whose name will be
listed was a German war correspondent who was killed by
Allied bombing, and the Italian whose name will be listed was
an Italian partisan who was captured and killed by the
Germans against whom he was fighting after Italy had
surrendered.
It should be pointed out that two members of committee,
Everett Pope and Dr. Leonard Cronkhite, were members of
the class of 1941, a class which lost 10% of its members in
WWII. These men were both in the war — Mr. Pope won the
Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in it — and both
were profoundly affected by their wartime experiences. I for
one was willing to defer to their judgment regarding the
question of including on the memorial the names of those
who were on the other side in the war.
Because there seems to be considerable misunderstanding
and sensitivity regarding the Bowdoin memorial, I will
endeavor to bring campus members of the Memorial
Committee together with those who would like to meet with
us to have questions answered and to raise concerns. To
facilitate the scheduling of such a meeting, people who
would be interested in attending should leave their names
with Mrs. Yanok at extension 3228.
James E. Ward
Dean of the College
Coyle: Leung's self-depreciation
is "incorrect and laughable"
To the Editor:
I do not doubt that Tom Leung has been the target of abuse
during his short Bowdoin career, and though I condemn
harassing behavior, I do marvel at his feeling that his experience
is somehow unique for a politically active person, on any side
of an issue. It is amusing that the champions of the status quo
feel so particularly persecuted when people disagree with
them. Mr. Leung's self-important construction of himself as
Bowdoin's trail-blazing and exiled political pundit is incorrect
and laughable.
Secondly, I want to take issue with Mr. Leung's attempt to
construct his invisible enemy as socially liberal, politically
apathetic, foul-mouthed and ignorant. I, for example, have
disagreed with a majority of Mr. Leung's thoughts and yet fit
only into the category of socially liberal. Mr. Leung, and the
readers he addresses, might do well to think more about who
he is actually describing. To do this we need only to look to his
column. Cleverly, it answers these questions for us. Obviously,
the presence of his column disproves the idea that he is either
socially liberal or politically apathetic. As for the content, Mr.
Leung has graciously provided it for us so we, his audience,
can decide for ourselves exactly who is foul-mouthed and,
more seriously, who is ignorant. I say, let the readers decide.
I have.
V.Amy Coyle '93
Security enjoys leisurely meal
while students suffer
To the Editor.
I'd like to express my outrage! Eating dinner in the Tower
two weeks ago Wednesday, I couldn't help but notice that
several Security Officers were casually dining in our midst.
In a time of severe budget cutbacks and rampant lawlessness
on this campus, I fail to understand why several of our
guardians were paid to recline in a brightly lit public place
for over two hours. Two unsavory questions have arisen in
my mind. One: If four Security Officers were paid extra to
indulge their appetites in the Tower, what fraction of my
tuition paid for this Bacchic extravaganza? Second, and
even more unpalatable: Were these four guards removed
from patrolling the bloodstained walks, scrawled with the
chalk outlines of fallen students, to police our table manners?
If so — who can we turn to in these dark hours of chaos? The
students of this campus don't need a weatherman to know
which way the wind blows. Our Security Officers are nothing
but well-fed spectators to the Apocalypse which threatens
to engulf us all!
MarkSchlegel'93
More letters
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20.1992
13
etters to the Eclito
Alpha Beta Phi abandons Phi
Epsilon coed option
\
To the Editor
Alpha Beta Phi would once again like to address the members
of the Bowdoin community. We apologize for today's
domination of the editorial section, but please bear with us;
this will be the last time. The May decision of the Governing
Boards to ban all single-sex Greek organizations at Bowdoin
has forced Alpha Beta Phi to reexamine and redefine its values
and its purpose. Because we agree with the Administration's
main goal — that is, to promote sexual equality within
Bowdoin's sororities and fraternities — we felt that it was up to
us to make the ultimate compromise. We decided to create a
new, coed association the "right" way: from the bottom up.
Phi Epsilon would have made equality and friendship between
the sexes its first goal and purpose.
Since the finalization of that decision, however, Alpha Beta
Phi has been presented with conflicts and difficulties we
could never have foreseen. We were all in agreement that all
the traditions and ceremonies would have to change, out of
respect for Alpha Beta Phi, but we were then faced with how
to carry over the extraordinary strengths of Alpha Beta Phi
into an organization that would bear no resemblance to it. We
soon realized that Phi Epsilon was not a way to preserve what
we have; it would in fact only serve to bury Alpha Beta Phi
that much sooner. Unfortunately for Phi Epsilon, Alpha Beta
Phi means too much for us to sacrifice it in that way. In
practice, members of thesorority would be too saddened and
resentful over the Administration's destruction of Alpha Beta
Phi to have much enthusiasm for an organization that has a
fraction of Alpha Beta Phi's significance, yet is deemed
"acceptable" by the Administration.
We still believe that sexual equality within the Greek system
is a desirable and important goal. We still believe that an
organization can be created with that ideal in mind; we just
don't believe that, after all, we are the group to do it. First of
all, the founding members of a coed organization should
i ncludeboth men and women . Otherwise we would be making
the same mistake the College made in 1971 when they
integrated the fraternity system. It was incredibly short-
sighted of the Administration to believe that women would
be accepted as full-fledged, fully valued members of these
secret, selective clubs formed exclusively by and for men.
Likewise, it would be foolish of us to tell ourselves that new
male members will quietly and harmoniously blend into our
group. Alpha Beta Phi is a sorority, a sisterhood, a circle of
friendship and a support group created by and for women.
Our identity is very important to us, and we intend to preserve
it as long as we can. We regret that the future women of
Bowdoin College will not be able to experience what we have,
but the College does not think that we are an acceptable
choice. All we can do now is be true to ourselves, and that is
why we have chose to disband, according to College policy, in
the spring of 1993. We will take on no new members, and we
will in every way comply with the vote of the Governing
Boards.
The Sisters of Alpha Beta Phi
Cohen responds to "Looking
Starboard" column on AIDS
rationalizing and justifying the author's fear of infection — a
fear which is based not in fact nor near it, but in the blown out
portion of the author's mind. Craig, you yourself must make
choices about your lifestyle — interact with persons (on a
basketball court or in the lunch room) whose HIV status is
unknown. Will you find life itself too risky a proposition to
encounter?
Offense is also taken to Cheslog's attempt to quarantine
individuals with HTV in the health profession. Craig seems to
be insinuating that anyone who might operate on him should
be tested for AIDS. First of all, the risks of getting Hepatitis or
Pneumonia, or dying from an allergic reaction to Anesthesia
are more likely alternatives than acquiring HIV from your
doctor. Secondly, the facts of invasive surgery dictate that
health care professional are at greater risk of contracting
d isease from their patients than the other way around .Finally,
your hyper-hysterical attitudes towards people infected with
HIV is more likely to lead you (to your own detriment) into
the hands of mental health-care professionals than into the
operating room.
The most upsetting aspect of your article, Craig, is your
continual demonization of people with HIV. People hate and
fear AIDS because it has traditionally been associated with
gay, Third World, or drug using populations. Your article
perpetuates this homophobic and sometimes racist (but always
self-involved) stance. That you make an issue out of AIDS as
opposed to lung cancer (which you might receive from a
smoker's secondary smoke), suggests you fear the stigma of
AIDS more than death. The whole premise of your article
seems to lie around one sentence: "Innocent people will
continue to die until this country treats it that way." I query
what you mean by the "innocent people?" Your sentence
(with its heart-felt reminder of Kim Bergalis, and her lack of
promiscuity or drug use) seems to suggest that there is a
whole group of Americans infected with HIV who are
somehow less innocent, more guilty, than others. Craig, all
people infected with AIDS are in their own way innocent.
Again, your article continually suggests that what you fear
most is not dying, but dying with the very same 'disgrace,'
and 'guilt,' that you perpetuate.
To see someone die of AIDS is a horrific and haunting sight.
The horrific tragedy of AIDS is that it is not only painful and
deadly, but that it burdens people already fighting the disease
with stigma, hate and loneliness. All your article does is
reinforce the fear and ostracism that people with HIV already
experience. The hysteria about AIDS is in many ways more
detrimental than the physical harm of the epidemic itself.
What I resent most is the way in which you tread so lightly on
such an important issue. If this is the highest level of veracity
you can produce, perhaps it would be better if you stuck to
diatribes against Camp Bobo apathy or Dining Service menus.
The truth about issues such as HIV is necessary. I would hope
in the future Craig Cheslog would treat issues of such
importance seriously.
Ben Cohen ^3
gays and lesbians, who have also been discriminated against
and under-represented, left out? 2) Which is more attractive:
ethnicity or gender? and 3) What ethnic under-representation
needs to be redressed the most? In an effort to aid our wise
guardians I shall offer some prescriptions that I am sure will
prove constructive to all bu* the most unenlightened.
The Bowdoin Qualification Table
This table should be used by those in hiring positions to
determine precisely how qualified the qualified are. The
candidate with the highest sum (one may be included in
several categories) should be snatched up for the position in
question.
Academic, intellectual and teaching ability = X
Native American = 15
African American = 12
Latino American = 10
Asian American = 8
The above will be given their value in % to how
much of this blood they can actually demonstrate that they
have. (i.e. 1/2 African American +1/8 Asian American = 7)
We should not also forget these "under-represented" folks
Non European Foreigner =7
Homosexual = 6
Women =5
Handicapped =4
Buddhists =3
Anarchists =2
Naive and misguided idealists =1
I hope the administration will call on me if they need to
further clarify this handy guide.
Michael Tiska '93=1
In Denouncing BAAF, Orient
is Renouncing Liberty
Tiska offers race/gender value
assignments for faculty hiring
To the Editor.
I am not in the habit of responding to erroneous information
printed in the Orient. However, because AIDS is important
enough to justify truthful and level-headed consideration, I
deem it necessary to respond to Craig Cheslog's Looking
Starboard from November 13. Craig, you severely misrepresent
the tragedy of this situation.
Your first mistake is to perpetuate the hysteria surrounding
the HTV virus. When you talk about the need for Earvin
"Magic" Johnson to retire, you are making an irrational claim
for all individuals infected with the HIV virus to be
quarantined. Karl Malone has a greater chance of being killed
in a shark attack than by contracting AIDS from Earvin
Johnson (see Harpers Index). Making Magic a lesson is fine,
and condemning him may sell papers; I think treating him as
a human being is more important. The article seems intent on
To the Editor,
I would like to voice my great enthusiasm for the faculty's
unanimous decision to amend the College's hiring policy.
The crux of this amendment follows as such: "Bowdoin will
consider among qualifications for appointment, a candidate's
gender and ethnicity." It's about time that this College
abandoned naive, ethereal and sentimental "color-blind/
sex- blind" ideals. The faculty should be commended for its
strength in emancipating us from these antiquated ideals and
from dupes such as Frederick Douglas and Martin Luther
King Jr. who marketed them.
Although I endorse this move to legitimize discrimination
on the basis of race and sex, and have infinite faith that those
who practice such discrimination will do it only in the most
just, disinterested, and benign way, I think a few more
amendments could be added to guide the guardians in their
considerations. The amendment as it now exists may still be
an empty ideal rather then the practical tool that we need.
Right now the changes bring us to this equation:
woman = +
minority = +
male/ non-minority = (we won't assume "-")
I already foresee many practical difficulties that will arise
from this simplistic construction. For example: 1) why were
To the Editor:
The Administration is the sole cause for the student body's
predicament of high tuition and PC policy. They have molded
the minds of the students, particularly those running the
Orient, into their own models of prejudices. Are we, the
students, the proletarians that feed the Administration? Where
would they be without our money? It is terrible to see the
disproportion among our labor and the rights yielded to us.
How can the Orient write, "But it's over." What is over? The
struggle for the basic rights of man, liberty in particular.
Obviously, the Orient has renounced liberty.
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender
the rights of humanity and even its d uties. . . Such a renu nciation
is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from
his will is to remove all morality from his acts. Finally, it is an
empty and contradictory convention that sets up, on the one
side, absolute authority, and, on the other, unlimited obed ience.
(The Social Contract or the Principles of Political Right, Rousseau)
The Orient is ready to accept "absolute authority" and
"unlimited obedience" from the Administration. The Orient
agrees that Constitutional Rights do not extend to private
institutions. Agrees with who? — the Administration of all
private institutions who seek to create their own automatons,
ones without thoughts for themselves? Do the students really
need a hierarchical position to guide our thoughts? Joshua
Sprague, member of the BAAF, does not think so. And for this,
I dedicate this quote from Montesquieu, The Persian Letters:
"What a relief for us to know that there is in the hearts of all
men an inner principle in our behalf and protecting us from
their attempts."
Where was such an organization four years ago? Sprague,
like the entire student body, fell victim to the Administration's
authority and was placed in the cocoon of "unlimited
obedience." Now, he has broken from the cocoon in an attempt
to free the students. Everyone ridicules change. And so, the
student body has ridiculed Mr. Sprague. Our very own
alumnus, SenatorCeorge Mitchell, has fallen victim to the
cocoon of "unlimited obedience." Did he fear that his own
thoughts would be wrong when Mr. Sprague questioned his
opinion on Bowdoin's PC policy? There is no doubt that there
is a high correlation between "ass-kissing" and job placement
in our world. Senator Mitchell istheepitome. Senator Mitchell
will certainly be asked to return to Bowdoin again.
Bryan Thorpe *95
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1992
Student Opinion
Views From the Couch What is Jeopardy*
Brian
Sung
As I watched the
Tournament of Geeks, er,
Champions Week on
"Jeopardy" last night, I
wondered why these people
knew so much useless stuff.
And how did they come
about their veritable
cornucopias of knowledge? I
mean, honestly, how the hell
do you know the answers to
five questions on the subject,
"Kings named Haakim?" Do
you sit around all day and
study every thesaurus,
encyclopedia, "Believe It or
Not" book and "Book of One
Thousand Useless Facts That
You Will Never Need In Life
Unless You Appear On
Jeopardy" like Rosie Perez did in "White Men Can't Jump"?
Then I thought about the prevalence of this game show in
our society.
It is one of Nintendo's best selling video games, it's board
game does brisk sales, and I know of one women who
watched the show every night last year. In fact, if you wandered
like your accomplishments have anything to do with anyone
else. Win or lose, it's all on you.
In "Jeopardy" you know how much everything is worth.
It's not like "oh, look at those shoes. They cost 84,000 dollars-
maybe they're worth it." No! It's so simple: "Foods that Start
with the letter Q for $100"; there you go, it's worth one
hundred dollars. And everything is in order. Not that I like
order, but you know that the $300 question is harder than the
$200. How great would it be knowing which classes would be
harder than others? You could then plan out a schedule that
you could actually deal with instead
of a schcdulcthat read: Neurophysics,
Organic Chemistry, Project Calc 181
and History of the World 1800 B.C-
1992.
Finally, nobody really loses. Sure,
the winner walks away with
something insane like $18,000 for a
half's hour work, but that's okay
^mmm^^^^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^t^mm^^^mmi^tmmmmmm^^^^mamm 'cause he has no life. But the second
is the real editor-in-chief of f he Orient." Everybody wants real and third P^ce contestants win, too! Admittedly, the Lady
life to be just like "Jeopardy." Remington shaver, a package of cheese, the new improved
I mean, here is a case in which you always have a winner. Shower Mateandaboxof Corn Rakes doesn't really compare,
There is no doubt about it: Someone has to win. He/she is the *>"* i4 is better torn nothing. Plus, you get the home version of
best. How great would it be if you could just do something the game. How can you lose?
and say, "I kicked everyone's butt. I'm the best." And it's not God, wouldn't life be great?
into her room at 7:29, she would rope you into a game where
you kept the score. Why has this game become so popular?
So sitting back on a couch last night I hit it. The answer.
Well, actually there are two answers for me. My first being
that I hate Alex Trebek and have a morbid fascination in
watching his arrogant manner on the TV, waiting for the
moment in which he truly messes up. But the reason why
everybody likes the show just hit me. Boom! It was easier than
answering, er, questioning "Who is Brian Farnham?" for "He
God, wouldn't life
be great?
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
Outta here!!!
That" s us baby, and hopefully it's all of you too, because,
well, we don't like you or this place.
Grade-point average means nothing towards your future.
And, now for the weather . . . Hey, it snowed. There are
sooo many good things to do in the snow. HEEYYY, Okay.
Now that we have dispensed with the usual wierd words
at the beginning of this stupid thing and turned away all
educated people from ever reading us again, we'll write the
%$# A & article.
Article: Remember Scottie Ridley from Parents' Week?
Meet him again.
"See ya' in a few days, Hart. Ill bring you some clothes
from home."
"Yeah," mumbled Hart never looking up from his English
21 homework fThaf s the poetry of William The Refrigerator"
Perry and its eye-opening comments on the Siberian snow
weasel, baby).
"See ya in an hour or so, huh?"
Scottie gently shut the door and he wondered if Hart knew
that it was Thanksgiving break. He stepped out into the
snow in front of Appleton Hall with four suitcases and
looked to the steps of the Union for that stupid Jetport Li mo
to Portland that only freshmen take on Thanksgiving break
because they don't have enough friends to give them a ride.
Stupid freshmen.
fine diamond-zirconium-leather.
"Scottie, you run down that aisle there, boy, and ask that
man for the turkey we put on reserve Go on now, boy, hurry
up," prods Scottie's dad as they enter the store.
As Scottie broke into an ambling run, his grandmother's
eyes flipped wide open for the first time in forty years.
That boy!!! Stopthatboy!! He stole my purse!!!" Shebroke
into the kind of ambling run that Neil Young could handle on
The return of Scottie
Ridley: Thanksgiving
nightmare
a good day, or that Bernie Kosar could muster with two
broken legs. She promptly wiped out in the frozen foods able
[.' Anniston, Alabama, 1961: Freedom Riders completely
jacked up by multiple mobs. Jim Zwerg completely jacked
with 56 stitches.
Anniston, Alabama, 1992: Scottie Ridley steps off of the
Greyhound into the long-since integrated bus station and is
greeted by his father.
"Boy! How are you, son! I brought you a surprise, boy!"
"Hi dad. How are you?"
"Look, boy! I brought your grandma to the bus station,
boy!!" he said putting his arm around Scottie's shoulders.
Now let's understand a few things. Grandma Ridley is
over two hundred years old and she has absolutely no idea
who Scottie is. None Zero. Bubble
Later that day: Scottie, Dad, and She-who-should-be-in-a-
grave Grandma (her nickname) are in the Super Giant Buy-
and-Eat superstore parking lot. As the three exit the Ridley's
1964 El Camino, Dad suggests to granny that she leave her
purse in the car to prevent the loss or misplacement of the
The Tnanksgiving dinner table the next night was torture.
"So, little Scottie," an aunt sitting across from him whined.
"Do you have a little someone special up there at that Yankee
Yoooneeeversity?" >
Scottie felt his face flush and mustered a small smile "No,
AuntCroce" /-> ;;« . K
"A www ww, come on now," crooned another obese aunt.
One too many eclairs for her. "Isn't there someone just a little -
more special than everyone else up there?"
/"You know, they are co-ed dorms, Larry," Scottie's mom
chimed in to the fat aunt. Whoever heard of a woman named
Larry?
Scottie began to swear under his breath. "Nope. Don't have
a girlfriend," he said through a mouthful of turkey.
"A WWW! Yougot to! A cute little youngster Iikeyourself,"
snorted Aunt Davis.
"Alright! Fine! Yeah, I do have someone special at school,"
Scottie stammered to the delight of his relatives.
"And his name is Hart."
Silence.
Hi, Worm! You're a strange kid.
'Til pick you up in an hour, that'll make it 8:00. I'll bring
a case, you bring the tunes. You gotta see my new Integra. It
rocks," bellowed Scottie's best friend from high school, the
man they call Dirt.
"Oh, Dirt gets a new Acura and no holiday relatives, while
I get a Massachusetts 350th year anniversary T-shirt that fits
like an infants' small. I just can't wait to get out of here for a
while," mumbled Scottie while he mellowed out to the 7
minute-plus version of "Cortez."
Dirt was there before 8:00: "the car's just so fast, I can't get
over the change from that old Volvo 1 was driving," bragged
Dirty-boy.
"Yeah,sowr«re^stheKeystone,Dirt?"inquiredthesingIe-
minded Scottie Harf s effect was more evident than ever on
the converted- Southern-Catholic-school-sports-phenom.
Two hours later, Scottie was semi-drunk at a party and
talking toGina, his girlfriend for all of senior year at Anniston
"Wehate-outside-agitators* High.
"So you're going out with Pete Samuelson. Wow. He's an
utter failure, Gina."
"Shut up, Scottie. You're nothing." Gina spun on her
heels and stepped lightly out of the room, showing off her
obvious lack of the freshman fifteen.
Scottie stumbled over to Dirt (Those 4 shotguns didn't
square his coordination at all): "Dirt! What's the story with
Gina and Samuelson?"
Dirt: "Oh you didjil hear? He landed a contract with
Paramount. He's playing opposite Eddie Murphy in his new
movieXolumbusSailedtheOcean Blue ." (Aren't there enough
of those movies about that guy, anyway.)
- V' - «
Disaster #3 had struck over tragic hero.
Scottie climbed onto the Greyhound bus on Sunday
afternoon with a happy heart. "Outta' here/'
Of course Scottie's dad had forgot to slip him the old
pocket change at the end of the vacation that everyone else
gets.
He rolled do wn the window at the request of his mother's
frantically waving arms, figuring it would be the last of her
34 sloppy kisses good-bye
"OH! Scottie, Uncle Chet and Aunt Buffy are going to a
convention at the Bath Iron Works plant for three weeks."
"Where are they they going to stay, Mom?" Scottie asked,
doom settling on his heart.
"They called from your room last night."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1992
15
Women's swimming
reaches for the top
«5
By Erik B artenh agen
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Thewomen'sswimmingteam,
after finishing last season with
an 8-1 mark and placing third in
New England, is poised to take
over the top spot this year after
losing only three seniors and
returning three A U- Americans.
Anchoring the squad this year
will be senior tri-captain Ruth
Reinhard, who looks to continue
her All- American performance
in the backstroke. Joining
Reinhard as captains are
Elizabeth Dahl '93 in freestyle
and diver Anna Nakasone '93,
Key returning swimmers are
two sophomore All-Americans,
Muffy Merrick in freestyle and
Molly Fey in the breaststroke.
Junior Melinda Zych is also
returning for her third year
swimming the butterfly.
This season's first-year
swimmers look to be a strong
group which will contribute
significantly right from the start.
In particular, Kimberly Ballinger
and Cheryl Pettijohn along with
diver Roseanne Werner should
be key additions to the squad.
"No doubt about it, we are
returning a very strong squad,"
said Head Coach Charlie Butt.
"The team lost only three seniors
and we are returning three
outstanding All-American
swimmers. In addition, some
first-years will be coming in to
fill some holes, particularly in
diving."
Coach Butt feels confident
about his team's ability heading
into the season opener at Bab so n .
"If we swim up to our
capabilities, we should have no
problems against Babson," he
said.
Men's x-country comes
in sixth at New Englands
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
The male harriers headed to
Gorham for the New England
Division III championships last
Saturday. After coming into the
race ranked ninth, the Polar Bears
pulled off a minor upset defeating
Coast Guard and MIT while coming
in sixth behind Williams, Brandeis,
Tufts, Colby and Wesleyan. The
team finished sixth among thirty
teams competeing at the
championships.
Several seniors ended their cross
country careers, including the
team's top finisher Dave Wood.
Wood finished seventh overall,
earning All New England status
with a time of 26:33.
"Dave got into a good rhythm
early in the race and kept reeling
people in. He had a real good
approach to the race and ran with a
lot of pride and confidence," said
Coach Slovenski.
Cam Wobus '95 managed to
surprise everyone with a stellar
performance, coming in twenty-
seventh overall and second for the
team with a time of 27:08. Wobus,
brings hope to a team that is
graduating three of its top five
runners.
Senior team captain, Andrew
Yim, began the race with the leaders
but ended thirtieth overall finishing
with a time of 27:23. Yim finished
third for the Bears.
Placing thirty-fifth overall and
fourth on the team was first year
Blaine Maley. Maley turned in his
best race of the season with a time of
27:28. Andy Kinley came in fifty
ninth overall and fifth on the team
with a time of 27:59. Dan Sacco '96
and Tom Eng '95 came in sixty fourth
and eighteith overall.
"We finished a good successful
season. I'm proud of the way the
strong first-years developed making
contribution to the team," said
Coach Slovenski.
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Team Rankings
CROSS COUNTRY
N.E. Div. 3 Foils
Men
1. Williams
2. Brandeis
3. Tufts
4. Colby
5. Wesleyan
6. Bowdoin
7. Coast Guard
8. MIT
9. Bates
10. Middlebury
Women
1. Bowdoin
2. Williams
3. Colby
4. Tufts
5. Coast Guard
6. Conn. College
7. Bates
8. Middlebury
9. Brandeis
10. Mt. Holyoke
Results as of 11/17
Colby retains CBB championship as the Bears fall 26-18
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin football team
continued to experience troubles on
the road, last Saturday, as the Polar
Bears fell to arch-rival Colby 26-18
at Waterville. Bowdoin's loss
dropped their record to 3-4 and gave
the Polar Bears a second place finish
in the CBB for the second straight
year.
Unable to hold on to a five point
lead (18-13) at the end of the third
quarter, the Polar Bears yielded to
the White Mules two fourth quarter
touchdowns, that crushed the Polar
Bears' hopes of finishing over 500
for the first time since 1987.
Coming out of the locker room
trailing 7-6, the Polar Bears scored
quickly in the third quarter on a 56
yard drive making the score 12-7.
Colby went on to score but the
offense responded with a seven yard
run by fullback Bill Dolley ('93).
Trailing 18-13 at the beginning of
the fourth quarter, the White Mules
took over the game. The Colby
offense quickly added two
touchdowns, that put Bowdoin
down by eight.
With one minute remaining in
the game, the Polar Bears faced third
and two at the Colby four yard line.
The White Mules stuffed Bowdoin
on two straight running plays to
preserve the victory.
Bowdoin's loss was compounded
by the fact, that it marked the last
appearance in a Bowdoin uniform
by Senior tail-back Eric LaPlaca.
LaPlaca suffered a shoulder injury
mid-way through the third quarter,
that will sidelined him for the rest
of the year. LaPlaca has been the
work-horse of the Bowdoin offense
for the past three years. LaPlaca
finished his career with 1,891 yards
(good enough for fourth place in
Bowdoin history) and 13 Bowdoin
college records, including most
career touchdowns, most career
points, longest run from scrimmage,
and most all-purpose yards in a
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992
Sports
Women harriers take first New England title
By Peter L. Adams
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Last weekend, the favored
women harriers of Bowdoin
captured their first New England
Division III Championship in the
program's history. 'This team
knows how to win," said Coach
Slovenski. "They run their best,
and have the most fun, in the big
races. They have performed
gracefully under pressure all
season."
In what was an amazing
performance, the Polar Bears
amassed a point total of forty-eight
points with Williams (107) and
Colby (141) placing second and
third, respectively. This win left the
Polar Bears with a final record of 89-
9 for the season, with the nine losses
coming at the hands of Division I
teams.
While the final score illustrates a
substantial margin of victory, the
outset of the race was challenging
for the Bowdoin squad. "We were
trapped in back behind a big crowd
of runners during the first mile, but
the team moved up beautifully
when the race stretched out in the
second mile," said Slovenski.
Bowdoin was led by the trio of
Ashley Werhner '93, Muf fy Merrick
"95 and Eileen Hunt '93, who each
earned a trip to Nationals which
will be held this weekend at Union
College in New York. Finishing
second out of over 180 runners was
( senior Ashley Werhner, who ran
18:15 for the 3.1 mile course at
Gorham Country Club. Werhner
cited "familiarity with the course"
and "being relaxed" as two reasons
for her stalwart performance.
Muf fy Merrick chopped twenty-
six seconds from her time last year,
running 18:32 and placing fourth.
Despite a hamstring injury which
had kept her from doing any quality
workouts in past weeks, Hunt
finished in ninth place in a time of
18:50.
The number four runner all
season, Darcie Storin '95, was unable
to compete due to injury, but her
teammates, first- years Kristen Card
and Janet Mulcahy and junior
Anthea Schmidt stepped up their
performance to negate her absence.
While Card was the second fastest
first-year in the race finishing
thirteenth in 19:10, Mulcahy was
the third fastest first-year as she
I "TVWk^sL,
The women's cross country team in hill force.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
rounded out the scoring for the Polar serves as astounding representation Bears in New York as they aim for
Bears in twentieth place (19:16)
Werhner,Hunt, Merrick, Card, and
Mulcahy each earned All-New
England honors for their
performances. Although Anthea
Schmidt was the sixth runner for
Bowdoin (27th, 19:27), she could
have been the number one runner
for fifteen teams in the meet. This
of the depth of this cross-country
team.
The winner of this meet earns an
invitation to nationals, but NESC AC
rules prevent Bowdoin from
attending nationals as a team.
Werhner, Merrick and Hunt,
however, will represent the Polar
Ail-American honors. Although
graduation will claim Werhner and
Hunt, the top two runners, Merrick,
Storin, Schmidt, Card, and Mulcahy
will be returning next fall to thwart
any challengers with hopes of
knocking off the cross-country
powerhouse from Brunswick,
Maine.
Men's ice hockey laces up for the season
By Randy Steinberg
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The Polar Bears will kick off the
1992-93 season at Babson on Friday,
November 20. Bowdoin' s season
ended last year at the hands of
Babson in the ECAC East
quarterfinals. The team will be
charged up to avenge their ousting
from the tournament. The Bears
finished last season with an overall
record of 15-10.
Coach Terry Meagher begins his
tenth year as head coach of the men's
hockey team. During his tenure as
coach, he has tallied a record of 157-
70-7. Meagher is optimistic yet
cautious about Bo wdoin's prospects
for this year. Of the league he says,
"We will probably be in a middle
group of teams, behind University
of Connecticut, Babson and Salem
State, that will be fighting for a
playoff position." Playing in newly
renovated Dayton Arena, Bowdoin
looks to "become competitive as
quickly as possible so that we can
earn a place in the playoffs,"
according to Meagher.
The 1991-92 squad graduated nine
seniors, among which Chris Delaney
'92 and Steve Kashian '92 will be
sorely missed. The two combined
for a career total of 87 goals and 1 34
assists. The team returns sixteen
lettermen and welcomes seven first-
year players to the squad.
This year, youth will be the key
word for the hockey team. The
Bowdoin attack will be led by the
1991-92 ECAC East Rookie of the
year, Marcello Gentile '95. In his
inaugural season he scored fourteen
goals and had eight assists. Gentile
will be complemented by the
sophomore t win sensations, Charles
and Joseph Gaffney '95. The two
combined for sixty-two points last
season. Meagher sees good things
in store for this sophomore trio,
saying "All three were very
successful last year, but with success
comes high expectations. We look
Men's ice
hockey
preview
for them to continue to develop."
Also expected to have good years
are seniors Derek Richard and
Christopher Couto. The two posted
marks of 24 and 18 point totals last
season, respectively.
The defense will be anchored by
captain James Klapman '93. "Jim is
an outstanding talent, and he is one
of the best defense men in the
league," according to Meagher.
Klapman is complemented by
Brian Clifford '93. On the Bear's
defense Clifford said, "We have
three first-year and four returning
players. The mix of upper classmen
with newcomers will make for a
strong defensive nucleus."
Again, youth will play a large
role in Bo wdoin's defensive make-
up. Sophomores Paul Crouteau and
Timothy CSullivan Jr. will be an
integral part of the Bears defense.
Crouteau was Bowdoin' s highest
scoring defensemen last season with
1 6 points. CSullivan scored less but
played significant minutes and
gained valuable experience
necessary for this year's effort.
The goal tending will be handled
by the returning tandem of Tom
Sablak '93 and Darren Hersh '93.
Both had strong seasons last year
and should improve remarkably.
Tom Sablak posted a record of 5-5
with a 3.95 goals against average,
while Hersh checked in with a 9-5
record and a 3.17 average.
"We obviously have the most
experience in goal, and that is a nice
place to have experience. Both
Darren and Tom have seen every
team in the league over the last four
years, so there should be few
surprises for them," said Meagher.
Goal tending will be very important
for Bowdoin this season. With a
young team, Hersh and Sablak will
have to be solid in net this year and
show their experience as well as
leadership.
When Bowdoin laces up Friday
night against Babson, they will have
a long haul ahead of them. In a very
competitive league, coach Meagher
feels that a record equal to last year's
will be a solid one. "Over the last
three or four years this league has
developed into a very competitive
one. Fans should see some good
exciting hockey, and we will be
challenged in each game," according
to Meagher.
Swim team flips into a new season.
Photo by Erin s»u invan.
Week In Sports
Date Team
Opponent
Time
11/21 Women's
@ Babson
2:00 p.m.
Swimming
11/24 Basketball
Lithuanian
National Team
8:00 p.m.
11/29 Football
Tufts ©Galway
TBA
Ireland
Inside Sports: Women's swimming... Women's x-country.. .Football
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
NUMBER 11
Students face death threat
Zetes living at 40 Harpswell Street confront angry rifle-toting neighbor
patrolled the driveway that a car in the driveway between the
By MICHAEL GOLDEN separates the two houses, ensuring houses. The car belonged to two of
that visitors did not approach, or the passengers, DimitriSeretakis '94
park close to, Newton's property, and Anthony Seretakis '95. Also in
ORIENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
the car were John Ghanotakis '94
and Sanjay Hegde '95. After they
exited the vehicle, Newton glared
at them from his window and
motioned to them to move their car.
a friend attempted to move their , He apparently believed that visitors
truck out of Zete's driveway, using the driveway were parking
on his property, adjacent to the
driveway.
"Initially, I thought I was on the
driveway. It was difficult to tell
because there was a half-inch of
Wielding a gun in their faces, a He stayed outside for an hour while
neighbor of the Zeta Psi fraternity Newton watched him from a
house threatened the lives of several window nearly the entire time,
students last Monday evening and The harassment continued when
Tuesday morning. The gun was at 11 :00 p.m., Nicholas Gass '93 and
never fired, and no students suffered
physical injuries.
The neighbor, Basil Newton of 42 Newton came out of his house and
Harpswell Street, reportedly has a pointed his gun at the window of
history of problems with the Zetes, the truck. Gass' friend, the driver,
who have occupied the house next got out of the vehicle and proceeded
door to him since the fall of 1991. to ask Newton what he wanted in
Newton has been described as over exchange for dropping the gun. Gass snow on the ground," said Jenkins
80 years old and unstable. then exited the truck, but Newton Anthony Seretakis motioned back
On Monday evening Zete was pointed the gun at him and said that to Newton, asking what he wanted,
hosting a party. The first sign of he would shoot him if he moved Newton then revealed his rifle in
trouble came when several people any further. the window, waving it at the car.
at the partv reported that Newton Newton was reported to look Seretakis immediately removed his
pointedagunatthem.Between9:30 confused and only after car,and parked the vehicle closer to
p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Jonathan Dugan approximately five minutes did he
'95, a Zete who lives at the house, lower his gun. Gass and the driver
re-entered the truck while Newton
threatened to shoot both of them if
he ever saw them again. At this
approached Newton's house to
speak with him and inquire about
any problems. Newton answered
the door and yelled at Dugan
the Zete house, on the driveway.
Jenkins walked to the end of the
driveway and saw a cruiser driving
by. He chased the police car which
stopped along Harpswell Road.
Dugan attempted to calm the the police,
neighbor, and left shortly after. The next eruption occurred at
Concerned that residents of Zete or 12:30 a.m. when Jonathan Jenkins, a
people coming to the party might former Bowdoin student who
further annoy Newton, Dugan transferred to Yale this year, parked
point no one had made any calls to After telling the officer of the
situation, Jenkins was instructed to
sit in the back of the cruiser. The
officer then drove to the scene and
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
'"Tis the season..."
Seasonal ambience is provided by Bowdoin Dining Service with
a little festive decoration in Wentworth Dining Hall on Tuesday
night for the holiday dinner prepared by the BCDS Thursday.
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Forum held to discuss memorial proves convincing
Members of the Memorial Committee reviews the inclusion of alumni who served for the Axis in WWII
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
Erin Coluns
orient contributor
Dean Ward organized a small
meeting Wednesday for concerned
faculty, students and members of
the Memorial Committee in order
to field input concerning the
inclusion of two Bowdoin alumni
who were World War II Axis
participants, on a memorial in its
planning stages.
The memorial honors the
members of the "Bowdoin family"
who served in World War II, the
Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
The granite wall will list the names
of those that are known to havedied
as a result of involvement in the
wars.
The controversy swirling about
this issue involves complicated
questions of ethics, and questions
about whether this honors an
individual or a larger historical
symbol.
Plans for this (service) memorial,
which is slated for completion by
the spring of 1994, have caused
alarm among various members of
the College community. This
meeting of 14 people involved
cautious yet constructive debate
about the issue.
1 have been very touched by the
amount of pain that this has caused,"
said Professor Kaster, a member of
the committee. She has changed her
mind and now opposes listing the
names of the Bowdoin alumni that
died fighting for Germany and Italy.
Raster's conversion marks a
possible shifting tide of sentiment
among members of the committee.
She said that she is "embarrassed"
that she initially did not foresee
implications of the two names.
Everett Pope '41, chairman of the
committee, was not present at the
committee, but is reported to have
changed his mind as well and now
opposes the inclusion.
Several members of ihe
Committee are Bowdoin alumni of
the Class of 1941 . As ten percent of
their classmates died in World War
II, they have a personal concern with
The controversy..,
involves questions.
..about whether
this honors an
individual or a
larger historical
symbol.
the issue. Yet, Robert Cross '41 said
that he is now leaning toward
removing the two names in
question. Incidentally, Cross was a
member of the US forces overseas.
In November 1943, he said, he
moved from North Africa to Italy.
Ward stated that the gathering
was not a formal meeting of the
Committee, and therefore no final
decision has been reached.
"Let me ask for the continuing
patience of those people not on the
Committee," said Kaster. The
construction of the memorial is not
an immediate concern; there is time
to consider the issue.
F. Pope is "the most honorable
person I have ever known in my
entire life. Period. He says this
issueisopen," said Professor Kaster.
The Italian Bowdoin alum,
Manfredi Azzarita, served as a
combatant while the German alum,
Gunther Wilmsen, was a war
correspondent. Uncertainty
surrounds these figures, for little is
known of the exact circumstances
of their decision to fight against the
Allied forces.
It is believed, however, that the
Italian soldier Azzarita was in fact a
member of forces resistant to the
Germans. The Nazis murdered him
for this effort in 1944.
As a war correspondent,
Wilmsen' s position makes him more
reprehensible to some than the
partisan Italian.
Amy Cohen '95 said the names
have "symbolic connotations of Nazi
Germany."
Clearly as Professor Reizbaum
points out, "symbolic disruption"
surrounds this issue. According to
Professor Kaster it "is not possible"
to move beyond the existing
symbolism.
Ben Cohen '93 offered further
support for the abolishment of the
names in claiming that Bowdoin
appeared to have a "fervent desire
to be inclusive. Bowdoin really
showed itself in a way that horrified
me."
"Fascism is rewriting history and
it seemed that it appeared here," B.
Cohen said.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
Orientation
Surpise for Barbara Raster
Retiring Professor of English Barbara Raster received a rosy send-off by
members of the Committee of 20 Years of Co-education and friends.
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Bovvdoin Dance
The annual studio show is the last performance of the semester. It will
be held Friday night at 7:30 pm in Pickard Theater.
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Women's B-ball enters a rebuilding year, but starts it off right with a 2-
1 record beating M.I.T and UMass Boston but losing to Bates.
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collegiate crossword
ACROSS
1. Chew noisily
6. Inundates
12. "Ben Hur" vehicle
14. French city or lace
15. Toiler
16. point
17. Mr. Wallach
18. Entertainers
20. Map abbreviation
21. Baseball champs of 1986
23. Startle
24. Fibber
25. Stupefies
27. Weight units (abbr.)
28. Bell sounds
29. Ocean story? (2 wds.)
31. Dr. Salk
32. Beige (2 wds.)
34. Bay of Naples isle
36. Sleigh parts
39. Military student
40. Confer knighthood upon
41. Inscribed stone
43. Taking repose
44. Cowboy gear
46. Slight or remote
47. Equilibrium
48. Figures out
50. Miss Lupino
51. Mouthlike
opening
53. Cats
55. Terms of office
56. Comrades
57. Cubic meters
58. Potatoes
DOWN
1. Ski lodges
2. Frequenter
3. Spanish gold
4. "Look out!" (Sp.)
5. John donne's forte
6. Blaze of light
7. Telescope part
8. Candian province (abbr.)
9. Simple wind instrument
10. 1.D. collars (2 wds.)
11. Shows scorn
12. Mr. Kadiddlehopper, et al.
13. Submit tamely
14. Affirms
19. Plains plant
•22. Broke, as a losing streak
24. Small finches
26. Commence
28. Epsom
30. Miss MacGraw
31. Actor
Hall
33. Has an influence on (2
wds.)
34. Long-running Broadway
show
35. "Sweet "
37. Like serviced brakes
38. Baseball pitches
39. English explorers
40. Fruit favorite
42. Gather together
44. Sneaker part
45. Hebrew measures
48. drill
49. happy
52. Game show prize
54. Printer's union
Compiled by Michael Golden
Security Log
Saturday, Nov. 21 .
12.-00a.rn.
A student loses a diamond ring
while attending a party at Chi
Delta Phi. She took the ring off
and asked a friend to place it in his
pocket. The ring apparently fell
out of the student' pocket, and has
not been found since.
12:39 p.m.
A student ignites a small fire at
Delta Sigma after throwing a lit
match into a wastepaper basket
The fire is confined to the barrel
but triggers the house's fire alarm .
1150 p.m.
Two Security officers observe a
group of males pushing a black
Volkswagen Cabriolet across
Farley Drive and toward the tennis
courts. The officers approach the
scene and all subjects claim to have
no I J), with them. The subjects
became "very belligerent,* and
claimed not to have pushed the
car, whkh was now parked in the
bushes next to the courts. The
of ficers instruct the males to wait
while they inspected the auto for
any damage. Brunswick Police
officers arrive to handle the
investigation. On Sunday, thecar's
owner contacted Security and said
that the perpetrators were friends
playing a joke on her . The Cabriolet
survived this car- jacking with only
minor scrapes, and is ready to
return to full service in the suburbs.
Sunday, Nov. 22
1255 p.m.
A student reports that between 8:30
p.m., Friday and 8:00 a.m.,
Saturday, someone shattered the
windshield of her Audi 5000. The
car was parked in the Kappa Delta
Theta lot. No other cars suffered
damage.
10:18 p.m.
A fire alarm indicates trouble in
Coles To wer suite 9A. Upon arrival,
Security encounters much smoke
and calls Brunswick Fire
Department. The fire was put out
by a fire extinguisher operated by
a student. Fire fighters doused hot
spots with water. Blankets on a
couch, papers, books, and curtains
not issued by Bowdoin were
burned. The students living in 9A
had replaced the fire-resistant
Bowdoin curtains with flammable
ones. A candle in front on the
window sill ignited the curtains.
One student suffered minor burns
on her arm.
Monday, Nov. 23
1050-11:00 p.m.
A hit and run accident occurs in the
parking lot adjacent to the
Russwurm Afro-American Center.
A student driving a Chevrolet
Suburban crashes into another
student's empty vehicle, ripping off
the driver's side mirror, and then
proceeds to flee the scene of the
crime. Two witnesses recognized
the driver who damaged the car
and reported him to Security . After
confirming the driver as the owner
of the vehicle, he is advised to turn
himself into Brunswick Police
Department.
Correction:
In the November 6 Security Log,
we reported that "Security [found 1
one empty beer on the grassadjacent
to Coles Tower walkway." The
entry should have read that Security
found one empty beer keg.
Recycle this paper today!
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
In search of the new
Dean of the College
Committee chairs narrow applicant pool,
invite seven candidates to visit campus
By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
The Committee formed last
spring to find a new permanent
Dean of the College refined its
applicant pool and charged ahead
last week to invite seven candidates
to visit the campus before the
semester winds down.
The Committee whittled down
its pool of about 180 applicants
recently, mailing out about 160
rejection notices. A floating list of
twentyorthirty candidates remains
in addition to the seven already
invited.
As applications are still filtering
in, the initial culling process is by
no means complete. The College
has been conducting phone
interviews with various applicants.
The Committee hopes to make
an offer by the end of January. This
year Dean James Ward is serving
as the interim Dean of the College.
President Edwards and
Associate Professor McMahon are
co-chairs of the Committee, which
holds four additional faculty
members, two administrators, and
two students.
"Wehavebeen considering what
the position is all about," said
McMahon. She wishes to "cast as
wide a' net as possible."
Several weeks ago the faculty
strengthened the affirmative action
policy at Bowdoin as it approved
the recommendations of the Report
of the Subcommittee on Diversity.
In light of this professed desire for
stronger diversity, committee
members do see race and gender as
important considerations.
"By definition, of course if
somebody brings a perspective
that is not well represented, this
will help," said McMahon. She
added, There is no question that
in 1992 there are problems with
having an all-male senior
administration." Dean Jervis left
last spring, as the only female
senior administrator.
"More than any other position,
the question of fit is going to be
important," said Edwards. "The
pool was less strong initially,
although we had the numbers. But
several of us got on the phone to
people we knew. And it shows
what you can do if you have
contacts out there and if you push
them. Now 1 feel the pool is very
strong."
There is a wide range of
"More than any
other position,
the question of fit
is going to be
important. "
backgrounds in the applicant
pool. The initial group of 180
included representatives of 40
states, two Canadian provinces,
France, and Australia.
The candidates' experience
extends beyond that of
educational aministrators.
Ed wardssaid the pool introduces
"people who, on the face of it,
have had pretty unconventional
backgrounds."
About 95 percent of the
applicants hold Ph.D.s.
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for women's ice hockey team
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
The process following the
complaint filed by the women's ice
hockey team remains incomplete.
The College still awaits an on-sight
investigation by the Boston Office
of Civil Rights of the Department of
Education.
The complaint, issued on May 14,
1992, by the women's ice hockey
team, alleged unfair treatment by
Bowdoin College. The women's
team cited favoritism towards the
men's hockey and football teams as
the reason for filing the Title IX
complaint against the College.
After the complaint was issued,
the College had fifteen calender days
to submit requested, unbiased data
to the Office of Civil Rights.
Even though the fifteen-day time
slot included the Fourth of July
weekend, Bowdoin submitted a ten-
inch high stack of material on time.
This material included everything
from practice schedules to coaches'
salaries.
Dayton hockey arena.
From the date this material was
submitted, theOfficeof Civil Rights
had 135 days to conduct an on-
sight investigation to determine
whether the College was at fault
with any of its policies. The 135-
day deadline has long since expired,
and no investigation has been
ordered.
"We simply have no idea why it
is taking so long," said Dean of the
College James Ward.
After Title IX legislation that
concentrated on fighting gender
discrimination was passed in 1972,
Photo by Jen Schwebel.
people around the country began to
complain that the system was
extraordinarily slow in reacting to
filed complaints.
After thousands of complaints, a
local court issued strict time
, requirements to increasethe rapidity
of the due process of law. The court
established the 15- and 135-day
guideline for Title IX complaints.
Twenty years later, these time
allotments are no longer laws, but
rather guidelines to which Title IX
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)
Deficit creates tortuous path
By Dave Simmons
orient contributor
When President Ed wardsarrived
at Bowdoin in 1990, he was handed
what he considered a full-fledged
fiscal crisis, with a multi-million-
dollar deficit three ti mes greater than
projected. His subsequent
commitment to balancing the
budget has resulted in sweeping
cutbacks over the last three years.
However, current budget
projections for 1993-94 indicate that
more than $980,000 still needs to be
cut to eliminate the deficit.
The budget cuts have been a cause
of concern for some faculty.
Economics Professor David Vail, a
member of the President's Strategic
Planning Task Force feels that
enough cuts have already been made
that any further reduction will start
to affect the "quality of program" at
Bowdoin.
James Ward, the dean of the
College, concurs. "This is very
serious business," he says. "The
budgets have undoubtedly been
reduced— it's as plain as can be. I just
can't find any fat left in this budget,
and believe me, I've looked."
Other faculty feel that budget
restrictions have already cut into
the quality of the program at
Bowdoin. Although Vail did not
want to speak for the faculty as to
whether the cuts had in any way
compromised the character of the
College, he said that the process in
general has been a healthy one. "We
got very fat and sloppy in the
eighties," he said.
Kent Chabotar, Vice President for
Finance and Administration and
College Treasurer, agrees that the
boom years of the eighties led to the
current crisis. During these years,
rampant tuition increases and
general availability of funds led to
lack of control and overspending.
But Chabotar doesn't agree with
Vail's characterization. There were
"too many people, too many
programs," he says, but "people
weren't sitting around trying to
waste money."
Chabotar also feels that the
"academic program hasn't suffered
much at all," and stresses that part
of President Edwards' fiscal plan
includes decreasing the operational
budget to accommodate an increase
in the percentage of the budget
spent on academics.
Professor John Turner expresses
doubt, however. 'If that means
only effect that he foresees is that
"we will not be allowed some of the
flexibility in programming (such as
speakers or performers) that we had
in the past, and we will have to work
harder as individ uals to compensate
those losses."
Regarding the need for cutbacks
in general, he says, "I wish we didn't
have to do this, but I certainly
understand the reasons for it. We
hope this will not last long."
Ward is disappointed by the fact
that fewer student services will be
able to be offered because of the
financial crisis, recognizing that
"This is very serious business... The
budgets have undoubtedly been reduced-
it is as plain as can be. I just can 'tfind
any fat left in this budget, and believe
me, I've looked.
n
taking less seriously our concern
for students outside the classroom,
it would be a mistake," he says.
"All of [the faculty! are spending
far too much of our time on the
budget. Everything we do has a
price tag on it. It would be a real
shame for anything done with
financial exigency to have academic
consequences."
Turner is also concerned about
the perception that "Bowdoin
spends an inappropriate
percentage of the budget on things
called 'student services'. It is not
my perception that student services
here are more than barely adequate.
We may end up with a Dean (of
Student's] office even more
understaffed."
Dean of Students Ken Lewallen,
however, does not predict that "my
office will be particularly affected
by the projected cuts in terms of
staffing and programming." The
"what you learn at Bowdoin comes
in large part from programs outside
the classroom."
Ward also says that the percentage
of the budget spent on academics is
low compared to other schools, and
therefore feels it is "a perfectly valid
purpose to increase that percentage
in the students' interest. I think we've
been forced to make that choice."
Understanding that Bowdoin has
some difficult decisions to make,
Ward acknowledged that "you're
just not getting any good budget
news this year."
Some faculty, however, are still
dissatisfied with the academic
program at Bowdoin, pointing to
the tiny Asian Studies program as
an example, whose promising
growth in recent years was cut short
by budget considerations. Statistics
show Bowdoin trailingsimilarsmall,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1992
Committees gather at
Student Senate meeting
By Nick Jacobs
orient asst. news editor
Tuesday night the Student
Senate met for the first time, and
many of the student
representatives came armed with
a variety of ideas and issues to be
discussed.
In his opening remarks, Neil
Houghton '94, president of the
Student Senate, said, "We are all
here because everyone is on a
committee. It is important for us to
get together and talk abut things
so that we can make an informed
choice when the time comes, and
we can also represent the feelings
and ideas of the student body."
In his opening remarks, James
Ward, the Dean of the College
stressed the importance of
organizational bodies like the
Student Senate, keeping things
confidential regarding these
meetings, and the need for
students to feel like they are
helping the process, and not
hindering it.
The first presentation of the
evening was given by Derek
Calzini '93 and James Hale '94,
both of whom are representatives
on the Budget and Financial
Priorities Committee. They
revealed no new informaion. The
College is still operating on a
budget deficit and expects to have
the budget balanced by 1994.
To fix this deficit the Committee
anticipates having to draw the
balance from the College's
endowment fund, which now
amounts to almost $200 million.
While this practice is usually
avoided, the Committee expects
that the College's financial
condition will not be affected.
The next presentation was from
the representatives of the
Curriculum and Educational
Policy Committee. Chip Leighton
'93, spoke on the possibility of
Bowdoin adopting Gay and
Lesbian Studies as a recognized
field of study. "At this point/'
Leighton said, "things are at a
tentative stage."
In an additional proposal from
the Educational Policy Committee,
Suzanne Gunn '93 discussed the
need for a writing seminar for First-
Year Students in addition to
whatever seminar they may
already be in. Citing many
students' inadequate writing skills,
Gunn said that the proposal would
include a new full-time faculty
member to teach the class, as well
as several student tutors to aid
students outside of the classroom.
Perhaps the most^ heated
discussion of the evening was
inspired by the Recording
Committee proposal to start
calculating grade point
averages(GPA) at Bowdoin. Citing
a poll that showed that the school
was evenly divided over the issue,
Ameen Haddad '93 was careful to
point out that, This is only a
proposal. Nothing has happened
with it — the Committee has no
view on the issue at this time."
During a small debate over the
issuethat followed, many concerns
were raised over how the
calculation of GPA would affect
A proposal to start
calculating grade
point averages. A
poll showed that the
school is evenly
divided over the
issue.
academic honors like James
Bowdoin Scholars and being
named to Phi Beta Kappa. Haddad
explained that while the details of
the proposal had not yet solidified,
the use of GPAs would make it
slightly easier to be named a
Bowdoin scholar.
Other proposals that were
brought up at the meeting were a
plan to increase the size of Bo wdoin
College by 10% and a plan to
consider the re-investment of
College assets in South Africa.
Regarding the increased size
proposal, a survey will be
appeari ng in this issue of the Orient,
which all students are encouraged
to fill out. In addition, a Student
Forum is going to be held on
Monday December 7, at 3:30 PM in
Daggett Lounge.
The Student Senate also adopted
a motion to hold a Forum at a later
date ontheSouth Africa investment
issue. Two dissenting votes we cast
against the Forum, with one of the
dissenters commenting, "What's
the point of having a Forum? No
one will show up."
The Tuesday night meeting of
the Student Senate was also notable
in the total lack of attendance by
students who were not required to
be there.
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( News Analysis ]
Last semester President Edwards
told the Orient, "This is a complex
organization, as colleges are, and
one of the things that you find is that
every organization in a broad sense is a
political organization.''
True? This institution certainly
does not lack political debate, though
often we shy away from the
meaningful conversations that are
possible.
This semester saw a variety of
spats, debates and stubborn stands,
as this institution full of concerned
but hesitant students and officials
sought to deal with political
questions that arose. Overall, while
dealing with some arguments, both
students and the administration
avoided conflict in key areas.
The solidifying ban of single-sex
President Edwards. Photo by Jim
Sabo.
social organizations, the College's
treatment of a proposed service
memorial, and the faculty's
advancement of affirmative action
are examples of the voice of the
administration. For their part,
members of the student body dealt
with issues concerning the African
American Society's charter, freedom
of speech and association, the service
memorial and even Mel Gibson's
tryout practices.
The student body and the
administration at Bowdoin are not
monolithic nor do they fail to act
together. Yet certain trends
distinguish the two groups.
So what did the College and its
varied members speak of this
semester?
When the
Administration spoke
As the student body returned to
the campus in August, the
Administration finalized its ban on
the all-male fraternities and the
sorority. Initiations stopped by
September 1 . The Governing Board s,
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By Kevin Petrie
orient news editor
Dean of the College Jim Ward,
and President Edwards spoke with
finality and no debate lingers.
The faculty showed clear
solidarity and a lack of substantive
debate as they unanimously
approved reromrnend^tfemsVthe
Report of the Subcommittee on
Diversity. Its provisions include
listing a faculty candidate's race
and gender as qualifications for
employment, and reopening a
pool of candidates if it lacks the
proper amount of "diversity."
The meeting that saw the
report's passage fielded no dissent;
rather, the faculty seemed
determined to change. Several
conservative faculty members on
campus failed to attend the
meeting and even professed
ignorance about the bill.
The student body and the
Administration clashed over the
issue of the "Bowdoin Memorial,"
planned to be constructed between
Hubbard Hall and Gibson Hall.
This memorial will pay respect to
Bowdoin students that served in
World War II, the Korean War and
the Vietnam War.
Although the Committee of
faculty and students bent over
backwards to avoid offending
anyone with a title such as "war^
or "service" memorial, they
missed one point . The inclusion of
the names of two students that
died fighting for Italy and
Germany, sparked debate among
the student body. Though the
Bowdoin Jewish Organization
stresses it has no stanceas a group,
certain members are among
students protesting the inclusion.
The College, though including
student input in its decision
process, made efforts not to offend
, yet managed to do so anyway.
When the students
spoke
And what have students
discussed in the political arena of
the Bowdoin Pines?
The Orient discovered
provisions in the charter of the
African American Society that may
constitute discrimination on the
basis of ethnicity. The key phrase:
"We reserve the right to maintain
blacks in all governing positions. .."
Whether or not this violates the
Constitution of the Student
Assembly is a question nearly all
members of the community
avoided discussing.
Even the Executive Board, faced
with the realization that the charter
had passed with its blessing,
showed extreme hesitance. Ameen
Haddad, chairman of the Exec
Board, could only state the
obvious: "As far as the Executive
Board is concerned, you... have
run your organization the way we
approved it and the way you
approved it yourselves."
Administrators could not run
away from this issue quickly
enough. Virtually no senior official
would dare to go on the record as
saying anything. After the panic
resided, President Edwards
reflected last week that "people
[were) not wanting to build it into
( News Analysis J
a political crisis." He commended
the interaction between the Exec
Board and the Afro Am, terming it
"a model way of dealing with a very
tricky question."
Now the ideal is to avoid the issues!
For fear of offending, senior
administrators fled in panic.
Peter Webster, the College
Counsel, said, "I feel very
uncomfortable speaking with [the
Orient] about this issue." He cited
concerns for the privileged attorney-
client relationship, and refused to
say if any ad ministrators approached
him for advice about the African-
American Society.
Dean Lewallen, the notable
exception, displayed mettle that is
unusual for the upper floors of
Hawthorne-Longfellow. He stated
Dean Lewallen. Photo by Erin
Sullivan.
publicly that the Afro-Am's charter
seemed to violate the Constitution
and merited deep discussion. This
was a bit too much to ask; Lewallen
found his bravery unmatched by his
colleagues.
Here the student government
showed extreme caution while the
administration held its breath and
backed away.
A few students did charge some
issues head on, however. Joshua
Sprague '93, while finding little
student support thus far, has
founded the Brunswick Association
for Academic Freedoms to combat
what he calls the "politically correct"
repression of rights on campus.
The BA AF's leader is determined,
and students are likely to hear from
him before he graduates in June. He
has recruited few members of the
hesitant community thus far,
however.
Finally, Mel Gibson and his movie
retinue from Hollywood discovered
the more aggressive side of Eastern
campus politics. The Orient ran an
editorial speaking of the
"hypocritical whoring" that ran
amuck as the movie makers searched
for 20 blonde bombshells to dot a
scene. An article also fielded
complaints from women that tried
out and felt they were treated as
"objects."
Mel was Bowdoin's perfect target:
he catered to what some may call the
base, vile, mainstream American
impulses. Most of all, however, he
was only passing through town.
This review of the political debate
on campus yields a surprising lack
of ability to argue constructively. Is
that what we are here for or not? The
best debate we could muster was
mud-slinging across the Opinion
Section of the Orient.
TS. Eliot has written. This is the
way the world ends/Not with a bang but
a whimper." Quite appropriate.
N.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS * FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
5
Michelle Greet
When Michelle Greet '93 spent a
year studying abroad in Ecuador,
she found an difficult language, a
new culture and instant recognition
as an outsider.
Greet spent her first semester
there on a program through the
School for International Training
(SIT) in Ecuador after only one year
of Spanish. The initial group
consisted of 21 North American
students and began with intensive
training in language and culture as
well as Spanish and English lectures.
Greet then moved in with a family
to do an anthropological research
project on the marimba, studying
the types of dance and music
associated with it.
Greet felt that communication
was not a problem despite her
inexperience with the language.
"After the first couple days I really
had no problem getting my point
across," she says.
She did feel that the 40-page
Shedding Bowdoin's cocoon
By Ann Rubin
orient staff writer
The off-campus study programs Bowdoin students can tap into offer them the chance
to experience life in a different part of the world while still earning college credit,
like many other students, Michelle Greet, Karen Edwards, Jill DeTemple,and Cat
Sperry enjoyed colorful times abroad last year Their experiences differ from Bowdoin
^ life markedly: Ever try skydiving over Britain or teaching English in Japan?
I
Cat Spenv*93.
Jill DeTemple *93.
way you were brought up. This
made me question — what does it
mean to be an American?"
Cat Sperry
This is a question that Cat Sperry
'93 contemplated as she visited
Oxford University in England to
study English. According to
Sperry, the British don'r~have a
positive attitude toward
Americans at all. "They really
believe that all Americans are loud
and obnoxious," she says.
This attitude stems from the fact
that the British are very private
people, says Sperry. "They're very
reserved. They don't talk to
someone they don't know and they
don't let their conversations be
overheard."
The theme of privacy extends
into the Oxford University system
as well. Sperry, who was enrolled
in Oxford through the WISC
program, found that the schooling
consists of one-on-one sessions
Communication was not a problem
despite inexperience with the
language.." After the first couple
days, I really had no trouble
getting my point across. "
research paper handwritten in
Spanish was an extremely difficult
part of the package. "The
independent research project was
difficult, but it was amazing/The
project was so difficult that, "I went
there as an anthropology major and
came back as a major in Romance
Languages."
Greet spent her second semester
in Ecuador on her own attending
the Catholic University and living
in an apartment by herself. She says,
"Bowdoin accepts the credit, but I
had to arrange everything like
enrollment by myself. I even got
myself an apartment and a volunteer
job in the community
"J was embraced for being black.
Karen Edwards "93.
tarantulas were dropping down on
lectures in Spanish with a Spanish
professor teaching ten American
students.
The trip involved a homestay
portion. Edwards stayed with three
different families, two of which
were middle class and one which
was rural. During this time period,
she says, "I helped to start a frsh-
water pond for a fishing industry."
She devoted another portion of
the trip to an independent project
that culminated in a 20-page paper
in Spanish. The project involved
research on a government-funded
program in which rural women
received money to begin small
businesses. Says Edwards: The
women were supposedly starting
projects like little torilla mills or
sewing things, but in reality they ; - j , ; i , , i , , /
weren^doinganythingSomethem They thOUgM it WttS beaUtlhil.
were just spending the money, and _,.. . t •! • t
some of them never even got the There WaS nO mClSm llKZ in VdC
money at all. I was all just a front.
The program really only existed on
paper." She adds, 'The project was
difficult, and I had to do it by
myself."
The biggest culture shock for
Edwards arose from being an
African-American in Mexico. She
says, "I was embraced for being
black. They thought it was beautiful .
There was no racism like in the
U.S."
Some rituals of daily live took
getting used to, such as siesta in the
middle of the day and different
foods. "The food was great," she
says. "It's not like the Mexican food
here. They didn't even know what
nachos were. The highlight of my
experience was that I ate
grasshopper."
In all, Edwards thought that study
abroad was a favorable experience.
She says, "I wish I stayed longer.
U.S. "
with a tutor each week.
Sperry states, "You take two
subjects at a time and for each subject
you meet with the tutor once a week
for an hour and a half. For each
meeting you have to write a 10- to
20-page essay on your thoughts
about the reading you had to do.
Your time each day is generally
unstructured because there is less
class time but there is more work."
Since academic time is generally
isolated, students look elsewhere to
meet other people. "There are
millions of different clubs and
societies. That is the social life. I
joined ballroom dancing, crew, the
DeTemple also took two classes musical, the skydiving club and the
Michele Greet '93.
Before embarking on this part of top of us. When you drive there you Even though Mexico is right next per day in Japanese speaking, hiking club. This way you end up
r trip, Greet made a conscious go as fast as you want and you know door, we don't really know a lot writing and reading, as well as meeting people that share vour
her
decision to meet Ecuadorian
students and become involved in
Ecuadorian life. "I chose not to hang
around American students. I found
that the Ecuadorian people were
very involved and friendly. There
was also sort of a network, so that
you can always bribe the cops. The
whole attitude seems to be to just
fend for yourself."
Greet concludes, "I would go back
in a second."
Karen Edwards
Another Bowdoin student, Karen
about it
ceramics, English,
anthropology and religion
Jill DeTemple She later did an independent
Some Bowdoin students even study project on a new religion,
venturetotheFarEasttoexperience Agon Shu, that has existed since
new cultures. Jill DeTemple '93 1978. Says DeTemple, "It's a new
traveled to Hirakata, Japan, on a Buddhist sect. The project basically
social interests," says Sperry.
"One of the highlights of my
experiencewas that the education
system was so tailored to your
interests," says Sperry. "It was better
than the education system here
once I met people, I continued to Edwards '93, had a very different program called Kansai Gaidai. The consisted of taking pictures and because there was so much emphasis
meet their friends too." experience on her off campus trip to University sponsored about 200 writing a 35-page paper in English on you. The tutors never ask you to
Culturally, Greet found many Mexico. This program was run by foreigners, some of whom are on what I discovered about it." just 'regurgitate' the material you
differences from the U.S. "In the S IT as well, though Edwards only Bowdoin students who atted The trip presented many new learn."
treatment of women Ecuador is «.,w»«trt« OM .«oet«.-»K«v»,4 ck a c»»t indenendentlv. experiences. "I found that I
Mexico. This program was run by
SIT as well, though Edwards only
spentonesemesterabroad.Shespent independently. experiences. "I found that I was Sperry adds, "I would like to see
about 100 years behind us. Women the first tnree weeks j n Oaxaca DeTemple had taken two years homesick for the first time," she some of the critical thought process
areexpected to bein the home. They undergoing intensive training in of Japanese at Bowdoin before her says. "You just can't go to a movie used by the British incorporated into
go to college just to find a husband.
There is also a lot of macho behavior
where women are treated as objects
to the males. They think American
women are very liberal in their
sexuality."
Greet also found a lack of
structure to daily schedules. "The
whole craziness of it was the most
amazing thing," she says. "We
literature and the language. She trip and consequently earned a
becameextremelyversedin Mexican teaching fellowship there. She
culture by visiting various ruins, the taught English to some students at
Mexican ballet and other cultural the University and also to some
events. She spent the next month in people in the community.
Guanajuato and the following week Communication was difficult,
and a half in Chiapas, with short "You aren't really a person in Japan
stays in other towns as well.
Edwards spent time attending
classes, working with Mexican
would just jump on top of buses or students learning English and taking
trainsand hang on for the ride while weekend trips. Later, she attended
until you are in relation to another
person. Finding out what that
relationship is with the particular
person you're talking to is the
difficult part," she says.
like you can at home. I found out
what it is like to be a poor, visible
minority for a^year. I wasalso stared
at in the streets for looking so
different."
The experience was indeed a
learning one for DeTemple. She
says, "When you go abroad you
take yourself out of a context. You
realize that you are a product of the
the American school system. It helps
to make the students very sharp
people."
The education system in England
is very different from the one in the
American schools such as Bowdoin.
The culture of England is very
different also, as are the cultures of
all of the countries visited by
Bowdoin students in their off
campus studies.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1 992
Barbara Kaster's flowery farewell
By Brian Farnham
ORIENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The adage "parting is such sweet
sorrow" was pungent ly punctuated
Tuesday when the Committee of
Twenty Years of Coeducation at
Bowdoin reunited to present
Barbara Kaster, Pro fessorof English
and Film and Communication
Studies, with a yellow rose for each
meant to Bowdoin. John Burke '93
was on hand to film the final offering
for a movie on the history of
coeducation at Bowdoin.
Also part of the group showing
their appreciation were Director of
Career Services Lisa Tessler,
Academic Department Coordinator
of the Afro-American Studies
Program Harriet Richards, Director
of Programs in Teaching Sarah
McMann, Ann Pierson, Jennifer
Singer '93, Michele Lee Cobb '93,
Barbara Kaster receives her gifts from appreciative community. Photo
by Maya Khuri.
of the nineteen years she has spent
teaching at Bowdoin. Friends and
members of the committee helped
d istribute the roses at various times
of the day with the final few given
by Associate Professor of English
Marilyn Reizbaum.
Noah Bartlett '93 and Academic
Department Coordinator of
Education, Classics and Russian,
Joyce Gracie. Coming out of her
office to greet the surprise
presenters, Professor Kaster was
delighted and emotional, telling the
The last presentation included a group, "This was the most creative
number ofcommittee members and idea I've ever heard. I love it!" In
friends of Kaster who wanted her to addition to the roses, Professor
know how much she would be Reizbaum presented Professor
missed and how much she has Kaster with a Twentv Years of
Women at Bowdoin T-shirt that had
"Nineteen Years of Barbara Kaster
at Bowdoin" ironed on the back.
Obviously pleased with the entire
ceremony, Kaster then held a sort of
court outside her office, clutching
the whole group of roses and
reminiscing with her friends on her
past career and sharing her future
plans.
"I've been teaching since 1956,
and someone pointed out to me that
I've been teaching longer than Jesus
lived. Nobody should do anything
longer than Jesus lived," she joked.
Someone asked her when the video
history of the College was coming
out, and Kaster said that it will be
shown on September 23. "Women
come [into the film] at three hours
and twenty minutes," she said.
When a member of the group
asked her what her plans were, she
joked, "The level of decision I want
to make is Do I go to the library
today or Wednesday.'"
According to Cobb, "Barbara
Kaster is one of the few strong female
faculty members and we appreciate
her strength and encouragement.
We will all miss her very much."
Iris Rodriguez '94 adds that
"having a woman with such a big
voice and being so respected on
campus is good for students; she is
a role model, somebody to look up
to."
Professor Reizbaum expressed
how grateful the committee as well
as others were to her for all she had
done in her tenure at Bowdoin and
how they would miss her fighting
spirit. "All of you have to carry on
the fight," Kaster told them.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)
Update on women 's hockey complaint
however, won the lawsuit.
According to many, the judge in
complaints generally adhere, the suit against Colgate College
Therefore,theBostonOfficeofCivil markedly changed the notion of the
Rights is under no legal obligation Title IX legislation. Originally, the
to administer an investigation Title IX suit attempted to create
within 135 days. "equity" rather than "equality."
Dean Ward also stated that Equity is the notion that any
Bowdoin "welcomes the on-sight athletic program should be based
on interest, competition and skill
level, while equality deals with the
50/50 split between men's and
women's athletics.
Many contend that the judge in
the Colgate case interpreted Title IX
as an issue of equality instead of
equity. This could set a potentially
dangerous precedent in controlling
college athletics, taking control from
be skeptical about the athletic colleges and giving it to the courts,
program to be confident that the Bowdoin's only policy in
department will have a thorough designing the athletic programs is
investigation" for three basic
reasons.
First of all, Bowdoin has not had
an opportunity to offer an
explanation. All the data submitted
was nonexplanatory and dealt
specifically with statistical
information.
Secondly, the Administration
wants students and faculty who may
investigation from outside sources.
The third and final reason the
College welcomes an investigation
is that it will underline the
seriousness of the issue.
It seems that 1992 has become the
to be equitable. The College offers
29 varsity sports: 14 for women, 13
for men and two coed.
Bowdoin obviously is not pleased
with the Title IX suit, but, as Dean
Ward notes, "We have responded
year of the Title IX. For example, promptly and forthrightly. Even
Colgate College was recently though it is a frustrating delay, the
defeated by their women's ice
hockey team in a Title IX complaint.
The women's hockey team at
Colgate filed a complaint in order to
elevate their sport from club to
varsity level. The decision is
currently under appeal by Colgate.
However, there were several major
differences between the complaint
filed by Colgate and the complaint
filed against Bowdoin.
The major difference rests on the
fact that the Title IX complaint at
Colgate was an actual lawsuit, and
the women's hockey team sued the
College. The women's ice hockey.
ball is in their [ Boston Office of Civil
Rights] court".
Deficit
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)
liberal-arts colleges in thenumber
of semesters of Asia-related
studies offered at the College.
Dean of Academic Affairs
Charles Beitz, however, insists
that the Asian Studies department
is the only one to have grown in
the past few years. He also says
that the academic program, as
well as faculty positions, have
been protected from thecuts. "My
commitment is to make Bowdoin
as academically strong as I can, to
improve the quality of academic
life for students.*
Beitzremainsoptimisticforthe
future: "1 am convinced that
through the greater focus on the
core academic program this will
be a stronger college in the end."
Vail agrees that die crisis has
indicated an important change
for Bowdoin. "People have been
forced to rethink what the core of
Bowdoin is. What is our mi ssion,
and where do our priorities lie?"
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embark for Kuwait
By Matthew Brown
orient staff writer
Christopher Lee '95 is travelling
to Kuwait from December 12 to 22
on an unusual program that allows
college students to study the
governmental and legislative
proceedings of a country trying to
establish a democracy.
Along with ten other college
students, Chris will meet with
Christopher Lee *95. Photo by
Erin Sullivan.
cabinet members and
governmental officials of Kuwait
to learn about their ideas for a
concrete system of government.
Chris was invited by the
National Council on U.S.-Arab
relations (based in Washington
DC.) and the Kuwait University
to participate in this program.
The invitation arrived after
Chris earned the Malcolm H. Ken-
Scholarship. This scholarship,
named in memory of the former
president of the American
University in Kuwait, is awarded
in high school. It allows college
students to travel, free of charge,
to Kuwait both to "learn and
experience the unique cultural and
educational opportunity
presented".
One major requirement of the
trip involves twenty hours of
community service in the United
Statesafter returning from Kuwait.
Chris is hoping that he can fulfill
these mandatory hours once he
gets back to his home state, Texas.
Chris notes that he lias always
been interested in the Middle East.
This is a rare opportunity to see a
country where they are trying to
establish a democracy from the
ground up."
The government of Kuwait is
funding the entire trip. They
schedule the majority of the
activities of the trip.
Surprisingly, Chris will visit not
only cabinet members, but
opposition groups as well. He will
be taking tours of the oil fields,
officialbuildings,and KuwaitCity.
He will be staying at Kuwait
University for the 10-day trip.
Johnson House to hold
multicultural center
By Joshua Sorensen
orient asst. news editor
The Johnson House will soon be
home to Bowdoin's new
multicultural center. This house will
provide office space, meeting space
and a library for several of
Bowdoin's multicultural student
groups.
These groups include the
Bowdoin Jewish Organization, the
Latin American Students
Organization and the Asian Interest
Group. Representatives of these
student groups approached
President Edwards and Dean Jervis
last year, looking for some adequate
campus space to administer their
respective organizations. The
Johnson House which is presently
empty and is also a historical
landmark was the solution. These
groups hope to move into the
Johnson House at the beginning of
next semester. This will open up
some much needed office space in
Moulton Union for other student
groups.
The Johnson House will be
Bowdoin College's first formal
multicultural center. The house will
only be for organizations that are
multiculturally oriented. According
to Associate Dean of Students Ana
Brown, BJO, LASO, and AIG will
use this space for educational and
cultural programs, receiving guest
speakers and eventually residential
rooms. The goals of these groups
are to use this space as a base for
their own use and not as a pulpit to
educate the rest of the Bowdoin
College community.
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Bowdoin's multicultural director enlightens administration
By Charlotte Vaughn
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Multiculturalism and
diversification are not predominant
characteristics of Bowdoin. In
response to the College's lack of
dimension, President Edwards
created a new position this summer
in the senior administration for an
Assistant to the President for
Multicultural Programs. This showed
a concern for changing society.
The newly-appointed assistant is
Betty Thompson, better known to
students as "Ms. T." Most
fundamentally, the position was
created to provide a liaison between
the campus and the Governing
Boards concerning issues of diversity.
Within the new position, her efforts
are aimed at improving the existing
climate at Bowdoin for students and
faculty of color by increasing minority
representation and instilling a fresh
consciousness in the entire Bowdoin
community.
Thompson believes that this new
position is what Bowdoin needs in
order to institutionalize a mindset
that is willing to accept change and
renovation of existing social norms.
She holds that Bowdoin must "create
a diverse campus by the 21 st century
because of the increasing numbers of
people of color and women in the
workplace."
Thompson explained that in the
past, Bowdoin's approach to issues
concerning diversity was very
"piecemeal". By creating this new
senior administrative position, the
College has changed its philosophy
in a very significant and positive way.
Thompson believes that a
"wholistic" approach is the key to
solving the problem of lack of
diversity on this campus, and she
feels that her new position
espouses wholeism: "the key is to
create a key position to oversee
the practices and policies of each
department on campus."
Thompson, above all, sees herself
as a consultant to each campus
department and office, and a
resource to offer information
about increasing pluralism.
"Some offices and departments
are ahead of others in seeing what
needs to be done, but we'll give
them a semester to get the idea,"
Thompson chided.
Her efforts are
aimed at
improving the
climate at
Bowdoin.
With pluralism foremost in her
mind, Thompson has organized
several "diversity workshops"
which are lectures that stress the
need for more multiculturalism
on this campus. So far, there have
been two diversity workshops
primarily aimed at faculty and
administrators.
The first was held on October
15, and was sponsored by the
Bowdoin Administrative Staff
(BAS). The audience included
Brunswick community members
from the naval base. The second
workshop occurred on November
1 8, and was sponsored by Human
Resources Office. This workshop
addressed members of the
administration, faculty, staff
(managers and supervisors), and
community.
Thompson explained that the
workshops aim to communicate the
need for increased diversity at
Bowdoin. The strategy implemented
to achieve this diversity is organized
into three frameworks: radical
consciousness-raising,
institutionalizing methods to achieve
diversity, and team-play efforts that
would generate communication
among different sectors of the
campus — from faculty to student
organizations to the administration.
Through these workshops,
Thompson also hopes create a tool to
assess how different parts of the
campus feel about Bowdoin's stance
on diversity-the historical view,
and staff, Thompson has been
expressing this same belief since she
came to Bowdoin in October of 1 990.
In spite of her increased
administrative responsibilities
which began this year, she continues
to workasa multicultural consultant
and clinical counselor on campus.
She is the faculty advisor of several
student organizations, including the
Latin American Student
Organization (LASO), The African-
American Society (The Am), and
the Asian Interest Croup (AIG).
In addition, Thompson advises
and trains another student
organization called ADAPT, which
Betty Thompson, assistant to the president for multicultural affairs.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
where we are now, and where we
need to go in order to create a
pluralistic campus.
This assessment tool is more a
project for next semester; Thompson
hopes to plan more lectures, contact
various curriculum consultants, and
direct faculty, administration and
staff to national conferences that
discuss recruitment and retention for
women, students and professors of
color.
Although thediversity workshops
focused on communicating the need
for a pluralistic campus to faculty
stands for Awareness of Differences
Among People Today. In order to
qualify for membership in this
group, students must complete 25
hours of training on ways to combat
the "isms": homophobia, racism,
ageism, sexism, and classism.
Leadership development is also
included in this format.
In addition to running ' these
Saturday morning training sessions,
Thompson conducts outreaches for
Bowdoin students and students at
various local high schools ?s well as
various community organizations
to increase political activism and
those philosophies that are
concerned with differences in a
respecting manner. Thompson
hopes to instill the belief in as many
students and Bowdoin employees
as possible that "you need to look at
yourself to discover your own biases
and prejudices... we all have them.
The 'isms' have destructive power
and wield their biases over others."
Consistent with her liaison status
between the campus and the
Governing Boards, Thompson also
sees herself as a "mouthpiece
between the President and the
organizations of the students of
color." The voices of several of these
organizations have been heard; next
semester, organizations such as AIG,
LASO, and the Bowdoin Jewish
Organization (BJO) will have their
own offices in the president's old
house, adjacent to Chase Barn.
Thompson believes that these
offices will contribute to a climate of
increasing multiculturalism because
they will give these organizations
"a place of their own for purposes of
maintaining a healthy level of
cultural identity while attending a
predominantly white institution."
As well, the old house will provide
a place for visiting lecturers to stay
overnight.
As one might guess, Thompson
heartily supports the
administration's recent decision to
pay special attention to the hiring of
women and people of color as
faculty members. She feels that this
decision reflects Bowdoin's
seriousness about multiculturalism
and "implements a decisive method
to pursue the hows and whys of
multiculturalism."
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which consists of five faculty, three
students, one member of the
administrative staff, one member of
the support staff and members of
the senior administration began
meeting during the 1990-91
academic year to think
systematically about important
issues bearing on the future of the
College. In the past year it has
concentrated on financial aid, debt
options available to the College, and
the question of the size of the
College. Over the next months, the
Task Force will hold other open
forums on several planning issues.
The next of these will focus on
Capital Campaign Planning and will
be held early in the second semester.
The Strategic Planning Task Force
has during the past two and one-
half years attempted to envision the
kind of college that Bowdoin should
be in the next century and the
constraints it faces in improving its
quality in the face of limited
resources. In the course of these
discussions of Bowdoin's future, the
Task Force has wondered whether
Bowdoin may be too small to sustain
the kind of rich academic program,
wide opportunities for student
activities, and modern physical
space that we require as a quality
institution. The struggle to achieve
a balanced budget has made clear
that if Bowdoin College is to enrich
its academic program, provide
appropriate academic support
services and modernize its facilities,
it needs additional resources. Those
resources can come in only three
ways: by redistributing the existing
resources across areas of the College
budget, by increasing annual gifts
and enlarging the endowment of
the College, and by raising the
number of students who pay tuition.
The difficult process of budget
cutting has involved a reallocation
of College resources toward the
academic program. To add new
resources over the longer run, the
College will be embarking on a
major capital campaign. It is only
prudent and appropriate that the
College consider as well the
possibility of increasing the size of
the College as a component of a
strategy to develop and support the
kind of program thought necessary
for an excellent small college.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992
Students selling UNICEF holiday cards
Wouldn't it be nice if all of the world's children could be so content?
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
Although the stressful final exam
period has arrived at Bowdoin,
several students are capturing the
holiday spirit by raising money for
the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF), an organization
dedicated to helping the world's
neediest children.
Beginning next week, Mindy
Abrams '93 and several student
volunteers will be selling UNICEF's
world-famous holiday greeting
cards in the Moulton Union and
Coles Tower. A Romance
Languages major, Abrams came up
with the idea while studying abroad
in Spain last year.
"I bought some UNICEF cards in
Sevilla last year. The enthusiasm for
them was intense in Spain.
Department stores, post offices,
everyone seemed to be selling
them," said Abrams. This interest in
helping UNICEF transformed into
action later in the spring, when
Abrams' mother met an officer of
the program . "My mother happened
to be sitting next to the woman who
was president of fund raising for
UNICEF on a flight to visit me in
Spain. She gave my mom her card,
and said to contact her if I wanted to
do something for them," said
Abrams.
Inspired by Spanish enthusiasm
for UNICEF, Abrams is attempting
to spread such feelings at Bowdoin.
"We could be an example for other
colleges," said Abrams. Several
members of the Bowdoin Christian
Fellowship intend to assist Abrams
by volunteering to sell cards during
the next two weeks.
The cards will be sold in packets
of ten for $750. "Split the cost with
your friends, the money goes to
charity," and not commercial
profits, said Abrams. Proceeds from
the cards go directly toward
UNICEF's extensive global
programs aimed at eradicating
hunger and poverty among
children.
Death Threat
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attempted to contact Newton by
knocking on his door. Newton had
dimmed all of the lights in his house
and was no longer visible from a
distance. Dimitri Seretakis had
removed his car from the driveway.
The officer thought he saw
Newton inside the house and he
smashed an outside light with his
flashlight so that Newton could not
see him as clearly outside. At this
point Jenkins, still in the cruiser,
heard over the radio, "Brunswick,
we don't know what we've got here.
You'd better send in more units."
At 1250 am, the Brunswick Police
and Cumberland County Sheriffs
Department were dispatched to the
scene. At 12:56 am Bowdoin
Security, not responsible for
happenings at Zete, an
unrecognized fraternity, blocked
the intersection of CollegeStreet and
Sills Drive (which becomes
Harps well Street at the intersection).
Security's intent was to direct
pedestrians and motorists away
from the volatile scene.
Brunswick Police Officer CLeary
asked Security to enter Zete and
talk with the house officers. An
officer spoke with Zete president
Kevin Thomson '93 and vice
president Eric Vinson '93. After
consultation, Thomson decided that
the safest course of action would be
to evacuate the house and dim all of
the lights.
At 1 :1 5 am Dean of Students Ken
Lewallen was notified of the
situation. "Legally we have no
responsibility even if our students
are living there," said Lewallen
speaking with the Orient. He said
that the administration cares about
the safety of all students, but that
this particular incident was not a
college matter.
From the time they arrived on the
scene, Brunswick Police and the
sheriff's department repeatedly
attempted to contact Newton by
knocking on his door. His house
was dark and he never answered.
At 1 :40 am the scene was cleared .
Concerned about the security of
residents and visitors, Thomson
decided to evacuate the house for
the entire evening.
"The next morning [the police)
came and apprehended the gun and
tempered the situation," said
Thomson. Criminal charges have
reportedly been filed against
Newton.
Thomson and Dugan confirmed
that a history of problems between
Zete and Newton exist. According
to Thomson, Newton had a fence
erected dividing their property.
Students should not fear walking
in the vicinity, which is adjacent to
Alpha Kappa Sigma, said Dean
Lewallen. "I would not say students
should be overly concerned about
being in that area."
However, Bowdoin Chief of
Security Donna Loring said, "Be
aware that this occurred and use
your own judgement how close to
that area you want to get." Loring
refused further comment saying the
matter was an of f-ca m pus affair.
Zeb Rice '94 named Editor of Orient
An infant landmine victim in Cambodia.
Zebediah Rice '94, of Los Angeles,
Calif., has been named by the
Bowdoin Publishing Company as
Editor-in-Chief for the spring
semester.
Rice is presently studying in Chile.
He is a Dean's List student at the
College and a James Bowdoin
Scholar. Rice came to Bowdoin after
graduating from the Crossroads
School of Santa Monica, Calif.
Last spring Rice served as
Managing Editor at the Orient.
Known for his provocative and well-
written editorials, his excellence was
honored by receiving the Bowdoin
Orient prize at James Bowdoin Day
ceremonies this fall.
Rice has partially named his
editorial staff for the spring. News
Editor will be Archie Lin '95,
Managing Editor will be Michael
Tiska '93, and Copy Editor will be
Suzanne Renaud '96.
Current EditOTs-in-Chief, Brian
N. Farnham '93 and Michael F.
Golden '94 will remain members of
the Bowdoin Publishing Company,
along with past editor Thomas M.
Davidson, Jr. '94.
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1
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
Kudos to Spike Lee's X
By Suzanne Renaud
orient asst. copy editor
Malcolm X, the new Spike Lee film,
maintains close ties to the original
autobiography coauthored by Alex
Haley. References to Malcolm X have
dominated popular culture in the
past year in anticipation of Lee's film.
The movie proves the sustaining
power of Malcolm X's message.
The trivialization of his
accomplishments is omnipresent.
Clothing emblazoned with an "X"
does little to relay Malcolm X's call
for action. But the publicity has
created a renewed interest in his
position as an African-American
leader as well. Students at one
university were even prompted to
call for the renaming of their student
center in his honor.
Malcolm X's "hero" status has
been questioned. As Lee's movie
pointed out, Malcolm X was a street
hustler for years before hediscovered
I slam and a new way o f life. He stole,
used drugs and was, essentially, a
menace to society.
These dubious activities landed
Malcolm X in jail. There he
discovered Elijah Mohammed and
X paraphenalia found in the Orient.
the Nation of Islam. This marked
the beginningoftheactivism which
dominated the remaining twelve
years of his life.
The Nation of Islam taught that
the "white man is the devil" and
that all African-Americans should
seek to separate themselves from
whites. Malcolm X led the crusade.
His motivating speeches influenced
many to join his religion and
demand independence. Malcolm
X taught that, contrary to white
propaganda, African-Americans
Photo By Erin Sullivan
could be powerful.
Eventually, Malcolm X gained the
displeasure of his religious advisor,
Elijah Mohammed. Amid death
threats, he departed for Mecca to
search for the meaning of truelslam.
For his film, Lee sent an all-Muslim
film crew to Mecca to record the
ha]]. It was the first-ever filming of
the pilgrimage.
Malcolm X made radical
discoveries during his trip to Mecca
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
Dance students to present Studio Show
Rehearsal for the Studio Show in Pickard Theatre, Memorial Hall.
By Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
The Bowdoin College Dance
Group's annual December Studio
Show will be held on tonight
Friday, December 4, at 7:30p.m. in
Pickard Theater.
The last performance of the
semester, the Studio Show's
program includes nine dances.
Four dances will be performed by
students of professor June Vail.
The other dances include an
independent study project by
Sonya Vasquez '93, Starry Night by
Alex McCray '93, two dances by
VAGUE choreographers Dawn
DeMeo '94 and Brad Fielder '95,
the comic Chasing True Love created
by New York choreographer
Joan nie Smith, of Shapiro & Smith,
for Michele Cobb '93, DeMeo,
Katherine Gill '95, Michele Greet
%, Marie Lee '95, Deb Lifson '95
Amanda Massalem '95 and Betsy
Roter'%.
Next semester, Bowdoin will see
performances led by Dan Hurl i n, a
Photo by Maya Khuri.
choreographer who will teach for
ten days in February. In April, a
group called UMO, run by
Bowdoin graduates will return in
a program jointly sponsored with
Latin American Studies. Also in
April, Merce Cummingham,
which Vail called "the most
famous, the most elegant and most
well-known modern dance
group," will be brought to campus,
sponsored by the Zuckert Fund,
which has brought several
productions to Bowdoin in the
past.
Indigo Girls to
perform at Bates
By Brian Sung
orient asst. arts & leisure
EDITOR
Hanging out in the parking lot of
theGreat Woods Performing Center
in Massachusetts is one of the all-
time best pastimes in America.
Hanging out on a beautiful summer
afternoon before an Indigo Girls
concert makes it even better. The
pleasure of that mellow experience
is only possibly surpassed by the
atmosphere in the same lot before a
Jimmy Buffet concert. So, for the
group of us at Great Woods one fine
summer afternoon, we were all
feeling pretty good about the show
we were going to see.
The concert was awesome. That's
the simplest way to put it. Rolling
"Closer to Fine," and the crowd
went absolutely nuts as they played
the first few notes to the song. They
also brought out the best of their
mellower stuff with "Cedar Tree,"
"Virginia Woolf" and "Love will
Come to You." The audience sang
along with pleasure to their "Prince
of Darkness."
The Indigo Girls^stuck to playing
everything from Rites of Passage,
their newest and best to date album,
but also played past pieces. They
performed cuts from their last two
albums "Indigo Girls" and
"Nomads, Indians, and Saints."This
concert brought out everything the
Indigo Girls are best at, combining
all their harmonies and musical
talents into a completely awesome
set. This concert tour is just another
step in their astounding ascent from
\
The concert brought out everything
the Indigo Girls are, combining their
harmonies and musical talents
Stone has called the Indigo Girls'
"Rites of Passage" tour one of the
year'sbest, and this summer's show
definitely lived up to the magazine's
billing. On a gorgeous summer
evening, with a packed audience in
the seats and the lawn, the Indigo
Girls took over the Great Woods.
Launching in with their first single
of thealbum, "Galileo," they quickly
set the tone for the evening. With
the whole lawn turned into a huge
mellow dance floor, they kept the
pace going throughout the show
with "Joking," "Let It Be Me" and
"Nashville."
The Indigo Girls hit their climax
in the concert with their first big hit.
playing small coffeehouses in
Athens, Georgia, home of another
mildly well known group, to playing
sold out concert halls across the
country.
So now what? Well, the Indigo
Girls are hitting Maine, making
nearby Bates College their first stop
in the state. As soon as I heard this,
I grabbed a few tickets. They're
playing this Saturday night,
December 5. Tickets are available at
Bull Moose downtown, and they're
just may be a few left at the Events
Office. This is truly one of the year's
best tours, and if the show is
anything like their last one, you
don't want to miss it.
8
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1992
Students selling UNICEF holiday cards
Wouldn't it be nice if all of the world's children could be so content?
By Michael Golden
orient editor-in-chief
Although the stressful final exam
period has arrived at Bowdoin,
several students are capturing the
holiday spirit by raising money for
the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF), an organization
dedicated to helping the world's
neediest children.
Beginning next week, Mindy
Abrams '93 and several student
volunteers will be selling UNlCEFs
world-famous holiday greeting
cards in the Moulton Union and
Coles Tower. A Romance
Languages major, Abrams came up
with the idea while studying abroad
in Spain last year.
"I bought some UNICEF cards in
Sevilla last year. The enthusiasm for
them was intense in Spain.
Department stores, post offices,
everyone seemed to be selling
them," said Abrams. This interest in
helping UNICEF transformed into
action later in the spring, when
Abrams' mother met an officer of
the program. "My mother happened
to be sitting next to the woman who
was president of fundraising for
UNICEF on a flight to visit me in
Spain. She gave my mom her card,
and said to contact her if I wanted to
do something for them," said
Abrams.
Inspired by Spanish enthusiasm
for UNICEF, Abrams is attempting
to spread such feelings at Bowdoin.
"We could be an example for other
colleges," said Abrams. Several
members of the Bowdoin Christian
Fellowship intend to assist Abrams
by volunteering to sell cards during
the next two weeks.
The cards will be sold in packets
of ten for $750. "Split the cost with
your friends, the money goes to
charity," and not commercial
profits, said Abrams. Proceeds from
the cards go directly toward
UNICEF's extensive global
programs aimed at eradicating
hunger and poverty among
children.
Death Threat
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
attempted to contact Newton by
knocking on his door. Newton had
dimmed all of the lights in his house
and was no longer visible from a
distance. Dimitri Seretakis had
removed his car from thedriveway.
The officer thought he saw
Newton inside the house and he
smashed an outside light with his
flashlight so that Newton could not
see him as clearly outside. At this
point Jenkins, still in the cruiser,
heard over the radio, "Brunswick,
we don't know what we've got here.
You'd better send in more units."
At 1 250 am, the Brunswick Police
and Cumberland County Sheriffs
Department were dispatched to the
scene. At 12:56 am Bowdoin
Security, not responsible for
happenings at Zete, an
unrecognized fraternity, blocked
the intersection of College Street and
Sills Drive (which becomes
Har ps wel 1 Street at the intersection).
Security's intent was to direct
pedestrians and motorists away
from the volatile scene.
Brunswick Police Officer O'Leary
asked Security to enter Zete and
talk with the house officers. An
officer spoke with Zete president
Kevin Thomson '93 and vice
president Eric Vinson '93. After
consultation, Thomson decided that
the safest course of action would be
to evacuate the house and dim all of
the lights.
At 1 :15 am Dean of Students Ken
Lewallen was notified of the
situation. "Legally we have no
responsibility even if our students
are living there," said Lewallen
speaking with the Orient. He said
that the administration cares about
the safety of all students, but that
this particular incident was not a
college matter.
From the time they arrived on the
scene, Brunswick Police and the
sheriffs department repeatedly
attempted to contact Newton by
knocking on his door. His house
was dark and he never answered.
At 1:40 am the scene was cleared.
Concerned about the security of
residents and visitors, Thomson
decided to evacuate the house for
the entire evening.
"The next morning [the police]
came and apprehended the gun and
tempered the situation," said
Thomson. Criminal charges have
reportedly been filed against
Newton.
Thomson and Dugan confirmed
that a history of problems between
Zete and Newton exist. According
to Thomson, Newton had a fence
erected dividing their property.
Students should not fear walking
in the vicinity, which is adjacent to
Alpha Kappa Sigma, said Dean
Lewallen. T would not say students
should be overly concerned about
being in that area."
However, Bowdoin Chief of
Security Donna Loring said, "Be
aware that this occurred and use
your own judgement how close to
that area you want to get." Loring
refused further comment saying the
matter was an off-campus affair.
Zeb Rice '94 named Editor of Orient
An infant landmine victim in Cambodia.
Zebediah Rice '94, of Los Angeles,
Calif., has been named by the
Bowdoin Publishing Company as
Editor-in-Chief for the spring
semester.
Rice is presently studying in Chile.
He is a Dean's List student at the
College and a James Bowdoin
Scholar. Rice came to Bowdoin after
graduating from the Crossroads
School of Santa Monica, Calif.
Last spring Rice served as
Managing Editor at the Orient.
Known for his provocative and well-
written editorials, his excellence was
honored by receiving the Bowdoin
Orient prize at James Bowdoin Day
ceremonies this fall.
Rice has partially named his
editorial staff for the spring. News
Editor will be Archie Lin '95,
Managing Editor will be Michael
Tiska '93, and Copy Editor will be
Suzanne Renaud '96.
Current Editors-in-Chief , Brian
N. Farnham '93 and Michael F.
Golden '94 will remain members of
the Bowdoin Publishing Company,
along with past editor Thomas M.
Davidsdpjr.'94.
T
\
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
Kudos to Spike Lee f s X
By Suzanne Renaud
orient asst. copy editor
Malcolm X, the new Spike Lee film,
maintains close ties to the original
autobiography coauthored by Alex
Haley. References to Malcolm X have
dominated popular culture in the
past year in anticipation of Lee's film.
The movie proves the sustaining
power of Malcolm X's message.
The trivialization of his
accomplishments is omnipresent.
Clothing emblazoned with an "X"
does little to relay Malcolm X's call
for action. But the publicity has
created a renewed interest in his
position as an African-American
leader as well. Students at one
university were even prompted to
call for the renaming of their student
center in his honor.
Malcolm X's "hero" status has
been questioned. As Lee's movie
pointed out, Malcolm X was a street
hustler for years before hediscovered
Islam and a new way of life. He stole,
used drugs and was, essentially, a
menace to society.
These dubious activities landed
Malcolm X in jail. There he
discovered Elijah Mohammed and
X paraphenalia found in the Orient.
the Nation of Islam. This marked
the beginning of theactivism which
dominated the remaining twelve
years of his life.
The Nation of Islam taught that
the "white man is the devil" and
that all African-Americans should
seek to separate themselves from
whites. Malcolm X led the crusade.
His motivating speeches influenced
many to join his religion and
demand independence. Malcolm
X taught that, contrary to white
propaganda, African-Americans
Photo By Erin Sullivan
could be powerful.
Eventually, Malcolm X gained the
displeasure of his religious advisor,
Elijah Mohammed. Amid death
threats, he departed for Mecca to
search forthemeaningoftruelslam.
For his film, Lee sent an all-Muslim
film crew to Mecca to record the
hajj. It was the first-ever filming of
the pilgrimage.
Malcolm X made radical
discoveries during his trip to Mecca
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
Dance students to present Studio Show
Rehearsal for the Studio Show in Pickaid Theatre, Memorial Halt
By Archie Lin
orient arts & leisure editor
The Bowdoin College Dance
Croup's annual December Studio
Show will be held on tonight
Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. in
Pickard Theater.
The last performance of the
semester, the Studio Show's
program includes nine dances.
Four dances will be performed by
students of professor June Vail.
The other dances include an
independent study project by
Son y a Vasquez '93, Starry Night by
Alex McCray '93, two dances by
VACUE choreographers Dawn
DeMeo '94 and Brad Fielder '95,
the comic Chasing True Love created
by New York choreographer
Joannie Smith, of Shapiro & Smith,
for Michele Cobb '93, DeMeo,
Katherine Gill '95, Michele Greet
'93, Marie Lee '95, Deb Lif son '95
Amanda Massalem '95 and Betsy
Roter'96.
Next semester, Bowdoin will see
performances led by Dan Hurlin, a
Photo by Maya Khuri .
choreographer who will teach for
ten days in February. In April, a
group called UMO, run by
Bowdoin graduates will return in
a program jointly sponsored with
Latin American Studies. Also in
April, Merce Cummingham,
which Vail called "the most
famous, the most elegant and most
well-known modern dance
group,"' will be brought to campus,
sponsored by the Zuckert Fund,
which has brought several
productions to Bowdoin in the
past.
Indigo Girls to
perform at Bates
By Brian Sung
orient asst. arts & leisure
EDITOR
Hanging out in the parking lot of
the Great Woods Performing Center
in Massachusetts is one of the all-
time best pastimes in America.
Hanging out on a beautiful summer
afternoon before an Indigo Girls
concert makes it even better. The
pleasure of that mellow experience
is only possibly surpassed by the
atmosphere in the same lot before a
Jimmy Buffet concert. So, for the
group of us at Great Woods one fine
summer afternoon, we were all
feeling pretty good about the show
we were going to see.
The concert wa s a wesome. Tha t' s
the simplest way to put it. Rolling
"Closer to Fine," and the crowd
went absolutely nuts as they played
the first few notes to the song. They
also brought out the best of their
mellower stuff with "Cedar Tree,"
"Virginia Woolf" and "Love will
Come to You." The audience sang
along with pleasure to their "Prince
of Darkness."
The Indigo Girls stuck to playing
everything from Rites of Passage,
their newest and best to date album,
but also played past pieces. They
performed cuts from their last two
albums "Indigo Girls" and
"Nomads, Indians,andSaints."This
concert brought out everything the
Indigo Girls are best at, combining
all their harmonies and musical
talents into a completely awesome
set. This concert tour is just another
step in their astounding ascent from
The concert brought out everything
the Indigo Girls are, combining their
harmonies and musical talents
Stone has called the Indigo Girls'
"Rites of Passage" tour one of the
year'sbest, and this summer's show
definitely lived up to the magazine's
billing. On a gorgeous, summer
evening, with a packed audience in
the seats and the lawn, the Indigo
Girls took over the Great Woods.
Launching in with their first single
of thealbum, "Galileo," they quickly
set the tone for the evening. With
the whole lawn turned into a huge
mellow dance floor, they kept the
pace going throughout the show
with "Joking,- "Let It Be Me" and
"Nashville."
The Indigo Girls hit their climax
in the concert with their first big hit,
playing small coffeehouses in
Athens, Georgia, home of another
mildly well known group, to playing
sold out concert halls across the
country.
So now what? Well, the Indigo
Girls are hitting Maine, making
nearby Bates College their first stop
in the state. As soon as I heard this,
I grabbed a few tickets. They're
playing this Saturday night,
December 5. Tickets are available at
Bull Moose downtown, and they're
just may be a few left at the Events
Of fice. This is truly one of the year's
best tours, and if the show is
anything like their last one, you
don't want to miss it.
10
the bowdoin orient ARTS & LEISURE Friday, December 4. 1992
Us is golden
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
As the second installment of Peter
Gabriel's series of album s with two-
letter titles, Us rockets him into the
stratosphere. Gabriel is one of the
few leftovers from the 1970s whose
work has been constantly
improving, and lis represents his
latest pinnacle.
To call this album beautifully
produced would be an
understatement — Gabriel and co-
producer Daniel Lanois have
obviously slaved over it (assisted
by ambient music avatar Brian Eno) .
I have a persistent sense of wonder
at their success in pulling together
theme of emotional exploration and
its recurring pleading tone (in tracks
like "Blood of Eden" and "Love To
Be Loved") but in a much more
demanding and disturbing manner,
especially in its chorus: This time
you've gone too far. The understated
but essential keyboard line has the
same devestating effect as the lyric's
barely restrained emotion which
reinforces the sinister sense of rage
that the speaker can no longer hide.
Alongside the tracks that have a
funkier edge, like "Steam" and "Kiss
That Frog," are songs with a more
pronounced world-beat music
flavor. Gabriel succeeds in merging
the two tendencies into a distinctive
style emerging in "Come Talk To
To call this album beautifully
produced would be an
understatement
the songs' disparate elements and
making them sound right. The
slightly-aske w chant that begins the
song entitled "Only Us," for
example, comes out of nowhere, but
it works perfectly as an introduction
to the vocal proper.
Anchored by the stellar rythym
section of Manu Katche and Tony
Levin, the grooves on lis are sly and
indestructible, whether providing
the drive behind "Steam" or snaking
along in "Digging in the Dirt," which
is by far the best song on the disc.
"Digging" epitomizes the album's
Me," for example. This song's
opening moments recall the majestic
sweep of the Temptation soundtrack
and eventually give way to a more
recognizable structure.
The album's real strength is in its
cohesiveness, despite the apparent
dichotomy of its chief musical
elements — traditional folk music on
one hand, with a very human face,
and Gabriel's use of advanced
technology on the other. His
achievement can be measured by
how seamlessly he combines the
two. Incredible!
Malcolm X
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9)
and Africa. He learned that not all
whites intend to suppress the black
man . In his autobiography, Malcolm
X says, "|I discovered] a spirit of
unity and brotherhood that my
experiences in America had led me
to believe never could exist between
the white and the non-white."
Malcolm X's message was
tempered and included hope that
whites and blacks could coexist in
America. He still promoted the
independence of African-
Americans, but no longer
vehemently denounced all non-
blacks.
Malcolm X was abhorred by the
media and seen as a dangerous
figure. But his experiences after the
hajj to Mecca marked a new facet to
his ideology. He was more tolerant
and willing to communicate.
Malcolm X was assassinated before
he could spread the feeling of color-
blindness he experienced in Africa
throughout America.
Lee's epic chronicles Makolm X's
life in more than three hours of film.
Malcolm X's standing in the
community as a street thug to a
strict Muslim demonstrates his
effectiveness as a leader. Telling
Malcolm X's life story gives insight
into a largely forgotten segment of
the ongoing equality struggle
among the races in America.
Vespers to inaugurate holiday season
The Snow is Coming...
ideo
nture
Better Rent A Movie
^7 Maine St. Brunswick
By Suzanne Ren aud
orient asst. copy editor
The holiday season is upon us
once again. And hearing Christmas
Carols helps to instill the proper
festive mood. Although not
everyone is of the Christian faith,
the songs of this season are an
integral and traditional part of
December's charm. The Advent
Vesper Service, sponsored by
Bowdoin's Christian Campus
Ministries at 8:00 p.m. on December
1 1, will provide an outlet for singing
and prayer for people interested in
rediscovering the spiritual origins
of the season.
Until recently, theChamber Choir
has provided the Vespers music.
Three separate performances were
held every year, with the exception
of last year, to accommodate the
large turnout by both students and
members of the college community.
However, the Bowdoin College
administration put Vespers in
jeopardy when it decided that
college organizations could not
officially sanction religious service.
Independent groups rallied to
reinstate the service. Members of
the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship,
the Canterbury Club and the
Newman Center, along with Father
Larch Fidler, sponsored the
resurrected Advent ceremony.
Steven Grives '91 conducted
interested musicians from the
Chorale and Chamber Choir.
Last year's Advent Vesper Service
was a success. Father Fidler asked
Grives to participate in the service
again this year. Grives and organist
G wen Thompson '92 are conducting
the singers.
Thompson, a music major, sang
in the service last year — conducting
the Chamber Choir for an honors
project gave her previous experience
in leading a choral group. Although
she will play the organ as Grives
conducts the service this year, she
says conducting during rehearsals
is "good practice" and is pleased to
have the opportunity to be involved .
Approximately 15-20 singers are
now involved. Students in the
Chamber Choir and Chorus number
in the majority, but "anyone is
welcome," said Thompson.
The service will begin with an
organ prelude, followed by an
invocation and reflection on the
season.The Advent lesson s are next,
interspersed with song such as "O
Come, O Come Emmanuel," "Dixit
Maria" by Hassler, the German carol
"Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein" and
the Medieval song "Quern
Pastores." Other songs include
"Hark in Herald Angels Sing,"
Bach's "Wie Schon Leuchtet der
Morgenstern" and theCoventry and
Sussex Carols. The traditional
favorites 'The First Noel," "Joy to
the World" and "Silent Night" will
also be performed. Members of the
Christian ministries will provide the
readings.
Any students interested in singing
in the service are invited to attend
the next rehearsal in Gibson 101 on
December 6 at 1 KX) p.m.
.1 . ' .,,..
IN
Flink's Flicks
This Week: Traces of Red with Jim B e 1 u s h i
By Tim Funk
orient movie reviewer
People:
Suspend all belief all ye who pay
to see Traces of Red (RT: 90 min.).
This movie has more things wrong
with it than the current economic
state of our country. It takes place in
Palm Beach, for no other reason than
to have people wear gold-colored
shimmery things. They might as
well have had it shot in Gardiner,
ME. The movie is about two cops,
Jack Dobsoa (James Belushi) and
Steve Frayn (Tony Gold wyn). Frayn
is a suspect last name since I never
heard it mentioned once in the
movie, but the credits say it, so it
must be true. There is also Ellen
Scofield (Lorraine Bracco), a Palm
Beach socialite, albeit one with a
"Dese Dem Dose" accent. Her voice
sounded like Melanie Griffith's in
"Working Girl," in fact I think it
probably was her voice, dubbed
over for some financial reason.
In the first ten minutes, Belushi
has already seduced a cocktail
waitress. Later on someone asks:
"What could a woman like that see
in a good man like him?" That's a
question I would like to see
answered myself. James Belushi is
one who I have never considered to
be a viable contender for the role of
Casanova, yet woman are constant ly
drawn to him. His sex scenes look
like a tigress and a woolley
mammoth trying to generate static
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electricity— the passion in this movie
between Belushi and anyone is
about as warm as an ice cube in
December.
As for the story, Belushi gets these
strange poems in envelopes sealed
with a kiss of red lipstick. It's nice to
have this visual idea since the
dialogue seems to have been written
by a renegade bunch of Romper
Roomers. In fact, the peanut gallery
from Howdy Doody seems to fill up
Don't try to
figure out who
did it, everyone
seems to have
done it sooner
or later
most of the acting roles — they are
nutty and wooden.
Jack's first conquest is found dead
with the same color lipstick found
on the envelopes smeared on her
lips. No one seems to realize this
until someone says: "Hey, I bet
whoever wrote the poems is the
murderer too." OOOOOOh!!!!!
What a novel thought!
From here, the new angle of Jack
being abused as a child arises. Don't
ask why or how, just accept it. If you
don't, then leave. This sends Steve,
his partner — (Gold wyn) remember
him? — out to Key West. It's nice to
see that Steve is given something
else to do besides standing around
saying how happily married he is
and then having everyone hit on
him.
Around this time I found myself
studying the hair of one of the other
two people in the theatre. It was a
welcome distraction, though I still
don't know how the woman in front
of me managed to make it look like
that.
The movie ends with, thankfully,
a rather clever double ending. I
guess the filmmakers wanted to
reward us for not leaving. The
credits roll, I peel myself from the
seat and walked out into the bright
sunshine, thankful I'm in South
Portland.
Besides the Brooklynese Palm
Beach heiress, the cop who everyone
wants and the partner who does
much of nothing except stand
around a lot, the only other character
of note is William Russ as Michael
Dobson, Jack's brother who is
running a political campaign, for no
apparent reason.
Don't try to figure out who did it,
everyone seems to have done it
sooner or later, in fact everyone does
it sooner or later too. Instead, try to
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1992
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Lithograph February by Giant Wood.
The Bowdoin College Depa rtm ent of Art will
present an exhibition in the Visual Art Center. This
exhibition will be slightly different from previous
exhibitions in that there will be original etchings,
drypoints, monotypes and woodcuts produced by
Bo wdoin students. The students enrolled in Art 1 70
Print making I, have been taught this semester by
Professor Mark Wethli.
Printmaking I is a studio art elective which covers
all of the basic approaches intaglio and relief
printmaking, coming together at the end of the
semester in the students' month long independant
Photo Courtesy of College Relations.
projects. Each student selects a particular medium to
explore in a uite of prints. The course is given every
fall emester and meets in the Burnett House
Printmaking Studio.
The exhibition will go on display Monday,
December 7, in the Fishbowl Galleries of the V. A.C.
It will be open to the public to be previewed until
Thursday, December 10. On Thursday, the sale will
run from 3-6 p.m. in the Fishbowl Galleries, with
prices ranging from five dollars and up. The sale will
begin With a reception including refreshments. The
reception is open to everyone.
Latest Guide to Galaxy not stellar
By Brian Sung
orient asst. arts & leisure
EDITOR
Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams'
ninth novel, reacquaints us with his
rather misnamed The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy" trilogy. His
latest science fiction adventure is
the fifth in the supposed trilogy,
following The Hitchhike/s Guide to
the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End
of the Universe, Life, the Universe and
Everything and So Long and Thanks
for All the Fish.
Adams brings back Arthur Dent,
the hero in the first four novels, and
Dent's companions, Ford Prefect, a
human-like alien and Tricia
McMillan, Dent's old flame.
Curiously, he has left Zaphod
Beeblebrox, an alien which was an
intrinsic part of the previous novels,
out of this last novel.
The novel once again explodes
with wizardry, dreamed-up alien
planets, and a tendency towards
the slightly insane— or the inane,
depending on how you read it.
Adams starts off with the usual little
tale about some non-existent alien
species that got obliterated
somehow, and then moves onto
Ford's latest crisis. Ford is trying to
protect a new, extremely powerful
edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide from
Adams ' latest
extention of the
series will
hopefully be his
last
the alien bad-type people.
Meanwhile, Arthur is lost in
different time eras as he tries to find
the earth, hopping around the time-
line continuum.
He ends up on a dreary, little
planet, where he becomes the chief
sandwich maker of "perfectly
normal beast" sandwiches. Adams'
lightning pace, in the story-line,
quickly drops Tricia, and her
annoying teen-age daughter, onto
the planet, along with Ford. Tricia's
daughter takes control of the Guide,
which then whisks all four of them
through space and time. Finally,
through Ford's maneuvering, they
arrive at Earth, before it was blown
up in the first book of the series. On
Earth, past, present, and future all
become entwined in one, huge,
happy mess.
Adams' latest extension of the
series will hopefully be his last . That
is not to say that Mostly Harmless is
adud,itisfarfromthat.Butmuchof
the novelty of the series, which has
been fading since the last book in
the series, So Long and Thanks for All
the Fish, is now over with. Adams
still retains the pace and wit of his
writings, but the re-hashing and
complicated plot twists of the series
and characters takes away from the
quality and humor of his past novels.
The quirkiness of the novel does
still hold interest, but not with the
same indulgences towards Adams'
tangents that used to exist.
Adams does use the "cliffhanger
technique" better than any other
current science fiction writer, and
the pace of the book is frantic as
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Saturday, December 5
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 pjn. Holiday Appreciation Day at the
Museum of Art Shop. 20% off all purchases. Walker Art
Building.
Film. Sunset Boulevard starring Gloria Swanson and William
Holden.
Sunday, December 6
2:00 p.m. Gallery talk. 'Tom KilHon: Woodcut Prints and
Fine Art Illustration." Walker Art Building.
7:30 p.m. Performance. Bowdoin Concert Band. Tickets
needed for seating. Pickard Theatre, Memorial Hall.
Monday, December 7
4:00 p.m. Lecture. "Carbon Balls and Carbon Tubes: A New
Class of Molecules and Materials." jGiven by Thomas
Ebbeson, Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC
Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan. Clea veland Hall, Room 123.
7:30 p.m. Film. Fourth Annual Women's film series presents
Alien, starring Sigourney Weaver. Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, December 8
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar, "The Chalice and the Statue of
Jung." Given by the Reverend David E. Moore, selectman,
Phippsburg. Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
7:00 p.m. Lecture. Nancy Hauley from Boston Women's
Health Collective is speaking on women's health issues.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
Wednesday, December 9
8:30 p.m. Benefit Winter Concert. Meddiebempsters and
Miscellania. $1 donation. Tickets available at the door.
Profits benefit Tedford Shelter. Pickard Theatre, Memorial
Hall.
Film. Dersu Uzala starring Maxim Munzuk and Yuri
Solomine.
Thursday, December 10
3:00-6:00 p.m. Print exhibition and sale. Fishbowl Galleries,
Visual Arts Center.
well. He makes you want to find out
what "happens next" to his
characters. The goofiness of the
characters and the silliness of the
tone of the book do make it a very
enjoyable readinjg regardless of its
downfalls.
Adams' writings have allowed
him to acquire a cult -figure status in
the science-fiction world. He has
been working on the characters of
his series since he came up with the
concept while in an Austrian grain
field . He turned his idea into a radio
series while he was a freelance
scriptwriter for British Broadcasting
Company (BBC). From there, an
editor of Pan Books England
convinced him to turn his idea into
a novel, which surprised everyone,
including Adams, by entering The
Sunday Times mass-market best
seller list at "#1." Adams has also
enjoyed similar successes with his
other projects. His Mostly Harmless
is an enjoyable novel with an
infectious humor, that, though it
doesn't compare to the other books
in the series, continues the line of
Adams' remarkable series. It is now
sitting on the eighth spot on The
New York Times' s best-seller list.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1 992
The Bowdoin Orient
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Editors judge to be an attack on an individual's character or
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The semester in review
As we reflect upon the tumultuous events of
this past semester, several controversial issues
stand out as areas where reform is needed, where
resolution is required, and where certain groups
and individuals have acted exceptionally well.
Women's Hockey complaint: When five
former members of the women's ice hockey
team filed a civil rights complaint against the
College charging discrimination, they exposed
the sexism which festers even in this supposedly
enlightened and "discrimination-free"
environment. The College is anxiously awaiting
further word from the Federal investigators
involved. We sincerely hope that the
administrators are as dedicated to correcting the
obvious injustices suffered by women athletes
on this campus as they are to upholding
Bowdoin's reputation by disposing of this issue
so quickly.
Single-sex Greeks: In compliance with the
Governing Boards' May resolution requiring all
Greek organizations to become entirely
coeducational, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and
Zeta Psi decided to become inactive and Alpha
Beta Phi voted to become a coed social
organization under the new name Phi Epsilon.
The sorority then reversed its decision, deciding
to call it quits rather than conform to the College's
ideological agenda. Their choice and that of
Bowdoin's other single-sex Greek organizations
to dissolve (for those who are actually doing so)
is admirable in that it complies with the College's
educational mission to pro vide a discrimination-
free environment while remaining true to their
pledges of brother and sisterhood. Chi Psi may
even set a new precedent for "going out with
class," if it acts upon its intentions to donate the
Lodge to a charitable organization.
Executive Board: Criticized for being
ineffective and out-of-touch with the student
body, the Executive Board reacted by mailing
out Board Briefs to keep the school informed of
their activities. The Exec. Board also organized
an impressive Student Senate this week. The
ambitious and professional agenda sent shock
waves through the Orient editorial board. The
Exec. Board addressed Gay and Lesbian Studies,
Women's Studies, the institution of a GPA, and
reinvestment in South Africa. The Exec. Board,
long famed for its micro-management and
bureaucratic bumbling has become outwardly-
focused!
Afro-American Society Charter: Despite all
this improvement, the Exec. Board has destroyed
much of our enthusiasm by backing down when
faced with the obvious discrimination contained
in the Afro- American Society's charter. The Society,
according to its own document, prohibits non-
African- Americans from becoming officers. This is
racial discrimination, and the Exec. Board's
constitution prohibits student-funded groups from
discriminating on the basis of race. Strong
leadership could have gained the Exec. Board what
it lacks the most: credibility.
Student Center: The administration has made
the first move in shifting the campus' social centers
from the fraternities by proceeding with plans for
the new student center. By extensively soliciting
student opinion, the administration showed the
campus that, at least in some areas, they care about
student opinion.
War memorial: In contrast, the College is failing
miserably to properly address the war memorial
issue, though some signs of improvement have
been forthcoming. Many members of the
community are repelled by the idea of
memorializing war or service in war. Some have
trouble ima gining its a rchitectural and philosophica 1
purpose. But the intentions of members of the Class
of 1941 are honorable.
In dealing with the question of whether to include
Bowdoin graduates who died fighting for Germany
and Italy in World War II, the College and some
planning committee members have been outright
insensitive and overly-defensive. Cool heads are
prevailing, however, and we commend Dean Ward
and Barbara Kaster for organizing this week's
meeting to consult students concerned about the
issue.
In the final analysis, the pluses and minuses of the
semester add up to a good semester for Bowdoin.
Progress has been made in moving Bowdoin
towards a progressive environment free of
discrimination.
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THE BOWDOM ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1992
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By
Tom
Leung
Is diversity what you really want?
Over the past few weeks we've been hearing a lot about the effort to attract students who don't fit the stereotypical Bowdoin forced conformist attitude is Bowdoin's most prevalent
perceived need for increased diversity with respect to the mold: white, professed liberal, i.e. closet conservative, wealthy, psychological disease: the hear no evil, speak no evil, see no
faculty and student body at Bowdoin. The general consensus and 90210ish (only with Birkenstocks instead of Nikes); what evil virus. In other words, when in doubt, play it safe and talk
is that if the College becomes more diverse it will somehow you'll find is a lot of people living on campus who you may not about the weekend, the weather, anything uncontroversial.
become a better school. And for some strange reason I find find desirable (just imagine a class full of Tom Leungs). Now Obviously, this is not exactly the ideal environment to live in
myself expressing approval every time I hear about this long brace yourself, in the absolute worst case scenario, if our if you're an opinionated student. Obviously this is not the
overdue movement. But not to worry, there is a point of student body really starts to exhibit genuine multiplicity, there ideal environment for a diverse class of '97.
contention that I'd like to offer to my fellow Polar Bears. Here might even be people who have the audacity to endorse So herein lies the problem with Bowdoin's professed
Republicans for president, the ignorance to question the motives crusade to better itself through diversification; it is very easy
to say you think diversity is important and will better the
■Hi^^MMiHiMHM^^BHMiMiHHnMHHiHiHHiHHHai^ school, but the hard part is following it
It is very easy to say you think
diversity is important. . . but the hard
part is following up.
It IS.
Although I'm positive increased
student diversification is exactly what ■
this place needs (not only racial/but
socio-economic, political and cultural),
something inside of me doesn't buy the
assumption that this is what a lot of
other people truly want, or more
accurately will want, in the future if
Bowdoin ever really completely
heterogenizes itself. It's obvious that
the PC bandwagon's next stop is at
diversity boulevard, but if it ever gets _________^^__________________^_^___ _
there, a lot of people are going to regret ■■■■■■^^■■HMii^H^^HMMiH^iMMHHMMMHB
jumping on this one.
Why would I say that? Isn't it open-minded and intellectual behind a new student center and the irreverence to ask that all
to demand diversification? Wouldn't demanding the of Bowdoin's war dead be remembered. (Some people can be
recruitment of minorities be the quintessential "college" real assholes, huh?)
thing to do. Definitely, but there is much more to diversification All kidding aside, the reason why some people love this
than demanding it— here's living with it. Diversity doesn't just school so much is because of its lack of diversity. In some ways
mean different shades of skin color speckled through the Bowdoin College is like one big fraternity. There is an
quad. What always comes with true diversity (not just embarrassing dearth of variety to our students. Most people
getting a handful of minority students from elite boarding here dress, talk, and socialize the same way and that's what
schools), is diversity at its most fundamental level — the some people like about Bowdoin. They don't confront any
diversity of ideas. opposition to their views and everyone is like themselves and
In other words, if the school really does make a concerted anyone who isn't is an "outsider." What results from this
up. When next year's crop of students
arrive on campus, they may not look or
think like you. We have to understand
that with diversity, comes dissent, and
dissent can be reacted to in a number of
ways. It can be ignored, it can be written
off as rabble rousing, and it can be
attacked as a personal vendetta, it can
even become an object of hate. However,
the way dissenting opinion should be
■■■■■■^ treated is through analysis, debate, and
respect. Unless we choose to take that
route, and as far as I can see, a lot of us haven't yet; out of
fairness to the poor souls who don't fit the stereotypical
Bowdoin student image who may be looking at Bowdoin this
year, don't encourage them to come until you are sure you'll
respect them for who they are— individuals on ique and separate
from me and you. If Bowdoin recruits a truly diverse group of
students next year and the attitude on this campus doesn't
change, they will be miserable, and you'll have to deal with a
lot more than one disputatious first-year writing in the Orient.
You'll have to deal with what some of you know is your
greatest fear, real diversity.
The Conscientious Conservative
The media is guilty of religion bashing
Justin
Ziegler
There is a disturbing trend
occurring in the United
States these days. It is not
terribly new, but it has
become amplified in the past
months due to current
events. The remarkable
aspect of this trend is that it
is not being pointed out by
the mainstream media, but,
in fact, is facilitated by it.
What is the problem? It is the growing disdain and sentiment
against religion in the popular media.
Yes, this is related to the "cultural elite" as pronounced by
Vice-President Quayle. Yet, whether one respects M r. Quayle
or not, one cannot deny the reality that some in the fields of
journalism and entertainment like to make "political
statements" about American life and values. Most of their
pronouncements are harmless and usually only indicate
their ignorance of the facts. However, when these individuals
begin to blame problems on religious values, and even
openly mock the beliefs of others, they have over-stepped
the ground of simply making a statement and have entered
into the realms of insult and prejudice.
Examples of this can be most readily seen in two recent
events: the reactions to the recent Republican defeat in the
presidential race and the reaction to the latest Catechism of
the Catholic Church.
The recent defeat of the Republicans at the hands of Mr.
Clinton is understandable. President Bush did not present a
competent domestic agenda to get the American economy
moving again. It is widely regarded by many that it was the
perceived inability of Mr. Bush's domestic leadership that
lost the Republicans the White House for the first time in
twelve years. Yet, many members of the news media and
pundits would havethe American public believe that it was the
influence of the "religious right" in the Republican national
convention that turned voters away from the Bush campaign.
Undeniably, the Republican platform was fairly conservative
this year. However, simply because it was conservative does
not mean that it was the product of Christian "extremists".
To say that the
Republicans are being
dominated by. . . "a
radical religious
movement" is just
plain bunk.
Moreover, though Pat Buchanan's speech referred to a "religious
war", that theme did not appear throughout the convention
and it even disappeared in the campaign. Therefore, to say that
the Republicans are being dominated by what is called a
"radical religious movement" is just plain bunk.
Granted, there are those members in the Republican party
who are fundamentalist Christians. But should we single them
out as an "evil" force seeking to control society through
political means? At times, that seems to be what many in the
media are saying. Though such religious people can be
downright close-minded, they shouldn't be judged as enemies
to society. On the contrary, their zealous activity is purely
benevolent, seeking simply to better society. Yet, continually
they are portrayed as totalitarians trying to destroy liberty.
When the Catechism of the Catholic Church was presented
in November, it met similar critical analysis. For many of
those in the popular media, it was not progressive enough. It
was too old fashioned. Among all of the tenants of the
doctrine, the position on sex was particularly singled out in
the press. Everything from editorials to cartoons seemed to
mock the idea of "moderate pleasure" during intercourse (a
cartoon in the Boston Globe sticks out in my mind). Their
message was clear: "How can they believe this crap?!"
It never seemed to occur to these critics that people do
adhere to the ideas stated in the doctrine. Maybe they do not
agree with some of the ideas presented, but that does not
mean that Catholics around the world find them rid iculous as
well.
The problem here is not so much the reporting on the new
Catechism, as it is the opinions finding their way into the
professional press as news analysis. It is one thing to say that
the policy of a politician is wrong. It is quite another to state
that a certain religious belief is wrong.
The harsh critiques of conservative religious groups is
outright prejudicial and arrogant. It suggests that these groups
are at fault because of their beliefs and are thereforedangerous
to society. When one believes that the downfall of the
Republicans is due to a glut of zealous Christians or that
Catholic belief on sexuality is wrong, there is a complete
disregard for the truth and for the rights of religious freedom .
Indeed, these critics are victims of exactly what they accuse
religious groups of: the forcing of their opinion on others.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
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The Human Crimes of a Serbian Peer
By Brian Farnham
Over Thanksgiving break, I found myself pondering the
fact that in my twenty-one years of life I have never killed
anyone. Borislav Herak, also twenty-one and therefore my
peer, grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In five months he
personally killed 29 men, women (eight of whom he raped
first) and children, and assisted in, or witnessed, the killing of
220 other people.
Boro, as his father calls him, is awaiting trial for these crimes
which he committed as a Serbian volunteer between June and
October. Last Friday, when I read the story about him in the
New York Times, I was at home relaxing after Thanksgiving.
Last Friday, Boro was sitting in a prison cell with a shaved
head, literally gnawing off his fingernails while awaiting an
inevitable death by Bring squad.
I don't read the paper as much as I'd like to, but on Friday
I didn't have much else to do except continue digesting so I
delved into it. The story about Boro has become lodged in my
consciousness because of all the remarkable and unremarkable
things about this man that have made him a mass-murderer,
an agent of genocide, a rapist and a looter. The worst of these
things, somehow, is that he is the same age as myself.
I simply couldn't gun down a ten year-old girl, yet Boro did
that from a few feet away while she hid behind her
grandmother. With two other men, he then killed the rest of
her family, including three other children under 12, another
elderly woman and four men. He did it, he says, because
somebody said, "Shoot."
It would be impossible for me to watch 120 men, women
and children machine-gunned to death and then set on fire in
a pit, or see 30 men shot and then incinerated in a furnace
knowing that some were still alive when they were thrown in,
or shoot five prisoners in the back because another soldier
said they were "working poorly," but Boro did all of this.
I also couldn't cut the throats of three unarmed men whose
names I knew, especially when one of them, Osman, begged
for his life because of his wife and two children, yet Boro
could, and did. Boro has nightmares about Osman.
I certainly could never go to a motel where women were
being held captive, choose a room, rape the woman in it and
then drive her to a secluded hill and shoot her in the back of
the head, yet Boro did this eight times. Part of the reason he
He personally killed 29 men,
women (eight of whom he raped
first) and children , and assisted
in, or witnessed, the killing of
220 other people .
did this, he said, was because before the war, he had never
had women. The war provided him with Emina, Sabina,
Amela, Fatima and others. Boro remembers their names.
The reason for all of these crimes was that all of the victims
were Muslims. Boro admitted that before the war Muslims
"were very good to me as people," and that, "everywhere I
went, Muslims helped me," but during the war, Serbian
radio, television and fellow soldiers told him that Muslims
were planning to form an Islamic republic and therefore his
homeland required "ciscenje", cleansing.
Boro's actions, far from singular or unique in this war, are
clearly not justifiable as unfortunate consequences of war,
they are nightmarish and evil acts of fabular unbelievability.
I tried desperately to put myself in Boro's shoes to try to
understand his crimes at even the basest level but found I
couldn't, and it made me wonder what possible factors that I
wasn't seeing in t he descri ption of my peer were involved that
would cause him to commit these crimes.
He doesn't seem insane, although his crimes were. I know
that Boro doesn't really hate Muslims — he grew up with
them, liked them. His niece, whom he says he loves "more
than anything else in his life" is the daughter of a Muslim
fighting for the Bosnians. Boro killed little Muslim girls in cold
blood.
I have no idea why Boro did what he did, and obviously, I
will never know (as he will probably never know), but there
are many other of our Serbian peers killing children, slitting
the throats of their fathers, and raping their sisters and mothers
while all of us prepare for finals and look forward to Christmas
break.
I couldn't ever do what they are doing, but what is it that
prevents us from committing the crimes Boro and his peers
did? Is it because we're college students? Or Americans? Or
Westerners? Or is it because, being all these things, we're
currently safe from the forces that affect Boro and his peers?
The crimes of Boro are not an historical anomaly — the
deaths of six million jews attest to that — so what is the line that
separates me from the horror of Boro, and what exactly
pushes someone over that line? I can't imagine committing
Boro's crimes, but a year or two ago, probably neither could
he.
Lettei
~s to tfie Kditor
van der Beemt laments the
demise of the sorority
WWII memorial honors war
dead, not politics
stood by me since the single-sex organization debate began, I
appreciate your understanding and support much more than
you know. It is my sincerest wish that Alpha Beta Phi be
remembered as the group of strong, supportive, well-
intentioned women that we are and have always been.
To the Editor:
I began the first draft of this letter talking about how the
administration had made a mistake in forcing Alpha Beta Phi
to disband, how much Alpha Beta Phi has meant to me and
how much I will miss it. After reading over the letter, however,
I realized that it said nothing new. The same idea of the bonds
of terrific friendshipand loveand support hasbeen articulated
over and over in speeches and letters to the editor ever since
I have been at Bowdoin. I support and agree with every one
of those women's ideas, but, unfortunately, I now realize that
each of those heartfelt opinions has fallen on deaf ears.
The social structure of Alpha Beta Phi upon which so many
women have depended for the last decade will have completely
disintegrated in 1995, when the last two members of Alpha
Beta Phi graduate. I am one of the two sophomores now in the
sorority, and I am not eagerly anticipating my senior year . The
administration has robbed me of the chance to pass on the
tradition of sisterhood to future ABO'S, and I feel cheated. I
listen to the stories of seniors and of alums, of all the Ivies
Weekends, all the Homecomings, all the Christmas parties
and Drop Nights, and I know that I will not be able to tell the
same stories come 1995. Bowdoin is, in effect, stealing from
me the ability to create these memories.
Yes, I do have great friends outside the sorority, and yes, we
can enjoy ourselves too and laugh back at four years of
memories at graduation, but the memories created by Alpha
Beta Phi, the special bond I feel with my sisters, are things that
cannot be matched by even the best of friends. I'm sure this
sounds as if I'm romanticizing the whole situation, but I envy
my sisters who graduated last year. They were granted four
years of Alpha Beta Phi, and the administration is denying me
that same opportunity.
I do, however, prefer my position to that of present first-
year women, and those women still in high school who are
considering Bowdoin. These women will never be given a
chance to even know Alpha Beta Phi for a year. At least I was
granted that.
The saying goes: "You never know what you've got till it's
gone." In 1995, when the last two members of Alpha Beta Phi
graduate, we will have known three years of missing what
was taken from us. But when we walk off this campus, and
Alpha Beta Phi really is gone, will Bowdoin finally realize
what it had? I don't think so, and perhaps that is what saddens
me most of all.
Meredith van der Beemt '95
To the Editor
I found Amy Cohen's recent letter regarding the planned
memorial to Bowdoin graduates who died fighting in World
War II, Korea and Vietnam profoundly disturbing. War
memorials should not be, and generally are not, political
statements, visit some of the small towns around Brunswick.
Many have memorials to war dead. Read the names. Note,
particularly on the memorials to the Civil War dead, the
repetition of family names. These monuments were not erected
to commemorate those who died in the name of a proper
cause. They are not memorials to proper intentions. These
memorials were erected to honor family members, neighbors,
members of the community whose lives were prematurely
terminated on the field of battle.
War memorials become political statements only when
some sort of censoring filter is applied to limit inclusion to
those individuals wh died for a particular cause; those who
had the correct "intentions" (read: those who died for a cause
which was, in my. opinion, proper, noble or worthwhile).
The two individuals in question were members of our
Bowdoin community. We must not, merely because we are
unsure of the "intentions" which ultimately led to their deaths,
deny these individuals the honor due to them or ignore the
grief their loss caused members of our community.
Peter E. Zelz '80
Anne Kerr DeSimone '94
Bowdoin "Vamps" thank college
community for bloodletting
DeSimone: Sorority should be
remembered for what it was
To the Editor „,
Members of the Bowdoin community:
You have just read the announcement of Alpha Beta Phi's
decision to disband at the end of this academic year. I hope
that you will view this decision for what it is — our final effort
to remain true to the principles and ideas upon which our
organization was founded. Alpha Beta Phi was created to
provide, and has provided, a social space for women at
Bowdoin. The sorority has never harmed anyone or anything;
we have only helped ourselves. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank all those who have recognized this fact
and supported Alpha Beta Phi. And to my friends who have
To the Editor:
The Bowdoin Blood Committee and the American Red
Cross want to thank you for all the time, effort, and blood that
you contributed to this worthy cause. As a result of your
concern, the Bowdoin community increased its number of
donors from 1 73 in the October drive to 212 in the November
drive. We were also pleased to see the great campus-wide
turnout inspired by the fraternity competition and "dorm
wars". The named winners were Chi Delta Phi and Hyde Hall,
but most of all, everyone participating in this event was a
winner by making this drive such a success and saving
numerous lives during the holiday period . We really appreciate
your concern, and your effort is never in "vein". We hope to
see you in February. Have a safe and restful holiday season.
The Bowdoin Blood Committee
"The Vamps'"
Pennies are an
unnecessary evil.
So is diet Jello.
So are people who
don't write Letters
to the Editor.
J 4 J s * -t
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
Student Opinion
15
Views From the Couch
"\
Marge Schott: An American Example
Brian
Sung
There are some things in
your life you just can't seem
to avoid, be it a final, parents
weekend, or fish on Fridays at
the Tower. But then, there are
other things which you should
be able to avoid but can't. Take
for instance, Marge Schott.
She's one of those rare souls
that comes up every once in a
while that should be listened
to with rapt attention and
then. . . flogged.
For those of you who don't
follow baseball, Schott is the
owner of the Cincinnati Reds,
and one of the few women
owners in pro sports today.
She has this big dog which
she lets, um, make a messy on
the stadium floor. She likes this dog. She even banned a writer
and demoted a player last year who said not so nice things
about the dog. Schott obviously likes the dog better than some
members of the human race. Schott is an ignorant #$% A &.
What did she do, you may ask? She has done everything
from calling Dave Parker, a future Hall of Fame player, "that
dumb nigger" to calling Jewish employees, what few thereare
in the Reds organization, "sneaky goddamn Jews" to referring
to Martin Luther King Day as "Nigger Day." A rather
enlightened woman. She also has a swastika armband that she
has as "memorablia", doesn't understand why a Jewish
major league average of 16 per cent. Schott can do what she
pleases with her job as an owner. That is a frightening amount
of power and control over people given to a rather lacking
person.
If we were wishfully thinking, we would hope that Marge
employee had a problem with that and is not sure if she ever Schott would be treated as she treats those she hates-perhaps,
said that "Hitler might have had the right idea." Yeah. I might sticking Marge on a podium, spewing her rhetoric until
not be sure if she's a moron. someone did something proper to her, but that's not going to
You figure, we're in the Nineties, right? What the hell are happen. Unfortunately, Marge Schott will possibly stay as
owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Quite
She's one of those rare souls that comes up
possibly she will be able to be in the
limelight, showing others that
discrimination is OK, and that
flagrant, stupid discrimination will
every once in a while that should be listened not s* y° u in trouble We would
wish that Schott was an aberration-
to with rapt attention and then. . . flogged. an u 8 J y blemish But that is also
J ° ° untrue. What Schott is is this: she is
^ Jm m ^ ^^ m u ^ ^ m^™^^^^^^^^™ a ratner disturbing reminder that
there are many people across the
peoplelikeherstilldoingaround?That'sstupidnaivethinking. United States and in the world who will discriminate against
I mean you only have to look over to Germany to see that there you because of skin color or religious belief. She is a reminder
are many hatemongers still around. What is a frightening that life is unfair. She is a reminder to us in an insular
reality is that Schott is in a position of power. She hires and community, which is trying to work out differences among
fires her own staff, which has the lowest minority hiring in all people, that the real world is a hell of a lot harder to change
of baseball. Her staff is 12 percent minority, compared to the than we would like it to be.
Silverman and Doerr
With Tony Doerr and Jon Silverman
High, kids!
You know what we hate? Those Spring Break '89 T-shirts
that say, in ever,-so-pretty neon loser colors, This is your
brain. . . This is your brain on Spring Break 1989!" Those
shirts totally suck.
Munnelly has about 40 of those.
Those shirts are old and useless. So is this school. We're
transferring to a 3rd world university.
When you come to Bowdoin as a freshman, excuse our
bluntness, we think the school bombards the freshly
arrived young ones with rules, regulations, codes, and
the oh-so-important matriculation. Just think for a
second about what this school stresses. Tests. Papers.
Deadlines.
Now just think about how completely useless those
things are.
Good.
What really matters in this life? Grades? Yeah, right.
Okay, now that that serious stuff is out of the way. . .
Twenty favorite words:
20. Azerbaijan.
19. All the new Soviet Republics.
ia Hart.
17. Dirty-boy.
16.Stylin'.
15. Fooaarhtsssss.
14. Stogie.
13. Cahv-Dahggah.
12.BOKS!
11. The wind whispering ekxnientiy through the trees. . .
SHUT UP, ERIN!!
10. Veeper.
9. Barking Spidah.
8. Neil F$#@ A &in' Young.
7. Purple.
6. Zoiks!
5. Whoa! Multiple red hairs.
4. Ring-a-dang-doo.
3. Colon.
This week: Silverman
and Doerr rate the best
of everything.
2. Booooooooooot.
1. Weeeaakk. . .
Ten coolest last f out digits for your phone number.
10.2668.
9.9325.
8.6969.
7.4278.
o. 36o7.
5.2837.
4. 1111.
3.#*r
2.2657.
1.3825.
Ten Best Drinkin' Games.
lO.RoboMun.
9. Shotgun until you get arrested.
8. Drinking.
7. Room Drinks Golf.
6. New Years.
5. Point.
4. Beer-Die. . . NEVER!!!! That game is worse than Self-
Paced Calculus.
3. Toilet Paper Quarters.
2.0DQ.
1. Anchorman. x
Eight Best National Holidays (That the school never
recognizes)
8. Vernal Equinox.
7. Winter Solstice.
6. Washington's Birthday Observed.
i 5. Black Judd Day /Colon Awareness Day.
4. Arbor Day.
3. St. Pattie's Day.
2. New Years.
1. May Day.
Editors Note: Silverman & Doerr asked me. to add an apology totheir
numerous fans to this week '$ column-it seems theydidn 't know this
xvas the last issue of the semester and they would have produced a
better effort for possibly the last SUverman& Doerr, ever had they
known. Unfortunately, that's right. The controversial and probing
material of their many articles has caused them to flee the country for
at least a semester, which means the rest of us will have to do without
their central guidance. In parting, S&D say, "Peace and Herb to
ofl/-
Good luck on exams, have a happy
holiday season, and write for the
Orient next semester!
/
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1 992
Student Speak
Which character do you identify with on 90210 and why?
By John Valentine and Erin Sullivan, with photos by Erin Sullivan
Student Opinio
Background: There is a closet addiction
epidemic at Bowdoin and on college
campuses across the nation. Few will
admit to watching the show, but each
Wednesday night, Hawthorne-
Longfellow Library becomes
mysteriously vacant. Televisions are
commandeered and Fox 51 is discreetly
tuned in. Beverly Hills 30210 rules the
night. So, with the tumultuous
developments of this season's Beverly
Hills 90210, we thought it pertinent to
ask students, "Which character do you
identify with most on 90210 and why?"
LOUIS MERRIEW DIEMER '94
North Brunswick, New Jersey
SARAH PEKOW '95
WlNNETKA, ILLINOIS
TREVOR WORCESTER '94
Lincoln, maine
I identify most with
Brandon because his car is
not as nice as everyone else's.
I would have to say that
nerdy skinny guy, Dave
Silver, because he's kind of
goofy and silly and not quite
so pretentious as all the rest.
I'd say Brandon. He's the
practical guy of the bunch.
He isn't the typical rich,
Beverly Hills kid, but more of
a small town guy in the big
dry.
DEREK ARMSTRONG '95
Lexington, Massachusetts
MEREL KENNEDY '93
McLean, Virginia
YVONNE TROYA '96
Fall River, Massachusetts
Kelly, just because she's the
best looking. Ha, ha. Right.
The geeky one, Andrea,
because she's a nerd and she's
always getting screwed over
by the guys.
I think I relate best to
Andrea, because I feel like
I'm good friends with guys as
opposed to going out with
them.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992
17
Rookie squash coach wins in debut
By Tom Davidson
orient contributor
Rick Shim
orient sports editor
The men's varsity squash team
vaulted into national prominence
with a crushing defeat of
nationally-ranked Wesleyan 7-2.
After three consecutive losing
seasons to the Wesleyan squad,
the new-look Polar Bears
dominated the match.
The match marked the debut
of new Coach Daniel Hammond
who coached the women's tennis
team to a successful 8-2 record in
the Fall. Hammond has
revamped the team's training
methods and has been
determined to insure that the
Bears are in the best shape in the
league.
The team contributes its early
success to its depth. The bottom
five players were perfect against
Wesleyan. The Polar Bears were
missing two of their top three
players against Wesleyan.
Jon Cirome '95 led the team at
the number one position, losing a
tough five-set match to Tom
Reifenhauser, the number one
tennis player in the nation.
Cirome almost pulled out the
match in the fifth set, but was
hampered by three consecutive
questionable calls by the
Wesleyan player.
Josh Tulgan '95, a product of
the competitive Phillips Academy
squash program simply
overwhelmed his opponent at the
number two position. As Captain
Jeff Deming stated Tulgan was
everywhere. His opponent couldn't
keep up with him. His rails were
staying against the wall and he
simply overpowered the guy off the
court." Tulgan finished the match
with a 3-0 win.
Back for his final appearence for
the Bears is Dan Michon '92, the
Bear's top player from last year.
Michon crushed his opponent in
three quick games. "Having Dan
there gave us the lift that we needed,"
explained junior Tom Davidson. "It
is great to know that he'll be with us
against MIT and Conn. College this
weekend."
Davidson, who missed all of last
season with a serious wrist injury,
has had trouble getting back into
form. "I wish I could blame it on the
injury, but I'm really having trouble
getting back into the game." The
speedy Davidson lost a tough match
at the number four position 3-1.
Eliot Van Buskirk, the Bear' s most
consistent player, continued his
winning ways at the number five
position. "Eliot is a true squash
player", explained Deming "he has
an unbelievable touch game and
the best anticipation on the squad."
Where the top of the lineup fared
well, the bottom of the ladder is
where Hammond is looking to ice
the tough matches . The combination
of Haffeez Esmail '94, Chip Leighton
'93, Deming, Craig Brid well '96, and
Jon Winnick '95 proved too much
for the Wesleyan squad to handle.
The hard-hitting Esmail
crushed his opponent in a matter
of minutes. The team looks to the
junior for significant leadership
and wins. "There are few people
at that position who can run
Hafeez" explained Davidson.
The 6' 6" Leighton, who returns
from a semester abroad, won the
Ed Reid Squash trophy his first-
year, and held his opponent to
eight points in the entire match.
Deming trounced his opponent
to seal the victory. But while the
team looks to the upperclassmen
to lead the way to a successful
season, much depends on the
development of first-year
superstars Holt Hunter, the
team's number three player, and
Craig Brid well. Brid well crushed
his opponent at Wesleyan for a
start to what Hammond hopes
will be a fruitful career at
Bowdoin. Jon Winnick has also
been tough. A tennis player,
Hammond recruited Winnick to
try his hand at squash. "He's a
tough kid" explained Davidson.
"It's a difficult transition, but he
has all the tools."
The team travels to Boston on
Saturday to face Connecticut
College and a tough MIT squad,
both matches where the Polar
Bears came up losers last year.
The team agrees that the MIT
match will mark the arrival of
Bowdoin squash into the top
ranks of college squash.
Men's swim team wins second in a row
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
The men's swim team competed
against Tufts at the Jumbo's pool
and came a way with a win bringing
their record to 2-0.
The final score was 129-105. The
team is seriously handicapped by
the fact that they have no divers.
The graduation of Frank Marston
'92 hurt the team tremendously.
The swimming was solid enough
for the Bears that they were able to
defeat Tufts despite the points that
the Jumbos received from their
divers. 'Team Breaststroke,'
consisting of Josh Rady '95, Rich
Min '95 and Nick Novak '94
confirmed the notion that Bowdoin
had a strong breaststroking core.
Solid performances were turned
in by Garrett Davis '93 and Austin
Burkett '94. Davis produced the
'iron man day* coming in first in the
1000 and 500 freestyle and the 100
butterfly. Burkett took first in the
200 individual medley and second
in the 100 backstroke. Burkett also
played a key role in the relay.
Team Breaststroke' came in first,
second, and third en route to icing
the meet. Rady took first with Min
and Novak coming in second and
third respectively.
"Our swimmming is on par with
any team, but without a diver we
will be missing some serious
points," said Coach Butt.
The team will next face Tufts on
Saturday.
3rd Annual Santa Fund*
Charity Night at
Joshua's Tavern
Thursday December 10th 7 p.m. - close
Join us for Christmas carolling along with Bowdoin College's own
Meddiebemsters. Free coffee and hot chocolate 7-close on the deck. Come in
and catch the fun in our downstairs tavern with raffles, giveaways, and an
auction of almost anything and everything. Live entertainment and our MC Tom
Cornwell from 9-1 a.m.
V
Women's basketball rebuilds
•The Santa Fund is a charity organization which raises money to buy Christmas presents for
children of Bath/Brunswick whose parents aren't financially able to buy gifts for them.
By Erik B ar tenhagen
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The women's basketball team,
after beating both MIT and UMass-
Boston to win the Regis College
Tournament on November 22, lost
to Bates 72-51 on Tuesday to bring
their record to 2-1.
The team started the season well
by beating MIT and UMass-Boston
on their way to capturing the Regis
College Tournament. In the opening
match, the Polar Bears squeaked by
MIT 53-52 helped by a team -leading
14 points from senior Lisa Morang.
The team then blew by UMass-
Boston in the final by a score of 73-
42. Sophomore center Airami Bogle
finished with a strong 22 points in
the victory.
The Polar Bears, decimated by
the departure of two key players,
could not keep up with a quality
Bates team and dropped their home
opener by 21 points. Once again,
Morang led the team with 15 points
in the losing effort.
After losing their two highest
scorers from last season, the team
will look to Morang to lead the Polar
Bears in the coming year. Bogle
will also help solidify the young
team consistingof two seniors, three
sophomores and only three players
with varsity experience.
"After losing two strong players
from last year, it would be very
difficult to play competitively
against the quality opponents in our
schedule," said Head Coach Harvey
Shapiro. "Building our team back
up to last year's stature can't be
done overnight."
The Polar Bears are certainly
wasting no time in rebuilding their
team with young players as
evidenced by the fact that eight of
the thirteen roster spots areoccupied
by first-years.
Those players who look to
contribute immediately are forward
Kristin St. Peter and guard Laura
Schultz, who must adjust to a new
position in her first year on the team.
Guard Jennifer Flynn was also seen
as a strong young talent who could
help the team immediately until a
stress fracture sidelined her for a
good part of the season.
"We don't have much depth,
we're very young, we've got some
key injuries, and we need another
recruiting year," said Coach
Shapiro. "This year will definitely
be a rebuilding year. Right now, the
best thing for this team will be to
gain game experience so that the
first-years can adjust to college
basketball."
The Polar Bears tip off against
Tufts this Saturday on the road in a
game which could very well
resemble the Bates match. "I'm not
sure we're competitive with Tufts,"
said Coach Shapiro. "We'll just go
out there, try our best and we'll see
what happens."
Divers provide boost in
women's swim team victory
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
The women's swim team won
their second meet of the season
with a 128-114 win over Tufts
bringing their record to 2-0. The
teamcompeted without 1991 All-
American 100 yard breaststroker
Molly Fey '95 and as a result the
meet was close.
The relay team consisting of
Anne Burkett '95, Ruth Reinhard
'93, Muffy Merrick '95 and Alison
Cummings '95 came through to
win the relay and the meet. The
divers, with three of the top five
finished, brought the team close
enough so that the relay team
could pull off the win.
Many of the swimmers had
solid performances to help
Bowdoin to its second win. Ail-
American backstroker and tri-
captain Ruth Reinhard '93 took
first in the 100 yard backstroke.
Muffy Merrick, an Ail-American
inthe500and 1650 yard freestyle,
took first in the 500 and 1000 yard
freestyle. Cheryl Pettijohn '96
took first in the 200 individual
medley and the 100 yard
breathstroke. Anne Burkett'95
took first in the 50 and the 100
yard free.
The divers took places one, four
and five to set up the relay team.
First-year Roseanne Werner took
first with Tri-captain Anna
Nakasone coming in fourth and
Alison Roselli '95 taking fifth.
Roselli had never dove before and
her unexpected contribution was
a surprise.
Go U Bears
ALL ARE WARMLY INVITED to this
year's VESPERS: A Christmas Service
of Lessons & Carols
FRIDAY, December 11, 1992
7 p.m.
Bowdoin College Chapel
Tickets are FREE, but necessary and are
available at the MU desk. Sponsored by:
Bowdoin Newman Society, Christian
Fellowship, & Canterbury Club
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1 992
Week In Sports
Date Team O pponent Time
12/3 Women's Hockey U Maine 7:00 p.m.
12/4 Men's Hockey
12/5 Men's
Basketball
@ Umass
Boston
©Tufts
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Women's
Basketball
©Tufts
5:30 p.m.
Men's Squash
@ M.I.T.
2:00 p.m.
Men's Swimming
©Tufts
2:30 p.m.
Women's
Swimming
12/7 Men's
Basketball
12/8 Women's
Basketball
12/11 Men's
Basketball
©Tufts
12:00 p.m.
Women's
Basketball
Thomas 7:30 p.m.
©Westbrook 6:00p.m.
Notre Dame 6:00p.m.
College
U Maine
Presque Isle
8:00 p.m.
12/12 Women's Hockey Harvard 7;00p.m.
12/29 Women's
Basketball
©Salem State TBA
Tournament
Women's hockey looks to future
By Rick Shim
orient sports editor
The women's hockey team took
the ice against Boston College but
came away with a loss. Boston took
the win with a 1-0 shutout of the
Bears.
Thus far it is too early to predict
how the team will do but Coach
Woodruff has made it clear that this
is a rebuilding year.
This is a young team with a lot of
first-years, but they have potential,
and with time they will develop.
The future looks bright, but they are
just too young to expect too much, "
said Coach Woodruff.
"We've lost a lot of players, but
with solid contributors like Carol
Thomas '93 and Dagan Klein '95 we
should be competetive. Carol is a
dominant player who could play
Division I hockey. Dagan is
developing and should play well,"
Woodruff added.
The team is building around a
balanced offense and defense with
the emphasis on the goal tending.
Klein, a retumingplayer, isexpected
to stifle opposing offenses while
first-years like Jane Kim and Michel
Phaneuf should gain the experience
that will make them excellent wings
for the future.
The game against Boston College
was indicative of what Woodruff
expected. The low scoring game
demonstrated the solid defense, but
the fact that the Bears were unable
to score revealed that the young
offense still needs some seasoning
that they will gain as the year goes
on.
The Bears will next face Harvard
at home, and will be an excellent
opportunity for some young players
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By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
The men's basketball team lost its
first game of the season by fifteen
points to UMaineFarmington. This
97-82 defeat could have caused an
earlyseasondropinmorale. Instead,
it fueled the squad to two straight
victories.
Just before Thanksgiving break,
the Lithuania Statyba came to
Bowdoin to face the Polar Bears.
The visitors possessed advantages
in both height and experience,
arriving with four players 6-7 and
above, and two players who had
played on the bronze-medalist
Olympic team. Still, the determined
Bowdoin squad overcame the odds
to win the exhibition game, 76-69.
A week later, the team returned
to action against the Bates Bobcats
at Bowdoin. Eager to avenge two
losses to the Bobcats last season, the
Polar Bears proceeded to lay a 42-
point blowout on their traditional
rivals. The Bears outscored their
opponents by a 54-20 edge in the
second half, creating the 104-62 final
score.
Before the international match-
up, the two teams exchanged gifts
and observed both the Lithuanian
and American national anthems.
After the announcer introduced
both teams (managingnot to butcher
any of the Lithuanian names) the
two teams got to work.
The first half of play was
extremely close. Neither team was
able to shake the other nor build a
lead larger than seven points,
accomplished on an Elijah
Whitehead '94 jumper which gave
Bowdoin a 29-22 lead i Atthis point,
theStatyba fought back with a quick
8-0 run to produce the fifth of ten
lead changes in the half.
With just under a minute-a nd-a-
half remaining, the visitors seemed
to be ready to turn the tide, as a steal
and a fast break lay-up produced
the largest Lithuanian lead, 42-38.
However, two Eric Bell '93 free-
throws and a three-point play by
senior Captain Tony Abbiati gave
the home team a one point half-time
edge.
The Bowdoin offense started cold
in the second half, allowing the
Statyba to jump to an early 50-45
lead . At this juncture, however, the
Polar Bears kicked off a 12-0 run
which would give them the lead for
good. Highlighted by a Nick
Browning '95 reverse lay-in
underneath and a Whitehead three-
pointer on the fast break, the run
put the Bears up 57-50.
The Bears proceeded to double
their lead before the visitors began
to claw their way back into the game.
After a Browning five-foot jumper
put the Bears up 68-54, the Statyba
engineered a 15-5 run which pulled
them to within four points with just
under a minute remaining. This
late run was energized by the
decision of the Lithuanian squad to
apply a full-court defensive press
with five minutes remaining in the
game. The visitors also benefitted
from some creative shooting,
including back to back three-
pointers, the second of which
banked off the glass from the top of
the key.
Had the Statyba applied such
defensive pressure earlier in the
game, they might have been able to
pull this one off. Instead, free throws
by Abbiati and Pete Marchetti '93 in
Number 30 Nick Browning *95 takes a shot against Bates. Photo by
Erin Sullivan.
the last minute put the game out of
reach for the visitors.
Coach Gilbride pointed to this
lack of defensive pressure as key to
the team's success, stating that such
a strategy had hurt the Polar Bears
in the loss to UMaine. Gilbride was
encouraged by his team's play
against Lithuania, saying, "I knew
we would have to play very well to
be competitive with them."
Especially encouraging was the fact
that the Polar Bears were still diving
for loose balls with an 1 1 -point lead
and the clock winding down. Also
encouraging was that the team was
able to win without the services of
two of its biggest players, Mike
Ricard '93 and Nate Owen '93.
Some of the cause for victory
should be chalked up to Lithuanian
inexperience, however. Despite the
presence of the two Olympians, the
team often seemed to be in offense
disarray, as players stood around in
clumps on more than one occasion.
Coach Gilbride also made note of
the fatigue factor inherent in this
rigorously scheduled U.S. tour. The
team's name is indicative of its
inexperience,aswell. In Lithuanian,
the word "statyba* means
"building," for this is the building
team for the 19% Olympics.
Still, any feelings that this victory
might have been a fluke were wiped
out with the Polar Bear performance
against Bates this past Tuesday.
Some of the wide margin of victory
was due to Bobcat offensive
ineptitude in the second half, but a
larger share should be attributed to
Bowdoin offensive domination,
including a 66% field goal
percentage and a devestating 9-13
from three-point range for the game.
The Bears showed their
enthusiasm from the opening tap.
Nick Browning scored the first two
points of the game on a crowd-
pleasing slam dunk, displaying the
kind of confidence that propelled
him to 28 points against UMaine.
Still, the Bobcats were undaunted,
and played close the entire first half.
Bowdoin managed to grab a four
point lead on several occasions, but
Bates stayed persistent and built a
19-14 lead on several easy lay-ins
under the net. Meanwhile, Bates
defensive pressure kept the
Bowdoin offensd quiet and forced
several turnovers, much to the
delight of art energized crowd from
Lewistion.
The Bears pulled back even with
the Bobcats on the strength of
baskets by Bell and Marchetti and a
three-pointer by Abbiati. The lead
continued to see-saw until the Bears
managed to establish a fairly solid
eight point advantage heading into
half-time. Four free-throws by Alex
Arata '96, a Juan Bonilla '95 three-
pointer from several feet behind the
arc, and a Bell baseline jumper with
K)2 remaining gave Bowdoin a 50-
42 half-time cushion.
The Bears continued their surge
in the second half, completing an
11-0 run on another mammoth dunk
by the 6-6 Browning to give them a
17-point edge. Bates was not
finished yet, however. The fast-
breaking Bobcats ran off an 1 1-2 run
which pulled them to within six.
The Bowdoin lead was seven (67-
60) when the visting team
completely fell off the map. A
combination of good Polar Bear
defense and poor Bobcat shooting
resulted in a crushing 37-2 run by
the Bears to finish the game. The
visitors were outscored 22-0 at one
stretch, and scored only two points
in the final thirteen minutes of play.
While the Bates squad could not
find the net, resulting in a 27% field
goal percentage for the second half,
the red-hot Bowdoin squad shot at
74% for the final twenty minutes of
play.
The team capitalized on
numerous fast-break opportunities
and got deadly outside shooting as
well. Abbiati (24), Arata (21),
Browning (17), and Whitehead (15)
all finished in double figures in
scoring.
The Polar Bears travel to Tufts
this weekend for a Saturday night
match-up against the Jumbos.
"They're always a very talented
team, with both an inside and an
outside game," says Gilbride. The
Bears hope to build on their recent
success in looking for their third
win of the season.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992 19
Men's hockey tops Colby to improve to 3-1
„ Z Z Considerable credit should be given
BY KANDY bTEINBERG to Bowdoin goalie Tom Sablak '93 ^k - \
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
On December 2, a welcome guest
arrived at Dayton Arena to take on
the Bowdoin Men's Hockey team-
the 1-2 Colby White Mules. They
have not beaten Bowdoin at Dayton
Arena since March 1 , 1 968. The Bears
continued this favorable trend with
a 5-4 victory over Colby before a
packed house. Bowdoin jumped on
the board first at 10:12 of the first
period, scoring a short-handed goal.
The goal was scored by Joseph
Gaffney '95 on a beautiful cross from
his brother Charles Gaffney '95, after
the former broke down the right
wing forcing a two-on-one situation,
in which the execution was clinical.
Following the goal, the ice was
littered by pieces of toast to
symbolize Bo wdoin's toasting of the
Colby goalie. The line of Gaffney-
Gaffney-and Gentile continued to
lead the Bears offense. They figured
in four of Bowdoin' s five goals and
accounted for ten points versus
Colby.
The Mules tied the game less than
two minutes later to even the score
at 1-1. However, with just :34
seconds left in the first period,
Bowdoin struck again to take a 2-1
lead to the locker room.
Coach Terry Meagher described
the game as, " A typical Bowdoin-
Colby game, with hard fought play."
He added, " Their goalie played a
strong game and closed us down on
more than one occasion, yet we
responded each time they scored."
Considerable credit should be given
to Bowdoin goalie Tom Sablak '93
who made twenty saves, many of
which were spectacular
opportunities for Colby to tie up the
game. Complementing Sablak was
the fine penalty killing performance
by the Bears. Bowdoin killed off six
of seven penalties and now owns a
90% penalty-killing efficiency mark.
Meagher credits Bowdoin's
quickness as its key weapon in this
area.
The second and third periods
were characterized by Bowdoin
taking a two goal lead on three
occasions, only to have Colby creep
back within one each time. Bowdoin
took a 5-3 lead at 10:06 of the third
period on a goal by Joseph Gaffney.
The game seemingly was over, but
with forty seconds left, Colby
capitalized on a Bowdoin penalty
and made it 5-4. The last seconds
were tense, but the Bears staved off
the charging Mules and earned a
well deserved victory. This upped
Bowdoin's record to 3-1 and gave
them a mental lift that they will
need heading into their next game
against UMass-Boston on December
5. Meagher said, " UMass-Boston is
a perenniel play-off challenger and
will be a fierce and aggressive
opponent."
In Bowdoin's first three games of
the season, the team had compiled a
2-1 record. The season opener was
played at Babson on November 30.
Looking to avenge their ouster from
post-season play in the 1991-92
campaign by Babson, the Bears
started slowly and wound up losing
Joseph Gaffney splits two Colby defenders on his way to the goal.
by a margin of 5-3. Despite the loss
to the Beavers of Babson, Coach
Meagher did not characterize the
game as disappointing, " We had
quality goaltending throughout the
game and, despite the slow start,
the second and third periods were
encouraging."
The slow start severely hampered
Bowdoin's effort. By the middle of
the second period, the Bears were
facing a five nothing deficit that
was insurmountable. However, at
9:02 of the second period Torey
Lomenda '94 scored, and Bowdoin
rattled off three unanswered goals
that made the final score respectable.
Despite losing, Bowdoin outshot the
Beavers 45-36-clearly a good sign.
If there were any doubts as to
Bowdoin's success this season, they
were laid to rest during the next two
games. The Bears romped over St.
Anselm (Nov. 21) and Amherst
(Nov. 28) respectively. Bowdoin out
scored these two foes 21-4. Versus
St. Anselm, Bowdoin jumped out to
a 4-0 lead before surrendering a goal.
The clear stand-out in this game
was forward Joe Gaffney '95.
Amassing seven points (3 goals, 4
assists ), he ties a Bowdoin College
Men's Hockey record for most
points in a game. His line-mates,
Charlie Gaffney '95 and Marcello
Gentile '95, had nine points to boot,
for a line total of 16 points. This sets
a school record for most points in a
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
game for one line. The final score
was 12-3, and Bowdoin pulled its
record up to 500 (1-1). Goalie, Tom
Sablak '93 had 25 saves en route to
his first victory of the season.
Bowdoin improved its record to 2-1
by pounding the Lord Jeffs of
Amherst 10-1 in the Bears' home
opener. In this game Bowdoin
employed a very successful power
play, scoring three out of five times.
Early in the second period the game
was tight when Amherst scored to
make it 2-1 Bears. However,
Bowdoin turned around and scored
eight times and laid Amherst to rest.
Netminder Darren Hersh '93 evened
his record to 1-1 with 19 saves over
sixty minutes of play.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRfDAy, DECEMBER 4, 1 992
Sports
Football team ends season with win in Ireland
Defensive struggle between Jumbos and Bears leads to a Bowdoin win
By Gregory Bond
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin College football
team ended its season with a nail-
biting 7-6 win over Tufts in Gal way,
Ireland over Thanksgiving
weekend. The game, called the
Christopher Columbus Classic,
honoring the five hundreth
anniversary of Columbus' voyage,
was the last game of the year for
both teams. The Polar Bears' victory
raised their record to 4-4 and gave
Bowdoin their second straight .500
season.
"The game was an opportunity
for two Division III teams to get the
priveleges that Division I teams get.
It was a once in a lifetime
opportunity between two rivals. I
think that Tufts invited us because
they haven't beaten us at home since
'68 and they wanted to get us out of
Maine, "said Coach Vandersea.
The two rivals played a hard-
fought defensive struggle that
wasn't decided until the final two
minutes of the game, when Junior
wide receiver Pete Nye caught a 48
yard touchdown pass to even the
score at 6-6.
The Polar Bears' scoring drive
began on the Tufts 48, following a
short punt by the Jumbos. Senior
Quarterback, Chris Good, hit Nye
on the first play of the drive, for,
what proved to be, the decisive
touchdown.
With the score knotted at 6 apiece,
first-year kicker/ running back Mark
McCormick split the uprights on the
exti^ point, his eleventh of the year
in twelve attempts, to end the game
at 7-6.
Nye's touchdown erased Tufts'
short-lived 6-0 lead. The Jumbos
got on the board first, early in the
fourth quarter, when Tufts' deep-
man, Todd Romboli, returned a
Kevin Letellier C95) punt 39 yards
for a touchdown. However,
defensive tackle, Ed Richards ('94),
came up with perhaps the game's
biggest play when he broke through
the Tufts' offensive line and blocked
the Jumbos' P.A.T. attempt.
The story of the game, however,
was defense, as the two teams,
together, failed to amass five
hundred yards of total offense and
only thirteen points.
Theplayers displayed an extreme
amount of character even though we
were down. Over all we executed
well. The defensive secondary
played well despite Tufts' tough
passing game," said Vandersea.
The two defensive squads, set the
tone early in the game, as neither
side allowed any points in the
opening thirty minutes of play,
however, the first half was definitely
not devoid of excitement. Twice
The football team poses for a team photo.
Photo courtesy of college relations.
Tufts failed to score, after
penetrating deep into Polar Bear
territory.
The Jumbo offense coughed up
theballontheBowdointwentyyard
line, and then, later, on the Bowdoin
one yard line. In the game, the
steady afternoon rain and muddy
field conditions caused the Tufts
offense to fumble seven times.
Despite their butterfingers, Tufts
had one more opportunity to score
before the end of the first half. As
the clock wound down, the Jumbos
drove to the Bowdoin twenty yard
line. On the last play of the half,
Tufts' kicker Ronnie Bronstein, saw
his 37 yard field goal attempt sail
wide right, sending the
game into the locker room with no
score.
A scoreless third quarter, set the
stage for the exciting fourth quarter.
After Tufts scored, Bowdoin took
over on their own 48, thanks to a
fifteen yard penalty against the
Jumbos, for their post-touchdown
celebration. The Polar Bears quickly
drove deep inside Tufts' territory,
after Good hit Nye on two
consecutive passes for 20 and 25
yards. However, four Polar Bear
running plays from the two yard
line were stuffed by the Jumbo
defense, preserving, for the time-
being, Tufts' lead.
After a very short Tufts punt,
Bowdoin took over on the Tufts' 24
yard line. Once again, two quick
Good passes led the Polar Bears
inside the Tufts 10. On the first play,
Good found Nye for nine yards,
and then connected with tight-end,
Mike Ricard for ten more yards.
However, the Jumbo defense, again,
stopped the Polar Bears short of the
goal line, taking over on downs at
the nine yard line.
The Jumbo's luck ran out four
plays later, as another punt set the
stage for Nye's touchdown catch,
his third of the season, and his
NESC AC-leading fortieth reception
of the year. Forthegame Nye picked
up 119 yards on five catches. Good,
ending his Bowdoin career on a high
note, completed 13 of 24 passes for
157 yards. Mike Kahler ('94) playing
in only his third game of the year,
after missing five games due to an
injury, led the Polar Bear running
attack, gaining 42 yards on 1 7carries.
The Bowdoin defense, turning in
one of its finest performances of the
year, yielded no offensive points
and only 220 yards of total offense
to the Jumbos. The Polar Bears were
led by Sophomore defensive tackle,
Dan Hart, who recorded eight
tackles and two sacks, raising his
team-leading total to nine. Richards,
theother defensive tackle, registered
five tackles and two sacks, in
addition to his pivotal blocked extra
point. The game high in tackles,
however, went to Letellier, the
erstwhile punter, who, while
doubling as a linebacker, dragged
down nine Jumbos.
This year the league was stocked
with teams that had good defenses,
but I think that we're one of the best.
Dan Hart and Ed Richards
contributed consistently. Our
defense was complemented by our
offense which could have scored in
many ways. We had a strong
receiving core and our running
backs were great as well.
Unfortunately, Eric (LaPlaca) and
Mike (Kahler) were injuried at times
but when they played they
contributed offensively. The only
guy to dominate the league was
Peter Nve," said Vandersea.
Nye '94 caught five passes for 1 1 9
yards while Kahler '94 came back
3
from a injury to play but the poor
playing conditions held him back.
"The team has played hard all
season. The game means a lot to
these guys and nothing ever
stopped them. Even in the fourth
quarter when they were down 6-0
they came back despite the rain and
poor conditions. The captains
(Casey, LaPlaca and Schena) were
great leaders despite their injuries.
They never let the injuries
discourage them and they
maintained their enthusiaism,"
commented Coach Vandersea.
Schena honored
Senior Tri-captain Anthony
J. Schena was named to the 1992
College Division GTE/College
Sports Information Directors of
America District I Academic
All-America Football Team.
Schena, one of twenty two
athletes selected from the New
England area, is now eligible
for the national honor.
Schena is a four year starter
at defensive for the Bears.
Schena is a dean's list and high
honors student with a major in
biochemistry and a minor in
history. Schena has achieved
the honor of James Bowdoin
Scholar three times and is
serving on the Hyde Cage
Planning Committee.
No. Name
48 Austin, William P. '96
24 BacheUer, Andrew D/95
88 Beedy, Jonathan A. '95
66 Berlandi, Brian L. '93
57 Best, David B/96
62 Boone, Myles D/96
43 Boyle, Andrew'95
6 Brinkley, Steven '94
72 Butler, Christopher M. '94
16 Carenzo, James C. '93
44 Casey, Peter J. '93
35 Craft, Benjamin C'96
65 Deckers Peter J. '94
37 DelPrete, Stephen P. '95
40 Dolley, William M. '94
8 Dunn, Robert B. '95
84 Fecteau, Mark A. '95
15 Flaherty, Michael T. '96
58 Gawtry, Michael T. '95
45 Gibbons, Jonathan F. '96
19 Good, Christopher A. '93
87 Hart, Daniel R. '95
85 Howe, Michael D. '96
69 Johnson, Timothy M. '95
31 Kahler, Michael R. '94
5 Kanemantsu, Tohru '94
70 Kolojay, David T. '93
76 Lake, Jeremy R. '96
42 La Placa, Eric W. '93
54 Latham, Joshua E. '96
56 Letellier, Kevin M. '95
68 Lipson, Daniel B. '96
59 Lopoukhine, Matthew '94
47 Marolda, Matthew D.A. '96
53 Marri, Anand '95
18 Martinez, Ramon M. '96
20 McCormick, Mark H.'96
29 McLaughlin, Ryan T. '94
26 Molinari, Anthony R. '96
64 Monaghan, Peter D.B. '94
7 Muldoon, Thomas Jr. '93
10 Mulholland, Robert D. '95
71 Munnelly, Kevin D. '94
82 Nye, Peter J. '94
13 Orenduff,JessJay'95
51 Osburn, William O. '94
89 Owen,BrynJ.'95
99 Owen, Nathan C. '93
25 Payne, David T.M. '96
14 Rand Adam S. '95
86 Ricard, MichaelS. '93
74 Richards, Edward I. '94
60 Rogers, Christopher F. '93
52 Rose, Graham H. '95
32 Ryan, Patrick J. '96
30 Saban,LouisJ.,Jr '94
83 Schena, Anthony J. '93
90 Scholes, Jonathan E. '96
9 Seeley, Christopher A. '94
75 Silverman, Harold, IH'95
55 Sisk, Daniel R. '94
12 Sommer, Christian D. '93
67 Tremblay, Michael D. '95
23 Turmelle, Michael P. '94
11 Vegas, John D. '93
22 Weaver, Todd F. '94
Head Coach: Howard Vandersea,
Bates '63
Assistant Coaches: Phil Soule, Joe
King '86, Tom McCabe, John
Dumont, Vince Marino
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NUMBER 12
Students encounter obstacles in registering for courses
By Ann Rubin
orient contributor
Alex Moore
orient contributor
Bill hurries to be on time for class
though he has not pre-registered,
and the professor would not know
him from a hill of beans. He opens
the door only to find the classroom
packed well beyond capacity. Each
seat is occupied, not to mention the
tables, the floor and most of the
radiators. The professor breaks mid-
sentence to look in his direction.
Seemingly with no compassion
whatsoever, she deems the class
closed to all additional students and
the waiting list nonexistent. His
head bowed in dismay, Bill trudges
away, cursing the system that
prevents a dedicated student like
himself from becoming further
enlightened.
The experience of "Bill" is not an
uncommon one at Bowdoin
College. Many students struggle
each semester to get into the classes
that they want, sometimes to no
avail. Often, being ousted from
classes is the fault of the student,
waiting until the last minute to show
interest in a popular class. More
often, a student who has pre-
registered will be rejected from a
class due to a limited class size and
a system of prioritization that varies
from teacher to teacher, department
to department.
The element of uncertainty that
has become associated with
registering for classes detracts from
are then allowed to pre-register,
and the list of prospective students
is given to the teacher. Often, the
number of students on the list
surpasses the prescribed class size.
It is then up to the teacher to cull the
list down through his or her self-
imposed set of criteria. This revised
list is the one sent back to the
registrar and ultimately to the
students.
These numbers that just seem to
courses on the 200 level are kept to
50 students. The number of students
in classes of level 300, as well as any
independent study chosen by a
student, are left up to the discretion
of the professor teaching the course.
Even though these numbers are
decided uponbythecommittee,they
are only a recommendation. Said
Levesque, "Professors can accept
students over these numbers if they
choose. They just are not allowed to
Bowdoin students often find that
some of the most interesting classes
are so popular that they are filled
almost immediately
An uncharacteristically quiet bookstore.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
the excitement of new subjects.
Kristen Card '96 did not get into
two classes that she pre-registered
for. She said, "It's ridiculous. This
school is supposed to be so good,
but the whole process is so
unorganized. It's stressful enough
going to new classes, but to not
even know what you are going to
get into makes it even worse."
The registration process itself is
relatively vague.The professors are
given a recommended class size
prior to pre-registration. Students
appear on a professor's desk are
actually decided upon by a
committee that works under the
Curriculum and Education Policy
(CEP). Joanne Levesque, the course
information clerk, said, "We have
this committee and with the CEP, it
makes up the guidelines for how
many students are to be in a certain
class." According to Levesque, it
has been decided that the following
numbers provide a rough measure
of how many students should be
allowed into particular classes: first-
year seminars are limited to 17
students, classes of the number
below 199 are to contain 75 and
cut under these numbers."
The guidelines do not always
assurethat a professor will only have
that many students trying to get into
his/her class. Bowdoin students
often find that some of the most
interesting classes to them are so
popular that they are filled almost
immediately.
Sarah Bernard, the College's
registrar, said, "Some things that I
see motivating high enrollment are
definitely thepre-requisites in some
courses, making the lower level
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Clinton administration faces problems with two national issues
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
Catapulted into office amongst a
whirlwind of glamorous celebrities
and glitzy inaugural balls, Bill
Clinton has undoubtedly brought a
refreshing current to America's
stagnant political scene. Boasted to
be the "President of the baby-
boomer generation," Bill Clinton
combines youthful energy and
passion with mature intelligence to
re-structure, what he calls, the
"American system." However, he
must overcome two major problems
that have plagued past
administrations: the faltering
economy and the struggling health
care system. If left unchanged in the
next decade, analyst's predict that
these two problems could have
major repercussions for the United
States in both its domestic affairs
and its role as a world power.
During the Clinton campaign,
economic policy was one of the
strongest weapons used to attack
the faltering Republican system.
Revolving around the
implementation of short and long
term investments, Clinton
promised to cut the budget in half
by 19% and, along with several
other changes, reduce taxes on the
middle class. This seemed to be a
Clinton promised
to cut the budget
in half... and
reduce taxes on the
middle class
viable solution to the country's
economic woes after the release of a
study that suggested that the
economy was slowly, but surely,
recovering from the recent recession .
This news, combined with record
consumer spending during the
holidays, gave the new
administration hope that the
economy would allow for Clinton's
formidable changes. However, there
still remains one pitfall: the paucity
of new jobs.
Private industry is sluggish. Not
only are they not hiring for
permanent positions, but they are
laying off thousands of workers at a
time. Still wary of the disaster after
the recession, businesses are
frightened by the prospect of hiring
for full time jobs. Companies such
as General Motors, IBM, and Kodak
are not only refusing to hire new
workers, but are laying off
thousands of career employees. In
factories across the Midwest,
thousands of workers were laid off
in the brief economic dowturn at
the beginning of the year. This
massive reduction in jobs has caused
many companies to drop their
college campus recruiting.
According to a Michigan State
survey, Com pan ies across the nation
plan to cut their college interviews
by 6% in 1993 after a 28% decline in
1992. Results of this decline in
recruiting would be seen in the
college graduates choosing of a short
job and other entry level positions.
As is often the case in politics, there
exists a rift between ideas and
institutions. Clinton must formulate
a policy that actively promotes the
creation of jobs.
The other barrier Clinton must
overcome in the first hundred days
Clinton wants to
give health care to
37 million
uninsured
Americans
of his administration is the problem
with health care.
In his campaign, Clinton
promised to give health and medical
care to 37 million Americans who
have no medical insurance.
Combined with his need to cut the
deficit, Clinton mustreducethecost
of medical bills in order to insure
the implementation of such a
providing system. Clinton's
solution to this dilemma is the
implementation of competition in
the medical field. He wants to force
the doctors, hospitals, and insurance
companies of America to compete
for patients. This "calculated
competition" would hopefully
provide a logical and business-like
approach to the problems facing
the national health care system.
According to a recent Time/CNN
poll, voters want the new president
to maintain a quality health care
system, while reducing the costs of
medical bills and providing
consistent medical aid to those
without insurance. Clinton feels that
his "calculated competition"
approach will begin to solve the
formidable problems of the health
care system.
Bill Clinton has proven to be one
of the most energetic presidents the
United States has seen in a long
time. However, it remains to be seen
whether his idyllic campaign
promises will come to fruition in
years to come.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1 993
Orientation
Juniors Return From Abroad
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Bowdoin student in the north of Chile. Other juniors return and tell of
their mad exploits at home and abroad.
Alumnus exhibition
Robert Van Franken's stylish architectural landscapes are now being
exhibited at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Men's Basketball
Women's B-ball enters a rebuilding year, but starts it off right with a 2-
1 record beating M.I.T and UMass Boston but losing to Bates.
Water Yow
Plants!
compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
With a new adminstration we beleive it is time to
replace Quayle Quotes with something that will sustain
us through the Clinton/Gore years. Here's something
that ought to unleash the Superman in all ofus.
I welcome all signs that a more manly, warlike,
age is about to begin, an age which, above all,
will give honor to valor once again. . . For,
believe me the secret of the greatest fruitfulness
and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: live
dangerously! Build your cities under Vesuvius!
Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war
with your peers and yourselves! Be robbers and
conquerors, as long as you cannot be rulers and
owners, you lovers of knowledge!
Gay Science aphorism 283
This Month in Bowdoin History-
Actually not much more exciting than right now.
50 Years Ago
This Month:
January 13, 1943
Surprise Raid Tests
Planned For Future
Professor Athern P.
Daggett the campus air
raid warden announced
this week that the college
may expect an
unannounced air raid test
and blackout each month
including January from
now on. No further
warning of these tests id
to be given .
Professor Daggey also
announced that the college
was rapidly dimming out
all the campus buildings
in accordance with the
new regulations. Shades
have been installed in
Winthrop and Maine
Halls with the exception
of a few rooms, which,
which will be provided
with shades in the near
future.
The College recently
purchased 200 additional
shades which will soon be
installed in the other
dormitories, probably this
weekend.
i Professor Daggett
stressed the importance of
these , shades being
promptly and properly
lowered at night. He felt
that a great deal of
negligence had been
shown in the past in some
of the dormitories.
30 Years Ago
This Month
January 18, 1963
Fraternity Problems-
Editorial
Clashes between
fraternities and
administrative systems
have died for the present,
but it is simply a question
of time. At some colleges,
the administration has
abolished the fraternity.
At others, it has hampered
it. At Bowdoin, the action
has been limited to
membership
qualifications. . .
One hears the
"fraternities are on trial
now" more and more often
these days. In many
colleges, even at Bowdoin,
the administration might
be said to have an
anticipatory air, a feeling
that fraternities are sure to
falter soon. Very few
administrations have
considered the possibility
that the fraternities can solve
their own problems, that
solutions can be obtained
without the active coercion
of the faculty.
[Editor 's note: Has anything
changed in 30 years?]
A reply to: Why Dates
should come to
Bowdoin:
Women aren't allowed in
the dorms.
Women aren't allowed in
Maine, apparently.
Some hotdog stands
feature 15 cent hotdogs.
Brunswick's one movie
theater has recently been
restored.
Why not?
A bird in the hand gathers
no moss.
Decoration parties at the
Moulton Union.
Bowdoin. . . becuase.
Dotty Jo Pompous
Northampton, Mass.
[Surely a lost aunt of
Silverman and Doerr]
\
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1 993
From Kenya to Nepal: Bowdoin students span the globe
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
This semester, Bowdoin
welcomes back many seasoned
travelers — juniors who have spent
the first semester studying at other
institutions both domestic and
international. The most popular
option for juniors is to study abroad;
the following 5 students represent
the global category.
K.K. Young '94, originally from
Maine, claims that before she
studied abroad in Galway, Ireland,
that she had never been out of Maine
for more than two weeks. She knew
that she wanted to go somewhere
English-speaking, and she wanted
to many traditional values that
many American women would find
quite limiting. For that reason, I
was glad to get back to the U.S."
After studying in Geneva,
Switzerland, and travelling
throughout a large portion of
continental Europe, Jen Ahrens '94
realized the limits of the educational
opportunities offered at Bowdoin:
"American students tend to have a
provincial outlook about a lot of
things. . . living and studying in
Geneva^ was a truly international
experience." Ahrens chose the Kent
State study-abroad program, along
with Jamie Smyth '94, Chris Bossie
'94, Jamie Reif '94 and Joe Michaud
'94. They lived in a dorm-style
building called the "International
Center" that also housed classrooms
K.K. Young, Ed Pokomy, Jamie Reif, Joe Michaud, Amy Neher, Jen
Ahrens, Kristen Duesel, Michelle Pelletier and Colleen Fox in Galway
to immerse herself in the culture and a cafeteria.
and wayoflifeof the foreign country
she chose. As a result, she decided
to immerse herself in the culture
and way of life of the foreign country
she chose. As a result, she decided
to apply directly to the University
In addition to taking classes,
students on this program had the
and a cafeteria.
In addition to taking classes,
students on this program had the
opportunity to complete an
College of Galway, along with internship; Ahrens chose to work
Colleen Fox '94 and Amy Neher for the U.N. on a project involving
'94. They lived together in a self- human rights issues. Through this
maintenance apartment where they
each had their own room and
bathroom and cooked all their own
meals. The University has a
population of around 7,000
students, a number of whom are
international students from France,
Sweden, Germany, Italy and
America.
Young believes that her study
away experience was one of the
best times of her life. She claims that
the Irish refer to Galway as the
"college town of Europe. . .similar
to Georgetown."The pubs stay open
every nignt until 11 p.m. so
everyone goes outtodrinkand then
home to bed and to work the next
morning. "It'sa completely different
way of life. . .nobody is nearly as
stressed out over there as they are
in the U.S. Nobody exercises and
everybody smokes and drinks a lot.
I met a lot of people because I carried
a lighter around."
As for classes, the students at "U.
Galway" take eight per semester,
and they meet once or twice a week
for an hour at a time. That doesn't
leave much time for much
experience, she learned about the
thought behind the ongoing debate
about the European Currency issue,
a system that would provide most
continental European countries with
a common currency. She learned
that this sort of internal market is far
Mark Ferrari '94 in India.
concentrated effort any class, but it from complete; although the
provides students with an countries realize the benefits of such
opportunity to explore a wide a system, they are not willing to
variety of topics. Young feels she give up their sovereignty and
learned a lot about the Irish way of individual national heritage.
life not only by talking to the locals Through my travels, I realized that
in social settings, but also through a the countries have individual
class called "Women in Irish character, but most people also
Society.'" "It made me think about know 2-3 different languages. . . .
myself in the context of Ireland Everyone knows English and is very
compared with the context of the interested about what is going on in
United States. The Irish still adhere the U.S. People are very
internationally focused."
Both Ahrens and Young were
amazed about how much the
Europeans look to the U.S. and are
consumed by the American political
system, especially during elections.
While traveling in Czechoslovakia,
Ahrens talked with a man who
couldn't understand that the
Republican and Democratic parties
are both "good. . .since he thought
Bush was good, he couldn't
understand how Clinton was good
as well." Young had a similar
experience talking to a woman in a
pub who asked her how she felt
about having a new President.
"Being an American, you stand out
like a sore thumb Before I could
say anything, she wanted to know
how I liked Clinton."
An international college town like
Galway was the perfect host for the
Thanksgiving football game
between Bowdoin and Tufts.
Several Bowdoin students
studying at various locations in
Europe were able to watch
Bowdoin's victory, and apparently
the American teams were celebrities
in Galway. Said Young, "The locals
were asking the players for their
autographs and handing out flyers.
They even thought that we were
cheerleaders. Jen and I had to
explain more than once that we were
not 'rah-rah girls.'"
Mark Ferrari '94 had quite a
different experience from those
students who studied away in
Europe. Ferrari chose to travel to
India and Nepal so that he could
"do something unlike he had ever
done before." He chose a program
in Tibetan studies offered by the
School for International Training
done before." He chose a program
in Tibetan studies offered by the
School for International Training
(SIT). Ferrari explained that he
gained a valuable perspective about
what is going on in Tibet under the
power of Chinese Communist
government and the U.S. policy of
free trade with China. "It isacountry
full of tragedies They are raping
the people and raping the land."
As an English major, his study
away experience was not entirely
complementary to his coursework
at Bowdoin, but he felt that it was
an invaluable experience, even at
the times he was living in one room
with the four members of his host
family. "Sometimes I thought, This
is totally crazy.. .totally insane.'"
Ferrari lived with two different
families, the first in a Tibetan
community in India called
Dharamashla where he spent five
weeks. This community was formed
in 1950 when the spiritual and
temporal leader of Tibet, his
Holiness Dalai Lama, was exiled by
Chinese invaders of his country.
While living in this community,
Mark studied Tibetan language,
history, culture, art and Buddhism.
Ferrari spent the next 6-7 weeks
living in Kathmandu, Nepal which
is located north of India. There he
lived with his second host family in
the basement of a Tibetan Buddhist
temple. Much of his time here was
spent time on the fourth floor of the
temple as an apprentice of a
Bhutanese master sculptor, making
a clay sculpture in traditional
Tibetan style. He spent a few weeks
traveling around the Kathmandu
valley and up to Bhutan, a small
country east of Nepal and north of
India. He also trekked in the
Himalayas and visited monasteries
along with the 18 other students on
the SIT program. Ferrari thought
the experience was truly incredible,
but it also made him appreciate his
lifestyle in the U.S. 'The whole area
is inefficient and bureaucratic. .
.There is so much poverty, it's like
living a movie."
Romelia Leach '94 also had a
completely non-Eurocentric
experience while studying away in
Kenya. Through the St. Lawrence
University program, she was able
to complete a rural homestay, an
urban homestay, dasses, and an
internship. First, she lived with a
rural family in Kisii for eight days.
Then she travelled to Nairobi where
she attended classes for 3 weeks
and lived at a YMC A. She also spent
2 weeks in Tanzania where she took
a field course that focused on the
in North Queensland, near the major
city of Cairns . Although the quantity
of rainforest is small in this part of
the world, he explained that it was
an ideal place to study because the
forests have been named a "world
heritage area" and thus have been
granted protection. He lived and
studied at a research station owned
by the School for Field Studies (SFS)
near the town of Yungaburra. The
station is a former 153-acre dairy
farm surrounded on three sides by
rainforests.
Marshall took four courses at the
research station, all of which added
to his environmental studies
coordinate major. He studied
tropical rainforest ecology, resource
management, ecological
anthropology, and pursued his own
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Romelia Leach *94 with her host father and sister in Kisii, Kenya
where she completed her eight-day rural homestay.
people'srelationshiptothelandand directed research project, focusing
to wildlife. The expedition was led on sustainable agriculture in the
by Samburu guides whose native tropics. He worked on this project
people's relationship to the land and directed research project, focusing
to wildlife. The expedition was led on sustainable agriculture in the
by Samburu guides whose native tropics. He worked on this project
language was Swahili. She then with three other students by
returned to Nairobi and worked at
a law organization called the
International Federation of Women
Lawyers, Kenyan chapter. She
organized proposals for different
programs there and summarized
cases on a data sheet. Leach
requested this type of work, and the
planting an organic garden, making
a compost system, establishing a
worm farm, and planting trees and
annual vegetables.
After three months of classes,
Felix traveled for two weeks. First,
he journeyed to Sidney by himself
and then met other students on his
St. Lawrence program assisted her program in Tasmania. The best part
in finding the internship. about the whole experience was the
chance to "live in an amazing setting
and learn about rainforests in a
totally protected environment."
Felix wants to return to Australia so
he can spend more time meeting
Australians and learning about the
culture. Hissemesterdid not include
these aspects since he spent all of
his time working with other
American students in a secluded
environment. Like Ferrari, he felt it
was a challenge to live without
modern conveniences: "You have
to deal with a loss of privacy and
personal space when you're living
in cabins with several other people."
Although the experience of
studying abroad in a non-
Eurocentric country is far different
from studying in a Eurocentric,
English-speaking country, no study
abroad experience is without its own
unique challenge. All of these
Leach feels that the program was students are grateful for their
Marshall Felix '94 in Queensland.
a "tremendous experience The
way it was set up allowed us to
experience different facets of
Kenyan life, both rural and urban.
We didn't just get a fixed view of
one aspect. I was able to learn
experience, a time that they could
look at the U.S. from a different
perspective as well as examine a
culture from within its own
perspective. The interaction
between these two facets is what
directly from the people. We got to seems to draw students to the study
do and see a lot of things. I guess away program in such large
that's what made it so special." numbers and what allows them to
Marshall Felix '94 spent the entire return to Bowdoin refreshed and
semester in an Australian rainforest rejuvenated.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1 993
Clinton draws
Bowdoin students to
the nation 's capital
^
Melissa Norvell '95 and Laura Folkemer *95 attended some of the
inaugural fesHviHe* in Washington, LX:. Photo by Maya Khun.
By Archie Lin
ORIENT NEWS EDITOR
■ '■ ■ -. — . ■ i, . ■ —
The historic occasion of a
Presidential Inauguration has
been celebrated with large
extravagant parties where
common citizens, political
leaders and celebrities have
joined in harmony to welcome
Bill Clinton to his new post as the
leader of our nation.
This year, a number of
Bowdoin students were in the
Washington, DC, area during
winter break and were able to
participate in the festivities. Mark
Levin '94, who attended the
swearing-in ceremony, said, "It
was a terrific opportunity to be
part of something that has such
historic significance.'"
Melissa Norvell '95 also
attended the swearing-in
ceremony. In addition, Norvell
attended the Illinois Ball, which
was held in a downtown hotel,
where 'there was so much glitz and
glamour and tons of people, . . .
There was such a crowd that I
couldn't even move.'*
Laura Folkemer '95 attended the
Inaugural parade with Bill
Stansfield ^95 where they "pushed
(their] way through the crowd and
jumped a fence" to get a view of the
procession. She said, "It was nice to
see [Clinton} go by. . .it was really
inspirational." Stansfield added,
The parade was terrific!"
Said Todd Trapnell <95, "[The
festivities were] really
'Hollywoodish.' It was a good
show — it's what people wanted to
see." But Trapnell thought that the
money could have been spent in
more constructive ways, although
"it was a good time."
Perhaps Norvell put it best in
describing the aura of Washington
during the inaugural days:
"Everyone was in a happy mood."
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In 1968 a scholarship was
established to honor the first
Bowdoin graduate to die in
Vietnam. The scholarship was
formed to honor the late first Lt.
Curtis E. Chase '65. The award is
presented annually to a Bowdoin
senior who is a, "a person of promise
with the qualities of leadership that
make for citizenship in the best
American tradition."
Anthony J. Schena '93 of Saugus,
Mass. has been named the 1992
recipient of the Curtis E. Chase
Memorial for being a, "well rounded
person, active in sports, and a
student eager to learn."
Schena has demonstrated
his pursuit of excellence on
the sports field, in the
classroom, and in his
community.
Academically, Schena
holds a major in
biochemistry and a minor
in history. Schena has been
awarded Bowdoin's
highest academic honor,
the James Bowdoin
Scholar, three ti mes as well
as achieving dean' s list and
high honors. Schena was
also named to the 1992
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District I Academic All-
America Football Team.
On the sports field,
Schena was a four year
starter, at the defensive end
position, and helped tri-
captain a football that had
its second straight 300
season.
In the community,
Schena is president of
Bowdoin's Interfraternity Council
and a member of the Hyde Cage
Planning Committee. This
committee is in the process of
planning a new campus center.
Schena is also an active member of
the Search Committee for the Dean
of the College.
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t survey conducted by W.Byrd LaPrade Inc.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1 993
Obstacles in registering
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
courses a must in order to move
onto higher levels. There is also a
bigdriveforthe non-Eurocentric
courses which many students
need to fill distribution
requirements." High enrollment
may also have to do with the
nearly as frustrated as the
students. We want the
interaction of a small class but
we don't want to turn people
away either.
"My recommended class limit
for one class was 50. 1 got 119
The registration process
itself is relatively vague
It 's time for a change
professor or the nature of the
course material itself.
Professor of government John
Calabrese, finds that his classes
are extremely popular each year
and are consequently always
filled to capacity. Popularity,
however, poses a problem in the
need to reject some people from
the classes. Said Calabrese,
"Whereas it may appear that
teachers don't appreciate the
frustrations of students held out
of classes, 1 speak for myself and
several others in saying that we're
names pre-registered. I don't
want that many in my class,"
Crovo sums up his feelings
about the stress of registering for
classes: "1 don't agree with the
way the school does things now.
It's too frustrating to spend the
first few days of classes trying to
find a course you want to take
that's not already full, especially
when you know some teachers
are giving juniors priority over
seniors. The school's been doing
this for a long time, though/ and
it's time for a change."
V2
More diversification on campus
pending Edward's approval
By Ben Machin
orient oontributor
The current efforts to promote
campus diversification were the
subject of a luncheon held by the
Bowdoin College staff last Tuesday,
January 26, entitled 'The Report of
the Faculty Subcommittee on
Diversity." President Robert H.
Edward's endorsement is
considered very important to the
College's efforts to increase
multiculturalism.
Professor of Spanish, John Turner,
who chaired the subcommittee, was
the luncheon's first featured
speaker. He discussed the history of
this subcommittee and indicated
that it was formed in response to a
1990 student demonstration
demanding a more "diversified
Bowdoin environment."
The Subcommittee worked in
conjunction with other members of
the administration, including the
Dean of Students, Ana Brown and
the Dean of Admissions, Richard
Steele. Turner announced that the
members of the subcommittee
concluded "that it was not a question
of whether diversity is needed, but
rather how to achieve it." While the
report is not yet released publicly,
Turner explained that its overall
Betty Thompson.
recommendation calls for
enhancement of the Oversight
Committee on Multicultural Affairs
by the addition of representatives
from a greater number offices and
departments and the added
responsibility of overseeing
campus-wide diversification.
Under this proposal, all college
offices and departments, groups
and organizations will be regularly
reviewed by the new committee to
expedite diversity. Turner
expressed his hope that the
President would approve the
recommendation.
Betty Thompson, Assistant to the
President for Multicultural
Programs, reviewed the present
policies for bringing different
Photo by Maya Khuri.
viewpoints and minorities to
campus. Thompson cited the visit
of musician Queen Latifah and
minority recruiting by the
admissions office as evidence of
progress. Survey results of the Class
of 1982, which indicated that
students wished for a more diverse
population at Bowdoin, also
demonstrated the need for change.
But Thompson stressed the need
for each member of the faculty,
administration and staff to work to
"do [their] part to see [change] made
within [their) department."
President Edwards said, "It will
be a matter of days, hopefully early
next week," before he will have an
official, public response to the
subcommittee's report.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1993
Arts & Leisure
Alum returns with extraordinary exhibit
By Suzanne Ren aud
orient copy editor
A new, extraordinary exhibition,
Robert Van Vranken: Architectural
Landscapes of the Unconscious, is
now on view in the Twentieth
Century Gallery of the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art.
Van Vranken is scheduled to
exhibit his paintings at O.K. Harris
Works of Art in New York City
during May, 1993. A graduate of
Bowdoin, Van Vranken
successfully returns to his alma
mater to preview the show.
The paintings, completed in 1991
and 1992, are the subject of two
gallery talks. On Sunday, February
14, at 2:15 p.m., and Wednesday,
February 17, at 1:00 p.m., Van
Vranken will discuss the 11 works
on view.
Van Vranken's art primarily
uses oil paint and mixed media on
plaster on board. He incorporates
images from art and architecture
and objects from the everyday
world. His powerful masterpieces
elicit tremendous emotional response
from viewers. Van Vranken describes
these motifs as "a kind of tracery of
the passageof time, and the enormous
sound of its silence."
This is Van Vranken's second
exhibition at Bowdoin. His first was a
display of his prints in the museum's
Becker Gallery in 1987.
Van Vranken earned his B.A. at
Bowdoin in 1983 and his M.F.A. at
the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985.
Past exhibitions include solo shows
at the O.K. Harris Works of Art in
1998 and 1989-1990, as well as group
endeavors such as Expressionist
Surface: Contemporary Art in Plaster
and Downtown, Downeast. Van
Vranken has also served as a lecturer
of the visual arts at Princeton
University during 1991.
Additional information about this
must-see exhibition is available by
calling 725-3275. The Bowdoin
College Museum of Art is open to the
public free of charge Tuesday-
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Untitled (The Perilous Bed) by Robert Van Vranken. Photo courtesy of Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Pickard houses Tai Mahal
Beyond psycho-babble
Taj Mahal plays the b lues.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts &lebure editor
Bowdoin students will have a
hard time choosing tonight's
entertainment. Competition from
Chinese folk dancing sponsored
by the Asian Interest Group and a
lecture by the eminent Native
American author/scholar/
human-rights activist Ward
Churchill almost overshadows the
gifted musician Taj Mahal, who
also will be appearing on campus,
offering his unique style of blues.
Photo courtesy of College Relations.
In addition to the guitar mastery
for which he is renowned, Taj Mahal
sings, plays piano and writes his own
music. According to Christian
Sweeney, who is a member of
Bowdoin's Student Union Committee
(SUC ), Taj Mahal "has been around a
longtime" Someof his music appears
on the soundtrack to the classic film
The Blues Brothers , and he currently
has a new album in release.
Taj Mahal appeared at Bowdoin
three years ago, when Sweeney says
he "brought down the house He
is a fantastic performer, and he has a
unique style, not just typical Chicago
blues. . . . He is a real innovator in
blues music."
Taj Mahal's second appearance
here is part of the SUCs "Lively
Arts" program, which over the past
few years has brought "more than
just the normal pop and alternative
things we always do," says
Sweeney. The program focuses
more on the arts, and last semester
was responsible for bringing the
dance troupe MOMIX to Bowdoin.
Taj Mahal will be p erforming at
Pickard Theater at 8:30 pm.
Admission is $4.00 with Bowdoin
ID, $9.00 without.
By Richard Miller
orient contributor
I was expecting a lecture, the
word "seminar" evoking the
image of a prepared presentation
adapted from the umpteenth
chapter of a doctoral dissertation,
but was surprised to find a
loosely-structured gathering
resembling at once a support
group, a town hall meeting and
an academic conference. I am
speaking of the Jung Seminar,
"Symbols of the Subconscious,"
which meets regularly in the
faculty room of Massachusetts
Hall.
The Seminar is rooted in the
work of Carl Jung, the Swiss
psychiatrist-turned-philosopher,
who is best known for his
collaboration with Sigmund
Freud. Jung made a break from
Freud's theories of sexual
repression and ever-lingering
childhood frustration to create a
body of work described as
"mythic psychology'' (MP). From
descriptions at the seminar, MP
seems to be a hybrid spiritualism
born of transcendentalism,
humanism and individualism.
MP can be seen as alternative to,
supplemental to or a distinction
from religion.
The structure of the Seminar is
similarly hybrid. The social
setting comfortably
accommodates philosophical
discussion highlighted by
friendly, al most amusing, battles
over semantics and a smattering
of over-intellect ualizations, right
alongside tight, usually
humorous, conversation. There is
no pressure to actively participate,
making the comfort level high,
especially for newcomers, and the
agenda is flexible enough to allow
for variety and spontaneity of
discourse.
For those Who are expecting to
have the great questions of life
discussed duringthese four years
at Bowdoin, do not be intimidated
by the fear that Jung is over your
head. The Jung Seminar is much
more than psycho-babble and
possibly just the forum for the
spiritually lost, easily entertained,
or just plain bored. More
information on mythic
psychology is available in the
articlecalled "Spiritual Questing 7 '
in the Dec. 7, 1992, U.S. News and
World Report.
It's 1993.
Do you know where
your culture is?
Write about it for the Orient
Arts & Leisure section.
Do you have something to say about the music,
films, art or books of your generation? Or the state of
culture in general? Call Emily at 725-8911 or the
Orient at x3300 and express yourself. In print.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1993
Asian Week ends with a bang
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
Richard Miller
orient contributor
Bowdoin's Asian Interest Group
(AIG) kicked off the spring
semester by celebrating the start of
the Year of the Rooster with a week
of festivities. Among the highlights
were films, guest speakers and
special programs, as well as a
variety of Asian food at Wentworth
Hall.
Asian Week, as the festival has
been named, was conceived by
Tom Nguyen, president of the AIG.
The idea was strongly supported
by its members as a way of
observing Chinese New Year,
which began on January 23, and
simultaneously raising awareness
of the many Asian cultures that
are represented at Bowdoin.
Organizers of Asian Week have
worked closely with the College
Dining Service to create a menu of
authentic cuisine typical of some
Asian cultures. So far this week,
dishes from China, India, Thailand
and Japan have added gin ger-a nd -
curry style spice to Wentworth
Hall's usual meat-and -vegetable
American repertoire. Tonight's
culinary experience will feature Friday in lieu of a special Society of Boston. Takahiko
Vietnamese food. Sandra Sardpno, performance of traditional Chinese Hayashi, a lecturer in the Asian
one of the organizers of Asian folk dancing and music from 8-11 Studies department who is familiar
Week, says that the dinners have p.m. at Kresge Auditorium in the with the sculptor's work, played a
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled By Sarah Kurz
Friday, January 29
830 p.m. Taj Mahal. Pickard Theater. $4 with
Bowdoin ID.
11:30 p.m. Film. Sister Act. Lancaster Lounge,
Moulton Union.
Saturday, January 30
1:00 p.m. Lecture. "Memories and Metal" for Asian
Week . Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
9:00 p.m. -midnight Dance. Asian week Techno dance.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
11:30 p.m. Film. Lethal Weapon in. Lancaster Lounge,
Moulton Union.
Sunday, January 31
2:00 p.m. Asian Week Dragon Dance and firecrackers.
In front of Moulton Union.
Tuesday, February 2
4:00 p.m. Jung^Seminar. "Spiritual Questioning."
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
Wednesday, February 3
7:00 p.m. International Folk Dancing. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
Asian theme meal at Wentworth Hall.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
been well-attended and
appreciated by students.
Following the dinners, the AIG
has been featuring a series of films.
The films were deliberately chosen
to complement the meals as a
representation of their respective
nations. Nguyen says that many
students turned out to see the films,
which included The Great Wall,
Salaam Bombay and Early Summer.
No film has been scheduled for
VAC.
Saturday has a full slate of
activities beginning with a lecture/
video presentation /exhibition by
Ikuko Kawai Burns entitled
"Memories and Metal," recreating
memories with bronze and the
technical process of casting works
in bronze. Burns is a famous and
respected sculptor in the Boston
area and Executive Board Member
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campus for this presentation. The
program will be held in Lancaster
Lounge at Moulton Union at 1 p.m.
on Saturday.
Saturday night will again feature
Indian fare at Wentworth Hall,
followed later by a Techno Rave
sponsored by the AIG from 9 p.m.
to midnight in the Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
On Sunday there is a Dim-Sum
brunch from 11 a.m. to 130 p.m. at
Wentworth Hall. Dim-Sum is a
traditional Chinese meal commonly
served at Chinese tea-houses.
Similar to a western buffet, the food
is presented on a tray and served in
tiny dishes. In tea-houses, guests
are seated and invited to take what
they want from the many foods that
are served, which may consist of
dumplings, sweet-and-sour pork,
various vegetable dishes or exotic
delicacies. Dim-Sum comes highly
recommended by many Bowdoin
students of Chinese descent and is
well worth checking out.
The festivities culminate on
Sunday night with an explosive
display of firecrackers, which were
invented in China, and the ancient
art of Dragon dancing. The show
will be presented by a company
from Boston specializing in Chinese
dancing and traditional
celebrations.
Sardjono said that Asian Week
has been quite a success so far, and
the AIG is pleased with the student
turnout. Sardpno also expressed her
hopes that Asian Week's success
will continue into the weekend,
since so many activities are planned.
In a time when racial and ethnic
diversity on Bowdoin's campus is
so hotly debated and so loudly called
for, the exciting and fun activities
the AIG has planned and worked so
hard to provide for Asian Week offer
the perfect opportunity to become
aware of and appreciate the
diversity we have
Arctic museum sets
out on polar travels
by Suzanne Ren aud
orient copy editor
Polar Bears at Bowdoin take on a
new dimension as the Perceptions of
the North, exhibit opens at the Peary-
MacMillan Arctic museum. The
exhibit will remain at the museum
through September 30, 1993.
The exhibit examines polar
exploration from the years 1880
through 1910. Knownasthe "golden
age" of Arctic study, this era
produced newdiscoveries about the
North and South Poles, the
Northwest Passage and vast areas
of the North.
Often unexplored realmsof Arctic
exploration are covered by the new
exhibit. The effect of nationalism,
science and heroicism on Arctic
pioneers is a subject of the interesting
show. The backers of the explorers,
the public reaction to their
discoveries and thecauses for Arctic
research are also part of the exhibit.
The expeditions during the
golden age had a profound effect on
the thinking about Arctic areas.
Perceptions of the polar
environments, native cultures and
relationships between people and
nature were revolutionized by the
explorations.
Perceptions of the North explores
the Arctic regions from a broad
range of viewpoints. The
perspective of native dwellers and
the southern explorers and visitors
are investigated.
Fifty-four polar objects are on
display, including a sealskin parka
obtained by a Bowdoin expedition
a century ago. Photographs, maps,
books and other materials are also
exhibited. The piece de resistance
may well be the miniature Inuit
camp scene carved from walrus
ivory in Labrador during the early
20th century.
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic
Museum is open Tuesday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The
Perceptions of the North exhibit is
available for viewing through next
September.
Welcome back, students!
Student I.D. sale
at the Museum of Art
Tuesday, January 26 thru Sunday, January 31
20% off all Museum Shop purchases with
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1993
Meddies become part of history at inauguration
By Emily A- Rasper
ORIENT ARTS k LEISURE EDITOR
While many Bowdoin students
spent a relaxingChristmas vacation
with friends and family, the
Meddiebempsters, Bowdoin's all-
male, augmented double quartet,
ambitiously journeyed to
Washington, DC, participating in
two of the celebrations surrounding
the Inauguration of President Bill
Clinton.
On Wednesday, January 20, the
Meddies sang a program of rhythm
and blues, jazz, contemporary and
swing tunes to a gathering hosted
by Senate Majority Leader and
Bowdoin alum George J. Mitchell
for Maine visitors attending the
ceremonies. The following day, the
group sang a half-hour set at the
Bowdoin Club of Washington at the
Jennifer Street Restaurant in
Georgetown. During their week in The Meddiebempsters in a less historic performance.
D.C., the group resided with
Photo by Maya Khuri.
Bowdoin alums and partook in the
abundant historical and cultural
events that added to the momentous
festivities.
When asked to summarize the
emotional impact of their D.C.
experience, Meddiebempsters'
music director Jon Brod '93
commented enthusiastically about
the excitement, energy and
patriotism that ran rampant among
and pervaded all the activities. Brod
said that attending the swearing-in
Arson io. Clinton'sappeal among the
younger generation resulted in the
highest voter turnout in the 18-25
age group in recent memory and
helped win him the White House.
Brod said that in the crowd in
Washington, he felt that Clinton
truly cared about and supported
the youth of the nation. There was
an "electricity" in the atmosphere,
he said, that reflected Clinton's
energy and optimism.
Even when not attending gala
was truly special because he felt like inaugurals, the ten-member
a part of history.
Brod was especially impressed
and moved by the mood among the
youth in Washington. Clinton, the
success of whose campaign relied
in part on his own youth and his
image as a Baby Boomer, won the
approval and confidence of younger
voters through his live appearances
on MTV and hip talk shows such as
Meddiebempsters are an ambitious
and productive group. They have
recently finished cutting an album
set for release in a month and are
planning for a possible California
tour in the future. Auditions will be
held Wednesday and Thursday of
next week for anyone interested in
joining this inspirational Bowdoin
group.
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This is a theme for a new challenge for Bowdoin and Colby this spring.
You can show the White Mules of Colby which college is superior by joining
in the Bowdoin/Colby blood challenge.
Students, faculty, staff and alumni of Bowdoin and Colby are competing
to see which college can collect the most blood at campus blood drives
this spring semester. An award will be given to the winners. The first
blood drive of the challenge held at Bowdoin will run on
Tuesday, February 9, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sargent Gym.
The winner will be announced at the end of the spring semester,
when a plaque will be presented to the school which collects the most
blood. The plaque will be passed to the winner each semester.
To donate blood, you must be in generally good health,
be 18 years of age or older (17-year-olds can give with an American Red
Cross parental/ guardian consent form),
weigh at least 105 pounds and have never have had hepatitis.
The Bowdoin/Colby Blood Challenge offers both schools the
opportunity for a spirited competition. More importantly, the
community will benefit as the blood collected will be used to treat
patients suffering from a variety of illnesses
and life-threatening conditions.
You may safely donate every eight weeks,
and your donation can help
at least two and usually three or more patients.
Recipients of your blood may include a premature baby, a leukemia
patient, an accident or burn victim or someone undergoing surgery.
For further information about the Challenge
or to make a donation appointment,
call Bowdoin Blood Drive coordinator, Emily Kasper, at 725-8911
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1991
Sports'
Men's basketball returns home to victory
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
Morrell Gymnasium was a
welcome sight to the men's
basketball team. The Bears had lost
three straight games on the road to
Colby, Amherst and Williams before
coming into Tuesday's game against
the 3-10 M.I.T. Engineers. However,
the relief of home-court advantage
did not truly kick in until the final
minute of the game, when the Bears
were at last able to suppress an
Engineer comeback and preserve
the 83-79 victory.
The Polar Bears were led by the
dazzling play of senior captain Tony
Abbiati, who fell one assist and two
steals shy of a triple-double. To his
nine assists and eight steals, Abbiati
added 22 points, including 4 for 5
from three-point land. Abbati also
had only one turnover while
handling the ball for much of the
game. Nick Browning '95 added 24
points to the Polar Bear cause,
including two monstrous dunks in
the second half.
But it was the clutch play of Pete
Marchetti '93 in the final two
minutes which allowed the home
team to pull away. Marchetti's three
pointer with 1 :21 remaining and his
free throw a minute later closed the
door on the Engineers, who had
climbed back from a 22 point deficit
to within three with 2:05 remaining.
The two teams played close,
competitive basketball in the first
half. An 11-6 Bowdoin advantage
was the largest lead either team
could muster before the Polar Bears
began pulling away with five
minutes remaining in the half. The
score was 32-31 when an Abbiati
three-pointer launched an 1 1 -2 run,
pushing the lead into double digits.
Browning hit three free throws and
dished off to Mike Ricard '93 to give
Bowdoin a 40-31 advantage, and
Ricard's no-look pass to a driving
Alex A rata '96 capped the run. Arata
was fouled and made the free throw,
putting the Bears up by ten. M.I.T.
answered with two baskets, but
Bowdoin scored the last four points
of the half to maintain the ten-point
advantage, 47-37.
The Bears emerged from the
locker room eager to put the game
out of reach for the visitors. The
Bears' aggressive offensive and
defensive play allowed for a 17-7
run over the first seven and a half
minutes of the period. Highlighting
this stretch were three Abbiati steals,
powerful shot rejections by
Browning and Eric Bell '93, a
Marchetti three-pointer and back-
to-back dunks by the 6-6 Browning,
who brought the crowd to its feet
after putting back a Marchetti miss.
With the score 64-44 and 1232
remaining, a Bowdoin player and
an M.I.T. player tangled briefly on
the sideline and were each whistled
for technical fouls. Although the
home crowd came in on the side of
its player and the Bears hit both of
the resulting free throws while the
Engineers made only one, this
exchange provided a shift in
momentum which nearly did the
Polar Bears in.
The brief flaring of tempers
intensified an already physical
game. However, this intensity
favored the visitors, who were
angered and poised for a comeback.
The Engineers capitalized on
numerous second-chance
opportunities, as their two 6-8
players worked hard on the
offensive boards and scored 40
points bet ween them . The Engineers
outrebounded the Polar Bears by a
margin of 45-27 for the game.
The Bowdoin lead was 14 when
M.I.T.'s Randy Hyun banked a three
pointer off the glass from the top of
the key, forcing a Polar Bear time
outand keyinga final 12-1 run which
allowed the visitors to claw to within
three. At this point, however, a
Marchetti three-pointer and a key
defensive rebound and free-throw
by Ricard provided the Bowdoin
squad with the breathing room it
needed to win.
The victory over M.I.T. puts the
Bears back over the .500 mark at 7-6.
Prior to the three straight losses, the
team had enjoyed a period of
considerable success, winning five
of six games by an average margin
of 19.6 points. In fact, the only loss
during that period came in overtime
against Embry Riddle, one of the
two teams the Bears faced on their
brief trip to Florida. During that
period the team also won its closest
game of the season, a 78-77
clif fhanger against Babson. The rest
of the victories came in more
dominant fashion, including an 85-
51 home blow-out of Maine
Maritime Academy.
The three straight losses were not
without their positive signs. The
team lost to top-ranked Colby by
only five points, lost to Amherst by
only seven points and was within
John Arata (25) goes up for a shot against M.I.T. Photo by Maya Khun .
five of always-tough Williams at
half-time before Williams pulled
away to a larger margin of victory.
Coach Tim Gilbride feels happy
with the team's progress, especially
regarding the players' strong work
ethic. He feels that the leadership of
captain Abbiati and the
determination of the younger
players has combined to propel the
team to marked improvement since
the beginning of the season.
In order to beat some of the very
good teams in New England, we
must handle the ball well against
aggressive defense," says Gilbride.
"We've shown improvement in that
area since the beginning of the
season, but we've still got to improve
more."
Right now, Gilbride is taking the
season one game at a time. Instead
of looking ahead to future rematches
against Bates and Colby, he and the
team are concentrating on tonight's
away game against Norwich.
Men's Basketball Team Leaders
Nick Browning
17.2 points/ game
Tony Abbiati
45 assists/game
Nick Browning
6.8 rebounds/ game
Nick Browning
538 field goal %
Alex Arata
.865 free throw %
Men's hockey defeats Colby
Ma's hockey skates into action.
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
While most of us were enjoying
the winter break the Bowdoin men's
hockey team was hard at work,
playing seven games in fifteen days.
Riding a four game win streak into
the vacation, the Bears added
number five and six with victories
over the Holy Cross Crusaders (7-5)
on January 8 and the Trinity
Ban tarns (6-1 ) on January 9, bringi ng
their record to 6-1.
However, their fortune was to
turn for the worseas they lost four
straight at the hands of UMass-
Boston, Middlebury, Norwich and
Hamilton. Despite the losses, Coach
Terry Meagher said, "We played
very well during that four game
stretch, but it's the nature of this
league which is very competitive.
It's frustrating to lose when we
played so well, but hopefully it will
begin to fall into place for us if we
continue to play solidly."
Fall into place it did. On January
23 Bowdoin met Williams College.
The Ephmen, boasting a 10-1 record,
are one of the top teams in ECAC
Division III hockey. The Bears, led
by two goals from Joe Caffney '95
and a 25 save performance by goalie
Darren Hersh '93, downed Williams
4-1 . Bowdoin snapped its four game
losing streak, upped its record to 7-
5 and provided a real sense of
satisfaction among the players.
Coach Meagher said, "The win was
a real morale booster for us. Williams
is one of the top two teams in our
league and a definite playoff
candidate."
Bowdoin plays in an eighteen
team league out of which eight teams
make the playoffs, and Coach
Meagher feels that the Bears squad
is where it wants to be in order to
compete for a berth. Bowdoin
improved its chances this week with
a 1-0 victory over the White Mules
of Colby. The Bears, victors against
Colby earlier this season at home,
travelled to Waterville on January
26 to face the revenge-minded
Mules.
The Bears quietly disposed of 4-
10 Colby in a 1-0 barn burner. The
lone goal of the game came only
4:39 into the first period and was
netted by Charlie Gaffney '95 with
the assist going to Jim Klapman '93.
From there, the Bowdoin defense
took over and shut down Colby both
at full strength and on three power
plays. Goalie Tom Sablak '93 posted
his first career shutout with 21 saves.
Megaher said of Sablak's
performance, 'Tom Sablak's play
against Colby was outstanding, and
it gave the team a big boost."
Bowdoin's record now stands at
8-5 with ten games remaining in the
regular season. The Bears travel to
New England College on January
30 and will return to Dayton Arena
on February 5 to face Middlebury
College.
Men's Hockey Team Leaders
Charlie Gaffney 36 points
Joe Gaffney 15 goals
Charlie Gaffney 25 assists
10
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1991
Women's swimming struggles against Williams, Amherst
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
The women's swim team
competed against Tufts at the
Jumbo's pool on December 5, and
came away with a "remarkable win
as related by coach Charlie Butt.
This victory was highlighted by a
spectacular performance by Ruth
Reinhard '93, who succeeded in
qualifying for consideration time for
the 200 Backstroke for the NCAA
division III National
Championships. Molly Fey '95, a
1991 Ail-American breaststroker,
played a strong role in the win by
also receiving consideration time
for the national championships in
the 200 Breaststroke event.
Up against a powerful Tufts team,
the Bowdoin women completed an
"unexpected upset," according to
coach Butt. The meet was met with
good fortune as the first medley
relay team, Ruth Reinhard '93, Molly
Fey '95, Kim Ballinger '96, and Ann
Burkett '95, pulled an important
win. In the 1000 Freestyle event,
Ingrid Saukaitis '95 pulled an upset
with a first place win, and Jenna
Woodbury'95camein with a crucial
third-place finish. Ann Burkett
topped off the victory with first-
place finishes in the 50 and 100
freestyle events.
During Christmas break, the
women's swim team as well as the
men's traveled to the island of
Barbados for an intensive 2 week
training program. Each day
consisted of 2 workouts totalling an
average of almost 12,000 meters.
These intense workouts over
Christmas aren't designed for near
future victories but for the long term
victories, hopefully near the end of
theseason when the championships
take place," said coach Butt.
Fully tanned, the swim team
returned to compete against a rival
opponent, Amherst, but ended up
with a disappointing loss. Almost
back to back, the next meet was
against Williams, another tough
rival. Although the women's team
suffered a loss to the Ephs to bring
their record to 3-2, senior standout
Ruth Reinhard qualified a second
time in the 200 Backstroke for the
Division III National
Championships at Emory
University, thus securing her a place
on its roster later this season.
"I qualified for this event before,
and I just had a feeling that I would
qualify again," said Reinhard.
'There's another swimmer for
, Williams that can swim as fast as I
can, so Williams meets are always a
chance for me to do well since we
kind of push each other."
The Polar Bears did suffer another
tremendous loss this season with
the absence of Muffy Merrick '95,
an All- American in the 500 and 1 650
Freestyles. According to several
teammates, Muffy had decided to
take some time off to study at
another school in Rhode Island but
will return to Bowdoin next year.
With only 14 women swimmers
present at the beginning of the
season, her departure has reduced
the team to now 13, a very low
number to last year's 20. "Her
absence will definitely hurt the
team," said co-captain Reinhard.
The women's team faces Colby,
Wesleyan, and MIT for the
remainder of the season and
confidence runs high that their
record could improve to 6-2,
although some team members
believe that Wesleyan will certainly
give them a run for their money.
John Cull en awarded Division III
Women 's Soccer Coach of the Year
By Erik Bartenh agen
orient sports editor
Bowdoin College women's soccer
coach John D. Cullen who led his
team to a 14-2-1 record and the
Eastern College Athletk Conference
(ECAC) Championship last season,
was named the 1992 Division HI
Women's Soccer Coach of the Year
by the National Soccer Coaches
Association (NSCAA) during their
annual convention held in
Baltimore, Md.
Cullen, who was one of six
coaches from five regions under
consideration, received the award
on January 15 during the NSCAA
awards banquet. He had previously
been named NSCAA New England
Division III Women's Soccer Coach
of the Year in November, 1 992, thus
qualifying him for the national
award.
'This is a tremendous honor, not
only for me but for the program,
said Cullen. "Obviously, this award
represents the team's
accomplishments in 1992, but it is
also indicative of how the success of
the program over the years has
gained Bowdoin national
exposure."
Cullen, a 1 974 graduate of Brown
University, has guided the soccer
program to a record of 84-37-7 in
eight seasons, during which time
his teams have won two
championships and finished as
runner-up three times. In 1987,
Cullen led the Polar Bears to the
Northeast Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (NI AC) Championship,
the first ever for the women's soccer
team. Bowdoin placed second in
the 1986 NI AC tournament as well
as in the 1989 and 1990 ECAC
tournaments. For his achievements
during the 1989 season, Cullen was
also awarded the New England
Division III Women's Soccer Coach
of the Year.
In addition to his soccer head
coaching duties, Cullen is one of
two assistant athletic directors at
Bowdoin and is also the women's
softball coach. In 1 978, Cullen began
his coaching career at Bowdoin as
an assistant men's hockey coach.
Cullen later assisted former
Bowdoin women's soccer coach Ray
Bicknell for six years before taking
over the program in 1985.
Competing against Cullen for the
Coach of the Year award were
regional winnersjoe Russo of
Trenton State (Northeast), Nick
Co well of Trinity (Texas) University
(South), David Brown of College of
Wooster (Great Lakes), John Leaney
of Macalester College, and George
Kuntz of California Lutheran
University, who were co-regional
winners from the West. The award
was presented to Cullen after a
nation-wide vote by women s soccer
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Week In Sports
Date
Team
Opponent
Time
1/29
Men's
Basketball
@ Norwich
8:00 p.m.
Ski Team
@ New England
College
TBA
1/30
Men's
Basketball
@ Middlebury
3:30 p.m.
Men's
@ New England
3:00 p.m.
Hockey
College
Women's
@ Wesleyan
4:00 p.m.
Hockey
Men's
@ Tufts
11:30 a.m.
Squash
Women's
@ Tufts
11:30 a.m.
Squash
Men's
Colby
11:00 am
Swimming
Women's
Colby
11:00 a.m.
Swimming
Men's
Bates, Williams
2:00 p.m.
Track
& Fi t chburg
Women's
©Bates
TBA
Track
Invitational
2/1
Women's
@ Univ. of New
530 p.m.
Basketball
England
2/3
Men's
@ University of
7:30 p-m.
Basketball
South. Maine
Women's
@ University of
5:30 p.m.
Basketball
South. Maine
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Athletes of the Week
Senior co-captain Carol Thomas
was named EC AC Player of the
Week (ending January 25) for her
efforts in the hockey rink At the
University of Maine, Thomas netted
a hat trick to power her team to a
whopping 10-3 victory. On January
24, Thomas broke through against
Yale, scoring five goals and one
assist in a 7-2 win. Thomas' six points
tied a Bowdoin single game record.
Nancy Gorton '96, who had
recently been awarded ECAC
Rookie of the Week, continued her
outstanding play with six goals in
three games in the past week
In women's basketball, Laura L.
Schultz '96 was named ECAC/
Holiday Inn New England Rookie
of the Week. On January 19, Schultz
pumped in eighteen points to lead
the Polar Bears to a 78-60 win at
Colby. Three days later, Schultz
scored a game-high 28 points in a
61-47 victory at home.
On January 23, Schultz once again
came through on the offensive end
with 29 points. She also cleaned up
on the boards, racking up 10
rebounds in the 75-71 loss to
Middlebury. Schultz was an easy
choice for the award, averaging 25
points per game for the past week.
Squash Struggling
The men's squash team lost
at home to Stony Brook by a 9-
margin on January 20. Two
days later, the Polar Bears
traveled to West Point to face
Army (7-2) and Hobart (9-0).
The losing streak continued for
the team as they dropped both
matches. Jonathan Cirome '95
and Donald Hunter '96
recorded individual wins
against the Army squad. At
Yale on January 23, the Polar
Bears were shut out by
Ford ham 9-0.
The women's squash team
lost all five games at the
Williams Invitational to bring
their record to 1 -7. At Williams
from January 22-24, the Polar
Bears dropped matches to
Haverford (7-2), Hamilton (9-
0), Williams-B(8-l),Colgate(8-
1) and Vassar (9-0). Despite
this unfortunate weekend,
Emily Lubin '95 was able to
pick up victories against
haverford, Williams-B, and
Colgate while playing as the
number one seed.
Go U Bears
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Men's Indoor Track
Off and Running
By Pat Callahan
orient staff writer
Sparked by dominating middle-
distance performances and high-
quality efforts in thethro wing and
hurdling events, the men's indoor
track team was impressive despite
a hard fought loss at the hands of
strong Coast Guard and Tufts
squads. Captain Dave Wood '93
put it best when outlining the Polar
Bears' goals for the upcoming
season: "We'll be more of a big-
meet team this year as opposed to
years past. We just don't have the
bodies to be as competitive as we
would like on a week-to-week,
duel meet basis."
The thin ranks described above
by last year's New England 1000-
meter champion were anything
but evident in the first race of the
day, the 1500, in which Bowdoin
runners captured four of the first
five spots. First-yea r Blaine Maley
led the charge, overtaking early
pace-setter Andrew Yim '93 in a
tactical run (4:09). The 1-2 finish
was appreciated, but the real story
in this event was the depth
evidenced by a fast finish in which
senior Wood and sophomore Bill
Campbell clinched places four and
five. Their work was not complete,
however, as each of these athletes
did double duty, running another
individual race or occupying a
spot on the victorious relay. Yim,
a wily veteran who missed last
year's indoor season while
studying in the former Soviet
Union, came back from his narrow
defeat to take the 1000 meters
convincingly. Maley also showed
great poise, winning the second
heat of that race and breaking into
the top five.
The 800 meters was like an
instant replay with the lead pack
dominated by black and white
Polar Bear uniforms. The end
result was a sweep of places three
through six. Hitting the tape first
for the Bears was co-captain Nate
McClennen '93 (1:59), followed
closely by first-year Logan Powell,
Rick Ginsberg '93, and Nga Selzer
'93. Powell was capping of a
grueling, but successful, double
after placing fourth in a
competitive 400 (52.2). The other
three teamed up with Bill
Campbell and cruised to a four-
second victory in the distance
medley relay in 10:53.2
Another bright spot came in
the 500 meter dash where 800
meter specialist Dylan Tonry '93
dropped down an event and
exhibited quality speed, securing
fifth place and confirming his
place among the team's top
middle distance runners.
The lack of manpower
eventually caught up with the
Polar Bears as they failed to score
a single point in any of the three
jumping events. The sprinting
group, however, did show some
encouraging signs as Pete Nye
'94 tied for fourth place in the 200
and gutted his way to a seventh
place finish in the 55 dash. Senior
Jason Moore did his part to prove
that quality is better that quantity.
Coming off a brilliant indoor
season last year, Moore captured
third place in the 55 meter hurdles
behind two of New England 'stop
performers in that event. First-
year John Stuhlman showed his
competitive nature fighting off a
Tufts rival for seventh place.
Coach Slovenski cited the
performance of throwers Scott
Dyer '95 and Mike Tremblay '95
as consistant forces that propel
the team. The two sophomores,
under the careful guidance of
throw-coach Tom McCabe, have
been making great strides in the
past few weeks. In last weekend's
loss Dyer won the 35 pound
weight by almost two feet with
Tremblay close behind in fourth
place. The two came back in the
shot put to take places three and
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at the Farley Field House should
showcase some thrilling duels
between the Bowdoin mid-
distance crew and their
counterparts from Williams, the
majority of whom were members
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1993
Student Opinion
Is Justice a Compact Among the Weak?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Maya Khuri and Michael Mansour
Backround: TheOrient Nietzsche Editor and I were wondering- with a certain amount of
dread- if the recent eviction of George Bush has finally left us a "kinder and gentler"
nation. We set out, therefore, to discover whether naughty thinking was still alive and well
on campus.
Ul*
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JENNIFER HOCKENBERY '93
Columbus, Ohio
Justice is not a compact among anyone anymore.
The question is moot. To act justly is to act
rationally- to be autonomous- and weak people
follow the herd instinct. These people, along with
children and animals, can never perform a just
action. Justice is a compact among the strong."
JEFF MUNROE '94
Pied Cow, Massachusets
Equality for the equal and inequality for the unequal-
nowthat would be justice!
MARK SCHLEGEL'93
Orient witness protection program
Justice isn't a compact among the weak.
Fraternities are. Fraternities are the ghettoes of the
weak.
STEVE CAPENTER '96
Mystic, Connecticut
Justice has no phenomenologjcal reality. Yes-
justice is a construct of the weak masses to give
some noumenal and static quality to their empty
existence.
JOHN GHANOTAKIS '94
Arlington, Massachusetts
"They keep away from the hives, the drones, an
indolent bunch."
- Virgil, overheard
/
EILEEN HUNT '93
Island Falls, Maine
If by 'weak,' you mean women. . . A long time
ago women realized that their lack of muscular
bulk put them at a dire disadvantage in the wild
world of the jungle. They soon learned to
manipulate men for their physical strength and
forged a social contract in which they exchanged
sex for the promise of defense. I foresee the advent
of a new era, given the growing popularity of
female bodybuilding.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 . 1 993
13
Lette
to Hie Edito
War Committee Omits Axis
Alumni
To the Editor
On behalf of the Memorial Committee, I would like to share
with you and the members of the Bowdoin community the
following statement the Committee drafted and approved at
its meeting today: [Editors note: letter dated December 14, 1992 ]
The Memorial Committee, appointed by then-President
G reason in 1968, and chaired by Everett P. Pope '41, Medal of
Honor, has again reviewed its plans for the Bowdoin Memorial,
which will honor all Bowdoin generations who served our
country, and will list the names of Bowdoin' s dead of World
War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The Committee has become aware that important
constituencies of the College support the listing on the
Memorial of all alumni who died in these wars. It has also
learned that other serious and loyal members of the Bowdoin
family object to the inclusion on the Memorial of the names of
two alumni who died in the service of Germany and Italy.
The Memorial Committee has always sought to plan and
construct a memorial which would attract the support of all of
Bowdoin's family and friends. In an effort to assure this
support, the committee has decided to name on the memorial
those alumni who died in the service of the United States of
America and its allies.
'The members of the Memorial Committee hope- and
expect - that all the generations of Bowdoin women and men
will accept this decision in the spirit of harmony, and with
respect for the memory of those who served and those who
died".
Everett P. Pope '41
Chair
Class Sizes Betray
Bowdoin's Purpose
To the Editor
I chose to attend Bowdoin College because of the small
student body and all the benefits of a small college. I am a first-
year student and enjoyed my small first-year seminar last
semester. I also attended two very large classes but I was told
that classes get considerably smaller after the 100 level. This
is not so.
I was pre-registered for three classes this semester. Because
of the size of the classes, it was a pain to add a fourth. I found
plenty that interested me, classes on the 100 and 200 level that
shouldn't have been too full. I tried Asian Studies 101 but it
was so crowded that about twenty people had to sit on the
floor until the professor announced that anyone who wasn't
pre-registered couldn't get into the class. In another class, the
professor suggested that all first-years should drop the class
and take it two years from now when it will be offered again.
A third class that I added was in a small room that filled in an
alarming amount of time. The professors didn't seem to be
prepared for so many students. Even my 200 level classes
could fill lecture halls.
I ran over to the Admissions Office today and grabbed one
of those Bowdoin, The Offer of the Collegebooks; I found out that
the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1 . The Bowdoin, A Guide to the
Campus pamphlet has it at 11:1. As an aside, I think that
Admissions Office literature should have matching figures. If
student-to-faculty ratios are so small, why are classes so big?
The Offer of the College book, on page 38, says, "Bowdoin's
size (1,400 students) gives students the opportunity to work
closely with faculty, beginning with first-year seminars and
often ending with independent study." I will admit that first-
year seminars are designed nicely, but all my other classes
have been much larger than I expected. I average, and this is
including my first-years seminar and my two 200 level classes,
about forty students per class. Last semester it averaged out to
be a little more. I've heard horror stories about the size of bio
and psychology classes and can only cringe.
The administration is considering an increase in the student
body. With classes already overloaded, any increase in the
student body would only reduce the quality of education and
create an impersonal university conglomeration. This
prostitution of the small New England college tradition is
intolerable.
Stephen Patrick Carpenter "%
I returned back to Bowdoin early for Proctor "training" to
be shocked by the blatant incompetence that is running our
school. I'd been aware for some time of incompetence at the
administrative levels, but I was shocked to see that it has not
been contained to the offices of Hawthorne-Longfellow but
has infiltrated the Rhodes Hall as well.
When I came on campus Thursday, I found that the lock on
my door had been changed and my key no longer worked. I
was unable to fathom the need for doing this, since the only
people with keys to the house probably live there and were
therefore unlikely to cause a security problem. When I walked
over to Rhodes Hall, the woman in the Communications
Center took my name and told me Security would meet me at
my door. Although I live 100 yards from Rhodes Hall, it took
Security 15 minutes to drive over to the house. When they let
me in, I asked how I was to get back in later. The Security
guard scratched his head and came up with the idea that I
could leave the door unlocked. Yet if it's so dangerous around
that they need to change the locks over break, should I really
leave my door unlocked? I locked the door and thought I'd
call them when I needed to get back in.
I was told at my Proctor meeting that night that I was
supposed to receive a key to the new lock. I went over to
Rhodes to find the same woman there. At this point she gave
me my new key, although she had already known who I was.
Why didn't she give it to me in the first place? I guess you just
have to ask the right questions.
I was driven home a little after 1 2:00 by my friend that night.
When I got to my door he drove off, and I realized that my new
key did not work I trudged to Rhodes Hall, happy to find five
Security guards eating pizza in the Communications Center.
I imagined that they would walk me back and open my door.
No. As one guy grabbed for another piece of pizza he told me
to go back and wait for them on my doorstep. This is the same
guy who lectured all the proctors at the beginning of the year
about not walking alone in the dark Now he tells me to walk
alone, and wait alone on a deserted campus in the dark. He
finally drove up, and let me in without offering a new key, an
apology, or a good-night.
The next day I received a new key. That night I awoke to
hear footsteps upstairs. I remembered that I was alone in the
house. I thought that it must be one of my proctees and was
just about to open my door and call out "Who is it?" when I
considered that it might be a intruder. I figured that my
embarrassment in calling Security on a proctee was
outweighed by my fear of being stabbed to death. So I called.
No answer. The night before five guard s were on d uty, yet this
night there was no one. I called again. I called the emergency
number and the regular number. I let it ring fifteen times. No
answer. Surely the place wouldn't just be deserted? Then I
called a friend who told me to call the police. Although calling
the police on a proctee might be outright humiliating, it
seemed better than being murdered. Fortunately the
Brunswick police were on duty and happily came over
accompanied by a Bowdoin Security guard. Maybe they were
eating at Dunkin' Donuts together. There was no murderer,
just a proctee.
My humiliation paled next to my anger at the negligence of
Bowdoin Security. These people have ordered friends of mine
to show I.D. to prove that they belonged on campus. They
found it necessary for security reasons to change all the locks
on residence halls over break. And yet in the middle of the
night when they were called upon, they were not willing to
walk a young female home. And the next night they didn't
even answer the phone. The only conclusion that I can draw
from this blatant lack of concern for the student body is that
Security must have been taking lessons from the
Administration over break.
Jen Hockenberry '93
doing their jobs and that each com mi ttee' s progress is reported .
Unfortunately, the Orient must have misunderstood my
report as a Curriculum and Educational Policy committee
member, and I would like to clarify the statements. The 4
December 1992 Orient stated "Citing many students'
inadequate writing skills, Gunn said that the proposal would
include a new full-time faculty member to teach the class..."
First of all, I do not believe that it was my intention to suggest
that "many" students have inadequate writing skills. The
C.E.P. believes that although most Bowdoin students' writing
skills are above average, writing is a never-ending learning
process which can only be improved upon. Also, the C.E.P. is
not recommending that a new full-time faculty member be
hired to teach the class.
Our ideas, which will not be finalized until funding and
final approval are secured, are as follows:
(1) Expanding and improving the first-year Seminar
program.
(2) Create a student tutor program which will be directed by
a current member of the Bowdoin faculty. The student tutors
will be nominated and selected on the basis of their writing
skills; they will then enroll in a course taught by the faculty
member. The course will enable the student tutors to effectively
review other students' writing. After completing the course,
student tutors will be hired by faculty members only to
review student drafts, not to grade papers.
(3) Hire a part-time staff person to aid those students who
need remedial writing assistance.
Writing programs are currently in place at several other
institutions, such as Brown, Swarthmore, Carleton and
Hamilton. In Brown's program document, entitled, "The
Writing/ Rhetoric Fellows Program," the program is described
as follows: "It increases the amount of student writing without
increasing faculty grading and allows faculty to emphasize
writing without having to become writing teachers themselves.
. . Furthermore, by publicizing itself, the program has helped
sensitize the entire academic community to the importance of
good writing. . . Thus the program highlights excellence in
writing and raises the level of achievement across the
curriculum."
If anyone has any suggestions or questions, please contact
me or either of the two other student representatives, Chip
Leighton and Crystal Dewberry.
Suzanne Gunn ^3
... I say it is the greatest
good for a man every
riRiS
Gikmikkbtjiiul;
Gunn Corrects Orient on
Writing Program
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To the Editor
I was glad to see that the Orient attended and reported to I
the Bowdoin community the results of the Executive Board's
Student Senate meeting on 1 December 1992. The Student
Senate is an important meeting for Bowdoin's student
population- making certain that student representatives are |
the other things, about
which you hear me
talking and examining
myself and everyone
else, and that life
without enquiry is not
worth living for a
man..."
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K clitorial
Rethinking Roe vs. Wade
Last Friday marked the twentieth
anniversary of the Supreme Court's historic
Roe vs. Wade decision. Within the political
and moral thicket that has grown up around
this decision, the pro-choice position has
become synonymous with an endorsement
of the Roe vs. Wade ruling. The media has
reduced the debate over Roe vs. Wade to a
battle between the pro-life and pro-choice
ideology. Any objection to the decision on
democratic and constitutional grounds has
been portrayed as a thinly varnished attempt
to cloak the "real" objection. Contrary to
this mis-perception, Roe vs. Wade remains
a reprehensible decision precisely because
democratic and constitutional principles
were vulgarized by the majority justices
who, taking on the role of philosopher kings,
manufactured rather then uncovered the
constitutional right to an abortion.
According to the Supreme Court, the right
to an abortion was derived from the Due
Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868
to provide a constitutional basis for drafting
federal legislation to protect emancipated
slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War. At
the time of its ratification, there were at least
36 laws enacted by states or territories that
regulated and limited abortion. Historically
there is no evidence to suggest that those
who were democratically involved in the
drafting and ratification of the amendment
desired that it perform the role the Supreme
Court has since given to it.
In our government the Supreme Court has
been charged with interpreting, and not
altering, the constitution. If the justices allow
their own beliefs to eclipse the intention of
the framers, the will of the people will have
been effectively ignored. Despite theirnoble
intentions, the justices who decided upon
Roe vs. Wade advanced their own notions of
justice and prudence instead of those
articulated in the Constitution. Those who
endorse Roe vs. Wade should understand
that the court, in very similar fashion,
manipulated the 14th Amendment at the
beginning of this century to protect big
business from government intrusion.
-Pro-choicers argue that women have a
right to the privacy of their bodies. Yet how
does our political community determine
what areas of private life are immune from
government interference? Contrary to what
Jefferson wrote, there is nothing "self-
evident" about the nature of "rights." Rights
in the American system spring from
democratic consensus articulated through
our constitutions. Despite what the supreme
court sanctioned in Roe vs. Wade, Americans
have at no time come to a consensus that
state governments have no right to regulate
abortion.
Instead of lauding Roe vs. Wade as pillar
of justice, it should be recognized for what
it is: a corruption of the constitution,
federalism and democracy. Rather than
cynically abusing our country's ideals and
institutions, the two warring factions would
do well to either amend the constitution or
transfer the abortion battle to the state rather
then the federal level. It is true that if the
abortion issue is relegated to the state level
it will once again produce an ever changing
crazy-quilt tapestry of laws as we are
beginning to witness even now since Roe
vs. Wade's slight erotion. However
unpleasant these side effects of federated
democracy are, they must be accepted if we
are to honor our constitutional and
democratic obligations.
Clinton's Stand for Gays in the Military
Yesterday White House officals said Bill
Clinton would suspend the Pentagon ban
on the presence of gays in the military. This
decision deserves both praise and respect.
Against a considerable public outcry,
Clinton, the leader rather then the politician,
has finally made a stand on a important
issue.
The incorporation of gays into the military
need not be the disruptive process that many
are prophesying. The only change will be
that the homosexual witch-hunt climate that
now exists in the military will be diffused. If
the standards of behavior are upheld, the
disruption might happily be reflected in
peoples ' attitudes toward gays. Furthermore ,
the military is not about the reinforcement
of prejudices; it is about discipline and
respect.
Instead of giving diatribes over how
discipline and morale will suffer if gays are
given the right to serve freely, military
personal should show some discipline in
respecting and backing up their
Commander-in-Chief rather then
undermining him.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 , 1 993
15
tudent Opinion
V.
Colby's Shame
Looking Starboard
by Craig Cheslog
Bowdoin College President Robert H. Edwards has spent a good deal of time recently
concerning himself with the actions of Bowdoin students at men's ice hockey games.
Reportedly, Edwards has threatened to forfeit any future game when Bowdoin students throw
any object onto the ice surface.
His complaint stems from the December hockey game in Dayton Arena against Colby when
students continued a tradition and threw a variety of objects onto the ice after the Polar Bears
scored their first goal of the game. Unfortunately, some Bowdoin fans decided to throw objects
onto the ice a second time, and this action resulted in a Bowdoin penalty.
Apparently Edwards (who was not at the game) has decided that the mens ice hockey rules
do not provide a strong enough punishment for this type of delay of the game.
It is interesting that Edwards, who is in the process of cutting a deficit and terminating more
positions, actually has the time to consider such matters. (This writer thought that fan behavior
was the Athletic Department's responsibility.)
So, after a series of meetings and the infamous Presidential Edict on Fan Behavior, Bowdoin
students traveled to Waterville to watch the second Colby-Bowdoin men's hockey game of the
season. Bowdoin fans, by all accounts, were well behaved. Unfortunately, the same cannot be
said of our "peers" at Colby.
"Shame on Colby College," to quote one observer. That seems to be the perfect way to
summarize what happened at Colby's Alfond Arena last Tuesday night. It is unfortunate that
one of the most exciting hockey games that this writer has had the opportunity to watch was
overshadowed by unruly fans, terrible crowd control and poor sportsmanship.
From the first period until the end of the game, Colby students constantly littered the ice
surface and the Bowdoin player's bench with oranges and other projectiles. Worse, Colby
players and students cheered the injury of one of Bowdoin' s best hockey players, and Colby
students slashed the tires on several Bowdoin students' cars during the course of the contest.
Security arrangements inside the arena and on the campus were a farce, and Bowdoin students
and fans were placed in an unsafe situation.
It would take the rest of this newspaper to properly chronicle everything that went wrong
at Colby on Tuesday night. But the point can be made by looking at only three isolated
examples of the fiasco in Waterville.
Midway through the second period, a Bowdoin player was injured after taking a hard and
legal check. Naturally, the reaction of the fans right after the check is to cheer — after all, hard
hits are a part of great hockey. But, the cheering continued from the Colby fans and players
after it was apparent that the Bowdoin player was injured.
Read that again: Colby players continued to congratulate each other about causing an
injury. This reaction is an embarrassment to Colby College and the White Mule hockey
program and cannot be tolerated nor condoned.
With 18 seconds remaining in the game, Colby called a time-out to consider strategy in a
last attempt to tie the score. Colby fans, however, decided to litter the ice with all kinds of
debris, resulting in a major delay. Unlike Bowdoin fans in December, however, the Colby
students were aiming at people. Several Bowdoin players and coaches were hit by oranges
and other objects that were thrown by Colby students. Of course, this type of action had been
occurring all throughout the game, but Colby security and the on-ice officials tried only
minimal measures to put a stop to these constant delays. In fact, at least one of the Colby
students that were finally ejected from the Arena for throwing objects at the Bowdoin
player's bench returned to the building less than five minutes later. This is security?
Following the game, this writer and the people that he traveled to the game with were
stopped by Bowdoin Coach Terry Meagher. He told us that several Bowdoin students had
found their tires slashed. He asked us to make sure that these unfortunate students (whose
only crime was having a Bowdoin College sticker on their automobile) would not be
stranded. Tires slashed? What are they teaching people at Colby? Will this lawbreaking be
condoned or will someone actually do something about these criminal acts?
Okay, President Edwards: the focus is now on you. You decided to take action when
objects were harmlessly (read: not aimed at anyone) thrown onto the ice after the last Colby-
Bowdoin game. You took it upon yourself, Mr. President, to overrule and supersede the rules
of collegiate men's ice hockey and add a new "forfeit provision" to Bowdoin fans for poor
behavior. Since you obviously have all sorts of extra time on your hands, the question is:
what are you prepared to do to make sure Bowdoin students are safe when they travel to
other colleges to watch athletic events?
Colby President William R. Cotter and Athletic Director Richard Whitmore must be held
responsible for the actions of the Colby student body. Better security arrangements must be
drawn up, and Colby security must figure out how to control a crowd. For goodness sake,
a student Colby security officers ejected from the Arena returned in less than five minutes
without any sort of reaction. The Bowdoin bench was pelted with debris throughout the
entire contest, and there were no visible efforts made by Colby security to put a stop to this
abuse. Is Colby College a lawless community, does the Colby Administration condone such
fan reaction, must Bowdoin students be forced to subject themselves to such abuse when
these two colleges meet in athletic competition?
It is my fervent desire that Bowdoin students rise above the actions of our neighbors to the
north. Hopefully, Bowd\)in students will not retaliate for what happened at Colby Tuesday
night. Bowdoin students, after all, are too smart to retaliate. Colby was disgraced Tuesday
night, while Bowdoin fans were loud — but well-behaved.
President Edwards has shown an interest in fan behavior. Now, Edwards must show an
interest in student safety. Everyone who knows the situation realizes that our president is
on the spot — because if the happenings in Dayton Arena in December bothered him, the
goings on at Colby should infuriate him. The time has come for Edwards to put up, or shut
up.
FishtitV Words
bvToni Leung
How To Destroy Bowdoin College
[September 2005, your house]
"Where did you go to school Aunt Mary?"
"Bowdoin College in Maine, have you looked at that one?"
"Yeah, it used to be one of the best in the country, wasn't it?"
"It was until they made it bigger, then it went down the tubes."
"That's too bad, I guess I'll go to Colby instead."
One of the most recent topics of discussion that seems to be popping up on the Bowdoin
campus is the question of whether the administration should increase the size of the student
population. Whatever their reasons may be, if Bowdoin wants to maintain its position as a
leading institution of higher learning, the last thing it should do is augment its enrollment.
In fact, making Bowdoin larger could very easily undermine many of the strengths that
distinguish it from other colleges.
Even though the expansion of our student body may yield slightly more capital (a net
increase of $300,000 per year), possibly aid in achieving greater diversity and perhaps even
attract a few more students who might normally find the campus too small, in the final
analysis, the possible negative repercussions outweigh any of these gains. What negative
repercussions?
Why is Bowdoin one of the finest liberal arts colleges in America? What makes Bowdoin
different from Hamilton? Much of the answer resides in the fact that weonly accept students
of the highest caliber and we gamer Polar Bears from the cream of the nation's high school
crop. Now what would happen if the administration actuated its plan to increase the size of
Bowdoin by 10% over the next few years? (Actually they've been been talking about
expanding by 20%, but well assume they'll stick to their present figure of 10%.) Either way,
our admissions office would undoubtely have to accept more applicants than usual and thus
lower its already slipping standards to compensate for the increase in the size of each
entering class. According to the administration's Strategic Planning Task Force, they would
increase enrollment by signing up 35 more students each year. If true, the admissions office
would have to accept about 100 (based on the fact that roughly 40% of accepted applicants
enroll) additional students annually, students who would normally have been given at best
wait list standing in the past - in other words, students who may not belong at school like
Bowdoin College.
To make things worse, the number of high school students from the New England region
(where half of our applicants hail) is entering a steep decline relative to the rest of the country,
so there will already be a decrease in the number of qualified applicants in the future. This
decrease of top-notch applicants coupled with an increase in acceptances could very easily
takeaway oneof Bo wdoin's greatest assets: its lofty standards of admission. This cornerstone
of Bowdoin's distinguished tradition is what supports our supply of exceptionally gifted
classmates, the respect and envy of scores of prosp€6tivejtudents and the prestige that
draws some of the finest faculty available. J }
One of the arguments offered by the school is that it could accept more transfer students
than usual to compensate for the demand for more competent students. This may very well
be true; however, it seems silly to say that nothing would happen to our admissions
standards just because we took more transfers, and if doing so would make our standards
that much higher, just think how selective we could be if we exercised this option not as a
form of damage control but as an improvement over our current standards.
We come here because we like it
small and we like it selective.
Notwithstanding the issue of failing admissions, there is a slew of other reasons why we
should not expand our enrollment. Some food forthought: oneof the reasons for our already
faltering national rank in U.S. News is student selectivity. We would have to borrow 4
million dollars to renovate existing housing and there is only a measly proposed increase of
5% in faculty compared to the proposed 10% expansion in students, the existence of
alternatives to raising more funds rather than increasing enrollment are plentiful: budgetary
redistribution, enlarging of endowment through more annual gifts, re-energized capital
campaign, and finally, prospectives who think Bowdoin is too small will not magically
change their minds if we add 150 students to the enrollment.
Regardless of these other reasons, Bowdoin' s ad missions standards remain of paramount
importance. Our selectivity is what makes Bowdoin much of what it is today. To put this
already failing element of the College (just a few years ago we accepted 24% of applicants,
now about 35) in an even more precarious state could potentially weaken its greatest
strength: the academic caliber of our students. Enrollment expansion could be the catalyst
that would set off a viscous cycle of Bowdoin's slow extermination: namely, plummeting
national rank, decreasing applications from top notch students, ebbing national prestige,
larger classes, a fading sense of community, a higher student /faculty ratio and a disappointed
alumni network.
As a warning to the administration before they make any more plans on this issue:
remember why so many people choose Bowdoin over other schools. We come here because
we like it small and we like it selective. Enrollment expansion could destroy these qualities,
and quite possibly, destroy this college. Are you sure you want to take that risk?
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NUMBER 13
Lewallen on sabbatical leave, seeks personal growth
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
As of January 1 5, Dean of Students
Kenneth Lewallen has officially left
on sabbatical leave. Ana M. Brown,
formerly Assistant Dean of Students,
is assuming all of Lewallen's on-
campus responsibilities as Dean of
Students.
As Lewallen explained, he
I have to consider
whether my values
are in sync with
those of the College
community
decided to take a sabbatical to
achieve personal and professional
growth. Professionally, he sees the
sabbatical as an opportunity to
"allow for rethinking and refocusing
on the way I look at the business of
the Dean of Students office and to
reexamine my objectivity to the
College community needs. I have to
consider whether my values are in
sync with those of the college
community."
On the personal side, Lewallen
feels that it is time that he take a
break from student service, a
profession he has been involved in
since 1978, when he taught
American history at Kansas State.
Said Lewallen: "The Dean of
Students position is relentless and
emotionally fatiguing. Con-
sequently, I feel the need to revitalize
Dean of Students Kenneth Lewallen expected to return to Bowdoin
on July 15.
myself. After 15 years of student
service, one needs to gain
perspective. Quite often, people in
student service become so narrowly
Photo by Maya Khuri.
discontinued his teaching
responsibilities because he found
that the Dean of Students position
was "burdensome enough." Over
focused that they feel the work they the past eight years, the job has
do is the most important work in become even more complicated.
the world. In my relatively short
time away from Bowdoin, I have
realized that some issues are not life
or death matters."
Indeed, Lewallen has every right
In the past year, Lewallen has
been contemplating the feasibility
of a sabbatical and has been
discussing this possibility with
President Edwardsand other senior
to take a break. After his teaching colleagues. Lewallen said: "One
debut while still a graduate student
in Kansas, he left to become
Assistant Dean of Students at
Dartmouth College. He left
Dartmouth in 1985 to take the
needs to understand that I have been
talking to President Edwards for
quite some time about the
possibilities for a sabbatical and he
has been very cooperative and
position of Dean of Students at understanding in allowing me to
Bowdoin. At that time, he also take time away from Bowdoin. .. it
taught a seminar on the history of has been planned for a while."
slavery. Lewallen soon President Edwards recalls that
about a year ago, he "got the word
that there was a sense of
professional relentlessness and
fatigue about Lewallen, and that
was when we began to discuss the
possibilities of a six month time of
leave, including a combination of
study and exploration." As
Edwards explained, "Professionals
who have borne a substantial
responsibility for a long period of
time need an opportunity to refresh
I'm relaxing,
reorganizing my
files and watching
plenty of Oprah
themselves, and this was one of
those perfect cases where we have a
person who was in a high-stress
a rea with a lot of tough decisions to
make."
Currently, Lewallen is expected
to resume his on-campus
responsibilities on July 15, 1993.
There is still a technical question
regard ing who is presently the Dean
of Students. In response to this
question, Dean of theCollege James
E. Ward explained: "We've got one
dean here and one dean on
sabbatical. Ana Brown is not 'acting
dean.' She is the Dean of Students. I
don't see any inherent inconsistency
in that." Lewallen agreed that
Brown, formerly his Assistant Dean,
is fully equipped and qualified to
assume the responsibilities of Dean
of Students while he is away.
Lewallen said, "Ana Brown has
always had the skills and ability to
easily assume the Dean of Students
position. With competent people
both above me and reporting to me,
it was easy for me to take time off
now."
During the next six months,
Lewallen sees himself embarkingon
a journey of personal and
professional exploration. To do this,
he is investigating several
professions, including teaching,
educational and student service
consulting and personnel
management. He is also
"shadowing" professionals,
attending extended workshops in
the Cambridge area, and exploring
internship possibilities. He has also
been in contact with a number of
Boston and Cambridge area schools,
including the Fletcher School of La w
and Diplomacy. In addition,
Lewallen sees this block of time as a
chance to develop hobbies and
examine "the world beyond
Bowdoin," aspirations similar to
those students whochoose to study
away.
Lewallen is "ecstatic" about the
opportunities that lie ahead and also
about the chance to take a break.
"I'm relaxing, reorganizing my files,
and watching plenty of Oprah." He
looks forward to returning to the
position of Dean of Students
refreshed and revitalized in time for
the Fall 1993 semester, but he
recognizes that the process of
personal and professional
exploration can lead one down
several paths. Asheexplained, "You
encounter opportunities which
influence your direction. Of course,
I am not immune to these
possibilities."
Edwards endorses multiculturalism
By Ben Machin
orient staff writer
President Robert H. Edwards'
long awaited response to the
Faculty Subcommittee on
Diversity's November 1992 report
was made public February 2, and
has been met with a mixture of
hope, enthusiasm and cynicism. As
President of the African- American
Society Kolu Stanley '93 said, "[The
president's response] is a step
forward, but unless it's followed
up on, it's just another jpolicy on
paper."
Edwards formally endorses the
Subcommittee's report and many
of its recommendations in his
response. These include measures
to strengthen the College's
Affirmative Action program for
faculty hiring, support for
Admissions Director Richard
Steele's minority recruiting efforts
and the recommendation that the
Diversity Oversight Committee be
bolstered by the addition of three
senior administrators. Noticeably
absent, however, was the
endorsement of the Sub-
committee's recommendation that
the Diversity Oversight Committee
be given the authority over all
College offices' activities to increase
awareness of minority cultures on
campus. It has been pointed out by
students that this lack of a clearly
defined authoritative committee
makes thechanceof a rapid increase
in multiculturalism at Bowdoin
somewhat dubious.
In a subsequent interview,
President Edwards said, The fact
that the report was written over a
long time and with wide contact
gives it a particular force. I feel it
represents the will of the College.
There is a real determination there
which I share." Edwards reviewed
events which show the College's
current commitment to multi-
culturalism, including foreign foods
in the dining halls, admissions
recruiting and the Affirmative
Action faculty hiring program. The
president feels that the student and
percentages can be raised to the
national averages of minority high
school seniors and minorities
getting doctorate degrees,
respectively, "within approx-
imately the next ten years."
Edwards also affirmed that within
the next two or three years there
will be a "noticeable increase" of
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 16)
Rush events '93, page 3.
At TD, students frolicked in a mess of "oatmeal"- actually beans,
hot fudge and dinner leftovers! Photo by Carey Jones.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1 993
Orientation
It's a cruel, cruel world
Seniors hard at work preparing for the real world. OCS does its best to
prepare seniors for the rigors of the '93 job market.
Yo La Tengo
Check out pop group Yo La Tengo in Daggett Lounge tonight.
Men's Swimming
Men's swimming beats Colby, bringing them to 3-3.
Nietzsche Quotes of the Week
compiled By Nietzsche
EDrroR Jeff Munroe
Well, it's decision time for many members of the
Class of 1996, and the Student Speak editor and I can't
help but wonder how many students will sacrifice
their independence for a chance at "group-member-
ship." For those facing this difficult choice, we offer
the following insights into the herd mentality:
Madness is something rare in indiivuduals— but in
groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule.
Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 156
The weakness of the herd animal produces a morality
very similar to that produced by the weakness of the
decadent: they understand one another, they form an
alliance.
The Will to Power, Aphorism 282
Bowdoin Security Log
Compiled by Zebediah Rice
Christmas Break, unknown date
Unknown time
Crime/Incident; Burglary, forced
entry
Upon returning to campus on the
fourteenth of January, a student
living on Pine Street reported the
theft of two speakers and
aproximately 100 compact discs.
The sound system and the compact
discs were located in the living
room.
Entry was gamed through the first
floor window on the North side of
die complex. Specifically, the screen
was pried off and the window
pushed in by the successful
intruders). Brunswick Police were
also notified and responded to the
call. Serial numbers still
unavailable. A work order for the
window lock to be replaced was
duly initiated. Nothing else was
Stolen. Estimated value: $1800.
Monday, January 4
mas
Crime/Incident: Harassing
phone calls
A student in Clea vlend St.
apartments reported that someone
was on her phone making obscene
comments. Upon arrival of the
security officer, the originator of
obscenities had hungup. This is the
age of camcorders and answering
machines and obscene phone
callers no longer are entirely safe:
The obscene comments were
recorded on her answering
machine. The student informed
the security officer that these were
the first such calls. The student
was then instructed to copy the
tape, leave it inthehandsof security
personnel and notify security if any
other calls of this nature came in.
Thursday, January 21
09*30
Crime/Incident:. Recovered
Property
Custodial Coordinator turns
over a recovered stop sign to
Security. The sign was discovered
in Baxter House and ultimately was
released to the Department of
Public Works of Brunswick
Thursday, January 21
20:11
Crime/Incident: Liquor
violation: drinking in public
A security officer, while on duty
at a Hamilton Hockey game,
observed a male student
consuming an alchoholic beverage
(beer) from a can in the Northeast
area of the bleachers. In addition
to the full can he held, there was an
additional, empty can at his feet.
He was escorted out of die Arena
via die South e n trance, and the
officer requested that he show his
Bowdoin Identification Card (BIO.
The student complied and showed
his BIC and the officer quietly
confirmed that he was of age. The
stundent agreed that he knew that
consumption of alchoholic beverages
was prohibited at games but informed
the officer that he had tried to get
away with it anyway. The security
informed the student that this sort of
behavior would not be tolerated and
that he was not to return to the game.
Sunday, January 24
00:44
Crime/Incident: Injury, non-
traffic
After a request was received to
report to Coleman Hall AS. A P two
officers werequicklydispachted. The
requesters stated that a student had
put his hand through glass and was
bleeding. Upon arrival the officers
were greeted by several students who
stated the subject was in his room.
While enroute, the student appeared
clutching a large wad of tissue and
was bleeding quite badly from agash
on his inner right hand. According to
witnesses, the student was not
looking at what he was doing while
leaning onto the wall to his side, and
his hand went through the glass of
the fire extinguisher door. The
student was taken for treatment, the
glass cleaned up and new window
requested.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1993
Campus caught in whirlwind of Rush activities
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
The walls of Moulton Union,
Coles Tower and the majority of the
residence halls have become ornate
tapestries painted with flyers
describing and inviting students to
attend Rush activities. Orange,
yellow and purple notices carpet
the walls and promise activities
ranging from a "techno dance" to
"oatmeal wrestling." In certain
respects, Bowdoin College has
become a multi-ring circus with each
Rush, an annual activity at the
beginning of the spring semester, is
a time when fraternities take in new
members and hope to increase the
size of their houses. It is also a time
when students wanting to become a
member of a fraternity must decide
which house they want to join. In
reality, Rush is the culmination of
an extended process of joining a
fraternity. Usually, it is necessary
for the perspective student to show
genuine interest in the fraternity at
some point during the fall semester.
By attending lunches, dinners and
First-years at Beta performing The Sound of Music" in the lip-sync.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
fraternity putting on a complete
sideshow.
During the last week, the
whirlwind of Rush activities has
captured the attention of scores of
students and, as one fraternity
other activities at the fraternity of
their choice, the student tries to get
to know the members of the
fraternity so that they will
receive a "bid" during Rush
week. As one fraternity
students. With the Inter-Fraternity
Council Board enforcing the rule
that all Rush students must be out
of the houses before 10:30, the
fraternities have held their chaotic,
non-alcoholic activities fairly early
in the evening. For example, Chi
Delta Phi has been involved in a
long strand of activities that started
with a Super Bowl party on Sunday
and ends with a Hawaiian Luau
tonight. The most popular activity
offered by Chi Delt seemed to be the
"Studs" night last Tuesday. With
the choice of two "studs" (a preppy
Harvard boy and a Maine
fisherman), the raucous crowd
supported their favorite candidate
with poetic words of praise and
admiration.
Another fraternity that enjoys
popular support during rush is
Kappa Sig. On Monday, they started
off the week with a taste of the tangy
in an unprecedented Jalepeno eating
contest. "Grin and bear it" seemed
to be the motto of the noble
contestants as they ate jalepenos
until the skin flayed off their
tongues. Other activities for Kappa
Sig included an Olympiad (complete
with a pizza eating contest), casino
night, Family Feud and a hockey
game. As one first-year student
noted, "Rush at Kappa Sig has
proved to be an exhilarating
experience." Incidentally, she only
finished ten jalepenos.
evening with an RDA rating of less
than 2%."
The perennially popular
fraternities of Beta Theta Pi and
Kappa Delta Theta are doing their
best to maintain a strong heritage.
Even though Beta did not announce
their nightly activities until the 'last
minute," they still saw students
show up in hordes to participate in
"Name that Tune" and a lip synch
contest. Theta, in the past week,
offered activities that included
"Family Feud", a carnival, a lip
synch contest and a Hawaiian Luau.
since the fraternities are keeping an
airtight lid on their pledge activities.
As a member of Chi Delt points out,
"The pledge period is a breeze if
you just have faith in your
fraternity."
Hazing, however, has become a
problem in recent years. Fraternities
nationwide have been accused of
beating, abusing and sometimes,
killing, their pledges in sadistic and
violent initiation ceremonies. Last
year, the College administration
issued a proclamation that defined
hazing and vehemently scathed the
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It was an evening filled with bodies
hurling through the air and
* limbs crunching against
the mealy substance below
member noted, "become a dazzling
display of carnivals and other
activities." Even though Rush seems
to be a generally popular event, the
number of first-year students
attending Rush activities has
markedly dropped off from last
year.
member commented, "It is
necessary for the perspective
student to show a continued
and genuine interest in our
fraternity before we will
consider them for a bid. . .
they cannot show up for the
first time during Rush week and
expect a bid."
During Rush week,
each fraternity sponsors
a variety of activities
that will, hopefully,
persuade students to
join their house.
The Carnival at Theta House where pie-throwing was a hit. Photo by
Adam Shopis.
As expected, these two fraternities practice. It is unknown at this point
promise to pledge the most new if any fraternities regularly practice
members. hazing, but it seems that the pledge
The two fraternities of period at Bowdoin is more along
Kappa PsiEpsilon and Delta the lines of late night phone calls
Sigma are unorthodox in rather than ritualistic beatings.
"Grin and Bear it" became the motto
of the noble contestants as they
ate jalepenos until the skin
flayed off their tongues
More of die perennially popular "oatmeal
wrestling at TD. Photo by Carey Jones.
their approach to Rush
week. As Christopher Davis
'93, a member of Delta Sig,
points out, "The rules of
Rush do not apply to Delta
Sig in the same way they
apply to the official
Alpha Delta Phi seems to be the fraternities ... we are a social
fraternity that is advertising the organization." In order
most and, according to one member to join Delta Sig, one
of that house, "experiencing great must merely show up
Rush, for many students wanting
to join a fraternity, is a frantic time
of year that involves long
discussions and tough decisions.
The fraternities, however, try to
make it as entertaining and lively as
possible. Good luck to all '93
pledges.
success due to the mass flyer
campaign." In the recently
refurbished house of AD, members
have offered the perspective
Amongst the mayhem students activities ranging from
of these activities, each championship foozball to a funky
The three-legged race at Kappa Sig. Photo
by Adam Shopis.
fraternity holds a
meeting in which they
decide to whom they
will give bids. Bids are
basically an invitation
to become a member of
a certain fraternity. On
Saturday, all the
students who have
received bids and want
to become a member of
that fraternity will
attend a semi-formal
dinner and officially
become a pledge.
For the last week, the
fraternities have been
doing everything they
can do to attract new
members and give out
for the pledgedinner on
Saturday night. Even
though they do offer
bids, it is not necessary
to have one in order to
become a member of
Delta Sig.
After the student has
gone through Rush,
received a bid and
accepted the invitation
to join the fraternity,
Retrodance.
One of the most fascinating
activities of rush was Theta Delta
Chi's infamous oatmeal wrestling
contest. This contest, which took
place last Tuesday plotted two
women against two men for a they must undergo a
wrestle in the "oatmeal pit." pledge period. The
Surprisingly, the pit was not pledge period (for all
oatmeal, but rather a strange fraternities except for
melange of spaghetti sauce, hot Psi-U and Delta Sig) can
fudge, beans, chili sauce and a last anywhere from
"mystery black substance" nobody
was able to identify. It was an
evening filled with bodies hurling
through the a ir and limbs crunching
against the mealy substance below.
The crowd looked on in utter dismay
as many a mighty opponent fell to
an even stronger team. As one
bids to perspective spectator said, "A wholesome
three to six weeks. "It is,"
as one member of
Kappa Sig claims, "a
experience that really
bonds you with other
members of the pledge
class." It is not yet know
what the pledges must
endure for the period
Beta's "Disco Queens," circa mid-1970's.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1 993
Sehon welcomed to Philosophy dept.
Professor Sehon in his new office.
By Amy Welch
orient contributor
Professor Scott Sehon, a graduate
of Harvard University, is a visiting
professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin
this semester. He completed his
graduate work at Princeton and is
currently in the process of finishing
his Ph.D.
Sehon admits that Philosophy is
difficult to techinically define. He
quoted turn-of-the-century
philosopher G.E. Moore, who, when
asked to define philosophy,
gestured to his books and said, 'It's
what these are about." Sehon said,
"There is no easy way to characterize
the subject matter. The boudaries
between philosophy and other
disciplines are sometimes fuzzy."
He described the beginning of his
Photo by Maya Khuri.
interest in philosophy as a "fluke."
His original intention was to enter
law school after graduating from
Harvard, but, in the meantime, he
needed a major. He discovered he
enjoyed philosophy so much that "I
couldn't tear myself away."
Sehon's decision to come to
Bowdoin was influenced by rather
practical reasons. He had not
seriously considered teaching this
semester until he saw the position
advertised. He decided to apply for
the job because, as he said, "I felt my
thesis was under control." He also
appreciates being close enough to
his present home in New York so
that he can get there on weekends to
be with his wife.
Professor Sehon hopes that the
courses he teaches this semester will
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He admits that he will have to
lecture at times but feels that
discussion is very important,
especially in seminars. This
semester he is teaching one entitled
"The Existence of God." Sehon's
interest is this subject comes from
his days at Princeton, where he was
a Teaching Assistant for a similar
course. "Philosophy of Mind," the
other course Professor Sehon is
teaching this semester, is his
specialty and the topic of his current
studies. He explained that his course
deals with "issues mainly
concerning the nature of mental
states and the distance, if any,
between the mental and the
physical."
Professor Sehon has many
interests besides philosophy.
Academically, he is interested by
Constitutional Law and legal
theory, which he admits is similar
to philosophy. He also enjoys hiking
and camping, as well as playing
guitar.
Although it is rather early for
Professor Sehon to form concrete
opinions of the campus and its
students, he mentioned that he
thinks Bowdoin has a beautiful
campus. He feels that the students
here are very similar to those at
Harvard and Princeton, except,
"They're friendlier, maybe!"
As this is Sehon's first teaching
job, he said, "I hope to experience
what students are like at a small
liberal arts college." He also hopes
that his semester here at Bowdoin
will give him valuable teaching
experience for the future. When he
leaves, he said, "1 hope to have
taught students something about
how philosophy is done." As to the
future, he says that teaching is
definitely where his interests lie,
and he would prefer to stay at a
relatively small liberal arts college
similar to Bowdoin.
Hemingway is sort of my hero
John Koogler *96 a Global Volunteer.
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orient news editor
other volunteers to build a road
which will bring much needed
medical supplies to a village on top
of amountaininTanzania.The road
will be needed for the rainy season
when the dirt road washes away
with ther torrential rain. For his
As you read this article, John
Koogler '96 has already embarked
on his voyage to faraway lands in
his quest to help people who are second two months, Koogler will
significantly less fortunate than travel to Kenya to work in one of the
those of us who are part of the wildlife parks, where he concedes
Bowdoin community. that "something dangerous could
Koogler joined with the Global feasibly happen."
Volunteers program, which is For the last segment of his trip,
similar in many respects to the Peace Koogler will be working in Croatia,
Corps. He learned of this and other which he admits may be a life
volunteer programs through the threatening experience and "would
Office of Career Services. He said, "I probably be the most dangerous if
did some research, then called some
people . . . following every lead
possible." He chose Global
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asked if he would take to arms in
this war-torn country, Koogler
replied, "I wouldn't not pick up a
weapon. . . [Croatia] is not a very
clear-cut situation." Koogler said,
"[Mostly] I will be spending time
counseling [war victims], taking care
of kids and teaching English."
Koogler wants this "to be a once
in a lifetime experience." He said, "I
want to go somewhere to help
people. . . . Use what I know and
what I can do to help out." His
parents are supportive of his
decision to join World Volunteers.
"My parents said, 'As long as you're
doing what you want to do then it's
O.K.'"
Another purpose for his trip is to
take a break from academics. Said
Koogler, "When I was coming to
college, I was really excited . . . [but]
I found myself studying for tests —
not learning, but studying. I wanted
to be inspired. [When] I think I've
grown enough to see academics as a
learning experience, not as a four-
year, prison, then I'll come back.
But, if I see it as something that will
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ARTS & LEISURE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993
5
Arts & Leisure
Yo La Tengo: iMusica Caliente!
Yo La Tengo grooves in Daggett on Saturday.
Photo courtesy of College Relations.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
Richard Miller
orient contributor
On Saturday, February 6, at 9:30
p.m., the enigmatic group, Yo La
Tengo, will be showcasing their
singular musical stylings in the
friendly confines of Daggett
Lounge. You may be asking
yourself: iQue es Yo La Tengo? We
were not quite sure ourselves, so
we asked around.
Peter Relic '93, a DJ at WBOR,
attempted to enlighten us.
Confidently, he started by saying,
"they are a cross between " But
Relic failed to come up with any
useful specifics. Unable to describe
what they are, he ventured to
describe what they are not. "They
are not at all like Molly Hatchet," he
said somewhat cryptically. He then
added, "They are the antithesis of
Top 40," which we can only assume
to mean that Molly Hatchet
somehow is Top 40.
Frustrated by our continued
ignorance, he shifted into a PR mode,
his voice taking on the smooth
modulation of a seasoned WBOR
disc jockey and offered a surfeit of
sound bytes. He led off with the
plosive "power pop trio," pondered
a moment and followed with the
more intellectual "minimalist rock
and roll." Then, perhaps re-assessing
triplets as too long for a soundbyte,
he offered the watered-down "really
terrific," and finally regressed to the
well-worn chestnut, "awesome."
Exasperated, he dubbed them "the
Kings and Queen of the American
Underground" and took his leave of
us.
Actually, we have heard some of
their stuff, and no matter how you
describe it, it is pretty good.
The band hails from Hoboken,
N.J. and is comprised of three
members: Ira Kaplan, lead vocals;
Dave Schramm, bassist; and Georga
Hubley, drummer. The opening
band will be Small Factory, a terrific
acoustic bass trio from Providence,
R.I. This Saturday's concert provides
the perfect opportunity for you to
find out for yourself who exactly Yo
La Tengo is.
Exhibition created
by Mellon intern
By Dave Simmons
orient arts k leisure editor
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation has recently begun
a pilot program extending some
of its funds to colleges and
universities with museum
collections. As part of an effort
to bring campus art museum
collections into the academic
curriculum, the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art has
become part of this experiment
and received grant money to
offer research and intern
fellowships to Bowdoin
students.
Isabel L. Taube '92 was the
first Andrew W. Mellon
Curatorial Intern atthe Museum
of Art for to be chosen as part of
the new fellowship program.
The fellowship, created from
funds for which the Museum of
Art applied for and was granted
last year, was first offered last
winter. Taube, then an art history
major, applied forthefellowship
on the recommendation of an
art professor. She was informed
of her selection forthe curatorial
internship shortly before her
graduation in May and started
the position in July.
The job is anything but a co2y
sinecure, Taube describes her
internship as "basically learning
all aspects of curating,* which
includes quite a few
responsibilities. She began by
auditing a History of Printmaking
class with Professor Olds and
becoming familiar with all of the
prints in the museum's permanent
and private collections. She is
required to help with the
presentation of prints and is
charged with the responsibility of
making the prints more accessible
to Bowdoin students. She also
attempts to create more interaction
between the art department and
the museum.
Taube says her favorite part of
the job is travelling. Part of the
fellowship provides her with
money for travel, and since she has
started, she has been to New York,
Chicago, the Fogg Gallery in
Washington, D.C., the Museum of
Fine Arts in Boston and several
museums in Maine. That' sa really
great part of this internship," she
says. "It's not like you're stuck at
Bowdoin."
Perhaps the biggest
responsibility ofTaube's internship
is the organizing and curating of
her own exhibition. Because of the
internship's focus on prints and
her own interest in the work of
James McNeill Whistler, she chose
tousesomeof the 21 Whistler prints
in the Museum's collections.
"Whistler as Printmaker: His
Sources and Influence on his
Followers" will appear in the
Twentieth Century Gallery at the
art museum from April 27 through
June 6.
Taube has discovered that
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 7)
Improv group enlivens Main Lounge
ByBruce Speight
orient contributor
Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
Remember playing "Mad Libs"
when you were a kid?
Is Rush a little too repetitive?
Are you just plain bored?
Then go see ImprovBoston.
Tonight at 9:30 p.m., in the Main
Lounge, Moulton Union, one of
Boston's oldest comedy troupes will
perform. Absurd, outrageous skits
are typical for the group.
Audience participation is
encouraged by the members of
ImprovBoston. Students at the
Moulton Union will be goaded by
the actors to hurl suggestion of
"themes," "occupations," "people,"
"places," "things" and "events,"
much like a do-it-yourself Wheel of
Fortune.
The troupe is often surprised by
the responses. Their genius shines
when the random ideas areamassed
into a coordinated skit.
Improvisation is the essence of
ImprovBoston's act.
The troupe also performs
prepared skits. These have included
sketches like "At Home with the
Don Pardo Family," "Henry
Kissinger Dances the Nutcracker,"
"Star Trek V," "Dinner with the
Falwells"and "Beaver Cleaver
M.I. A." ImproveBoston also
performs advertising parodies like
"President Reagan and Soviet
Premier Gorbachev for Lite Beer
from Miller," "David Byrne and the
Talking Heads for American
Express" and "Ginsu Hoola-
Hoops." Song parodies such as "I'm
a Yuppie," 'The Old Coke Song"
and 'The Phil Donahue Medley"
arealso part of the show. Inaddition,
ImprovBoston does impersonations
of politicians, rock stars, movie stars
and sports figures.
ImprovBoston has performed all
over New England at an array of
nightclubs, theaters, conventions,
parties and special events. They
have also done commercials and
shows for radio and television.
Alhough ImprovBoston is a
young troupe, they have been an
important factor in the shaping of
the present Boston theater and
nightclub scene by promoting
improvisational comedy, helping
new troupes gain recognition,
teaching workshops and developing
new talent. With funny and talented
performers, ImprovBoston is
guaranteed to entertain and add a
little humor to an otherwise dull
and dreary Friday night.
ImprovBoston performs tonight. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
6
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1992
Love and Death
Professor Wegner presents stunning prints
Her prayer was
scarcely ended when
a deep languor took
hold on her limbs, her
soft breast was
enclosed in thin bark,
her hair grew into
leaves, her arms into
branches, andher feet
that were lately so
swift were held fast
by sluggish roots,
while her face became
the treetop."
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Book II, 690-694
(trans. Mary M. Innes)
Apollo and Daphne by Jacopo da Carrucci, 1513.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Photo courtesy of
The dawn of Dusk
By Mathew J. Sgease
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR
Dusk, the new release from
Britain's The The, marks a turning
point for Matthew Johnson, the
band's guiding light, because it is
the first time he has employed the
same musicians on two records in a
row.
The cast remains essentially
unchanged from TheThe's last disc,
\9WsMind Bomb.and Dusk benefits
from the consistency afforded by a
regular and familiar band.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that
one of those regular and familiar
faces belongs to guitarist Johnny
Marr, late of The Smiths. Don't
expect too many guitar heroics here,
though; aside from the occasional
solo, Marr remains steadfast in the
role of unobtrusive sideman. (He
tries his hand at harmonica as he
did on Mind Bomb).
The opening track from Dusk sets
a high level of intensity for the
album. With only the soft thumping
of Johnson's acoustic guitar and his
breathy vocals, 'True Happiness
This Way Lies" has all the hallmarks
of his discographic personality: the
anger, the self-doubt and the
yearning for love and intimacy of a
man haunted by powerful urges. It
proves a worthy beginning for an
album with few weak spots. "Bluer
Than Midnight" is its most effective
attempt at translating Johnson's
somewhat gloomy outlook into
musical terms. Beginning with
solitary piano notes falling like
raindrops and followed by a muted
trumpet and the faraway sound of a
police siren, the song is evocatively
presented.
Dusk includes a fair amount of
more dance-oriented material as
well, like the ploddingly funky
"Lonely Planet" and "Dogsof Lust,"
in which Marr's droning, honking
harp provides a vital impulse. "Slow
Emotion Replay" gets strong guitar
support from Man's deft riffingand
an irresistible bassline that recalls
The Smiths.
Only rarely does Dusk fail to
realize Johnson's ambitious
personal and political agenda. "Love
Is Stronger Than Death," with the
grimness of the AIDS crisis as its
subtext, succeeds as an affirmation
and a rare glimpse of optimism, but
"Helpline Operator" is a rare
stumble into banality, as is the
meandering instrumental "Lung
Shadows." Along with the wah-wah
pedal-ridden "Sodium Light Baby,"
they represent the only failings in a
record that does not collapse under
the weight of its creator's
predilection for grandiose
statements. The album works
because of his gift for imbuing those
statements with intensely personal
meaning.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
"The sight of a beautiful form is
enough to spark love in gods or
mortals," writes Associate Professor
of Art Susan E. Wegner in the
introduction to the exhibition she is
now showing at the Walker Art
Building. 'The force of love can
overpower the gods of Olympus . . .
or the lords of the underworld."
Wegner allows the classic poets and
great artists to prove her point in
"Love and Death: Printmakers
Interpret the Classics," a small but
stunning selection of works on paper
taken from the Museum's permanent
collection, on display through
February 28 in the Becker Gallery.
Wegner describes the underlying
theme of the show as a "contest of
poetry and painting, an ancient
rivalry" born of the challenge posed
by classical texts for artists to "match
or surpass the vivid descriptions the
poets painted with their words."
Although the words are unchanging
and the lines fixed on paper, the
interplay between the two is
nonetheless dynamic.
The exhibition draws its verse from
the epics of Virgil, Ovid, Homer,
Lucian's Dialogues of the Gods and
Apuleius's The Metamorphoses. The
"beautiful forms" that accompany
the poets' lyric imagery, however,
are richly varied. The artists and
pictures represented here span
styles and ages, from Albrecht
Altdorfer's tiny, compact and dense
16th-century engraving Pyramus
and Thisbe to Pablo Picasso's
sketchy, loose and languishing
lithograph Fete des Fauns. "The
technical variety complements the
meaning of the text," Wegner says.
"It's a nice coalition of medium
and subject."
Yet the imagery is not all of wood
nymphs and satyrs; the exhibition
has its dark side, the other half of its
title. Along with the heart-tugging
depictions of love are the striking
images of death to which its
"victims" may be led. Testa's Dido
on the Funeral Pyre is paired with
this excerpt from Virgil's Aenid:
"...And while she was still speaking
her attendants saw her fall upon
her sword which spurted blood and
left her hands bespattered."
Love and Death draws upon
many of Wegner's own experiences
with the arts and classics. Her
appreciation for the classics
developed when she studied the
art of ancient Greece and Rome as
an undergraduate. In graduate
school she studied Renaissance art,
which stressed a return to the
ancient myths and legends for
subject matter as well as imitating
the artistic styles of that age. Her
background makes her partial to
the Baroque and Ren nai sa nee prints
rather than the modern ones.
"I've always been fascinated by
the power and use of myth in
society," she says. "Why do we
create myths, why do we need
myths?" She is also amazed by the
"incredible tenacity" of myth,
asserting itself across time, social
structures and political systems, as
the variety of prints attest.
The exhibition complements her
art class, 'Tainting and Poetry," a
small, upper-level, seminar-style
class. Last weekend she also gave a
lecture on the show. In both cases,
Wegner appreciated the diversity
of interests that were represented.
"I found it especially fruitful that
people were responding [to the
show] with their own questions and
responses to the images presented
and the texts that accompany them.
They want to know, who is Dido?
What are the texts from which the
passages were taken?"
Wegner says she enjoys the
dialogue with her students about
the works presented, the
opportunity to Team from one
another" and especially the interest
in Love and Death. "The classics
have provided us with some of the
most beautiful and thought-
provoking art we have," she offers
finally. "They have a very rich, very
creative core."
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Friday, February 5
9:30 part. Film. Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Kresge
Auditorium
9:30p.m. ImprovBoston. Comedy, music and improvisation.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
Saturday, February 6
930 p.m. Film. Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Kresge
Auditoruim.
9:30 part. Concert Yo La Tengo. Tickets $5 public, free with
Bowdoin l.D. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
Tuesday, February 9
10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. Today through Sunday. Valentine's
special at theMuseumof Art. 20-50% of f selected merchandise.
3.00-8:00 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive. Sargent Gym.
4:00 pan. Jung Seminar, "Symbols of the Unconscious:
Analysis and Interpretation." Given by Bryan Flynn,
N Wiscasset. Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
7:30 pan. Slide Lecture. Techniques and Materials of the
Etching Revival:' A Conservator's Perspective." Given by
Paula Volent, conservator of art on paper. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
Wednesday, February 10
7:00p.m. Performance artist Dan Hurlin works with students
to create a performance piece. Open to all Bowdoin students.
Dance Studio, Sargent Gym.
7:30 pan. Lecture. The Changing Roles of Men and Women
in the 1990s." Phyllis Schlafly, conservative commentator,
author, president of Eagle Forum. Packard Theatre, Memorial
Hall. Free tickets for seating.
9:00 pan. Film. Sanjuro directed by Akira Kurosawa. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
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Thursday, February 11
8:00 pan. Lecture. "Beyond the Cultural Wars." Given by
Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of DuBois Institute, professor
of English and chairman and professor, Afro- American
Studies and the African-American Society. Free tickets
available at the Information Desk or at the door.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993
African- American studies pioneer to give lecture
By Bruce Speight
orient contributor
On Thursday, February 11, Dr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will be
speaking in Kresge Auditorium at
8:00 p.m. Dr. Gates is a nationally-
known professor, lecturer, author,
playwright, and essayist. He is one
of the most respected educators in
the field of African-American
Studies and has participated in
many programs across the nation to
help improve this rising field of
study. Sponsored by the African
American Society, Dr. Gates's
lecture is part of the Society" s African
American History Month program.
Dr. Gates graduated sum ma cum
laude from Yale University in 1973
with a degree in history, and he
continued his education by
becoming the first African-
American to obtain a doctorate
degree from Cambridge University.
At the age of 30, he was a warded the
MacAuthur Foundation "genius"
grant while a junior professor at
Yale. Three years later, he became a
tenured professor at Cornell
University. After a few years
teaching at Cornell, Dr. Gates finally
settled down at Duke University.
Last summer, however, Dr. Gates
made the to move to Harvard
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Photo
courtesy of College Relations.
University to become director of the
DuBois Institute, Chairman of
Harvard's Afro-American Studies
Department and Professor of
English and Afro-American Studies.
Though Dr. Gates is a well-
respected and accomplished
professor, his activities and interests
go far beyond that field. Dr. Gates is
the author of two books concerning
African-American oral traditions:
Figures in Black Words, Signs, and the
Racial Self 'and The Signifying Monkey:
A Theory of Afro-American Literary
Criticism, which was awarded an
American Book Award in 1989. He
has edited numerous works,
including the Norton Anthology of
Afro-American Literature. His
nearly one hundred articles and
essays have appeared in magazines
from Harper's to Southern Review.
Dr. Gates has also traveled around
the country lecturing on issues such
as multiculturalism, black identity
and African-American literature. In
addition several of his plays have
been produced on Broadway.
Because of his involvement and
success in many fields, Dr. Gates
has established himself as a
prominent figure and is considered
by many to be one of the most
influential forces in the development
of the field of African-American
Studies. Free tickets for his lecture
are available at the Moulton Union
main desk.
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organizing such an exhibition is a lot of work. She has
been researching her subject throughout the fall,
talking with "people in the field" who are experts on
Whistler, including curators and art historians. Part
of her fellowship money is also to be used for the
puolication of a brochure she is currently writing to
accompany the exhibition. Furthermore, she is solely
responsible for the layout and presentation of the
entire show.
In addition to her other activities, Taube is
attempting to acquire an original Whistler print for
the museum.Trying to trackdown a print that someone
wants to sell has taken her all over the country to
various print dealers, auctions, museums and print
fairs to look at the hundreds of impressions Whistler
made of his work. Taube said that Whistler prints can
run anywhere from S500 to 580,000.
The Mellon Foundation also provides additional
money through the fellowship for art experts or
professionals to give lectures about specific aspects of
their work relating to theexhibition.Taubehas invited
three speakers to Bowdoin to prepare the way for and
provide more insight into the Whistler prints she will
be displaying.
The first of these speakers will be Paula Volent, a
self-described "conservator of art on paper" who
works in California. Her slide lecture, 'Techniques
and Materials of the Etching Revival: A Conservator's
Perspective," will be held in Beam Classroom at the
VAC on Tuesday, February 9, at 7:30 p.m. Volent will
be concentrating on the material and technical aspects
oflatel9th-centuryprintmakingandtheconservation
and preservation issues that pertain to the Whistler
prints.
Volent, the author of many articles on paper
conservation topics, is currently the program chair of
the American Institute for Conservation and a member
of other art associations. Her extensive education and
experience as a conservator includes a position as a
curatorial assistant at the Bowdoin College Museum
of Art from 1980 to 1983.
Taube encourages students to apply for the
fellowship. She says that she has learned a great deal
from her experiences so far, not the least of which
comes from meeting "contacts" in the art world who
may be extremely helpful when she begins a career
following her internship.
Moreover, she says the name "Mellon" carries a lot
of clout. "People are interested if they hear you are on
a Mellon fellowship. They want to know more about
it. I didn't realize what a difference it made."
The museum is now offering two undergraduate
research fellowships to students in any academic
department for a research project using the Museum
of Art's permanent collection as a resource. The
fellowship can be used this coming summer or during
the 1993-94 academic year.
For those interested in the kind of work Taube is
doing, a curatorial internship is being offered to seniors
graduating this year for 1993-94. The one-year
appointment is open to art history majors or minors
only. Because the intern's area of study will be
photography, "knowledge of the history and practice
of photography is highly desirable," according to the
Museum of Art. The application deadline is Tuesday,
February 16. More application information can be
obtained from theoffice of thedirector of the Museum
of Art at 725-3673.
8
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993
Sports
Men's basketball wins four straight
Bears streak past M.I.T., Norwich, Middlebury and USM
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writer
Due to a freak of scheduling, the
men's basketball team has played
six of its past seven games on the
road and will play two more away
before returning to Morrell
Gymnasium against Connecticut
College on February 12. Given the
team's record of 6-0 at home and 1-
6 on the road coming into last
Friday's game against Norwich, the
five games remaining on the road
trip could have been cause for worry
and some restless sleep for Coach
Tim Gilbride.
Instead, his team dropped its
curse on the road by handily beating
Norwich, Middlebury and USM to
go four games above .500 for the
first time this season. After these 1 4,
16 and 15-point margins of victory,
the team has arrived at a record of
10-6 for the season.
Despite a 1 -1 2 record coming into
the ga me, the Norwich squad would
not go away in the first half.
Although the Bears posted a 58%
first- half field goal percentage to
only 43% for the home team,
Bowdoin lead by only four at half-
time (33-29).
The Bears poured it on in the
second half, however, and outscored
Norwich to the tu ne of 49-39 to create
the 82-68 final score. Tony Abbiati
'93 and Nick Browning '95 each shot
8-14 from the field, and each had
five free throws. One of Abbiati's
baskets was a three-pointer, giving
him 22 points to Browning's 21 . Eric
Bell '93 and Jason Kirck '96 each had
double figures as well, with 12 and
10 points respectively.
The following afternoon, the team
travelled to Middlebury to compete
in the second game of its two-day
Eric Bell '93 skies over the defense to sink a jumper.
Vermont trip. Although a better
team than Norwich on paper, the
Middlebury Panthers had a harder
time containing the visiting Bears in
the first half. Behind strong shooting
and strong rebounding, the
Bowdoin squad pulled to a 48-33
lead at the break.
Both teams came out flat in the
second half, lead ing to a low scoring
period in which each team put just
over twenty points on the board.
Still, the Bears managed to add a
point to their half-time lead and
Photo by Maya Khuri.
won, 72-56.
The key to this game came in the
Bowdoin rebounding edge. The
Bears outrebounded the Panthers
by a whopping 45-19 margin,
allowing the visitors numerous
second-chance and fast-break
opportunities. The Middlebury
team displayed an inability to get
inside, as the offense relied largely
on the outside shooting of two of its
players, who were 9-18 from three-
point land between them.
For the Polar Bears, Abbiati again
led in scoring by connecting for 17
points. Bell and Browning each
contributed 11 to the cause, while
Mike Ricard '93 was a perfect 4-4
from the field for 8 points.
Wednesday's contest at the
University of Southern Maine
seemed like it might prove to be the
toughest challenge of recent days
for the Bears. But the Bowdoin squad
controlled the tempo in this one as
well, downing the 11-6 USM
Huskies by a final of 66-51 .
Browning led all scorers with 24
points on 9-14 shooting, while
dishing out a team-high four assists.
Abbiati contributed 13 points while
Pete Marchetti '93 also hit double
figures with 10.
The Bears benefitted from some
poor shooting on the part of the
home team. The Huskies could not
seem to find the bottom of the net,
shooting 36% for the first half and
only 27% for the second. In a failed
attempt to catch up in the second
half, the USM squad fired up 14
three-pointers, 12 of which missed.
The Bears shot significantly better
at 47% for the game.
Abbiati, in the process of helping
lead the team to four straight
victories, eclipsed both the single-
season and career Bowdoin records
for steals. Abbiati currently has 62
steals this season and 171 for his
career,breaking the records held by
Dennis Jacobi '92.
The basketball team faces Colby
Sawyer tomorrow and Bates
Tuesday before returning home for
the final six games of the season.
Women's basketball falls to USM
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
An already tough season got even
tougher for the Bowdoin women's
basketball team on Wednesday
February 3. The 4-9 Bears travelled
to Gorham to take on the 17-2
University of Southern Maine.
Coach Harvey Shapiro
characterized USM as the best
Division III team in New England.
The outcome was inevitable, and
the Bears were defeated by the final
score of 92-62.
Asa team, Bowdoin shot .473 from
the floor and 588 from the free-
throw line. Nice performances were
turned in by Laura Schultz '96 (15
pts.), Lisa Morang '93 (11 pts.),
AiramiBogle'95(ll pts.) and Kristin
St. Peter '96 (10 pts.). However, the
potent attack of USM was just too
much for the Bo wdoi n defense. USM
had an outstanding night, shooting
548 from the floor and .656 from the
charity stripe.
Overall, this year has been a
struggle for the women's basketball
team.Theteamissuprisinglyyoung,
sporting just two seniors with the
rest being sophomores and first-
years. After starting the year 2-0,
the team has lost ten out of its last
twelve games and presently stands
at 4-10.
Coach Shapiro said of the team,
"Record -wise, we are where I
expected we'd be. We really are in
need of some talent to get this team
going." Despite the dismal outlook,
Coach Shapiro was able to point to
some positive aspects concerning
the Bears situation, "Most teams
would not being playing first-year
players, but since we are not that
competitive, our first-years are
getting some valuable playing time
and experience." First-year guard
Schultz is making the most of the
opportunity for playing time. She is
averaging 19.1 points per game, 4.1
rebounds per game and had a
season high 29 points versus
Middlebury on January 23 in a losing
effort. Two weeks ago, Schultz was
named New England Division III
Rookie of the Week, a richly
deserved honor.
Coming up, the Bears are slated
to play back-to-back games on the
road versus University of Maine-
Farmington and Bates College .
Coach Shapiro feels that Bowdoin
has a good chance to defeat Maine-
Fa r m i ngto n , provided the Bears can
overcome the quickness of their
opponents. The women's next home
game is on Friday, February 12
against Connecticut College at 6.-00
p.m.
Women's indoor track
places second at Bates
By Darcy Storin
orient contributor
The women's indoor track team
unproved their record to 3-4 last
week with wins over Bates,
Fitchburg and UMaine. Losses
have been suffered to the Division
I teams of UMass-Amherst and
UMaine and Division II UMass-
Lowell and Division III Colby. The
team is self-described as being "a
little sluggish after the long
break." Yet the team is ready to
enter a regimen of frenzied
masochism in order to finish in
the top four teams in the New
England III Championships,
which will be hosted by Bowdoin
on February 20.
Bowdoin's running, jumping
and throwing heroines revealed
a glimpse of their potential at the
Bates track last Saturday as they
amassed a total of 119 points.
Becky Rush '94 had the
performance of the day with her
first place finish and personal
record of 38* 4 1/2" in the #20
weight throw. Rush also placed
fifth in the the shotput. The Polar
Bear's intimidating strength in the
throwing events was further
demonstrated by the efforts of
Staci Bell '95 who snatched a
second and a fourth in the shot
put and the #20 weight throw.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1993
9
Ski team opens season
in impressive fashion
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
Though the snow has only
recently fallen in Maine, members
of the Bowdoin alpine ski team have
been blazing down the slopes for
over three weeks in preparation for
theirbusy scheduleof carnival races.
The team is off to an outstanding
start, winningthe Bowdoin Carnival
and placing second in the New
England College Carnival races.
Over Christmas vacation, 37
enthusiastic alpine ski team
members attended the team's
annual training camp at Sunday
River Ski Resort in Bethel, Maine.
Great weather, plentiful snow and
team bonding activities made the
week of intensive gate training an
excellent experience for all. The
record numbers of skiers at camp
this year showed high levels of team
spirit and talent, ensuring that the
Bowdoin ski team will continue to
have fun and be a force on the
Division II circuit for many years to
come.
The strength of this year's team
was evident at the Bowdoin
Carnival, a two-day race hosted by
Bowdoin at Sunday River January
22 and 23. The race provided an
opportunity for the Bowdoin ski
team to test their mettle against
traditional Division II foes such as
St. Michael's, Johnson State and
Keene StateColleges. The end result
was a resounding Bowdoin victory
over nineother schools, establishing
the Polar Bears as the team to beat
this season in Division II skiing.
The women's team completely
dominated the races, garnering
three of the top six places both days.
Leading the charge was first-year
sensation Cynthia Lodding '96, who
won the slalom and placed third in
the giant slalom (GS) in an
impressive debut. Tracy Boulter '94
also started the season off well by
finishing third and fourth in the
races. Captain Emily Foster '93 had
a fast sixth in the GS, and fellow
senior Jill Rosen field earned a career-
best sixth place in the slalom. Kelly
Johnson '94, Meghan Putnam '95
and Melanie Herald '96 all had solid
finishes in the slalom, underscoring
Bowdoin's superior depth.
The men's team held their own
against some stiff competition. Jim
Watt '94 raced to a sensational
second place in the slalom, the best
finish by a Bowdoin male skier in
many years. Brendan Brady '93 sped
to an outstanding fifth in thn GS,
and Nate Sno w'95 proved he will be
tough with twelth and fifteenth
place showings. Jeremy Lacasse '94
had a solid fourteenth in the GS,
and Chris "Butts" Butler '94
powered his way to a twentieth in
the slalom. Terry Crickelair '96 had
a successful debut, gathering
sixteenth and eighteenth place
results.
Last weekend, the alpine ski team
travelled to Gunstock Mountain,
NH, to race in the New England
College Carnival. The team, still
confident from their win in the first
race, was disappointed to discover
that after the giant slalom, they were
only in fifth place. However, frigid
temperatures and an icy slalom
course worked to Bowdoin's
advantage as a consistent and strong
slalom effort on Saturday propelled
the Polar Bears into second place
overall for the race.
Brady had a great weekend,
placing third in the slalom and
eleventh in the GS. Watt raced to a
sixth in the slalom, and Snow's
consistency earned him fifteenth
and twelth place finishes. Lacasse
and Crickelair added to the men's
team /effort by skiing to top-25
finishes in both races. Captain Andy
Fergus '93 inspired the team with
his determination to finish.
Week in Sports
Date
Team
Opponent
Time
2/5
Men's Hockey
Middlebury
7:00 p.m.
Skiing
©Sugarbush
TBA
Men's Indoor Track
State of Maine Meet
6:00 p.m.
2/6
Men's Basketball
©Colby Sawyer
3:00 p.m.
Men's Hockey
Norwich
3:00 p.m.
Women's Hockey
Univ. of New Brunswick
7:00 p.m.
Skiing
@ Craf tsbury
TBA
Men's Squash
State of Maine Meet
1:00 p.m.
Women's Squash
©Smith College
12:00 p.m.
Men's Swimming
Wesleyan
3:00 p.m.
Women's Swimming
Wesleyan
3:00 p.m.
Women's Indoor Track
Springfield, UMass-Lowell
1:00 p.m.
2/7
Women's Hockey
Univ. of Vermont
12:00 p.m.
Men's Squash
State of Maine Meet
1:00 p.m.
Women's Squash
©Smith College
1:00 p.m.
2/8
Women's Basketball
© UMaine-Farmington
7:00 p.m.
2/9
Men's Basketball
© Bates
8:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball
©Bates
6:00 p.m.
2/10
Women's Hockey
Colby
7:00 p.m.
Men's Squash
Bates
7:00 p.m.
Women's Squash
© Bates
7:00 p.m.
2/12
Men's Basketball
Connecticut College
8:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball
Connecticut College
6:00 p.m.
Men's Hockey
© Hamilton
7:30 p.m.
Skiing
© Castleton State
TBA
Women's Indoor Track
State of Maine @ UMaine
6:00 p.m.
Lodding continued to dominate
the women's competition by placing
third in the slalom and fourth in the
GS. Boulter backed her up with solid
fifth and ninth place finishes, and
Foster ended up twelth both days.
Rosenfield skiied an excellent slalom
race to place eighth, and Johnson
sped to a seventeenth in the GS.
Bowdoin's strong performances
in the first two races, combined with
the numbers, talent and enthusiasm
at ski camp this year bode well for
the future in what promises to be an
exciting and successful season. In
the words of coach Richard Garrett,
"A very realistic goal for this team is
to win the division II skiing title."
All Bowdoin students are
now required to bring
their ID's to all future
home hockey matches
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10
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1993
Men's swimming streaks past Colby, pulls even at 3-3
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
On January 23, the men's swim
team, with a 2-2 record, faced
Williams College in one of their
more competitive meets of the
season. Unfortunately, they came
away with an upsetting loss. "I did
expect us to lose to Williams," said
Coach Charlie Butt. "One of the
weaknesses we had was mere
fatigue coming back from the
training course in Barbados, and
there was little time for us to
recuperate."
Following the rigorous schedule
in Barbados, the men's swim team
still managed to continue double
workouts during the last week
before the Williams meet. Co-
captain Garret Davis '93 said, "We
didn't expect to get best times from
the Williams meet since we kind of
knew we were going to lose. But the
extra yardage should make us ready
for Wesleyan because by that time
we should be well rested."
The Williams swim team is by far
the strongest team in the New
England area with almost twice the
number of members as Bowdoin. "I
believe we train harder than they
do, but the Ephs always seem to
'collect' some great swimmers in
the ad missions process," said Davis.
The next match-up for the Polar
Bears was against Colby, whom the
men's swim team clearly
demolished. The victory was
highlighted by superior
performances from Conrad Stuntz
'94, who scored in a first place finish
in the 200 freestyle with Gerald
Miller '93 finishing second, not too
far behind. Stuntz, who studied
abroad last semester in England, is
swimming "remarkably well,"
according to Co-captain Davis.
Other solid events were the 100
breaststroke won by Richard Min
'95, the 200 backstroke taken by
Austin Burkett '94, the 200 butterfly
won by Garrett Davis '93 and the
500 a nd 1 000 freesty les won by Dave
Gatchell '93, who previously had
not won an event at a home meet.
Although none of the men
swimmers have qualified for the
NCAA Division III Championships,
mostoftheswimmershavequalified
for the New England
Championships taking place at
Wesleyan University this year.
Davis has qualified in the 200
individual medley, Stuntz in the
1000 freestyle, Chris Ball '93 in the
The men's swim team gets the quick jump against Colby,
50 Freestyle and Miller in the 200
Freestyle.
The biggest problem that has
faced the men's swim team this
season is their lack of divers. The
team found it difficult to replace
last year's strong diver, Frank
Marston '92. However, they made
significant progress in that direction
with the arrival of three first-year
students.
This progress was further aided
by the arrival of a strong veteran
diver, Matt Larson '93, who just
recently rejoined the diving squad
and achieved first placeat theColby
meet. "Before, the lack of divers
really hurt us in the beginning of the
season. But now, with Larson and
company, we really ought to be
Photo by Maya Khun .
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and rounds out their regular season
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1993
11
Men's indoor track vaults past UMass-Fitchburg
By Pat Callahan
orient staff writer
It looked as if all was lost for the
Polar Bear 4x400 meter relay team.
Nga Selzer '93 was just finishing up
a beautiful lead-off leg, seemingly
giving Bowdoin a slight lead over
their Williams counterparts when
tragedy struck (tragedy in terms of
relays anyway). A miscue on the
handoff resulted in a dropped baton
that put Co-captain Dave Wood '93
50 meters behind the leader. In a
valiant effort, Wood came back to
cut the deficit in half, leaving first-
year gazelle Logan Powell a slim
chance with time running out.
Powell responded by passing his
Williams opponent withanamazing
50.8 split that actually gave anchor
Nate McClennen '93 a slight lead
going into the the final leg.
"Once we dropped the baton I
.thought we were finished," said the
senior co-captain. "I had seen their
last leg run before, and I knew that
I'd need a sizable lead if we were to
win."McClennen's prediction
seemed accurate as Williams' Sal
Salamone erased Bowdoin's lead
immediately. Heading into the last
150 meters, Salamone made a bid to
pass. "I knew that if I could hold him
off at that point, I might have a
chance," said the senior who had
placed second an hour earlier in a
quick 800 meter race. Spurred on by
the uncontrollable cheers of his
teamates, McClennen did just that,
taking home a thrilling win over the
Eph's foursome by one-tenth of a
second.
It was that type of emotion and
determination that helped the Bears
to many impressive individual
performances last weekend as the
men's indoor track team placed third
in a quad meet with Williams, Bates
and Fitchburg State. Unfortunately,
all the determination in the world
did not make up for the lack of
manpower experienced by
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A Bowdoin pole vaulter clears the bar.
Photo by Maya Khun.
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up with bigger Williams and Bates of the day, the 1500 meters, as he
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lead position for the first half. With
two laps to go, Yim made a gutsy
move in an attempt to shake his
Williams opponent, but apparently
the pace-setting duties had taken
their toll as the senior was nipped at
the finish line, just two-tenths of a
second separating him from victory.
Maley fell victim to confusion on
the part of a misinformed race
announcer, but finished a strong
fourth despite thinking he had a lap
remaining as he crossed the line.
Seniors Pete Nye and Jason Moore
continued to lead the small, fast-
improving sprint group. Mooreonce
again ran into stiff competition in
his specialty, the 55 meter hurdles,
placing third in 7.9 seconds while
Nye surprised Williams' best, taking
a second in the 200 in 23.7 seconds,
one of the fastest times in N.E.
Division III this year. Later, he
teamed up with junior Jess Orenduff
in the 55 meter dash to capture places
four and eight respectively.
Scott Dyer '95 was a model of
consistency in the throwing events
where solid efforts in the 35 pound
weight and the shot put earned him
two fourth places.
Bowdoin's feared middledistance
runners were at it again last
weekend, wreaking havoc on the
800 and 1000 meter fields. With the
meet drawing to a close and the
Bears do wn by a substantial amount
in the team race. Wood, Maley and
senior Rick Ginsberg toed the line
for the 1000 with a possible 1-2-3
sweep in mind. In a wonderful
display of team running, the
threesome accomplished their
objective in dominating fashion, as
Maley secured the win (2:35.7),
followed closely by Wood and
Ginsberg. The 800 was more of the
same when Powell and McClennen
cruised to a 1 -2 finish in 1 59.4. Selzer
was also i mpressive, coming up with
a big second place in the 500, nearly
passing his Williams rival at the line
in an exciting finish.
Bowdoin will be hosting the 1993
Maine State meet tonight at the
Farley Fieldhouse. This meet could
give the Polar Bears a chance to
even the score with their Bates rivals,
so be sure to be on hand to watch the
home team run, jump and throw
their way to victory.
[CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8)
Captain Eileen Hunt '93 easily
captured the 5000m and the
3000m while Janet Mulcahy '96
and Jen Champagne '96 ran
strong to take third and fifth in
the 3000m. "Jen'sstrideis perfect
for the track/' comments Coach
Slovenski. "She looks strong and
steady and she is constantly
improving."
Erin CNeil '93, was typicaly
courageous as she took second
place in the long jump and the
triple jump and a third in the
200m. Amy Toth '95 managed a
first in the high jump and a third
in the 55m hurdles, while the
pentathletes Barbara Foster '96
and Tori Garter '95,
overpowered the competition to
seize first and second.
The team's talents will be
tested this Saturday as the glory
seekers will be hosting UMass
Lowell and Division II power
Springfield College at home.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993
tudent Opinion
I
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Should Bowdoin's Football Team be replaced with a Dwarf-Tossing Team?
By Mark Schlegel, with photos by Michael Mansour
Backround: I recently dispatched the Nietzsche Editor to the Island Falls Dwarf-Tossing Championships
to report on the cutting edge of athleticism in America. He returned to describe it as "the most exotic
and erotic spectator sport I have ever witnessed. The air was positively thick with dwarves/ 7 Realizing
that we could all benefit from a greater exposure to the "exotic and erotic," we set about to bring Varsity
Dwarf-Tossing to the playing fields of Bowdoin College. Yet we were told that some sport would have
to be sacrificed in order to make way for it.
I
CHIP WICK '93
Stanford, Florida
(An opinion supported by his entire house of
dwarf-tossing enthusiasts)
We feel that the football team should be recruited
to dwarf-toss. It's about time that the mentally
challenged began to interact with the vertically
challenged. Besides, it's also about time that we
began to send some teams to Australia.
ELIZABETH ROSTERMUNDT '93
Denver ,Colorado
It )ust feels right.
JOSHUA GIBSON '93
Des Moines, Iowa
Of course. But I'm slightly biased, being an avid
dwarf- tosser myself. Mavbe there's an academic
scholarship in this for me.
ANTHEA SCHMID '94
Avon, Maine
CHRIS BADGER '93
Jackson, New Hampshire
DAVID LATTERMAN '93
Moorestown, New Jersey
Absolutely. I find Dwarves much easier to throw Although dwarf -tossing might be considered Absolutely not! Everyone knows that dwarf-
then footballs. It's all in the wrist. inhumane, it pales in comparison to the unnecessary tossers are renowned scientific theorists. I find it
suffering which the Bowdoin Football Team reprehensible that Bowdoin would alter its policy
experiences each year. Dwarf-tossing, in fact, might of admitting only the most qualified applicants,
be the perfect solution to Bowdoin's financial woes. I for one certainly would not feel comfortable
around people who would dare to place academics
before athletics. Besides, who would major in
government?
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993
13
tudei-it Opinion
Running Thoughts
Views From the Couch
by Brian Sung
Thoughts while digging my car out from eighteen feet of
snow:
— Who designed that wind tunnel on the path to the Tower?
It makes the weather feel about twenty degrees lower than it
actually is.
— Is it right that one semester's worth of books costs well
over three hundred dollars?
— Speaking of money, are you kidding me when the college
charges two hundred and fifty-five dollars for easy chairs in
dorm rooms? As well as charging fifteen dollars for five pen-
drawn stars on a desk?
— And they charge for those glow in the dark stars people
put up. For crying out loud, why don't they just leave them
up?
— The snow does look kind of nice.
— Until you walk in it.
— Why do bars only have "Ladies Night" and not "Men's
Night"?
— The new campus center is going to be pretty cool. Too bad
I'll never see it.
— Where did the Security Log go? It was the best column in
the paper, hands down.
— There is no God. If there were one, he/she should never
have let the Bills lose three in a row.
— The only bigger losers than the Bills areall those annoying
Republicans who keep preaching that the end of the world is
now here, along with Bill Clinton.
— I got to buy some gloves.
— The best inaugural ball was the MTV Ball.
— I feel bad for Chelsea Clinton. No one should have to be
in the public eye during their awkward years.
— I went and saw Alive. I could not eat human butt.
— I swore I'd never feel cold after seeing Alive, but then
swore to high heaven when I stepped into the Maine wind
after the movie.
— I miss the colors in the Orient.
— The mall downtown has the best skating rink north of the
Garden.
— The slflfctics on sexual assault are getting kind of
frightening^* child gets sexually assaulted every two minutes
in the United States, and one out of every three women will get
sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. Do some math and figure
out how those stats might apply to Bowdoin.
— You got to love the movie prices at the Tontine.
— Is there anywhere you can get a good, and not too
expensive, haircut in Brunswick?
— Can we please get a real group for the spring concert?
— How do you get to be oneof those people who gets to ride
a golf cart around campus?
— Say hi to Alice. She works at the Tower info desk every
night. She's cool.
— As Jamie Oldershaw '96, says "What the hell is all this
Nietzsche crap in the paper? And why don't they have a
Clinton quote of the week?"
— Is it true we won't see grass until after finals?
— Is it my imagination that all those who moaned that the
Orient had too much of a political bias last semester are
creating a bias of their own this semester?
— Listening is an underrated skill.
— Aladdin was the best animated movie of all time.
— When do bonus points kick in?
—That's all folks.
"The spirit of the
American freeman is
suspected to be timid,
imitative, tame."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Orient needs your
bold spirit ! Write a Letter !
A Request to the Bowdoin Community
— ^ — — -^— — — By Craig Cheslog
Visiting men's hockey teams hate to play in Dayton Arena
because Bowdoin hockey fans are among the loudest in the
league. Any person who has attended a recent men's hockey
game knows about the various chants that can drive a visiting
player crazy. Loud and supportive fans are perhaps the
greatest asset the men's ice hockey team has.
But in recent years the Polar Bear faithful have moved
beyond cheering and chanting. It has become a pseudo-
tradition for fans to throw objects onto the ice after the
Bowdoin hockey team has scored its first goal of the game
against a rival. This writer realizes that the — — — — -
people who toss objects (oranges, tennis balls,
fish, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.) onto the
ice think they are engaging in a harmless form
of fun. But these people are wrong; the fun is
not harmless.
In fact, this sort of action is getting out of
hand throughout the world of college hockey.
In recent years, several other colleges and longer DQ
universities have had to take action to put a ■, t J U
stop to the dangerous practice of throwing tOlerclteQ DV any
Throwing an
object onto the
ice must no
years ago has gotten out of hand — and Bowdoin students
must put a stop to it. Throwing an object onto the ice must no
longer be tolerated by any fan of Bowdoin hockey.
Men's hockey team captain Jim Klapman '93 has written a
letter to the editor of this newspaper on behalf of the team.
Read the letter — and honor the team's request. "We would
like to ask," writes Klapman, "that all Bowdoin hockey fans
refrain from throwing debris on the ice during any future
games." It is a simple request. Go to the games and have fun,
but do not throw any object on the ice surface.
^ — — Bowdoin College and the men's hockey
program would be betteroff if those students
who have in the past thrown objects onto
the ice would redirect their energies in
showing their support of the team. Louder
(and more original and creative) cheers
would be appropriate and appreciated (at
least by the home team).
No one is asking that a fan go to a game
and not have a good time — but delays to
clean up the ice ruin the fun for everyone.
hockey.
objects onto the ice. After what happened at r r T5 r . TA ,J r . 1 , r - Players lose whatever momentum might
Colby two weeks ago, it is clear that action lall OI DOWQOin have been gained by the goal, the danger of
must be taken at these two colleges as well. V\r\r\rc*\7 injury is high (serious and even career
To put it simply, there is no justification for
throwing debris onto the ice surface during a
hockey game. Throwing an object on the ice is ^^™"™"^^
not only an incredibly stupid action, but it reflects badly on
the college and is potentially dangerous to the players.
Any person who attended the Bo wdoin-Colby hockey game
in Waterville two weeks ago realizes how bad the situation
has become. Fans are now "aiming" at targets (like coaches or
players). Objects are being tossed onto the ice during every
stoppage of play. Today, when a student or a fan throws
ending injuries caused by objects on the ice
have been reported) and spectators are
forced to watch nothing happen for several
minutes.
In the end, Bowdoin students must decide for themselves.
President Edwards, the Athletic Department, the players and
coaches of our hockey team and this writer have now all asked
that you refrain from throwing any object onto the ice surface.
If none of the above will convince you not to throw that
orange, tennis ball, fish, grilled cheese sandwich or whatever
something onto the ice surface, most spectators look upon the object onto the ice surface, perhaps this will — why are you
action with disgust. An activity that may have been fun a few trying to emulate Colby students?
Letters to the Editor
Hockey team asks for no
throwing of debris
To the Editor:
On behalf of the men's hockey team, I would like to ask that
all Bowdoin hockey fans refrain from throwing debris on the
ice during any future games. At stake is not only the safety of
the players and coaches but the first class reputation of
Bowdoin College.
Thank you for your continued support,
Jim Klapman '93
and the men's ice hockey team
Hamlet viewers face slings and
arrows of anti-intellectualism
To the Editor
We, two students of English 21 1 , "Shakespeare's Tragedies
and Roman Plays," write this letter incensed and infuriated.
Tonight, February 2, at 11p.m., the supposed goal of a liberal
arts education was mocked.
Arriving at 7:30 this evening to the group viewing room of
the Language Media Center, a small group of students gathered
to the BBC version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the course of
the three-and-a-half hour long production, our classmates
filtered in and out. By eleven o'clock, only ten or fifteen
people remained. Although we cannot speak for everyone
present, we found ourselves increasingly drawn into the
power of Shakespeare's words. The play began to exist more
as a masterful work of art rather than a class requirement. We
experienced an intellectual epiphany as Hamlet, Ophelia,
Claudius and Gertrudedeveloped from literary constructions
into life-imbued, tangible human beings. At last we began to
understand the tragedy in terms of its over-arching purpose.
At eleven o'clock, however, another form of tragedy occurred.
The monitor defiantly turned off the VCR with a mere 43 lines
remaining from the total 3906. He proclaimed, "Oh, you all
know how this ends. Right?" We were aghast as our
opportunity not only to see the conclusion of the play, but also
to experience its purpose in all of its resonating power was
taken from us. The blackness of the screen cast a dark shadow
over us Horatio mourns the death of Hamlet, "Now cracks a
noble heart. Good night, /sweet prince, /And flights of angels
sing thee to thy rest!"(Act V, ii, lines 3848-3850). Anger and
disbelief coursed through us as the monitor glibly responded
to our protests, "Buy the book! I've got things to do and places
to go; I can't wait around here."
There is something rotten at Bowdoin when a legitimate
intellectual pursuit is squelched by another's capricious lack
of consideration. One would think that a monitor, being paid
for his time, could wait three more minutes. Instead, his action
has served to ruin our enjoyment of the production. This
individual's actions seem to epitomize the general intellectual
apathy exhibited by the students of Bowdoin College. We did
not go to the viewing in order to "sandbag" a lengthy
assignment, but rather to appreciate a work of art. We, as
probably most of the group present, did in fact know how the
play would end, but we had spent three and half hours in
order to witness this final climax of tragedy, not just to find
out "how it ends." The monitor's actions have effectively
destroyed the intellectual purpose of viewing the play. The
monitor's attitude — that we, as students, are here for a degree
rather than to gain and share knowledge — is self -perpetuated
on campus as many deem it reprehensible to think outside of
class. We came to Bowdoin hoping to find an intellectual
haven, yet the actions of this "character" seem to push its
attainment even farther from our grasp, thus, shattering our
idealistic notions. We can only hope that future intellectual
achievements may be fostered rather than denied.
Sincerely,
Allison Ayer V5
Tom Schroeder '95
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1993
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Editorials
Revamp the grading system
The report card on Bowdoin' s year-
and-half old five-point grading system has
come in, and it reads "D". It should really
read "D-". Bowdoin College seems to pride
itself on half measures. Of course, the old
four point system (HH, H, P, F— ask some
senior to translate) was an anachronistic
relic, designed purposefully to be obscure
with the intention of protecting students
from the Vietnam draft.
One of the main defects was the
infamous "Pass" which spanned any grade
from "D-" up to a "C+". What the faculty
argued, and the more honest students
admitted, was that many students "slid"
by in classes receiving their "Pass,"
confident that no teacher would fail a
student that made some effort, while other
students who had devoted significantly
more effort received the same grade. This
along with the four point system's difficulty
in being translated into a more conventional
grading system which provided countless
headaches to students applying to graduate
schools, was its most glaring defect.
After a heated debate in which the
student body overwhelming voted to keep
the old system, the faculty voted to change
over to our present system. The present
compromise system remains plagued by
many of the same defects that its
predecessor did.
First of all, the range of grades in the
present system makes it unfair. In most
students' thinking, there is a great gulf
between an "A" and a "B". Students
maintaining a "A-" or "B+" grade point
average in a class open their report card
feeling either flattered or short changed. It
is correct that grades do not precisely reflect
what a student has learned in a class; yet in
as much as they do reflect learning, why
should they not reflect it as accurately as
the subject warrants? The truth is that
professors believe their subjects do warrant
a more precise standard, and thus are de
facto using a more accurate system anyway:
humanities students receive pluses and
minuses on papers while science students
are given numerical grades throughout the
semester. It is only for final grades that the
restrictive grading system rears its ugly
head.
Secondly, the five point system does not
provide an incentive for students to work
hard at the end of the semester. Because the
grades cover such a large span, many
students find themselves "locked in" to
their grade with neither hope of moving
up nor fear of being bumped down. Many
economically-minded students thus exert
only the effort needed to maintain their
position.
Finally, the five point system has a
detrimental effect on overall standards of
excellence. The "A" grade now must be
used regularly by professors who have
such limited options rather then being held
up as an almost unattainable ideal.
The arguments put forth by students
who are in opposition to the twelve point
system of pluses and minuses stem most
often from a combination of cowardice and
laziness. For those idealistic students who
learn solely for learning's sake, it should
not matter what grading system is intact
since they do not take notice anyway. Those
students who do not want a competitive
environment should realize that it takes
two to compete. More often than not, these
objections come from the "I wanted a laid
back college experience" crowd that infests
Bowdoin. These are the people that do care
about grades but want them as soft as
possible.
Instead of giving into the sentiments of
this portion of the College, the faculty and
College should finish the job it started a
year-and-a-half ago by providing the
twelve point grading system to those
students who feel a harder and more
accurate grading system would be a useful
tool in the pursuit of excellence.
Plant shines in storm
They shoveled. They plowed. They
went the extra mile. Last week's massive
snow storm brought out twelve workers
from Physical Plant. Using three pickup
plows, a tractor, a snowblower and
shovels, the crew moved tons of snow.
'They worked pretty hard/' said Tim
Carr, grounds coordinator. One worker
began his day at 5 a.m. on Monday and
finally went home on Tuesday at 9 a.m v
an incredible 28-hour shift. Others
labored at least 12 hours each day. We
appreciate the effort, time and work
that Physical Plant heroically
demonstrated.
Thank you.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 5, 1993
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Student Opinion
The lantern of Virgil: A fraternity philosophy for all or none u y Mark scmegei
I had been fitfully dreaming when Virgil awoke me that looking at me. They gazed instead across that which he had scrubbed their loins in the frothy brown liquid. They were
night. He raised his lantern to my face, and its light washed brought me to see. strugglingto washaway thediseasesof theirnightly matings.
deep into my eyes, and then it began. The last two hovels were built square on the wasteland as "Out, stain, out!" they wailed bitterly. As we awaited the
Virgil led me to the door of the Ivory Tower. He brushed his it rose up to meet the very base of theTower. Figures swarmed approach of Charon the boatkeeper small chunks of ivory
lantern across its lintel until deeply etched letters flickered in out of the darkness to gather at its walls.They, too, dismantled clattered past us, breaking the silence. They tumbled into the
its light: "Abandon all hope, ye who exit here." Virgil told me the Tower. Eyes stupid and glassy, their bodies were swollen river and disappeared . Gripped by its swift current, they were
that the Ivory Tower was under siege. He would bring me to fromthetaskofdestruction.Withcrudehandstheytoreaway soon ground to dust and then to nothing. Virgil and I soon
witness the siege and know the besiegers. Virgil crossed great chunks of ivory. Virgil anticipated the question which boarded the boat of Charon for the mournful crossing of the
through the door of the Tower, set high in its lofty pinnacle. As had leapt to my mind. 'They are herd creatures. Even they waters to the wasteland which lay beyond,
we descended the path spiralling down around it, his lantern don't know why they destroy the Tower. They are all followers- Hours later we had not left the bank where the boatkeeper
rolled back the darkness. and yet they are without leaders." Here he paused and his had deposited us. Virgil's gaze was fixed upon the distant
We came first to a crude hovel built against the face of the eyes lifted past me. "Yet perhaps I spoke too abruptly," Virgil figures milling about the base of the Tower. "You know of
Tower. Lean figures, draped in black, clustered about it continued. 'Tor it seems a shepherd of sorts has come to course," he spoke so softly that I pressed near to catch his
painting slogans of protest and revolution across its white govern them." words, "that they will destroy the Tower. The Tower will be
surface. 'The Tower is corrupt! Do you not know that the We rounded a broken corner of the Tower to approach the toppled by the herd that erodes its base deeper and deeper
Tower is corrupt?" they cried . Virgil burst into their midst, one Virgil spoke of. Small and perhaps even Indian, her hands with each passing day. Do they really think that they will live
holding his lantern high above his head to shower
them with its beams. "Why is the Tower corrupt?"
he asked. "Offer me proof-tell me why!" Their
arms raised in a single motion, pointing to their
sera wlings across the walls. "Because. . . the writing
on the wall tells us it is," came their broken reply.
Virgil laughed and danced in response, swinging
his lantern in a full circle about him. They shrank
fearfully from its light. As we parted their ranks
to leave I turned to steal a final glimpse. They had
begun to blacken the walls once again. Virgil
laughed still as we dropped down the path, for it
was not this which he had brought me to see. danced with directions for the destruction of theTower. Virgil over the ruin of a fallen Tower?" Here Virgil fell silent and
We came next to another hovel, clean and crisp and white, broke from me now to move swiflty toward her. He stopped looked again at me. And I, too, was silent and stared at him in
built against the face of the Tower. The figures who clustered before her and, although I could not hear his words, her astonishment. At last he threw his lantern into the river. Its
about chipped the living ivory from it. Virgil raised his lantern response carried to my ears: "It is better to reign in their favor, last moment of light seemed to be its brightest, and then it was
to the walls to reveal a broken and scarred ruin. "They sell the . ." and her hand rose now to the highest citadel of the Tower, swallowed over and went out. Now Virgil stood over me and
ivory," Virgil said, as mirth danced across his eyes. "Merchants "thantoserveintheirs/'TheflameofVirgirslanternsuddenly his voice rang cold out of the darkness,
of the Tower, they value it only for what it can buy," he broke fell low, and she was bathed in darkness. As he turned stiffly "Even the light of the stars takes time to reach man."
their ranks to leave, "And not for what it can teach! Come, from her, I gazed into his eyes, and they were haunted by pain. He left me and went into the wasteland, and when I turned,
Because it is not this which I have brought you to see!" Briskly leading the way, his thoughts unspoken, Virgil left he was seized by the shadows. I lay on my back and looked
We pressed on, descending further, until Virgil's footsteps the Tower. As he weaved through the herd creatures their above. It was then that I realized that Virgil was a madman
lost their confidence, and his laughter was taken away by the eyes turned dumbly to regard him. Virgil finally stopped and that his prophecies were empty rantings.
silence. His lantern fell to his side and its beams cast a low before the river Styx which snaked through the wasteland to For there were no stars in the sky.
amber halo about us. I looked to his eyes yet they were not encircle the Tower. Here the women of the herd creatures
Virgil anticipated the question which
had leapt to my mind. "They are herd
creatures. Even they don't know why they
destroy the Tower. They are all followers—
and yet they are without leaders.'
n
beyond that. . ." And now he turned to face me, as
he had not for the longest time, and pierced me
with his gaze. "What is it which has blunted the
edge of your outrage? Sharpen it with the truth-I
have brought you hereto witness the truth! Sharpen
it and butcher the herd! Let this moat run red. Let
the blood of this libation streak the sides of the
Tower."
I stood silent, stricken. Virgil's hand suddenly
came forward and crashed into my face, and I
crumpled to the ground. "Have I come too soon?"
he thundered. "Was it my role to lead witnesses
ce more
At the end of his lyrical first novel A Visitation of Spirits,
African-American writer Randall Kenan (who is also gay)
speaks of the importance of collective strength and continuity
when he states that "It is good to remember that people were
bound. . . by the necessity, the responsibility, the humanity. It
is good to remember, for too many forget."
Eloquently stated, simply put. And, for some of us at
Bowdoin, particularly appropriate, as the second semester
begins and we find ourselves at times complaining — again —
of the problems that seem to recur without fail for us as
students: that we are in an academic, presumably intellectual
environment which should be invigorating yet too often is
lifeless; that our professors too frequently, for whatever reason,
do not take us seriously, when they are in fact paid to do so;
that women stUl face profound sexist insensitivity from far too
many men (and other women, sometimes, unfortunately);
and that African-Americans in fact do not get the best of
everything, contrary to popular opinion, and, yes, believe it,
are still angry. I know the taste of African- American anger. As
for my fellow Bowdoin gays, lesbians, bisexuals. . .1 wish I
knew more of them. Their invisibility screams an awful
silence amidst so much life-threatening noise.
In all this confusion, and with all the complaints and
unease we feel with Bowdoin (at times) and with one another
(frequently), it will do us good to remember our collective
power as students after we have risked acknowledging our
differences. With this acknowledgement should come the
understanding that the Asian woman whose butt is rudely
slapped at a campus party deserves our support as much as
the white guy whose frat "buddies" force anal sex on him —
rape him — during yet another drunken weekend bout.
Acknowledging our differences and, perhaps more
importantly, analyzing them and what they mean to us — what
we're afraid of and /or have been taught to hate about each
other, as well as what we can learn — will mean that we can
work effectively together in facing down the smug self-
satisfaction of so many Bowdoin administrators and faculty.
We will, in essence, be able to demand the sorts of changes and
innovations that we are paying for and not receiving. And
will continue to pay for and not receive, until we act. (Some
more permanent faces of color on the faculty would be nice, for
a start.)
As a preliminary step in this process, we will have to
at we can't
remember that we deserve from professors (and ought to give
them in turn) understanding, not condescension; energy, not
arrogance; forcefulness, not belligerence. And this will entail
our remembering that they are, after all, human and nothing
more, flawed and sometimes insecure; that many of them
often think not only very highly of themselves but also too
much about how they appear and what people — particularly
people they are trying to impress — think of them, as opposed
to what might be best for their students. Regardless of their
particular agend a, we will have to remember as we challenge
them that their shortcomings should never become our problem
(for example, those professors who gossip heedlessly about
their students with other faculty, administrators, and students;
this is a general Bowdoin problem, anyway, in that many
people are generally nosy and haven't learned to keep their
mouths shut); as we appreciate the maturity of those who
condurt themselves professionally,and realize that a professor
is only a professor, after all, not a god; subject to sex drives,
self-importance, and shallowness, as we are. And, at times,
too, as we are, generosity, kindness, and wit.
It is good to remember that we as students working
together can challenge Robert Edwards, for example, on his
(elegant, but does it mean anything?) empty rhetoric which
appears to appease many and accomplish little. Does he
really need such an expensive house when the College is
supposedly hurting for cash? Does he really care whether or
not more students of color are brought to Bowdoin? And if he
does, why? So that Bowdoin can "look good" in comparison
with similar-sized northeastern colleges? Who is that
ultimately serving? Robert Edwards and his kind — that is,
well-off white men?
Why do so many faculty and administrators complain
about him behind his back, yet will not confront him openly
— with or without the help of students?
We will remember: one Afro-American Studies course per
semester is not enough.
Neither is one tenured African-American professor the
Greatest, Blackest Token of Them All.
For some of us who are people of color, hopefully those
who are blinded by the Amazing Wonders of Whiteness will
learn that there is nothing particularly magical in that
whiteness. It is far more valuable for us to speak to each other,
acknowledge and support each other, than it is for us to
H'©t By Thomas Glave
pretend that we do not see each other walking across the quad
because we are with our white friends and in that moment are
ashamed to identify ourselves with each other in pride because
our self-loathing has replaced our pride. It will be far more
useful for us to get to know one another as people of color than
to allow ourselves to be humiliated by the racist ignorance of
those who think they "know" us as "good friends" and can
therefore take careless liberties with us. And for those of us as
people of color who seek out this sort of humiliation and /or
choose not to associate with other people of color, we should
ask why it is so much easier for us to surround ourselves with
white friends (who might indeed be very good friends), while
we can't even look another person of color in the face. Why?
We will remember that, yes, that baseball-capped jock
made love to his male buddy again the other night, and, no, he
didn't tell us partly because he feared he would be ostracized
by oursqueamishness. And, yes, that woman who never talks
in class just left the arms of her girlfriend, and, no, she hasn't
come out to anyone yet because of fear. Imagine having the
desire and fearing the violence.
We will have to remember above all else that at Bowdoin
in actuality we as students can rule: not the administrators, not
the faculty, not even our parents (who often attempt control
via threats). Bowdoin couldn't exist if we weren't here. It
exists for us. Supposedly we have young blood, energy, and
imagination; that is (again, supposedly) why we're here. So:
do we want to work for social change? Or would we rather
complain to no end and graduate with romantic memories
about these glorious college days, and leave the bitches and
the spies — and the queers — where they belong? Is this where
compromise begins — where some of us are comfortable? For,
ultimately, if we are going to work together as students
acknowledging our differences, confronting an intransigent
administration, we'll have to sun-ender much comfort. We'll
have to remember exactly where we came from, where we
want to go with our action and who our allies are as we work
out the politics peculiar to our race, class, gender and sexuality.
Paraphrasing Randall Kenan, we should never forget that,
like race, class, gender, and sexuality, all of these realities will
be crucial ones for us to remember always, in a time when still
so many of us — the cowards, the sell-outs, the privileged —
choose, when we can, to forget.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1993
The search for work resumes
By Tevis Hatch
orient contributor
Many Bowdoin students feel that
life at college is very stressful.
Attending classes, reading
hundreds of pages and preparing
for tests leaves little time to relax.
But seniors face an even greater
obstacle: preparing for the future.
They must make major decisions
about the direction of their lives. On
top of their normal course loads,
they must also write endless letters
to graduate schools and companies
and attend numerous interviews,
knowing that everything they say
or write could affect their future.
All this may sound overwhelming,
but the Bowdoin Office of Career
Services (OCS) is a valuable resource
that helps point students in the
right direction.
Marge Seymour, Recruiting
Coordinator, believes that "many
people do not realize what OCS has
to offer." OCS has volumes of
information, knowledgeable
counselors and weekly workshops
about many aspects of planning for
the future. More specifically, OCS
offers extensive on-campus
recruiting and interviewing
opportunities for seniors.
According to Seymour, "About
half the students are applying for
jobs and about half are applying to
graduate schools." However, due
to the faltering economy, more
students are applying to graduate
school this year. Keri Saltzman, a
senior at Bowdoin who is interested
in health care management, has
applied for jobs and graduate
schools. Other students are
choosing to work for a few years
and then continue their education.
Todd Krapf '93 is not applying to
graduate school and is, instead,
looking to head into the business
world . In reference to a career, Todd
explains, "I want to get a couple of
years under my belt. I've had
enough of school."
the future looks
good for Bowdoin
graduates
Both Saltzman and Krapf offer
similar words of wisdom to
underclassmen. The message is to
get started early. Saltzman started
on her applications, resume, and
cover letters lastsummer. She said,
'It's best to start early because senior
year is ten times harder than you
think." Also, she advises students
to "stay calm, think positively, and
don't listen to what everyone else is
doing. You'll start to question
yourself."
Seniors are under pressure. Every
Zeta Psi disbands to form the Jordan House
By Eric Vinson
orient contributor
After 125 years, Zeta Psi is
of ficially disbanding this semester.
However, in its place, the
organization has formed a new
coed social organization called the
Jordan House. The former Zetes
hope to attract a wide range of
individuals interested in an
organized alternative to
Bo wd oin's current fraternity scene.
The former Zetes look forward to
building a new organization based
around the house Member Brian
Dunphey '94 said, "It's sad that Zete
has to go, but the guys are psyched
up about its replacement We think
the Jordan House is a good
alternative to the rather limited
social options here at Bowdoin."
The members of the Jordan
House, when questioned about the
differences between it and
fraternities on campus, gave a
number of responses. Initially,
they pointed to the lack of a pledge
period and any form of hazing.
Further, meals are eaten in the
dining halls, as opposed to the
house. Kevin Thomson '93, said,
"I think if s a plus to be eating in
the dining halls. You get to see
people outside your own house,
so you avoid the 'house rat'
phenomenon. Plus, you get to see
Donna every day."
day they are receiving letters of
acceptance and /or rejection. Krapf
is optimistic about his chances. He
said that Marge Seymour assured
students that "if you put in the effort
you'll get three to four offers."
Seymour explained that in a survey
of last year's class, eighty percent
had definite plans for this year either
in graduate school or employment.
Also, Seymour explained that many
students managed to find
employment over the summer.
No one can expect to be accepted
everywhere, but according to last
year's OCS statistics, the future looks
good for Bowdoin graduates. Many
students will, in fact, be taking
rejection letters in stride. The Pub
redeems students from rejections
with a free beer. Krapf shared his
philosophy on rejection, one most
likely shared by other students:
"Another rejection will just mean
another free beer."
Multiculturalism
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minorities in the faculty, staff and
student body.
Thong Nguyen '95 of the Asian
Interest Group expressed some of
the same reservations as Stanley,
saying "We (the College] are
definitely headed in the right
direction, but we are far from where
we want to be." A common criticism
is that the faculty report is much
more specific than the president's
response, addressing the need for
non-minority students to have
experience interacting with people
of other cultures. This would ensure
that Bowdoin graduates will be
comfortable working with people
of other cultures.
The President's response, in
contrast, focuses on the moral
obligation Bowdoin has, as a loading
institution of higher education, to
have more minorities.
The general sentiment from the
President's Office, the faculty,
Bowdoin's minority organizations
and the student body is that the
report of the faculty, now with the
president's endorsement, is
important but not the solution to
the problem of increasing
milticulturalism at Bowdoin.
Unless the overseer advocated by
the faculty is appointed, the effort
for increased diversity will fall on
everyone associated with the
College. As Assistant to the
President for Multicultural Affairs,
Betty Thompson said, "I am very
pleased with the President's
response, but more excited about
the campus' opportunity to 'team-
play 7 and work together for more
diversity."
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NUMBER 14
Does size matter? Student Executive Board ponders the issue
The Strategic Planning Task Force considering the benefits of a 'Bigger Bowdoin'
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
On Monday night, the Executive
Board hosted a student forum to
discuss issues surrounding a
possible increase in the size of the
College. Sfudent and faculty
members of the Strategic Planning
Task Force, a committee formed by
President Robert H. Edwards in the
Fall of 1990, were present at the
meeting to summarize the status of
the issue and to answer audience
questions.
At present, the Task Force has not
made any firm decisions to increase
the size of the College. As Dean for
Academic Affairs Charles Beit, said
on Monday, "We're at the stage of
listening. That's the purpose of this
meeting." Richard Steele, Director
of Admissions, confirmed that no
action has yet been taken to increase
the size of the first-year class.
Although 34% of the applicants
for the class of 19% were accepted.
Heated discussion during Monday's Executive Board meeting.
a relatively large amount for
Bowdoin, Steele attributed the high
number to the small applicant pool
that year. Thus, it may appear that
Bowdoin has already begun to
expand the size of the college, but
this is not the case. Currently, the
Task Force has drafted no specific
plan of increase.
On Monday, Beitz outlined the
reasons why the Task Force is
considering an increase in college
size. These reasons were also
presented at a campus- wide meeting
held on December 7 in Daggett
Lounge. The main concern of the
Task Force is whether Bowdoin can
continue to sustain the current
academic programs, student
activitiesand modern physical space
which such an institution demands.
With the help of a carefully
executed report by Professors of
Economics, David Vailand Andreas
Ortmann, the Task Force has been
able to examine the feasibility of a
Photo by Erin Sullivan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 )
Phyllis Schlafly incites student body to verbal violence
The conservative speaker's views met with dissension from most of the audience
By Ben Machbm
orient staff writer
Speaking before a packed Pickard
Theater last Wednesday evening
was one of America's most visible
conservative and anti-feminist
activists, Phyllis Schlafly. Schlafly,
Anita Hill's
testimony was "all a
fabrication, a lie'
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a graduate of Washington and
Harvard Universities and the author
of thirteen books, is most widely
known as being the major force
behind thedefeat of the Equal Rights
Amendment. In addition, she is a
regular commentator on 250 radio
stations and the author of a
syndicated newspaper column.
In front of the attending crowd, — . -. „. . , — --
... j e ■ x. u j- .u_j Phyllis Schlafly in Pickard Theater.
which seemed fairly evenly divided » *
between "liberal" students and
"conservative" non-students,
Schlafly blasted the Clinton
Administration and various
feminist and progressive stands.
Opening her speech by citing the
relevance of her subject, "The
Changing Roles of Men and Women
in the 1990s," to the role Hillary
Clinton is taking in the new
Tipper Core, in her attack on rock
lyrics, demonstrated the kind of
values which the new "Hillary
Clinton generation" was not
focusing on.
Schlafly closed her comments on
Clinton by wondering aloud if she
would take the criticism which is
likely to surround her position on
the health care task force "like a
'Beware of the man who praises
women's liberation; he's about
to quit his job."
Photo by Dan Huecker.
administration, Schlafly termed the
new situation "a co-presidency."
After beginning her presentation
with general comments about
Hillary Clinton, Schlafly focused her
attention and energy on dispelling
the "conception, promoted by
feminists, that the passing of the
torch from Barbara Bush to Hillary
Clinton is a generational shift." She
backed this up by pointing out that
man, or will she retreat into the First
Lady mode after attack?"
Much of Schlafly's speech
concerned Clinton's trouble finding
a nominee for attorney general who
has not employed an illegal alien.
She argued that the reason it is hard
for women to find suitable nannies
who are U.S citizens is that no one
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Orientation
Title IX Complaint Unresolved
Erstwhile Bowdoin Women's Ice Hockey players who filed Title IX suit.
Better Dead Than Red
Feformance artist Dan Hurlin choreographs dance students in
preparation for "The Thief," the end result of Hurlin's residency here.
Women's Swimming
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The Polar Bears swim past Colby but fall prey to Wesleyan and an
unfortunate outbreak of illness.
Quotes of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
Well, Valentine's Day has returned- as it eternally does- and
we found ourselves reaching for that jewel in the crown of
romantic expression, Friedrich Nietzsche's "Beyond Good
and Evil." Nestled amidst this devastating critique of
contemporary existence is the following insight into love
and the foundation of morality. We urge you to carry it forth
with you this weekend as you exert your will to power on the
battlefield of Eros:
"That which is done out of love always takes place beyond
good and evil."
- Aphorism 153, "Beyond Good and Evil"
And in the spirit of brotherly love we offer these words for the
correction and improvement of disgruntled political
aficionados in the first floor of Coleman:
"One must be accustomed to living on mountains-to seeing
the wretched ephemeral chatter of politics and national
egoism beneath one."
- Foreword, "The Antichrist"
And then, of course, there is S0ren Keirkegaard . . . Well,
we'll let the words speak for themselves.
I am an aesthete, an eroticist, one who has understood the
nature and meaning of love, who believes in love and knows
it from the ground up and only makes the private reservation
that no love affair should last more than six months at the
most, and that every erotic relationship should cease as soon
as one has had the ultimate enjoyment. I know all this, I
know too that the highest conceivable enjoyment lies in
being loved."
- M Either/Or M
Bowdoin Security Log
February 9
Crime: Assualt
At the above date a security officer
on special detail at Bates College for
a men's basketball game was
approached by a victim stating he
had been punched. Bates security
assisted our officers. Lewiston
Police Department was called as
the student wanted to press charges
and file a complaint.
The incident occured after a very
loud, emotional and rowdy game.
Aproximately twenty minuties
earlier I had removed a Bowdoin
student from the arena. Later that
night the assualt occured. Trie Bates
student asserts that there was no
provocation and that the Bowdoin
student struck him while he was
reaching do wn to pick up his jacket.
The Bowdoin student states that he
was pushed by the Bates student
before assualting him.
An arraignment was scheduled
for next month. Meanwhile a Bates
coach witnessed the incident and
said that he would gladly speak on
the Bates student's behalf.
Meanwhile, the Bowdoin student
was escorted back to Bowdoin by
the Bowdoin officer.
February 6
Incident: Fire alarm
At the above date security
responded to an active fire alarm
at Mayflower Apartments. Upon
arriving, the occupant of the
relevant apartment informed the
security officer that the cause of
thealarm was a burnt dinner. The
security officer checked the
apartment and confirmed that a
burntdinnerwas, in fact, the cause.
Two windows were opened and
the alarm was reset.
February 7
Incident: Parking in Fire Lane
A black Honda was spotted in the
fire lane at Coles Tower. A note was
left on the dash saying "car isn't
working, sorry will tow soon." A
name and phone number were left
on the note. This fire lane is for the
for Fire Department ladder truck to
use, and it is the only area where the
ladder truck can be utilized for
rescue.
The owner was given over two
hours to remove the car. The owner
was phoned and security was
informed that he was then at a
f ra te rnity. Fie wasn't there. Towing
was called but the tower was fishing
so another tower was called. The
car was towed.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Women's hockey waits for the Title IX investigation
Backlog at the Office of Civil Rights delays on-site investigation ofBowdoin athletics
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
The Title IX complaint, legislation
establishing equity in athletic
programs across the nation, issued
against Bowdoin College by five
former members of the women's ice
hockey team has yet to be resolved.
The Boston Office of Civil Rights
of the Department of Education,
citing a massive backlog in cases
and an understaffed office caused
by the changing federal
administrations, has yet to schedule
Without a thorough
investigation, the Title IX
compliant against the
College cannot be resolved
a date for its "fact finding" mission
by an on-site investigation team.
Without a thorough investigation,
the Title IX compliant against the
College cannot be resolved.
Thecomplaint, issued on May 14,
1992, by several members women's
ice hockey team, cited pronounced
favoritism towards the men's
hockey and football teams as
grounds for a Title IX. Interviewed
earlier in the year, 1992-93 Co-
captain Anne Read '93 explained
that the team felt it had three options:
a lawsuit, a Title IX compliant or a
fund raising drive to ensure self-
sustainment. They chose to issue a
Title IX complaint because, as Read
said, "It was the middle ground
thorough investigation from outside
sources. The third and final reason
the College welcomes the
investigation is that it boldly
underlines the seriousness of the
issue.
In the past year, Bowdoin is not
the only college to be slapped with
aTitle IX complaint. Colgate College
was recently issued a Title IX
complaint by their women's ice
hockey team. The complaint
revolved around the team's desire
to be elevated from a club to a varsity
sport. The hockey team won the
complaint, and Colgate is now in
level, while equality deals with the
50/50 split between men's and
women's athletics.
In the Colgate case, it is believed
that the judge interpreted the Title
IX to mean equality instead of equity .
This misinterpretation could set a
potentially dangerous precedent for
college athletics. It implies that the
programs themselves are no longer
self-guided, but rather controlled
by the local and federal courts.
Bowdoin's policy in designing
athletic programs is to be, in all
cases, equitable. The College now
offers 29 varsity sports: 14 for
Dean of the College, James Ward.
between the two."
After receiving thecomplaint, the
College had fifteen calendar days,
including the Fourth of July
weekend, to submit the "unbiased
materials" requested by the Office
of Civil Rights. Under the direction
of Dean of the College, James Ward,
the Administration delivered a ten-
inch stack of materials in within the
time limit. The data included
everything from the teams practice
schedules to coaches' salaries.
From the date the mass of material
was submitted, the Office of Civil
Rights had 135 days to conduct an
on-site investigation of the College.
This investigation would interview
players, coaches and students to try
Photo by Maya Khuri.
to determine whether the College
was at fault in any of its athletic
policies.
The 135 day deadline has long
since expired.
Dean Ward said that the College
continues to "welcome the
investigation" for three basic
reasons. First of all, Bowdoin has
not had an opportunity to offer an
explanation to the Boston Office of
Civil Rights. All the information
submitted last July wasV'unbiased
and non-explanatory .'^Secondly,
the Administration wants students
and faculty who may be skeptical
about the athletic program to be
confident that the College athletic
department will undergo a
We have done everything we have been asked
to do in a prompt and forthright manner
. ..the ball is now in their [Boston Office
of Civil Rights] court."
the process of appealing the verdict.
There are several differences,
however, between the complaint
issued to Colgate and thecomplaint
filed against Bowdoin. The major
difference rests in the fact that the
Title IX for Colgate was an actual
lawsuit, and the women's ice hockey
team sued the college. Bowdoin's
Title IX is a complaint, not a lawsuit.
According to many observers, the
judge in the suit against Colgate
markedly changed the notion of the
Title IX legislation. Originally, the
Title IX attempted to create "equity"
rather than "equality."
Equity is the notion that any
athletic program should be based
on interest, competition and skill
women, 13 for men and 2 co-ed.
The extreme delay in scheduling
the on-site investigation is
frustrating for both the
Administration and the women's
ice hockey team. At this point, it
seems unlikely that the investigation
will take place before spring break
or, in an extreme circumstance,
before the end of the school year.
The only thing the parties involved
in the case can do is patiently wait
for the investigation.
As Dean Ward said conclusively,
"We have done everything we have
been asked to do in a prompt and
forthright manner . . . the ball is now
in their [Boston Office of Civil
Rights] court."
Bowdoin to receive $200,000
Mellon fellowship program
By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation has awarded a grant of
$200,000 to Bowdoin College in
support of a fellowship program
aimed at increasing the number of
students of color who go on to earn
Ph.D.s in the arts and sciences.
Announcement of the award was
made today by President Robert H.
Edwards.
"We encounter each hiring season
at Bowdoin the national shortage of
Ph.D.s among people of color," said
Edwards. "It gives me the greatest
pleasure and pride to join this
excellent Mellon program. It will
enable Bowdoin to become part of
the solution, by helping our own
students of color to move toward
academic careers."
Officials at Bowdoin cite several
factors limiting the number of
African American, Latino/ Latina
and Native American students
nationwide who go on to graduate
school and ultimately to college
teaching. These students are less
likely to have been encouraged to
pursue academic careers, or to have
close relationships with older people
in academic life. For some students,
undergraduate loan obligations can
make an academic career unfeasible.
The Mellon Minority Fellowship Only students who demonstrate the
Program at Bowdoin is designed to capacity to perform in the top
address these issues by surrounding quarter of their class will generally
participating students with be considered for the program,
supportive relationships including The program will be administered
faculty mentors and peer support, by Associate Professor of History
and by providing financial Randolph Stakeman, who also
assistance. Participants in the serves as Bowdoin's Associate Dean
program will receive stipends, and for Academic Affairs. Stakeman will
those who ^
go on to
graduate
school in
the hu-
manities,
anthro-
pology,
demo-
graphy
and select
fields in -^
the physical sciences will take part be responsible for planning and
in an undergraduate student loan implementing the program and
forgiveness program. ensuring that it meets its objectives.
Applications for the program will He will organize the recruitment of
be invited in the early spring of the students, select and monitor faculty
"We encounter each hiring season at
Bowdoin the national shortage of Ph.Ds
among people of color. It gives me the
greatest pleasure and pride to join this
excellent Mellon program."
-President Robert H. Edwards
sophomore year.
Fellows will also be actively
recruited through the solicitation of
nominations from faculty members,
deans, students, and, after the first
year, from senior fellows. Students
will be evaluated for acceptance on
the basis of their academic record,
faculty recommendations, an
interview and an application essav.
mentors, plan workshop curricula
and supervise program personnel.
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation works to further the
public welfare by making grants to
institutions in higher education, in
cultural affairs and the performing
arts, in population, in conservation
and the environment and in public
affairs.
Schlafly
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should leave the full-time care of
their child to someoneelse. Schlafly
concluded that her well-
documented opinion that women
should care for their own babies is
to "do the dirty work for the
feminists" who wished to instill a
feeling of "male group-guilt," the
idea that every man is at fault for
sexual harassment.
Schlafly drew the lecture
portion of her presentation to a
only supported by the difficulty close by stressing the "inherent
involved in finding,
a nanny willing to
spend all their time
with the child; this,
she says, only shows
women should care
for their own
children.
When Schlafly
began her comments
about the Hill/
Thomas hearing by
voicing her opinion
that Anita Hill's
testimony was "all a
fabrication, a lie," a '
the student
crowd
emitted
many
murmurings
and several
loud boos
d ifferences'
between men and
women, saying that
the feminists
wanted to ignore
the fact that "men
and women are so
different in so many
ways." In final
summation, she
quoted another
famous anti-
feminist who said,
"Bewareof the man
who praises
women's liberation;
portion of the student crowd he's about to quit his job."
emitted many murmurings and Afterherspeechwasconcluded
several loud boos. From this point Schlafly took questions for almost
the crowd became more active, thirty minutes. The subject matter
both in voicing agreement and varied from gay and lesbian
disagreement. Schlafly appeared family structures to Ross Perof s
to have substantially more support "balanced budget amendment"
from the older, non-student crowd and from the state of the
than from the vocal Bowdoin Republican Party to more
students, many of whom discussion of the Hill/Thomas
apparently disagreed with heron hearings. Phyllis Schlafly's visit
almost every front. The speaker's was financed by the Bowdoin
last thought on the Hill/Thomas College Republicans and the
hearings was that Hill was put up Young America's Foundation.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1993
■A 'Bigger Bowdoin '???
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
10% increase in the size of the
College over the next five years. ■
Beitz said, 'These two professors
have analyzed the College's budget
more completely than it has been
analyzed ever before. Our question
is whether the College could be
enriched by increasing its size, not
whether the College would make a
profit by such an increase. The 'Vail/
Ortmann Report' has demonstrated
the feasibility of this enrichment."
The main concerns of the Task
Force are whether the increase could
be accomplished without
compromising the academic
qualifications of entering students
and whether such a change could
enrich the existing program at
Bowdoin without imposing new
costs that .would exceed the
additional revenues of $2.7 million
from tuition and fees.
Throughout the 1980s, Bowdoin
has successfully enriched its
academic program in departments
such as Women's Studies, Asian
Studies and Biology. As Dean Beitz
explained, the size of the faculty
and the diversity of course offerings
could be increased with funds
generated from a larger student
With aid from the
Vail/Ortman Report,
the Task Force has
concluded that
growth appears
feasible
body. "[By increasing the size of the
College! we could add more depth
where our curriculum is
dangerously thin, as well as get a
grip on some of the enrollment
pressures that currently exist in
highly populated departments such
as History and Government.
Growth is not only a question of
market demand, it is also a question
of quality."
It is true that most small colleges
comparable to Bowdoin have grown
in the past ten years. In order for
Bowdoin to maintain and enrich its
existing programs the Vail/
Ortmann Report concludes that the
College needs to add to its existing
levelofresources.Theresourcescan
come from three different areas: a
redistributing of the existing
resources across areas of the College
budget, an increase in annual gifts
and the endowment or an increase
in the number of full tuition-paying
students.
According to the Task Force,the
most expedient way to access
additional resources would be to
expand the size of the College. The
budget has already been cut
tremendously to reallocate
resources towards the academic
program. In order to continue
providing additional funds in this
way, the College would need to
launch a massive capital campaign.
Increasing the size of the College
may be a valuable and dependable
strategy to provide needed income,
one that would "support the kind of
the applicant pool has increased
significantly — over 3,300 students
applied this year for the Class of
'97, 300 more applicants than for
the Class of '96. In order to keep the
incoming class size to around 410
students, a smaller percentage will
be accepted this year. I f the number
of applicants continues to increase
in thecoming years, students would
be less likely to perceive a drop in
the quality of the College, even if
the size of the incoming class is
becoming larger. An increase in the
sizeof the College may not influence
rankings on nationwide surveys
like the one cond ucted by U.S. News
and World Report.
The Vail/Ortmann Report also
suggests that increasing the size of
program that is necessary for an
excellent small college."
The main question that the Task
Force faces, and the one which many
students are asking, is whether or
not "a bigger Bowdoin is a better
Bowdoin." According to current
proposals, the size of the College
would increase by about 10%, which
translates to 140 students. In
addition, the faculty would be
augmented by 5% increase in faculty,
or about 7 new members. Beitz
explained that if this increase were
to take place, it would not occur all
at once, but very gradually over a
five-year period. No more than an
additional thirty-five students
would be added per year. The
increase in the student body would
include
not only
first-year
students,
but also
transfers.
Working
under the
assumption
that
increasing
the size of
t h e
College
would be
the most
dependable
way to
generate
needed
funds, the
Task
Force has
considered
the ways
that this
increase
would
affect the
budget,
admissions
standards
and
student
life
According
to the
Vail/Ortmann Report, the budget theCollegeby 10% would probably
impact would be minimal. The study imply "very modest and
President Robert H. Edwards at the meeting.
concluded that an addition of 140
students would lead to an addition
of $300,000-600,000 for the College's
"bottom-line" surplus.
Growth is not only
a question of
market demand, it is
also a question .
of quality.
However, the Task Force made it
clear that the decision to increase the
size of the College would not be
influenced by a need to balance the
budget This addi tion to the College' s
surplus assumes a balanced budget
will have been achieved by fiscal
year 1993-1994, before any final
decisions have been made to increase
Bowdoin's size.
imperceptible effects on the
academic qualifications of entering
students." If Admissions' efforts to
broaden the applicant pool are
successful, they could even prevent
a small reduction in the
qualifications of entering students.
Increasing Bowdoin's size may also
make the College more attractive to
prospective students who feel that
Bowdoin is currently "too small."
At the meeting last Monday night,
many students felt that Bowdoin's
small size was one of the few factors
which still distinguishes it from
similar liberal arts colleges. The
College's unique four-point grading
system no longer exists and now its
noteworthy small size seems to be
in jeopardy. Among a group of 18
similar small colleges, Bowdoin's
size is the fifth smallest; only
Haverford, Bryn Mawr,
S warth more and Wheaton claim to
have a smaller student body. The
proposed increase in the size of the
College would make Bowdoin's size
similar to Amherst's.
According to a show of hands at
the meeting, an overwhelming
Bowdoin at the time they applied
and were able to call out the magic
number — 1,350 — in unison. One
student argued that an increase of
140 students would not necessarily
make Bowdoin that much more
attractive to a larger number of
prospectives, since those students
who choose not to apply to Bowdoin
based on its small size would rather
attend much larger schools, such as
Duke or Cornell. At the same time,
many students felt that an increase
of this magnitude would have a
profound effect on student life and
the accessibility of extra-curricular
activities. Tom Leung '96 noted that
as a first-year student, he has been
able to assume leadership positions
in student activities such as the
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I to stu-
I dents at
\ schools
*■ like
Williams,
where the
enrollment
is some-
w h a t
larger. "If
there had
been a
comparable
institution
t o
Bowdoin
that was
smaller, I
would
probably
have
gone
there
instead,"
Leung
said.
Students
and
Photo by Erin Sullivan. f a , c ■ l * J
alike have
voiced
concerns about a potential loss of
"sense of community" that could
result from an increase in the size of
the College. In response to this
concern, the Task Force points out
that colleges larger than Bowdoin
The Task Force
believes that
additional
students would
be beneficial
The Task Force believes that the
impact on admission patterns would majority of students claimed that
also be minimal. Steele reported that they knew the exact enrollment at
claim to maintain a community
atmosphere and that Bowdoin's
sense of community has not been
lost, despite a substantial increase
in size from 900 students just two
decades ago.
The Task Force believes that
additional students would be
beneficial to the community since
they would be able to "support and
sustain existing College activities,
ranging from athletic teams to
musical ensembles to student
organizations." Beitz said, "We can
currently staff activities, but
sometimes it is hard to find enough
people to sustain them over a long
period of time."
There is alsoconsiderable concern
about how these additional students
woulddistributethemselvesamong
the already crowded classes offered
at Bowdoin . The Task Force believes
that the current problems need to be
addressed regardless of a possible
increase in the size of the College.
Dean Beitz suggested that
overcrowding results from
fundamental problems with the pre-
registration system, and these
problems could be fixed before any
additional studentsarrive. "The pre-
registration needs to incorporate a
system of indicating student
preferences so more students can
get into the classes they want, which
would eliminate much anxiety. We
need general policies to administer
scarceclass space, and we are doing
all we can to formulate such
policies."
According to projections made
by the Task Force, an increase in the
size of the College would cause the
average class size to increase by one
student per class. Just as the
The Task Force made
it clear that decision
to increase the size of
the College would
not be influenced by
the budget deficit
distribution of courses throughout
the schedule and the pre-registration
system are being re-evaluated in
light of such an increase, projections
are also being made about needed
space in dorms and cafeterias.
For the needed expansions of
physical space, the College would
need to borrow approximately $4
million to make changes in existing
brick residence halls, Brunswick
Apartments and the Dudley Coe
Health Center to provide extra living
space. The Task Force also envisions
using the entire ground floor of the
Mouton Union for student dining
in an uncongested atmosphere.
With aid from the Vail/Ortmann
Report, the Task Force has
concluded that growth appears
feasible and holds potential benefits
for the long-term future of the
College. However, discussions
about the issue are still in
preliminary stages. As the Task
Force attests, "No decisions have
been made or votes taken." By May
1993, the Task Force expects to have
reached a definite conclusion about
whether or not a formal
recommendation should be made
to President Edwards and the
Governing Boards to increase the
size of the College. In fight of the
research that has already been
accomplished, Edwards appears to
support an increase. 'It's not an easy
choice and the issues are not trivial.
However, through inertial forces,
Bowdoin will have to move
upward."
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
5
College seeks to reduce staff in effort to pare budget deficit
By Andrew Wheeler
orient staff writer
For 55-year-old employees who
have worked at the College for at
least tenyears, Monday will be
decision time. Each will have the
option either to retire early and
receive a golden hand shake or
remain with the College and
possibly face job uncertainty.
Announced last December, the
College has offered a voluntary early
retirement program for two years
as a way to reduce costs and
eliminate Bowdoin'sbudget deficit.
Eligible employees choosing to
retire will receive up to a year's
salary. According to Kent John
Chabotar, Vice-President for
Eligible
employees
choosing to
retire will
receive up to a
year's salary.
Ad ministration and Finance, twelve
people have opted for voluntary
retirement as of Tuesday, eleven
more are "strongly leaning" and
seven are undecided. Chabotar feels
that the early retirement program
will save $225,000. This measure
will help pare Bowdoin's budget
deficit of $350,000 and will assist in
the Administration's goal of
balancing the budget for fiscal year
1994, which begins July 1, 1993.
"We can't allow the early
retirement program to govern which
programs and services will be cut,"
said Chabotar. Such cutbacks should
be based on relevance to the
College'sacademicmission,current
and projected budgets and the actual
need for the program or service.
Reduced hours for selected College
departments, charging fees for
certain services and new limits on
travel and new employee moving
expenses are examples of possible
cutbacks.
Each member of the College's
Senior Staff, which consists of Development Bill Torrey, will be
President Robert H.Edwards, Dean working within their department
for Academic Affairs Charles Beitz, to identify potential cutbacks before
Dean of the College James Ward bringing them to the entire Senior
and Vice-President for Staff and President Edwards for a
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Note: N umbers and projections obtained prior to the beginning of the fiscal year on
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A budgeted deficit is determined in the spring mon ths after the end of fiscal year.
final decision. It is also expected
that the Budget and Financial
Priorities Committee, chaired by
Professor of Mathematics, Wells
Johnson, will be consulted prior to
implementation.
Last year, 24 employees opted to
retire early and five positions were
eliminated, saving $250,000.
Chabotar is quick to point out no
position over the last two years has
been tenured or on a tenure track
faculty. Chabotar sees three benefits
from the early retirement program.
The College pays less money to new
employees; the whole process
facilitates the College's
reorganization efforts and the
College eliminates positions
without firing. Three people,
however, were involuntarily
Last year, 24
employees
opted to retire
early, and five
positions were
eliminated
terminated last year. "Firing is the
last resort," said Chabotar. "The
emphasis of the retirement
programs is to reduce cost structure
and positions while minimizing
how many people are fired."
On January 30, the Financial
Planning Committee of the
Governing Boards approved the
1994 fiscal budget with a $390,000
shortfall on onecondition: theSenior
Staff must find ways in the next
three months to eliminate the
shortfall and balance the budget
prior to the start of fiscal year 1994,
beginning on July 1. Chabotar
expects that the Executive
Committeeof theGoverning Boards
will approve the proposed budget
tomorrow as it stands. The full
Governing Boards will meet March
5-6 and vote on the budget.
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Tentative model of Campus Center in ike Moulton Union
Representatives from the architectural firm to lead discussion and "guided tour" of the model
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By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
The Bowdoin community will
soon be able to view an architect's
model of the College's new Campus
Center. The model will be on d isplay
in the Moulton Union lobby between
Monday, February 15, and Friday,
February 19.
Members of the Campus Center
Planning Copmmittee will be
available to take suggestions,
answer question and offer a "tour"
of the prototypedesign on February
16-18 from 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Representatives will also beon hand
from 4:00-5:30 p.m. on February 16.
In addition, Committee members
will be available at various intervals
throughout the week to provide
information and answer any
questions on a more informal basis.
Students are encouraged to
comment on the design of the
Campus Center while it is still in the
preliminary stage. Paper and
markers will be provided for written
suggestions. Student imput will
have an impact on the architect's
final design.
The Campus Center model has
resulted from a process that began
last April with the initiation of the
Campus Center Planning
Committee. Comprised of students,
faculty, administration and staff, the
Committee sought student ideas
over the past ten months. Opinion
polls, open forums, focus groups
and numerous meetings have been
conducted to create the ideal
Campus Center.
Based on the findings, architect
Malcolm Holzman of Hardy,
Holzman, Pfeiffer and Associates,
of New York, worked to fulfill the
student-directed guidelines. The
Campus Center designs strive to
maintain the historic and
architectural character of the Hyde
Cage while creating an
architecturally distinctive building
that serves as an example of
environmental; responsibility and
conservation.
Opinion polls indicated a
preference for a spacious, airy
building that was spacially complex.
Multiple levels, ramps and balconies
were favored. Students also
requested spaces ranging in size
from expansive to intimate to
facilitate comfortable, relaxing
socializing and a variety of services,
attractions and social activites.
The resulting plan features a
35,000 square-foot Center with
lounges and gathering areas, a pub,
cafe and convenience store. Student
mailboxes and campus services, a
College store, a game room, a TV
room, a student organization room
and a conference room are also part
of the design. The projected cost is
$4 million, to be raised entirely by
outside donations.
The Campus Center is scheduled
for construction beginning in June
of this year and should open in the
summer of l994.The building will
hopefully see its first use as the site
of a graduation party for the Class
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the boWdoin orient ARTS & LEISURE Friday. February 12, 1993
Arts & Leisure
Performance
By Dave Simmons
orient arts k leisure editor
This week, performance artist
Dan Hurlin has returned to the
Bowdoin College Department of
Dance for a ten-day residency
workshop. The resulting
performance, called "The Thief,"
is a student-created piece about
50's-era espionage and paranoia
based loosely on the 1952 film of
the same name starring Ray Milan .
He will also give a performance of
his own tonight at 8:00 p.m. at
Kresge Auditorium in the Visual
Arts Center.
Hurlin has two major claims to
fame: a bloody Obie Award from
the Village Voice presented to him
by Penn & Teller and a mention in
the 1986 Esquire Register of
Outstanding Americans Under 40.
The performance artist said that
he was presented the Obie after a
"really awful magic trick" by the
aforementioned, higher-profile
comedy and magic duo.
Although Hurlin also receives
favorable theater reviews from all
over the country, frequently using
the word "amazing" to describe
his work, he gives the impression
that he does not have much use for
fame. The exposure he received
from Esquire and the Obie earned
him a number of calls, but the
attention is important to him only
because the money he gets from
sold-out performances allows him
to produce more of his work.
Another source of amusement
and sometimes frustration for him is
the way journalists and critics try to
describe his work and performance
art in general. "It doesn't matter what
you call it," he said. Hurlin added
that most reviews deal with the
performance aspect of his art, which
he considers the least important and
least enjoyable part of what he does.
"I actually hate performing," he said.
"I get the runs, nausea, everything."
Hurlin said that performance art is
nothing new as its roots date to the
early twentieth century. He credits
the reemergence of performance art
into the public consciousness over
the last few years to the "increasing
number of artists who have become
frustrated with the restrictions of
pigeonhole genres. This is why you'll
find more dancers working with text
or actors branching out into
movement and music. It's like a big
stew, constantly being stirred
around."
Hurlin values the creative
process — the act of generating a work
of art. It is the concentration on
process that is most evident when he
worked with the seventeen students
in his workshop which began last
Wednesday.
Hurlin is an exciting man to watch
at work. He enters the dance studio
and slaps a cache of ideas entitled
"Better Dead than Red" on the floor
in front of him. He cracks a joke to
break the expectant silence of the
students in the room and sets a
rigorous schedule for the next ten
days, laughing at the prospect of
putting the piece together in such a
short period of time. As soon as he
The kinetic auteur Dan Hurl i n conducts a dance workshop this week.
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
lays out a sketch of the plot, he is on complicated sequence of
his feet, choreographing movements movements designed to depict an
and chucklingat what he is creating, office at the Atomic Energy
As the ideas start to flow, his energy Commission, he laughs with
infects everyone in the room. satisfaction. "Industrialized
After setting into motion a America right there," he cries
triumphantly, then pauses for a
moment in thought and comes up
with an improvement. This is art, a
work in progress; process, in a word .
Hurlin had more to say about his
art. 'To me, art is the process of
investigation; I try to ask interesting
questions." What he comes up with
in dealing with those questions is
fascinating. "Archaeology," one of
his pieces, "explores two ideas
simultaneously: the effect of flukes
and accidents on the future and the
sins of the fathers being visited on
the sons . . ." Hurlin said that
"Archaeology," like much of his
work, is funny, but that it leaves the
audience with an "icky feeling."
At the end of the Obie-award-
winning piece "A Cool Million,"
the story of a farm boy from Vermont
who becomes the victim of a vicious
political environment, Hurlin is
covered in blood. "I find humor is
best when it is coupled with
something else, like terror or anger,
but I don't want to focus on just one
element alone," he said.
Hurlin also commented about the
National Endowment for the Arts,
the focus of recent controversy lately
for its funding of artists that many
people consider "immoral." As a
performance artist, he finds that
some of his friends and creative
partners are affected by the cutbacks
in grant awards. "The bottom line is
that art is communication," Hurlin
said. "It is vitally important that
artists reflect their time, that they
are current. Their art is not always
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
Tom Paxton performs benefit concert
By Emily Johnson
orient contributor
Singer-songwriter-children's
author Tom Paxton will be
performing two benefit concerts
at Bowdoin on Saturday in Pickard
Theatre. The first, at 3:00 p.m., will
be a performance for children and
families. The second, at 8:00 p jn.,
will be more adult-oriented. Both
shows will benefit the Bath-
Brunswick Group #1 69 and Bowdoin
College Amnesty International.
Paxton began his career as a
songwriter while in the army. When
stationed at Fort Dix, N.J., he was
forced to take a typing class although
he already knew ho w to type. To pass
the time, he wrote poetry. He
composed his song 'The Marvelous
Toy" there, which later became a hit
for the Chad Mitchell Trio. He went
iger lom Paxton to entertain in Pickard Theatre Saturday.
Photo courtesy of Bath-Brunswick Group #169.
on to perform and write in
Greenwich Village.
Paxton became, a children's
author when Morrow Publishing
asked if he would like to make
"Jennifer's Rabbit," a song originally
composed as a lullaby for his
daughter, into a book. Paxton later
wrote an Aesop's Fables-based book
to be read aloud in the oral tradition.
His ability to design performances
that fit a child 's attention span makes
him a wonderful children's
entertainer. Paxton writes songs
about children's interests, as well as
universal problems like
homelessness and AIDS.
Paxton is currently the Honorary
Chairma n of the Board of the World
Folk Music Association. He has
written nine children's books and
made over 30 albums (available on
Flying Fish and Pax Records). He
also hosts a BBC Radio show, 'Tom
Paxton's America."
Tickets for both shows can be
purchased at Macbean's Music,
Brunswick; Treats, Wicasset;
Buckdancer's Choice, Portland; and
the Information Desk in the
Moulton Union. Suggested
donations for the children's concert
are $5.00. For the 8.00 p.m. concert,
suggested donations are $5.00 for
Bowdoin students, $10.00 in
advance and $12.00 at the door for
the public and $8.00 in advance and
$10.00 at the door for students and
senior citizens.
Winter's Weekend Resuscitated
By Peter Johnston
orient contributor
With temperatures falling as
quickly as the snow, there is
nothing better to do than to
celebrate. During the weekend of
February 1 9 and 20, Bowdoin will
do just that with the annual
Winter's Weekend.
Although in the last couple of
years this celebration has been
less-than-hardy, Winter's
Weekend was once on a par with
UVM's Octoberfest and
Dartmouth's Winter Carnival . In
an attempt to restore that sort of
spirit to this year's affair, a
coalition of the class officers, IFC,
SUC and other student groups
have been meeting to plan an
extensive list of events for the
weekend.
The festivities will all begin on
Thursday with a honior-Senior
pub night complete with music,
door prizes and food and drink
specials. Interrupted only by
classes, the fun will resume at
5:30 p.m. on Friday, when the
women's basketball team will face
UNE, to be followed by a men's
game Later, the men's hockey
team plays Holy Cross at 7:00
p.m.
Following the athletic events,
there will be a bonfire on the lawn
of the Dudley Coe Health Center,
where friends can meet and enjoy
the winter night. From the bonfire,
it will be only a short walk to the
Hyde Cage, where students will
get their last chance to "Rage in
the Cage." Along with food and
beverages to warm spirits, there
will be music and dancing, an air
trampoline, volleyball and a
velcro wall, all designed to
exorcise any false notions that
winter is not fun.
Saturday will begin in the late
morning with activities on the
quad. All students are invited to
enter teams in the broomstick
hockey tournament, the tug-of-
waror the snow-sculpting contest
flook for entry forms early next
week). The winning teams in each
activity will receive cash and other
prizes and have their names read
aloud at the hockey game. It is
rumored that the winner of the
snow-sculpture contest, to be
decided by a distinguished panel
of judges, will receive $250, so
sharpen your shovels and get your
team ready!
As the activities on the quad
diedo wn, the men's hockey team
will be taking the ice against
Connecticut College; face-off at
3:00 p.m. After the game, the
Dining Service will be hosting a
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS ftiEISURB FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1993
Smith to perform Tuesday
World-renowned pianist to display virtuosity
Michael ]. Smith, composer and musician, to present Creating in the
Moment. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
By Bruce Speight
orient contributor
On Tuesday, February 1 6, at 7:30
p.m., Michael Joseph Smith, a
world-renowned pianist and
composer, will be performing in
Gibson Hall, Room 101 . Smith has
experimented greatly with electro-
acoustic music and, after studying
music for a number of years,
developed "Ceomusic," a style of
music that he himself created,
which truly defies categorization.
Smith has also traveled extensively
and performed across the world at
such places as Leningrad
University, the Royal Swedish
Opera, Philharmonic Hall in Berlin
and the Grand Palais in Paris.
Professor of Music Elliott
Schwartz describes Smith's music
as "improvitory music midway
between jazz and concert music."
The range of Smith's work is great,
including major ballets, symphony
orchestras, solo performances,
filmsand jazz ensembles. Schwartz
points out that neither theaudience
nor Smith knows what exactly will
be played on Tuesday, since so
much of Smith's style relies on
improvisation. The title of the
performance is appropriately
called Creating in the Moment. Smith
will first be performing alone and
then play a duet with Schwartz.
Smith gave his first
performanceof original solo piano
music in Nashville, Tennessee at
age six. He moved to Boston and
New York to study medicine, but
instead became involved with the
New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston and the Julliard
School in New York. At this time he
began to develop the philosophy
and notation of his original
Ceomusic, which was composed for
various chamber groups, solo piano,
and symphonic works. Soon
thereafter, in 1 970, he began to travel
extensively and to record. At this
time, he established a name for
himself throughout Europe, and in
1977 was admitted to the Swedish
Composers' Society.
In 1979, Smith became a member
of the International Society of
Contemporary Music. He returned
to the United States in 1980 as a
composer-in-residence in Georgia.
Since then, Smith has continued to
perform and compose scores, and
he has also worked with the IBM
Corporation and the Roland
Synthesizer Corporation of
Scandinavia to develop computer
composition software for children.
Throughout his lifetime, Smith
has composed scores for various
major film and television projects
and has composed music for ten
major ballets. He has also released
41 recordings of his own
compositions in thirteen countries.
In one year, he composed 300 new
pieces scored for various ensembles.
Three film portraits of his life have
documented his virtuosity,
innovation and extraordinary
accomplishments.
Smith is said to be wonderfully
unpredictable, with performances
ranging from subtle to sensational.
Schwartz calls Smitha "charismatic,
amazing performer" and an
"extraordinary musician." His
virtuosity, appearance and
character should all combine to
create an exciting performance that
should not be missed.
Coffee Grounds Cafe is open for business
Socializing in Baxter's basement
By Amy Welch
orient contributor
Described by Co-manager Tad
Diemer '94 as "not, obviously, a
high class place," the Coffee
Grounds Cafe held its Grand
Opening last Monday night.
Patrons of the Cafe found
inexpensive food and drinks, a TV
tuned to popular shows and paper
"tablecloths" complete with a wide
assortment of crayons.
Diemer said that the Cafe, which
Photo by Carey Jones.
has inhabited the basement of
Baxter House for several years, did
not open last semester due to
organizational and financial
problems. "We tried," he said, but
it just wasn't possible "[The]
Administration wants to get rid of
fraternities, or so they say, and this
is an alternative to fraternities, and
they're not helping us out."
Diemer said that he and Co-
manager Leslie Morse '94 were
given only a $250 voucher to carry
them through the semester. He
admitted that while they break even
on food and drinks, there are many
non-renewable resources, such as
cups, napkins and paper, which do
not bring in any revenue. The Cafe
is non-profit and all of the workers
are volunteers.
Diemer said that he plans to keep
the current location because it is
convenient In the future, however,
he would like to get carpeting and
more posters for the walls or have
art students create murals.
The Cafe serves a wide assortment
of non-alcoholic beverages from
soda to coffee and sells snacks
including Teddy Grahams, Pop
Tarts and nachos. While hanging
out for a study break, one can watch
TV, listen to the radio or create works
of art a la Crayola.
So far, the Coffee Grounds Cafe
seems to be a success. "I was
surprised!" Diemer said of opening
night. Despite the small amount of
advertising, most of which was by
word-of-mouth, the Cafe was "a
hopping place" Monday evening. It
will be open for the rest of the
semester Monday through
Thursday evenings from 9-11 pjn.
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled by Emily A. Kasper and Suzanne Renaud
Friday, February 12
8:00 p.m. Dance performance. Obie award-winning
performance artist, Dan Hurlin, presents Archeology and
other works. Kresge Auditorium.
8:00 p.m. Talk. "Indigenous Approaches to Physical and
Spiritual Healing" given by Maestro Ttakaelel, Toltec
spiritual leader, director of Kalpulli Council, leader of the
White Roots of Peace. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
9:00 p.m. Film. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia directed by
Sam Peckinpah.
9:30 p.m. Concert. Chuck Morris and Sidewalk Blues. Pub,
Moulton Union.
Saturday, February 13
8:00 p.m. Ebony Ball. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
8:00 p.m. Fund raising concert Singer, Tom Paxton. Pickard
Theater, Memorial Hall. Sponsored by Bath-Brunswick
Group #169 and Bowdoin College Amnesty International.
Requested donation. Tickets available at the Information
Desk, MoultorfUnion.
9:00 p.m. Film. The Hustler directed by Robert Rossen.
Kresge Auditorium.
Sunday, February 14
2:15 p.m. Gallery Talk. "Robert Van Vranken: Architectural
Landscapes of the Unconscious" given by Robert Van
Vranken '83. Walker Art Building.
Tuesday, February 16
730 a.m. Business Breakfast. "Politics, Economics and Mr.
Jefferson's Epitaph" given by Angus King, president,
Northeast Energy Management, Inc. and host of
MaineWatch. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall, By
reservation.
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. "A Column of Fire" given by Maria
Schnaitman, teacher and therapist. Faculty Room, Mass.
Hall.
5:00 p.m. Dinner meeting. Africa Table will be meeting at
Chase Barn.
7:00 p.m. Lecture. "Competitiveness: Is America Falling
Behind?" given by Professor Johnston. Maine Lounge,
Moulton Union.
7:30 p.m. Concert "Creating in the Moment" given by
Michael J. Smith, composer and pianist, and Elliott Schwartz,
Professor of Music. Room 101, Gibson Hall.
Wednesday, February 17
1:00 p.m. Gallery Talk. "Robert Van Vranken: Architectural
Landscapes of the Unconscious." Repeated from Sunday.
9:00 p.m. Film. Monkey Business directed by Norman
McLeod. Kresge Auditorium.
Thursday, February 18
4:00 p.m. Seminar. "New Product Development at Eastman
Kodak" given by Jane Lanphear '76, assistant to the CEO,
Eastman Kodak, and first female chemistry major from
Bowdoin. Room 123, Cleaveland Hall.
7.-00 p.m. Robert Lehman Foundation lecture and film.
Hidden Heritage. The Roots of Black American Painting
presented by David Driskell H'89, Professor of Art,
University of Maryland, and artist Kresge Auditorium.
Ten days with Dan I lurlin
(Continued from page 7)
pleasant, but these are not
pleasant times." Pointing out that
the only remains of a dead
civilization is its art, he added, "If
we want our legacy to be honest,
if you want an honest reflection
of our times, we need to put our
money into the arts and stay away
from content. Otherwise, all we
have left are velvet paintings of
Elvis."
Hurlin is influenced by the
dramatic philosophy of Bertolt
Brecht, Bauhaus artists, "a lot of
contemporary, cutting-edge
artists" and almost all pop culture.
1 credit my rural New England
WASP upbringing with
introducing themes that often
appear in my work: self-
repression, societal expectations
and dramatic friction between
control and desire," he said.
Hurlin's most current work is
"Quintland," a piece about the
exploitation of the Dionne
Quintuplets, bom in Canada in
1934. He now divides him time
between performance in New
York andNew Hampshire, where
he is the Artistic Director of
Andy's Summer Playhouse, a
theater by and for children. Apart
from that, he says he has been
"teaching a lot" at a number of
colleges and theaters, through
workshops and residencies such
as this one at Bowdoin.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1993
African American artist to appear in Kresge
Autumn Forest, Encaustic and collage, by David Driskell.
Photo courtesy of Midtown Payson Galleries.
This Wheel's on fire
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Catherine Wheel's Ferment,
released last September, utilizes the
standard wall-of -guitar attack most
often associated with the band's
British compatriots, My Bloody
Valentine, and picked up by
American bands like Medicine and
Boston's Drop Nineteens. An
amorphous wash of distorted
guitars coupled with dreamy vocals
characterize this somewhat
minimalist sub-genre, along with a
disdain for the usual song-writing
conventions that garner radio
airplay.
The title of the album's first track,
"Texture," could not be more
appropriate. It eponymously
describes the band's approach — an
emphasis on sound as opposed to
songs — and underscores their hope
that the record will pass muster
merely by virtue of its texture.
Because Ferment's sonic quality
remains so consistent throughout,
the songs tend to blend into one
another, a failing exacerbated by
the scarcity of catchy melodies (or
many distinguishing features at all).
The chorus is the best opportunity
for a rock song to get inside your
head and stay there, but Catherine
Wheel drops the ball in this respect:
the pedestrian melodies on these
tracks render most of them
eminently forgettable. Only on "I
Want To Touch You" and "She's
My Friend" might you find yourself
still humming along at the end of
the song.
Singer/guitarist Rob Dickinson's
lyrics and vocals likewise evoke
precious little interest, partly
because they are not accorded a very
prominent place in the mix and
partly because they are just kind of
. . . there — and they don't move very
far away from there. If the band has
any interest in writing lyrics that
rise above the usual pop-song fillet"
that rhymes "cupid" with "stupid,"
they apparently want to keep it a
secret from the rest of us.
Despite a certain lack* of
distinction, Ferment is not an
unenjoyabledisc: "Black Metallic,"
"Salt" and "BUI and Ben" all have
compelling riffs, and only
"Tumbledown" stands apart as an
irredeemably bad song. But the
record does not have much to offer
outside of its place in a very
particular trend of atmospheric
British (and increasingly American)
guitar rock. Unless Catherine Wheel
can come up with a few songs that
demonstrate something besides ar.
affinity for guitar effects, this is oni
trend they probably won't leave
alive.
Attention
/
Bowdoin photographers, sketchers,
painters, cartoonists, doodlers
Artists of all kinds
with a burning desire to get published
The Arts & Leisure section is now accepting
photographs of original student art or cartoons for
publication. Let us know what you're up to!
Call Emily at 725-8911 or Dave at x3984 for details
By Richard Miller
orient contributor
Artist David Driskell will present
his film entitled Hidden Heritage: The
Roots of Black American Painting, at
7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 1 8,
in Kresge Auditorium. Hidden
Heritage, the eighth such film which
Driskell has narrated, traces the
work of African American artists
from the time of the American
Revolution to World War II.
DriskeH's film, which was made
for British television, highlights the
Harlem Renaissance as a major
period of creative production for
African American artists. Since its
premiere at the Princess Anne
Theater in London in 1990, Hidden
Heritage has been viewed by
audiences in several American cities
including New York, Atlanta and
Washington, D.C. The Bowdoin
College presentation will be the
premiere showing of the film in New
England. /
Professor Driskell, the grandson
of a freed artisan slave and the son
of a minister, is a leading figure in
the study of African American art.
He has written four books and
numerous articles on African
American artists and lectured both
nationally and internationally on the
subject. Driskell, who received his
undergraduate degree from
Howard University in 1989, has also
studied at the Sko whegan School of
Painting and Sculpture, Catholic
University of America and the
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorisches
i Documentatie in The Hague.
A renowned artist in his own
right, Driskell has gone on to an
impressive record of solo and group
exhibitions in New York, Maryland,
California, Rhodesia, South Africa
and elsewhere. Represented by
Midtown Payson Galleries in New
York, his work has also been seen at
the Whitney Museum of American
Art, theCorcoran Gallery, the Studio
Museum of Harlem, the High
Museum of Art and the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art. He has
received awards from the National
Endowment for the Arts, the
Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S.
State Department. Currently, he is a
Professor of Art at the University of
Maryland and a part-time resident
of Maine.
The52-minute film, which will be
introduced by the artist, will be
followed by a question-and -answer
period and a reception hosted by
the Bowdoin African American
Society. The event, which is free
and open to the public, is sponsored
by the Robert Lehman Foundation
and presented by the Bowdoin
Department of Art.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FWDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1993
Bowdoin students serve community
By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
Volunteer service is a major issue
with American college students
these days. Bill Clinton's plan for a
Peace Corps-styled action group to
repay costly college loans has
prompted many students to
investigate their options more
thoroughly. Bowdoin College has a
network dedicated to this pursuit:
Bowdoin Active in Community
Service (BACS).
Approximately one quarter of all
Bowdoin students are involved in
some capacity with one of the many
independent organizations that
comprise BACS. The aim of the
participants is to enrich the lives of
the less-fortunate or provide for the
community in some way.
One of BACS's goals is to ensure loose structure that supports the
/
Promotional BACS fair in Coles Tower.
that any student-motivated desire
for community service has financial
and popular support. Any
community effort with adequate
backing is eligible to seek the
resources of BACS.
Last Monday, BACS held a fair
with representatives from eight of
its participating organizations in the
lobby of Wentworth Dining Room.
Information about the groups was
various service organizations at
Bowdoin. Its main purpose is to
provide funding and promotional
support for the groups under the
umbrella, although each
organization remains distinct and
independent.
BACS also serves to evaluate
student volunteer programs. It
attempts to enhancecommunication
are also discussed.
BACS was established almost
thirty years ago by students and
faculty involved in a variety of
community service organizations.
A coordinating committee was
proposed to service the programs,
especially Project '65, a student-
initiated effort to increase the
proportion of racial minorities in
the Bowdoin student body.
In recent years, student activities
between the community and the
provided to all interested students. College and provides information have produced documents like a
Those attending the fair about the needs of the community. Criminal Justice Handbook. Other
Photo by Maya Khuri.
child and spousal abuse and
conducted health screening for
children and the elderly.
In the coming weeks, the various
organizations that fall under the
BACS framework will be profiled in
the Orient. Student awareness and
support is essential for the
continuation of the BACS programs.
Michael Earle '94 and Christine
Holt '95 are BACS's co-chairs.
Coordinator for Volunteer Services
Ann Pierson also influences the
group. Pierson's involvement
was selected as an advisor due to
her experience with community
programs and her work in the
Bowdoin Department of Education.
Other organizations and their
leaders include: Bowdoin Special
Friends Program, Kim Fuller '93,
Sara Wilke '94 and Todd Hamblet
'93; Bowdoin Tutorial Program,
Christina Freeman '93; Bowdoin
Undergraduate Teachers Program,
Natalie Harmon '96 and Leslie
Thomas '96; Bath Children's Home
Program, Kim Philbin'93;MidCoast
Hospital Program, Josh Sorenson
'95; Snow Shoveling Program, Fawn
Baird '93 and Anthony Faiia '96;
Bridging the Generations, Schelene
Smith '95 and Nina Gomez '95;
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project,
Michael Earle '94; Refugee
Resettlement Program of Catholic
Charities in Maine, Chris Altman
'95; Literacy Training Program,
Leslie Goldstein '93; Big Brother/
Big Sister, Christy Cappeto '94 and
Brian Sung '95; Tedford House
Shelter, James DeBlasi '93 and Tracy
Gastone'95; and Bath /Brunswick
Rape Crisis Helpline, Anne Kelsey
'95. The Blood Drive is led by Mindy
Abrams '93, Susan Kimball '95,
Emily A. Kasper '95 and Fred Cobey
'94.
Any questions about the BACS or
the individual organizations should
be addressed to Pierson's office in
discovered that BACS provides a Ideas for new volunteer programs groups have studied issues such as started twenty years ago when she Sills Hall through campus mail.
Phish concert was fun for fans
By Elizabeth Dunn
orient contributor
As Phish proudly announced at
the beginning of their Wednesday,
February 3, concert in Portland, it
was their first time touring with a
seven-foot grand piano. Part of the
way through the concert, pianist
Page McConnel ended with some
fantastic cords. Singer Trey
Anastasio applauded the sound of
the grand, but noted of McConnel,
'The guy? Thpht!" to the laughter
of the fans. Lighthearted humor but
serious music marked this concert
as being another one of Phish's
sellout success.
The talent of Phish is evidenced
not only in their occasional a capella
interludes, but in their great success
from inauspicious beginnings.
Hated at their debut concert (they
played at a ROTC dance), their band
really came together at Goddard
College. Since hitting the road they
have enjoyed word-of-mouth
publicity and great success.
Pushing their latest album Rift,
Phish's music still featured the long
stanzas of acoustics always present
in their music, but did not involve
many of the long lyrical "stories"
found in their earlier work. Rift is
more cohesive; the songs have more
emotional weight. "There's a thread
that runs throughout the album,"
explains Anastasio. "(The album is]
about aguy's experience that begins
with the title track, where he's lying
in bed thinking about the rift he's
experiencing with his lover. It's new
and interesting for us to be singing
and writing about something that's
so close to home."
Their stage show heightened the
sensation of their music. Perfectly
synchronized lighting and effects
worked well with the music. Jon
"Tubbs" Fishman's solos on the
trombone and vaccuum cleaner and
Mike Gordon and Anastasio's
dances delighted the audience. The
long acoustic interludes allows the
players a moment to show off their
instruments and give the audiences
a way to appreciate each member of
the band.
The audience was in rare form.
Enthusiastic but courteous, Phish
fans did not engage in the typical
pushing and elbowing at popular
concerts. Many people stood on their
seats or danced in the isles. Toward
the end of the concert, three beach
balls were thrown into the audience,
it was great entertainment.
The Bowdoin Blood Drive Committee would like to express their sincere
appreciation to all those who donated or volunteered last Tuesday. Our
February Drive collected 111 pints and deferred six individuals; thirteen
people were first-time donors.
Winter's Weekend
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7)
Hawaiian Luau at the Tower to
remind us all that not everyone
gets to enjoy the snow during the
winter. Saturday evening and
Sunday afternoon, the women's
hockey team will be hosting the
Bowdoin Invitational with teams
from R.I.T., Colby and Boston
College.
The grand finale of this year's
Winter's Weekend festivities will
be a performance by returning
hypnotist/comedian Tom
DeLucarat 8:30 p.m. in Sargent
Gym . DeLuca took Bowdoin by
storm with his mix of light
humor and amazing feats of
hypnosis when he came to
campus two years ago.
Although thesho w will bring an
end to the weekend's official
events, it is hoped that a spirit of
celebration will be kept alive well
into the night.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ARTS & LEISURE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
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Storytelling at Bowdoin
The Museum of Art's innovative program for children
Waiting for a Bite by Wins low Homer.
Photo courtesy of Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
By Richard Miller
orient contributor
"Once upon a time " is the subject
of the Bowdoin College Museum of
Art's Sunday Story Hour entitled
"Favorite Childhood Pastimes." The
program uses the current Winslow
Homer exhibition as a backdrop to
stories and historical accounts of
children in mid-to-late nineteenth
century America.
This is the latest in a series of
innovative programs which have
incorporated ongoing exhibits with
contemporary literature to create
vivid portraits of life in times past.
'Tales of Arabia," presented in the
Fall '92 semester, was based on 'The
Here and Hereafter: Images of
Paradise in Islamic Art," an
, exhibition of textiles, manuscripts,
ceramics and sculpture. "Exploring
Ancient Greece" followed in the
Spring '92 semester, a series of
stories complementing the
narratives depicted on a collection
of Attic vases. Helen Dube,
Education Program Coordinator for
the Bowdoin Museum and co-
organizer of the Story Hour
program, said, "The first two weie
so successful that it seemed natural
to follow them up with a series
featuring selections from our
Winslow Homer collection."
The first of the four-part series
called "Holidays and Parties" took
place on Sunday. The presentations
are cooperative efforts which
combine readings by Bowdoin
students with informal talks by
James Satterthwaite, docent
(volunteer tour guide) for the
museum and co-organizer of the
program. Julie Vicinus '93, an art
history major, read "Yankee
Christmas" from the book Way
Down East by Seba Smith, a charming
story portraying the customs and
intrigue of a Christmas party
through the eyes of children.
Satterthwaite, an energetic and
knowledgeable gentleman,
followed with historical background
and anecdotal asides.The result was
an event enjoyed by the adults as
well as the children.
Satterthwaite said, "One of our
goals is to give a sense of the
commonality of childhood
experience. It was a theme that ran
through much of Winslow Homer's
work." Dube further commented,
"The goal of these programs is to
acquaint young people with the
museum's permanent collection and
nurture in them the ability and
desire to look at art."
Satterthwaite then summarized
the theme of the exhibit: "Winslow
Homer's skill in what he calls
'getting the truth of that which you
wish to represent' is never more
apparent than in his pictures of
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children. He knows how they sit,
how they stand, how they move.
He is equally successful in depicting
their shy and pensive moods and
their bubbling energy. He shows us
the fun and excitement of growing
up without gasoline engines,
television, radios, Nintendo, audio
or video anything."
Homer's work holds a unique
placein the museum. "TheBowdoin
Museum's special relationship with
the Winslow Homer estate has
allowed us to obtain quite a
substantial collection of his work,"
said Dube. The museum houses
over 200 engravings, 25 of which
are featured in the "Favorite
Childhood Pastimes" exhibition,
and has also become a repository
for Homer's memorabilia.
"Everyonedoing scholarly work on
Winslow Homer comes here to
Bowdoin," said Dube.
An interesting aspect of the Story
Hour programs is that they provide
Bowdoin students the opportunity
to get involved through their
research and presentation.
"Students have gotten involved
through their work in the museum,
their art history majors and the
Bowdoin Active in Community
Service (BACS) program," said
Dube. "It's an interesting mix of
volunteers who have in common
their interest in the museum, but
most importantly their interest in
children."
The next installment in the Story
Hour series will feature the work of
Barbara Cooney, a well-known
Maine artist and children's book
author. An exhibition of her
illustrations and paintings will
begin April 18. The following
week,April 20-23, will feature a
series of presentations
incorporating Cooney's books and
artwork.
The "Favorite Childhood
Pastimes" programs will take place
at 2:15 p.m. on the first Sunday of
the next three months. March 7 is
"Games" with readings from
Growing Up In Maine: Recollections
of Childhood from the 1870s to the
1920s and The Hoosier Schoolboy;
April 4 is "Childhood
Amusements" with readings from
The Last One In and Growing Up In
Maine , and May 2 is "Harvesting"
with readings from Beinga Boy, Little
Men and Growing Up In Maine. For
recommended reservations or more
information about these programs,
contact the Museum Shop at
725-3275.
A Romantic Review
By Nicole Ormon
orient contributor
If you are looking for a witty
romantic comedy in the tradition of
When Harry Met Sally, Used People is
the movie for you. Set in New York,
Used People tells the story of a
recently widowed Jewish woman
named Pearl, played by Shirley
MacLaine. I the midst of her
mourning, she meets Joe, an Italian
widower, played by Marcello
Mastroianni.
Unbeknownst to Pearl, Joe had
met her husband twenty years ago
in his bar. At that time, Pearl's
husband was experiencing a mid-
life crisis. When Joe followed him
home to check on him, he fell in love
with Pearl at first sight. With the
death of her husband, he is finally
free to pursue her. Pearl, surprised
by his attentions, understandably
has some misgivings. What then
follows is a wonderfully humorous
courtship with its attendant date
disaster and first kiss.
In addition to her new
relationship, Pearl must deal with
her chaotic family. Her daughter
Bibi, superbly acted by Oscar winner
Kathy Bates, is raising two
daughters following a divorce.
Norma, played by Marcia Gay
Harden, is also divorced. After the
death of her infant son Michael, she
spends the majority of her evenings
at the movie theater. Rather than
deal with reality, she preoccupies
herself dressing, talking and acting
like one of the characters from her
favorite films.
The basic plot, which focuses on
an Italian widower who falls in love
at first sight with abrasive Jewish
woman, seems rather simplistic. Yet
the writer and the director have
managed to produce a fine movie
with intriguing subplots. A comedy,
Used People also has its more serious
moments as the characters make
mementous life decisions.
The all-star cast is supported by
the excellent performances of Jessica
Tandy as Pearl's mother and Sylvia
Sidney as her mother's friend. One
of the best moviesin a long time,
Used People is highly recommended .
Indian cuisine at The Bombay Mahal
Make sure there's a Mickey D's on the way home
By Alan Liang
orient contributor
Walking towards the Bombay
Mahal, I must admit that I was
quite taken with the outer decor.
A large green overhang proudly
displays the name of the
restaurant, and you've got to love
anyplace with a neon
"Budweiser" sign flashing
brightly from the large window
underneath.
The interior is, unfortunately,
not as impressive. While the
aroma of various spices was a
delightful welcome, the other
senses were not as pleased. The
walls are mostly bare, save for a
few works of Oriental art. The
lighting is suitably dim, but they
could have put candles on the
tables and dimmed them even
further. Speaking of tables, as we
walked in, we almost got to share
dinner with a family seated quite
closely to the door. The dining
area is, indeed, as crowded as it
sounds. Needless to say, the
ambiance leaves a little to be
desired.
We were quickly seated (right
next to a radiator) and given
menus. The fare at the Bombay
Mahal was wonderfully diverse;
they offer variations on lamb,
chicken, seafood and vegetables.
Big hint: Don't wear leather or
ask for "just a burger." Don't
laugh — one of my party did wear
a leather jacket and was deathly
embarrassed for the rest of the
evening.
Two of my friends decided to
split an appetizer and ordered a
dish called "Rikki Tikki
Tavi"($2.95)— a ball of flour and
vegetables, deep-fried, served
with a sweet sauce composed of
various marinated vegetables. I
asked Nico how it tasted and he
replied, "The sauce is . . .
interesting." Bryan had this to
say. "It's kinda weird." I asked
for "Nan" ($2.45), whkh is a flat
bread with melted butter and
served with lentil sauce. It tasted
rather plain, which, considering
it is basically bread, isn't all that
surprising.
We then decided to order two
entrees and share them. We asked
for "Chicken Labadar" ($8.45) and
"Keema Mutter" (Lamb, $8.45).
The chicken was good, but was
served in large chunks, which we
found rather odd. The sauce was
a mixture of yogurt and herbs; it
tasted a lot better than it sounds.
The Keema Mutter was actually
much more of a delight than the
Chicken Labadar. It was made
with ground lamb and peas and
was perfectly seasoned with
spices.
Now, we did not order any
spicy-hot dishes this time, but I
know from previous experience
that if you order something to be
"hot" at this restaurant, be
prepared to drown yourself. A
handkerchief to wipe the sweat
from every pore is also highly
recommended.
Accompanying dinner, my
companions had two variations
of mango drinks and I ordered a
Kingfisher beer. The Kingfisher
was apparently imported from
India. It is slightly sweet and goes
is a palatable companion to any
entree. Bryan ordered a Mango
milkshake ($1 .50) that was very
sweet but small. Nico got a
"Mango Lassi" ($1.50) which, to
me, tasted the same and was
served in a similarly small
portion.
"Small" is ultimately the best
way to describe everything about
the Bombay Mahal except the
price. Our total cost was nearly
$30, not including a tip, and we
nearly had to pay more. Our
waiter brought us the wrong
check and insisted that it was ours
until I reminded him of what
exactly we had ordered. Not
exactly thrilled with the service
by this time, we also left still
feeling hungry. This was
especially true of Bryan, whose
fitting final comment was "Hey,
Al, is there a McDonalds on the
way home?"
J
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1 993
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There Are Fewer Fraternities . . .
And Fewer Pledges
Percent of all Mei
by Archie Lin
orient news editor
Last Saturday night, 157 students decided to
"drop/' or join, Bowdoin's fraternity system and
have formally begun to "pledge" their respective
houses.
The College has seen a number of significant
changes in its fraternity system during the last
semester. The single-sex organizations have been
disbanded — Chi Psi, Zeta Psi and Delta Kappa
Epsilon exist no longer, and Alpha Beta Phi, the
sorority, has also officially dissolved. Zete created
a new organization called the Jordan House, which
is not a fraternity, but a "social organization."
These developments have limited the number of
houses to join this year, lowering the total number
of fraternity brothers and sorority sisters among
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Bowdoin students.
In the "recognized" organizations, Doug
Ebeling, Area Coordinator, said, "Numbers are
down a little." Last year's drop was one of the
largest in recent College history with 162 students,
led by Theta with 38 pledges. This year, the total
was 1 57, with Chi Delt ha ving the greatest increase
in pledges compared to 1992. Jordan House, the
creation of former Zetes, saw 23 new members
enter its doors.
Again this year, the Inter-Fraternity Council
(IFC) and the Dean of Students Office are
sponsoring Orientation Seminars for new
members of Fraternities, in an effort to raise
consciousness of "important issues surrounding
the campus in general," said Ebeling.
Last Wednesday, February 10, a speaker from
Alcoholics Anonymous, gave an address. Next
Monday, Susan Violette will discuss "Responsible
Bartending." Thursday, February 25, a number
of University of Maine athletes and Dr. Sandra
Caron will speak on "Sexual Responsibility."
Also, Betty Thompson, Special Assistant to the
President for Multicultural Affairs will address
the pledges on Wednesday, March 3. Finally,
Monday, March 8, Katie Koestner, a nationally
recognized spokesperson on sexual assault will
deliver a speech co-sponsored by IFC and
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
13
nbers and Pledges
Words Of Wisdom From Both Sides
A random sampling of people's views on "dropping"
By Emily Johnson
orient contributor
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a cool place to be." - Man, '96
"I think you're asking the wrong person - 1 don't
know ... it seemed like I really liked the people -
it seemed like a good way to get to know them." -
Woman, '96
"Because I wanted to ... I have a lot of good
friends there, it's nice to have a place where you
always know you can go." - Woman, '96
"Because I like the people at the frat - 1 like that
family feeling." - Woman, '96
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feeling that you want to belong somewhere.
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mistreating myself." Man, '96
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I do with my time, and I don't have to go through
pledging." - Woman, '96
"I don't drink, I don't like the attitudes that I've
seen from frat members, and I don't feel the need
to subject myself to the pledge process." - Man, '96
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14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1993
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Men's hockey ties Middlebury, energizes Dayton Arena
Coach Meagher applauds restraint and support ofBowdoinfans
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By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
After a week of warnings from
President Edwards about fan
behavoir and ugly incidents at an
away game versus Colby, the
Bowdoin men's hockey team
returned home for back-to-back
games against Middlebury and
Norwich. Concerned about fan
behavoir at hockey games, President
Edwards threatened to forfeit games
if debris continued to be tossed on
the ice during play. Both coaches
and players issued pleas that the
fans restrain themselves from
disrupting acts.
Both games were played without
any incidents before large and
electrified audiences. Head Coach
Terry Meagher thanked the fans for
their understanding of the situation:
"I appreciate how much the
students, staff and faculty support
us. The fans show their enthusiasm
and creativity at each game and are
a pleasure to play for. I thank them
for refraining from any negative
activity and feel confident that with
their support they will be in for
many more exciting games."
Before the Bears returned home
last weekend, they had one
engagement on the road . On January
30, Bowdoin faced off against New
England College. Bowdoin (8-5) and
New England College (6-5-2) were
battling each other for the eighth
and final playoff spot in ECAC
Division III. Fortunes were not
smiling on the Bears that night. After
jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the
middle of the second period, the
Bears surrendered three goals in less
than three minutes. However,
Bowdoin added one goal to ride a 3-
3 score going into the locker room.
The third period was controlled
by New England College, adding
four goals to Bowdoin's two, for a
final score of 7-5. Coach Meagher
said of the game, "We played well
at times but we were not mentally
prepared to play a contending play-
off team and were unable to adjust.
1 f we had prepared better, the game
would have been ours."
On Friday, February 5, the Bears
hosted the Middlebury Panthers at
Dayton Arena in what was probably
the most exciting game of the year.
The Panthers, sporting a 13-1-1
record in the ECAC Division III, is
the league's top team. They had
vanquished Bowdoin on January 15
by a tally of 6-4, and the Bears were
looking to even the score.
Things looked bad at the start,
when Middlebury connected at 4:36
of the first period to give them a 1-0
lead. However, the Bears bounced
right back, when at 8:13 of the first
period, defenseman Brian Clifford
'93 received the puck from Charlie
Gaffney '95 at the blue line, skated
in to the top of the circle and slapped
the puck into the upper right corner
of the net. Middlebury added a goal
with just seconds in the first period
to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead. The
Middlebury line that scored this
goal would give Bowdoin fits all
night long.
Things got worse for Bowdoin in
the second period when they fell
behind 3-1, and it seemed as if the
league's best was going to walk all
over Bowdoin. However, this game
was one of terrific momentum
swings, and the Bears regained
control. Bowdoin pulled within one
on a goal from Mike Pendy '93.
Bowdoin evened the score at 9:26 of
the second off sophomore Marcello
Gentile's sensational steal and
break-awaygoal. Not to be outdone,
the Panthers once again took the
lead, only to have it tied up again by
Bowdoin before the period was over.
The score stood at 4-4.
The third period was action
packed from whistle to whistle. The
capacity audience at Dayton Arena
witnessed hockey at its most
exciting. The action was fast and
furious, back and forth, and
conducted at a dizzying pace.
Bowdoin took its first lead of the
Charlie Gaffney takes a shot in the crease against Middlebury.
game at 10:25 of the third, and two
minutes later added an insurance
goal, giving themselves a
comfortable 6-4 lead.
Perhaps becoming complacent,
the Bears relaxed. Middlebury took
ad vantage of this lapse to pull within
one and with just -57 left, and the
goalie pulled. Middlebury tied the
gane at 6-6. The overtime saw no
goals and the game ended in a tie.
Despite the high score, Bowdoin
goalie Tom Sablak '93 (24 saves)
stopped many shots that could have
let Middlebury run away with it.
Coach Meahger said of this
somewhat disappointing tie, "I am
happy with the way the team played.
It was a great learning experience
for our younger players, and it
shows we are capable of playing
with anyone in the league."
Less than 24 hours later, Bowdoin
took the ice again against the 8-7
Cadets of Norwich. Norwich was
also coming of fa Friday night game,
downing Colby 6-5. Fatigue was the
definite factor in this match-up.
Despite some close scores, Bowdoin
led this game throughout and upped
their record to 9-6-1 . The Bears took
a two goal lead in less than two-
and-a-half minutes and never
relinquished it. The final score was
6-4. The Bears were led by Gentile,
who netted two goals, and Charlie
Gaffney '95 with a goal and two
assists.
However, the story of this game
was first-year goalie Paul Lewis.
Getting his first start in net, he turned
back 22 shots to record his first
varsity win and secured an
important victory for Bowdoin.
Coach Meagher said, "It was
difficult to come back after an
Photo by Carey Jones.
overtime game but we were positive
and fired up. We played our style of
game and kept the pace up-tempo.
The good start and finish were the
key parts of the game for us — Paul
Lewis has caught our eye all year at
the JV leve,l and we felt he deserved
an opportunity to show us what he
could do. He had an outstanding
game."
Bowdoin now faces a stiff test in
its next three games. The Bears will
hit the road again on February 12
against Hamilton and February 13
versus Williams. They returns home
on Tuesday, February 16 to face
Salem State. These are three of the
most competitive teams in the
league, and the games will certainly
test Bowdoin's mettle. Bowdoin's
playoff hopes rest upon these critical
match-ups in the very competitive
ECAC, where every point is crucial.
Men 's Hockey Statistics
ECAC East Standings
CONF ALL
1. Middlebury
2. UConn
3. Babson
4. Williams
5. Hamilton
6.AIC
7. Bowdoin
8. Norwich
9. Salem State
10. NJE. College
14-1-2
14-2-2
12-3-0
15-3-1
12-4-1
12-4-1
11-5-0
11-5-0
10-6-1
11-6-1
9-6-3
11-7-3
9-6-1
9-6-1
8-8-0
9-8-0
7-4-0
12-6-0
7-6-2
10-6-2
Division III Poll
1. Middlebury
2. Plattsburgh State
3. Elmira
4. Babson
5. Cortland State
6. Williams
7. Hamilton
8. Salem State
9. Bowdoin
10. Norwich
Polar Bear Team Leaders
Charlie Gaffney 42 points
Charlie Gaffney 29 assists
Marcello Gentile * 16 goals
Marcello Gentile 6 ppgoals
^
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS" FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2. 1993
15
Illness weakens women's swimming
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
Despite showing promise early
in the season, the women's swim
team has recently experienced a
major setback. The outbreak of
influenza seems to have afflicted
approximately half the squad,
putting these members under
extreme duress not only for the
upcoming meet against M.I.T., but
also for the New England
Championships.
According to Coach Charlie Butt,
"The swimmers usually do get sick
around this half of the season, but
it's been a number of years since the
virus has hit us this hard." With
only 14 members on the swim team
to start with, the number of
swimmers has dwindled to only 7
or 8 who are fully fit and healthy. "I
believe that there were only 3 or 4
women who came to the practice
immediately before the Wesleyan
meet," said Coach Butt.
Fortunately, the Colby meet on
January 30 preceded the sudden
onset of the flu, and the women's
team did prove to be successful.
With a final score of 165 to 122, this
home meet victory was a fine finish
to close the near-end of the season.
In the first event the 200 medley
relay team, consisting of Co-captain
Ruth Reinhard '93, Melinda Zych
'94, Cheryl Pettijohn '96 and Ali
dimming '95, left Colby treading
in their wake with a first place finish
in a time of 1 :59.28. The Polar Bears
also managed to get the second place
finish with a time of 2:05.07.
Lindsay Artwick'95 tookthelOOO
freestyle in 11:37.76 and the 100
freestyle in 58.11. Ann Burkett '95
finished first in the 200 freestyle as
well as the 200 backstroke events,
dimming had no competition in
her first place events, the 50 freestyle
and the 200 breatstroke. Reinhard
finished first in the 100 backstroke,
defeating her closest Colby
opponent by a large margin of 8
seconds. Bowdoin seized the 100
butterfly with Reinhard in first
(1:02.03), Kim Ballinger '96, second
(1 :08.83) and Heather Royer '96 with
third place (1:10.80) sweeping the
event with a 1-2-3 finish.
Finishing Colby off was Pettijohn
taking a first in the 200 individual
medley in a time of 2:21.05. The
women's diving team had a
successful outing with a second
place victory on the 3 meter board
led by Roseanne Werner '96 with a
total of 181.70 points. Co-captain
Anna Nakasone '93 said, "Before, I
used to be the only woman diver.
But this year, with all the new
turnouts for the diving team like
Rosy, the season has been enjoyable
as well successful." With such a
convincing triumph over Colby,
there seemed to be no stopping the
women's Polar Bear swim team,
except for perhaps the misfortune
of contracting the flu.
The week following the Colby
meet was ominous because of the
sudden rash of maladies that struck
the team. Among the unlucky
swimmers afflicted were dimming,
Reinhard, Ingrid Saukaitis '95 and
Molly Fey '95, who all constitute the
backbone of the squad. The team's
performance against Wesleyan the
following week was not enough for
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Women's swimming dives into action against Wesleyan.
a victory. Although all of the women
but one were able to attend the meet,
their fatigue from the illnesses.
Previous absences from practice also
showed in the level of their
competition.
Pettijohn , a strong contributor to
the team and New Englands
qualifier in the 200 IM as well as the
100 and 200 breastrokes, has been
out for nearly a week, and Butt has
not yet received a confirmed
diagnosis for her exact condition.
Pettijohn did miss the Wesleyan
meet but hopefully will be returning
to face off against M.I.T. According
to Coach Butt, the loss was not
attributed solely on the recent
epidemic of the flu. "Wesleyan had
an overpowering squad this year,"
he said.
Gearing mainly now for the New
England Championships, Coach
Butt is confident that these
Photo by Erin Sullivan.
sicknesses will soon lift to leave the
swimmers in fairly good condition.
Despite the adverse hardships the
women's team has faced this season,
they could manage a respectable
record of 5-3, with an expected win
against M.I.T. on February 13, at
1 2:00 p.m . at the Farley Field House.
The swim team is hoping for a
notable turnout in order to
demoralize M.I.T. and make their
trip less than worthwhile.
Women's squash records surprise
wins over both Bates and Colby
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
Erik B artenh agen
ORIENT SPORTS EDITOR
Until recently, the women's
squash season had been
characterized by illness and injury,
resulting in numerous difficult
losses. Coing into their February 10
match against Bates, the team had
lost twelve in a row while fielding
an incomplete and overmatched
squad . Yet with the return of several
key players, the squash team won
two consecutive matches over rivals
Bates and Colby on their way toward
turning their season around.
Head Coach Daniel Hammond
lamented the lack of numbers on
the Bowdoin team in previous
weeks, pointing out that two players
who had never played before,
Maggie Mitchell '95 and Kristie
LeBlanc '96, had to step in and
compete so that Bowdoin could
muster a full team. The many
absences have forced some players
to move in the ranks where they are
encountering the tougher, more
experienced competitors," he said.
Despite the crippling lack of players
that has necessitated these
measures, Coach Hammond feels
that the overall team effort has been
strong and that everyone is playing
well.
On Wednesday, the team's
fortunes seemed to change as they
faced off against a Bates squad which
had beaten Bowdoin 6-3 a scant two
weeks ago. The chance for a Bates
season sweep seemed high as
Bowdoin was only able to field seven
players against nine for Bates. Yet
despite long odds and two matches
automatically forfeited, the team
was able to pull out a clutch 5-4
victory on the road.
Bolstered by the return of Caroline
Ciaccio '93, the squad was able to
continue their winning streak
Thursday night by breezing past
Colby 8-1, beating the Mules for the
second time this season. The victory,
which brings the team's total to
three, gives them important
momentum and optimism as they
head into the final stretch of the
season.
A bright spot for the team this
season has been the play of #1 seed,
Captain Emily Lubin '95. She has
proven herself to be one of the best
squash players in the league,
compiling a 12-4 record against stiff
competition. "It has been very
frustrating this season, losing to
teams I know we can beat simply
because we don't have enough
players to compete," she said.
Despite the team's record, Lubin
remains optimistic about the
remainder of the season. "Now that
we have a nucleus of good players,
we can start turning things around
and winning some more matches,"
she said.
Other key players in Bowdoin's
recent success are Co-captain and
#2 player Jen Bogue '94, who boasts
a respectable 8-4 record, and Lisa
Takayama '95, who despite having
had to move up in the seedings to
face the opposition's #3 player, has
come through with 5 victories.
On Saturday, the team travels to
Massachusetts to face both
Wellesley and Middlebury,
described by Lubin as "tough but
beatable" teams, before moving on
to the Howe Cup at Yale and the
Individual Nationals.
Individuals shine on
women's indoor track
By Darcy Stortn
orient contributor
Last Saturday, the women's
indoor track team was
overpowered by Springfield
College and UMass-Lowell as
Bowdoin gave its best effort to
deny the Division II machines a
victory. The Polar Bear's
accumulation of 84 points was
not sufficient as Springfield,
aided by a strong middle distance
team, amassed a total of 1 22 points
and UMass-Lowell ended with
118.
Despite the loss, several
individuals had impressive
showings. Once again, Bowdoin
demonstrated its strength in the
throwing events by taking both
the twenty pound weight throw
and the shot put. Staci Bell '95
captured first in the shot put with
a toss that was a full three feet in
front of the competition. Junior
Becky Rush's throw of 38'11" of
the twenty pound weight was an
effort that only Bell came close to
matching, throwing for a distance
of37'65 H .
Amy Tot h '95 had an incredible
race in the 55 meter hurdles. Toth
was determined to avenge two
Lowell women who had dared to
beat her earlier in the season . Her
second place finish of 8.76
seconds was a clear victory over
one of her tormentors, qualifying
her provisionally for Nationals.
Her time was one one-hundreth
of a second short of first place.
Toth also seized first in the long
jump with a leap of 16' 8" and
placed second in the high jump.
Co-captain Eileen Hunt '93
played with the emotions of the
audience by coming from the
back to decisively win the 3000m.
In the sameevent, Janet Mulcahy
'96 demonstrated her powerful
kick, outsprintinga woman from
Lowell in the final stretch. Her
time of 1050 qualified her for the
New England Championships.
Liz Iannotti '96 had an
impressive debut in the 400m,
leading the pack the entire race
until she was finally overtaken
in the last straightway. Gene
McCarthy '93 took the
conservative approach as she ran
a smart 1500m and maintained a
strong, steady pace behind a fast
group. McCarthy's 5:00 flat was
a personal record, and she is
expected to break into the sacred
four minute range this season.
Sara Soule '95 and Co-captain
Erin CNeil took care of the
sprints as Soule placed a close
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Men's squash invests in youth
\
John Cirome swinging away against Bates. Photo by Maya Khuri.
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
The Bo wdoin men's squash team,
though sporting a 3-7 record, is
rapidly gaining respect throughout
the league and building a solid
foundation for the future. First-year
Coach Dan Hammond is pleased
with the talent and enthusiasm of
the team, commenting "We have a
great group of young guys."
He pointed out that the team had
a record of 1-10 last year and that
there has never been a strong men's
squash tradition at Bowdoin.
However, under Coach Hammond's
tuteledge, the team is building a
tradition of success. Said Hafeez
Esmail, the #6 player, "He's a
demanding coach who strives for
excellence."
The youthfulness of the team
could be its greatest advantage, as
eight of this year's top ten players
will return next year. The top three
positions are occupied by
sophomores John Cirome, Elliot van
Buskirk, and Josh Tulgan. These
three have already compiled nine
wins playing against tough
competition. Cirome in particular
has shone at the #1 slot, earning
victories over the #1 seeds from West
Point, Connecticut College and
Army.
Last weekend at the Maine State
Squash Championships, Cirome
continued his brilliant play,
finishing as runner-up in the Maine
State Squash title. Esmail said, "John
Cirome played very well against
and nearly beat an opponent from
Bates who had previously handled
him with ease."
"We're going to
beat Colby. "
A player who will shine for many
years to come is Holt Hunter '96, a
strong #4 seed in just his first year of
college squash. Juniors Tom
Davidson (#5) and Esmail (#6) have
contributed greatly to the team this
season by providing much-needed
experience and steady play. Esmail
and #7 Chip Leighton '93 have the
best records on the team, at 4-2 and
5-5, respectively. Captain Jeff
Demming '93 has helped elevate
the squad to respectability in his
senior year, and Jon Winnick '95, a
newcomer to the game of squash,
holds his own at the #9 spot.
The team has registered
impressive wins over Connecticut
College, Wesleyan and Babson. The
rest of the season should be exciting,
as the rapidly improving Polar Bears
attempt to reach an attainable .500
record.
The team plays at home against
Bates on Wednesday, February 10,
in a rematch that gives Bowdoin the
chance to avenge a close early season
loss. Bowdoin's improved play and
confidence stemming from their
recent success at the Maine States
gives the Bears a psychological edge
for this upcoming match.
The Colby Mules come to visit on
Friday, February 12, a match that
Bowdoin looks to dominate. As
Coach Hammond stated with utter
certainty, "We're going to beat
Colby." The squad will end the
season by playing in the Team and
Individual Nationals at Princeton
University.
The Bowdoin men's squash team
hopes to make a strong showing at
the nationals and improve upon last
year's national ranking of #27. With
this year's youthful, talented team
being pushed to perform their best
by Coach Hammond, the rest of the
season and the future of the
Bowdoin men's squash program
looks bright.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
17
Women's hockey loses
overtime battle to Colby
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient sports editor
The women's hockey team, after
skating to six wins in their first eight
games, lost two of their last three
games at home to drop their record
to 7-5. On February .6, the team lost
a close match to the University of
New Brunswick, 3-2, blowing a 2-1
lead after two periods. The following
day, Bowdoin took out their
frustrations on UVM as they
pounded out a 7-4 victory, only to
lose an overtimematch to Colby on
Wednesday by the score of 2-1 .
Coming into the match against
the UNB, the Polar Bears were riding
a five-game winning streak,
including victories over Colby and
UMaine. After quickly falling
behind 1-0 in the first period, the
team rebounded to tie and move
Carol Thomas moves around a defender. Photo by Maya Khuri.
had gained the lead, the team opened the scoring in the first period
allowed two UVM goals before with her fifth goal in three games to
ahead of UNB. First-year sensation recovering their composure. Senior move Bcwdoin out to a 1-0 lead.
Nan Gorton continued her tradition Co-captain Carol Thomas scored to From that point on, Colby tightened
of torrid play by netting both first- tie the game before Jane Kim '96 itsdefenseanddidnotallow another
period goals. netted what proved to be the game- Polar Bear goal .
After a scoreless second period, winner and the final goal of a wild After clinging on to the one-goal
the squad looked to be in control of first period. lead for more than two periods, the
the match and on their way to their In the second period, Bowdoin Bowdoin defense finally broke
sixth victory in a row when UNB put the game on ice by scoring three down with about five minutes
staged a third-period comeback, unanswered goals. Coals by Diana remaining and allowed the tying
Despite strong play, goalie Dagan Spagnuolo '96, Michel Phaneuf '96 goal. Shortly thereafter, Colby
Klein '95 saw two visiting shots slip and Thomas' second of the nig^it completed its amazing comeback
by her on her way to her fourth loss pushed the score up to 7-3. One by tallying the winning goal four
in ten tries. final UVM goal in the third period minutes into the overtime period.
On Sunday, Bowdoin once again closed out the scoring. Co-captain Anne Read '93
fell behind 1-0 in the first before On-Wed nesd ay, the Polar Bears credited Colby's strong showing for
coming back to take the lead. In a faced off against Colby, who they the disappointing overtime loss,
repeat performance of the previous had handily beaten 5-2 earlier in the "No doubt about it, Colby played a
night, Gorton added two more goals season. Right from the start, it was muchharderandsmartergamethan
to her lofty total to put the Polar obvious that this match would not we did," she said. "They really came
Bears up 2-1. Just as quickly as they be another easy victory. Gorton ready to play."
Read also attributes the team's
recent mini-slump to fatigue and a
lack of concentration when facing
less-competitive teams. "We've
been experiencing a mid-season lull
where its been hard to find the
energy to compete, and we end up
looking past teams and playing
below our potential," she said.
The Polar Bears will not have to
wait long to exact revenge on Colby.
Over the weekend, Bowdoin will
face the Mules and Middlebury at a
tournament in Vermont which the
team hopes will provide the
necessary impetus for breaking out
of their slump.
ECAC Women's
Standings
CONF
ALL
1. Providence
12-2-2
14-4-3
2. Brown
11-4-0
12-5-1
3. Dartmouth
9-4-1
12-5-1
4.UNH
9-3-2
13-3-2
5. Princeton
7-5-2
7-5-2
6. Northeastern
6-2-2
9-4-3
7. Bowdoin
4-3-0
7-5-0
8. St. Lawrence
4-5-0
6-6-2
9. Harvard
3-6-2
4-9-2
10. Cornell
3-8-1
3-9-1
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Senior runners lead
men's indoor track
By Pat Callahan
orient staff writer
With the regular season
winding down, the men's indoor
track team seems to be right on
schedule for some peak
performances in the Division III
New England Championships
which will take place one week
from this Saturday. Last Friday
night Bowdoin got their first taste
of the "big-meet atmosphere" as
Bowdoin hosted the State of
Maine Championships.
Up against the Div iion I Maine
Black Bears and a tough Bates
team, the Polar Be? rs were able to
muster a hard -fov ght third place,
outdistancing ',olby by three
points. Bowdo n's seniors used
the valuaV le experience
accumulated jver their long and
distinguish' d track careers to
register sor ie top performances.
No one - .id this better than Co-
captain Nate McClennen '93. Last
year at this meet, McClennen was
caught from behind while leading
both the 800 meters and the 3200
meter relay. In both instances,
mere inches separated him from
victory. It was clear that history
was not to repeat itself as the
senior won the 800 meters in a
wire to wire effort, resulting in a
seasonal best 1:57.7. One hour
later, he held off Maine's top
runner in a thrilling stretch drive
that gained the relay team a
victory with one of the top times
in New England.
Nga Selzer '93 also made it a
point to learn from past
experience as he patiently stayed
with the pack through the early
part of the 500 meters. With 120
meters left, the senior made a
strong bid for the lead, going
stride for stride with his Colby
oppponent and coming up just
short of the win, improving on
last year's fourth place finish.
Seniors Jason Moore and Pete
Nye continued to display their
consistency, taking places three
and four respectively in the 55
meter events. Moore, Bowdoin's
top hurdler for the past two years,
is in the midst of a technique
change that should lead to
improved times and
performances, hopefully in time
for New England s.
Coach Slovenski has been very
happy with the efforts of all of his
seniors and pointed out Colin
Tory '93 in particular. "Colin's
season has definitely been a bright
spot," said Slovenski. A lot of
hard work and long, lonely runs
finally paid off as Tory lowered
his personal best in the 5000
meters by almost 30 secondsover
the past two weeks.
Once again, the Bowdoin
middle distance crew was the
story of the meet, dominating
both the 1500 and 1000 meter
races. In what Coach Slovenski
termed as "one of the best
performances by Bowdoin
runners in the last five years,"
Blaine Male/% and Andrew Yim
'93 kicked their way to a 2-3 finish
in the "metric mile." The two
blasted out to a fast start,
following the lead of Maine's Jeff
Young, the eventual winner. The
pace never let up and neither did
the Polar Bear tandem. With a lap
to go, the rest of the field began to
dwindle. At that time, Maley and
Yim separated themselves with a
strong surge, capturing second
and third places in a remarkable
359
The Polar Bear 1000 meter
runners used a similar strategy in
leading Bowdoin to a sweep of
places two, three and four. Co-
captain Dave Wood '93, Maley
and senior Rick Ginsberg clung
to the lead pack early until Wood
made a decisive move to take the
lead with a little over two laps to
go. His timely move broke the
race open and allowed his
teamates to distance themselves
from the rest of the competition.
Their times, all under 2:37, also
qualified them for the New
England Championships.
This weekend, the Bears travel
to Waltham, MA, to take on
Brandeis, UMass-Dartmouth and
Fitchburg State. I f Bo wdoin is able
to win this quad-meet, they will
finish the regular season with a
winning record and the
confidence they need for the next
weekend at the Division III
Championships.
Week in Sports
Date
Team
Opponent
Time
2/13
Men's Basketball
Wheaton
4:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball
Wheaton
2:00 p.m.
Men's Hockey
@ Williams
2:00 p.m.
Women's Hockey
@ Middlebury Tournament
3:30 p.m.
Men's Squash
Colby
1:00 p.m.
Women's Squash
@ Wellesley
1:00 p.m.
Men's Swimming
M.I.T.
2:00 p.m.
Women's Swimming
M.I.T.
12:00 p.m.
Men's Indoor Track
@ Brandeis
1:00 p.m.
2/16
Men's Hockey
@ Salem State
7:30 p.m.
2/17
Men's Basketball
UMaine-Augusta
7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball
Colby
5:30 p.m.
2/19
Men's Basketball
University of New England
7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball
University of New England
5:30 p.m.
Men's Hockey
Holy Cross
7:00 p.m.
"
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2. 1993
Men's basketball tripped up by Bates
Team's five-game win streak ends in final road game
By Derek Armstrong
orient staff writb*
When the Bates Bobcats took the
floor Tuesday night, it was clear
that revenge was on their minds.
Embarassed at Bowdoin by a score
of 104-62 in December, the Bates
9
team seemed eager to reap the
benefits of their own home-court
advantage. With a boisterous crowd
cheering them on, the much-
improved Bobcats shut down the
visiting Polar Bears 79-60 to snap a
five-game Bowdoin win streak. The
loss dropped the Bears' record to
11-7 for the season.
Although both teams had trouble
scoring early on, Bates broke the
relative drought by jumping out to
a 9-4 lead and forcing a Bowdoin
timeout. The Bobcats added four
more to their lead before the Bears
could answer, and before long, the
home team had grabbed a 20-9
advantage.
The teams swapped points for
the next few minutes until Bowdoin
strung together two strong baskets
which ignited the fans in thevisiting
section. Nick Browning '95 cut the
Bates lead back to 11 on a powerful
dunk for two of his game-high 20
points. Browning pumped his fist
and acknowledged the cheering
Bowdoin visitors, resulting in a
warning from the officials. This
warning did not hamper the
Bowdoin mometnum, however, as
Alex Arata '96 followed Browning's
basket with a pretty scoop shot off
the glass to cut the lead to nine (28-
19).
The hosts soon took the lead back
out of single digits for good. A
critical 8-0 Bates run followed, and
t he swarming Bates defense held
the Bears without a field goal for the
remainder of the half. Eric Bell '93
managed two free-throws with just
under a minute remaining, but the
Bobcats scored the last four points
of the half, two of which came on a
steal and a full-court drive, to lead
40-21 at the break.
In the first half, the host Bobcats
(8-11) displayed the kind of strong
all-around play which has propelled
them to four straight victories and
turned their season around. The
team shot 56% from the field while
holding their Bowdoin opponents
to an abysmal 23%, which along
with the 21 points is a half-time
season low for the Bears.
The second half was only a
minute-and-a-half old when
Browning put a scare into the
Bowdoin bench. The 6-6 center came
down hard from a defensive
rebound and ended up on the floor
in pain. Browning, who spent most
of last season injured, lay on the
floor for several minutes before
making it up and returning to the
bench. He apparently felt a
numbness in his arms and elbow
and wanted to wait for feeling to
return.
The Bates lead was 20 (42-22) at
the time. Bowdoin made several
attempts to cut into the lead, as when
Arata hit a three to close the gap to
48-33, and when a Bowdoin 7-0 run
capped by a Bell three-pointer forced
a Bates timeout at 57-42. Still, Bates
managed to answer both times.
In the waning minutes,
desperation set in forthe Polar Bears,
who threw up a flurry of three-
pointers which missed the mark.
The Bears gave themselves plenty
of opportunities, working hard on
the boards to outrebound their
oppone nts 56-35 for the game. This
advantage did not help much,
however, since they only shot 28%
from the field.
After a Captain Tony Abbiati '93
hoop which cut the lead to 11 (67-
56) with just over two minutes
remaining, the Bobcats beat the
Bowdoin pressure defense and got
it to the open man on the baseline.
This man, who happened to be their
6'8 center, went up for a slam dunk
as the Bates arena exploded around
him. The Bobcats added to this
exclamation point by finishing the
game with a 10-2 run which
preserved the 19-point halftime
lead. "If we had gotten it under ten
at the five-minute mark, we might
have been able to pull it out," said
Coach Tim Gilbride. "But it's tough
when you dig yourself that big a
hole, especially on the road."
Until Tuesday's set-back, the team
had been playing considerably well
on the road, especially of late. The
Bears had grabbed their fourth
straight road victory three days
before, when they travelled to New
London, NH, to face Colby-Sawyer
(11-5 coming into the game) and
came away with an 87-70 victory.
The game proved to be a
landmark in the career of Abbiati,
who notched his 16th point of the
game and 1 ,000th point of his career
mid-way through the second half
before finishing with a team-high
21. Abbiati joins only nine other
players in Bowdoin history who
have scored over 1,000 points for
their career. Just last week, Abbiati
also claimed the honor of Bowdoin
all-time leader in steals for a season
and for a career. Such versatility has
been an important element in the
success the team has enjoyed thus
far this season.
The Bears overcame 55% first-half
Nathan Owen (#23) grabs a rebound
shooting by the home team to lead
39-32 at the break. Shooting
percentages of 49 from the floor and
92 from the foul-line allowed the
Bears to more than double the lead
in the second half. Browning added
20 points to the cause, and his 10
rebounds helped lead the team to a
39-28 rebounding edge. Arata
contributed 16 points, including 10
free throws in 11 attempts.
The basketball team returns home
at Bates. Photo by Maya Khuri.
for the final six games of the season,
starting with tonight's match-up
against Connecticut College at 8:00
p.m. Considering the team's 6-0
home record, Gilbride thinks the
team will do well. "We've been
playing really well at home, and I
think over the next few weeks we
have the chance to do some nice
things," said Gilbride. "I think the
guys are really looking forward to
it."
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE RUNNING around with a group
of five year olds playing Duck, Duck, Goose in a classroom in the
heart of the South Bronx, and I never thought I would be chaperoning
a high school dance in Arkansas, and I never thought that anything
could be this challenging or rewarding or frustrating or incredible....
UNTIL SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME STIRRED and I asked myself
that if I didn't like what I saw in the world around me what was I
going to do to change it?
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Men's Basketball Team Leaders
Nick Browning
Tony Abbiati
Nick Browning
Nick Browning
Alex Arata
Tony Abbiati
Mike Ricard
17.7 points/game
4.1 assists/game
7.2 rebounds/game
.560 field goal %
.861 free throw %
67 season steals
17 season blocks
Women's indoor track...
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third in the 55m dash and CNeil
finished second in the 200m.
CNeil, not reeling "quite up to
par" at this point in the season,
still managed to impress the
masses by placing second in the
long jump and fourth in the triple
jump.
Today, the team travels to
UMaine-Orono for the State of
Maine meet. The competition
promises to be fierce in ine of the
closest women's state meets in
Maine history. A victory over
Colby would be particularly
sweet as Bowdoin was defeated
by the Mules earlier in the season .
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Student Opinion
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What is your opinion on the proposal to increase the enrollment 10 to 20%?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
v
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Backround: With rumors abounding that a three million dollar contract put together by a coalition of
fraternity members and dwarves rights advocates has been placed on the head of Mark "Rushdie"
Schlegel, he has gone off into seclusion at an undisclosed Orient safe house. When asked what he
would do during his hiatus, he replied, "Spend a lot time eating 'tator tots' and watch the 'Wizard of
Oz' over and over again to cure my dwarfaphobia." Without Mark this week's question has degenerated
into a more conventional and responsible genre.
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KRISTIN ST. PETER '96
Caribou, Maine
RICHARD SQUIRE '93
Rocky River, Ohio
I'm against the idea. I came to Bowdoin r m all for it and I think all the new students
because it is a small school with a personal should come from Massachusetts .
touch. I feel small classes are Bowdoin's
greatest asset.
KIRSTEN MANVILLE '95
Reading, Massachusetts
I don't think Bowdoin's student body
should be any bigger. People come here
because they want a small college
environment. I think a lot of that feeling
would be lost if the collegewere to grow
in size.
SPENCER GRAF '94
Charolettsville, Virginia
Expansion is a good idea, but only after
the College has adressed improving
acedemic facilities for current students.
J'AIMEBLOOM '96
Dover , New Hampshire
I think it sucks.
TED GILBERT 95
Houston , Texas
Sure-more babes.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Student Opinion
A Love Story
Jennifer Deva Hockenbery
It being so close to Valentine's Day, Lthpught I would chaste, menage au trois. Nietzsche agrees. head-aches increase. But it is in the midst of this turmoil that
write of a love story. This being the Orient whose new-found What marvelous works might havecome from this meeting he produces Thus Spake Zarathustra.
theme is Friedrich Nietzsche, I thought I better write a of three great minds if the living arrangement had worked. What is the point of this story? First, it is a beautiful tragedy
Nietzschean love story. But Nietzsche's sister Elizabeth would not let it be. A jealous of unrequited love. Secondly it tells us something about
"What?!" yells the herd of Nietzsche disciples. "A love and protective sister, she confronts Lou, chastising her for Nietzsche. The point is not that he was a pandering pup that
story?! From the man who claims 'Love of one is a barbarism, attempting tp ruin her brother with her Russian indecency, went weak in the knees at the sight of some young woman,
for it is exercised at the expense of all others?' From the man Lou in a fit of rage shouts the heart-breaking words, "Don't The point is not that even Nietzsche was not strong enough for
who felt that even women have a contempt for 'woman'? get the idea ihat I am interested in your brother or in love with his philosophy. Nietzsche was not a weak man. He was just
From the man who wrote 'You are going to women? Do not him. I couM spend a whole night with him in one room human, all too human. Human beings were not made for
forget the whip'? You are going to tell us a love story about without getting excited. It was your brother who first soiled individualism. Plato and Christ are not to blame for our herd
this man?" our study plan with the lowest intentions. He only started to instincts, our desire to cling to others; it is the human impulse.
Put aside all the tales you have heard of Nietzsche, that he talk about friendship when he realized that he could not have Individualism may be fine for pandas, an animal which lives
is the philosopher of the Nazis (a blatant lie), that he
is the prophet of individualism (true but forget it
for now). Imagine that it is spring in 1882. A young
Friedrich, Fritz to his close friends, has just received
a letter from his friend Paul Ree who writes that he
has met an extraordinary young Russian woman
whom he thinks Nietzsche should meet.
Paul, Fritz and Louise von Salome^ accompanied
by her mother, meet, and Nietzsche agrees that she
has an unusually quick mind. He decides he would
like to talk with her in private, and a few days after
this initial meeting we find our hero sitting with the
beautiful and brilliant Lou Salome on the shore of — — —
a lake. In talking with her, he finds she accepts his radical new
ideas; he finds that they seemed to have "twin-brains." It is
here, beside the lake, that Nietzsche begins to pour out his life
story, his childhood dreams, his memories of his father, his
My point is a happy, sappy, Valentine's Day
moral. Every human being needs other
human beings. We are not individuals but
merely parts of a greater unity.
in isolation its entire life, meeting with other pandas
only to mate once a year. But pandas are not writing
great pieces of literature, sculpting beautiful statues
out of marble or conceiving of quantum mechanics.
They are also almost extinct.
What makes human beings human is not just
reason, it is love. Nietzsche did not love just Lou
Salome\ If he had, wecould blame the above story on
pure hormonal desire. He also was a devoted son,
writing his dear Mama weekly. He was a loving
brother, to the point of giving up his true love for the
approval of his sister. He was a loyal friend to many,
as one can see in reading his letters, the kind of guy
philosophies and his thoughts, becoming more intimate than
me for anything else. . . What all men wanted was to go to bed you'd want to invite to a dinner party. The popular image of
with women." (from Zarathustra' 's Sister, by H.F. Peters, pg. a crazy man ranting about the superman defying all moral
65) codes does not match up to the image presented in his letters
Elizabeth can not rest until she has ruined Lou andfjeed and biographies,
her brother of his obsession. She first tells their mofrierof the My point is a happy, sappy, Valentine's Day moral. Every
he has ever been with another human being. It is here in the indecency of the girl. Nietzsche's mother, with whom he is human being needs other human beings. We are not
presenceof a 21 year-old Russian girl, that Friedrich Nietzsche very close, pleads with him to break the relationship. Nietzsche individuals, but merely parts of a greater unity. One part can
is said to have turned his face away and wept. It is here that defends Lou at first and breaks off his relationship with his not become greater unless the other parts are increased as
Zarathustra falls in love. sister. But, the two convince Fritz not to join in on the living well. Any morality or philosophy that does not realize this
Suddenly shy, and obedient to the social laws of the well- arrangement; and Paul and Lou go off alone together, will only tear apart the human. Feuerbach said that "man for
bred, he feels he can not ask her directly to marry him. And Elizabeth'scontinualchastisingfinallyresultsin Loubreaking himself is man (in the ordinary sense ); man with man — the
so he confesses his love to Paul, who acts as messenger to Lou. off any letters to Nietzsche. Elizabeth also tells Nietzsche lies unity of I and thou — is God." (Principles of the Philosophy of the
But as brilliant as she finds the young professor, she does not about a "scandalous love affair" between the two, who insist
that thev live together as brother and sister.
Nietzsche is thrust into despair. He writes many frantic
letters to both Lou and Ree talking of despair, madness, and
suicide. He writes Lou letters railing against her selfishness
love him. When Paul relavs her refusal to Nietzsche, Fritz
rushes to ask her again, himself. Her response is the same. She
stresses that she wants a deep and intellectual friendship and
proposes later that she and Paul and Fritz should all share an
apartment together. They shall live in a platonic, and therefore
Future, 71 .) We, when we are linked together, are the Divine.
When we trv to separate and be individuals and ignore the
rest of the unity, we are merely animals. Even Nietzsche felt
a pull towards other human beings. Even Nietzsche disciples
feel a pull towards Nietzsche and each other. The true
and inability to feel and to love. His illnesses, especially his superman is the unity of man working together.
Fightin' Words
ft If it ain't broke . .
t?
Tom Leuw
Well, my fellow Polar Bears, it seems as though the Orient median between the two extreme ideologies of four and
thinks we're a bunch of lazy cowards! For those of you who twelve point policies. On the one hand, you have a plan where
didn't get a chance to read last week's editorial, "Revamp the many students barely did any work yet still received "pass"
Grading System," here's a brief synopsis and commentary. grades, while on the other, you have an academic pressure
According to the editors, the school must "finish the job it cooker that artificially attempts to measure learning into a
started a year and a half ago and provide a twelve point dozen neat and exact little packets all supposedly clearly
grading system" because the current set-up is too easy and separate from the next level.
inaccurate. Furthermore, anyone who likes the way grades No professor can unequivocally say there is a faultlessly
are structured now doesn't "work hard at they end of the consummate difference between a B and a B+ on an entire
semester," receives A's only because they "iffust be used semester's collection of work. This point is especially valid
regularly by professors who have such limited options," is an when one takes into account the intangible factors such as
idealist and exhibits "cowardice and laziness." Here's my two improvement, genuine interest, substantiveclass participation
and work done outside of class— factors that no
human can numerically calculate, especially
not with the exactitude that a twelve point
system requires. Even with the present system,
I often wonder how some professors can give
one student a C and another a B when both
students will candidly and bewilderingly ad mit
to each other that the C student knew far more.
To force students to be even more exact than
they are now is ridiculous.
Not only is the current arrangement the best
set-up for accurate and practical grading, it is
also a critical component of student morale. At
Bowdoin, wedon't blow off our classes thinking
that it is easy to pass without any effort, and we
— — — don't horde our notes to get a "plus" higher
than our fellow pupils. Bowdoin students work hard to do
well. Period. Most of us don't coast (those that do aren't
minus on some computer generated transcript. If you want to
work harder, get straight A's effortlessly before you complain
about not being challenged. And if that doesn't satisfy you,
why don't you take a vote, see how many other people want
to destroy one of Bowdoin College's greatest and most unique
assets. I'm sure you'll find out that an overwhelming amount
of Polar Bears like things just the way they are. Change the
grading structure and you'll be changing more than some
technicality. You'll be changing the character and spirit of
Bowdoin College.
cents.
As we all know, Bowdoin is a very unique
school. SATs aren't mandatory, GPAs are non-
existent, class rank isn't calculated and, lastly,
the current grading system has only five
possible levels—there is a much appreciated
absenceof+'sand-'s.Becauseof these unusual
policies, Polar Bears can get a top notch
undergraduate education without having to
subject themselves to the top notch stress that
usually comes with it. In fact, the reason why
some students don't enjoy going to places like
Cornell or Williams is because they're repulsed
by the cutthroat tension that often runs
rampant. This tension is the result of an
emphasis on GPAs to the hundredths decimal — — — — —
point, the existence and compilation of student "rank" and
the fostering of paranoid competition amongst the student
the twelve
point
cornerstone
of acedemic
hell.
body-all fundamentally based on the twelve point cornerstone gonna change if the system does), and we aren't obsessed with
of academic hell. Obviously, the /fclo^jtion of a twelve point our grades (those that are will only end up with even more
system alone is not going to elicit all of these critical nervous break-downs). Thanks to Bowdoin's avant-garde
repercussions; however, it is certainly a big step in the wrong grading structure, we are hard working, yet balanced and
direction. happily sane.
Admittedly, the former set-up with high honors, honors, As a direct response to the proponents of a structural
pass and fail was too lax in its nature, and I do not support its change in grading: If you want a more "accurate" system, try
reinstatement. However, for all intents and purposes, the having a talk with your professor more often, his/her words
present one is a well-measured improvement and happy will be much more reliable than an arbitrarily flung plus or
"I wanted a mission and
for my sins they gave me
one. . . It was a real
choice mission and when
it was over I'd never
want another."
-Willard
Apocaplyse Now
Give Yourself a mission,
write Opinions for the
Orient.
Those interested contact
Michael Tiska 729-8161
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Letters to ICcii
itor
Athletic director thanks
hockey fans
Physical Plant should
reconsider can policy
College disregards First
Amendment tenets
To the Editor:
I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Bowdoin
student hockey fans for the great support afforded the hockey
team on Friday and Saturday, this past weekend.
Your good clean enthusiasm is to be commended and I'm
sure the hockey players were very appreciative.
Sincerely,
Sid Watson
Director of Athletics
Schlegel victimizes the
little people
To the Editor,
Last week I was approached by Mark Schlegel in the Union
and asked to think of a witty response to a blatantly offensive
question which was to appear in the Student Opinion page of
the Orient on February 5. 1 was expected to come up with an
answer to the question, "Should Bowdoin's football team be
replaced with a dwarf -tossing team?" What the hell was this
guy's deal? Was he serious? I called him later that evening to
make sure that he wasn't. Unfortunately, he was.
In an apparent attempt to express a vehement personal
vendetta against the football team, Schlegel unfairly discredits
another group of people; people who unfortunately exist
within a culture that stigmatizes them and refuses to tolerate
their atypical traits. Schlegel's question and the students'
responses objectify peoples with dwarfism by equating them
with a football: "I find dwarves much easier to throw than
footballs. It's all in the wrist." These types of statements
clearly dehumanize people and facilitate discrimination. If
you're still not convinced that these statements are offensive,
imagine replacing dwarves with some other discriminated
group-such as women, African Americans, Jews or
homosexuals. "Should Bowdoin's Football Team be Replaced
with a Jew-Tossing Team?" If this question were printed in the
Orient, there would probably be a vehement protest against
such appalling bigotry. The absence of such an uproar when
emplyoying a group such as people with dwarfism reveals a
glaring flaw in our community.
If Schlegel had a problem with the football team, why didn't
he just write a letter to the editor instead of demoralizing
dwarves in a failed attempt to be humorous? Not only was his
question offensive, but his journalistic methods reprehensible.
Firstly, he intentionally selected students who he felt would
convey an opinion similar to his own. Secondly, instead of
obtaining the immediate responses that previous Orient
reporters had sought, he allowed students to concoct elaborate
and "witty" statements. Finally, his question was so blatantly
biased that it evoked skewed answers. Whatever happened to
true student opinion as a vehicle for worthy dialogue about
meaningful issues? Instead, Student Speak was a means for
Mark Schlegel to express his own opinions and reveal his own
prejudices.
Sincerely
Cat Blender TO
Megan Kersting '93
To the Editor
For the first time, I take pen in hand to remonstrate a policy
of the college. I simply cannot let the latest Rhodes Hall
memorandum to housekeeping and grounds go by without
comment.
"Henceforth it is forbidden to remove a soda can or bottle
from the trash by employees of Bowdoin College, in particular
housekeeping and ground s to redeem the five cent deposit for
personal use. The new procedure is as follows: to bag these
commodities collectively and to return them to Physical Plant
for a purpose latter to be disclosed."
Many of my colleagues have managed to supplement their
incomes by a overwhelming five or so dollars a week by the
collection of the now proscribed recyclable gems. Though we
have been told of profiteers who collect $50 a week, I have
spoken tono one who knows of such an individuals.
The point of my writing is this: Bowdoin College
housekeeping has a starting pay that is subsistent at best. Is it
such a bad thing that a person may add a couple of dollars to
their income by gathering a few disregarded cans? I am sure
management has their reason for the policy, though it has yet
come to light. The fact remains that this is petty and just
another jab at an already fragile morale.
It is my hope that management will reconsider this matter.
Sincerely,
Stephen White
Physical Plant
To the Editor: ^
I would like to take this opportunity to com ment on Bowdoin
College's trashiest tabloid publication — the Bowdoin Magazine.
Never since President Edwards first spoke on the
"consideration" of shutting down single-sex fraternities and
sororities has there been a wider gap between rhetoric and
reality. In the last issue, administrators swear that Bowdoin
has never considered the elimination of the entire fraternity
system and will not as long as they keep up to College
standards. Oh I see — but as we all know, Bowdoin uses as
"sliding schema" to determine the viability of the remaining
fraternities and that standards mysteriously change over
time. In addition, the comments that the College doesn't "de-
value" freedom of association but just places non-
discrimination above it is hogwash. As long as Bowdoin
continues to monitor and command the associational (and
concomitant speech) behavior of its students not only on but
off College property, there is no value given to the tenets of the
First Amendment. Of course, the Administration will depend
on the apathy of the student body to push its militant "agenda"
through and continue its harassment of students. Let's prove
them wrong by showing that student intellectuals will always
triumph over "Might Makes Right" bureaucrats.
Sincerely,
Joshua S. Sprague '93
Founder,Executive
Director, Brunswick Association
forAcedemicFreedoms(B.A.A.F.)
Football players refute
"Student Speak"
War memorial betrays
original purpose
Bowdoin embarrasses itself
at Schlafly lecture
To the Editor
I would like to express my disappointment in the conduct
of the Bowdoin CoUegecommunity at Phyllis Schlafly's lecture
on February 10th. I was disappointed to find that an intellectual
discussion could not take place here and that the time for
questions was used for harassment instead of inquiry. I would
like to remind everyone that ignorance is the enemy of
understanding. I hope that in the future Bowdoin can uphold
its reputation as an intellectual institution.
Sincerely,
James Hale 94
To the Editor
Okay, we missed it. Maybe we weren't paying attention
over Christmas break, but would somebody please inform us
as to when the "Student Speak" portion of the Orient changed
from a forum on news and events which affect the Bowdoin
community to a comedy section designed to take pot shots at
extra-curricular activities?
In the last Orient (2/5/93), the ever-witty editors asked the
question, "Should Bowdoin's Football Team be replaced with
a Dwarf -Tossing Team?" Of course a few of the respondents
followed along with the joke and proceeded to insult the sport
of football and their own team. Yes, their own team. There are
no scholarships here, they could play if they wished. We
understand that everyone is entitled to express their opinion,
but it is an all too common practice to discriminate against
any group. Although we do acknowledge the antagonistic
intent, we still found humor in the article, but we feel obligated
to address some of the derogatory comments made by
respondents.
As members of the Bowdoin Football team we were
especially insulted by the senior who implied that the football
players are "mentally challenged." He failed to acknowledge
that Bowdoin athletes and non-athletes are held to the same
academic standards. One should not make sweeping
generalizations about any large group without knowing the
facts. In fact, the football team is made up of people with
diverse academic interests .
As to the respondants who suggested that the football team
suffers every year, I challenge him to find a tighter or more
proud group on campus. We play in front of small crowds
usually comprised of just our parents and close friends, but
we find no greater pride than saluting the school by signing
"Forward the White"(The Bowdoin Victory Song) after each
victory. Yes, we wish we that Bowdoin had a better football
reputation and got more respect on campus, but we are
devoted regardless.
Sincerely,
Peter Casey '93
Harold Silverman "95
To the Editor
We thought that the purpose of the Memorial Committe
was to recognize all alumni who served in certain wars. Now
we are told it's purpose is to recognize just those alumni with
our point of view. When Politically Correct manipulation can
easily overcome targeted goals, one can understand how
foreigners and fraternities can be expelled by such exclusive
power.
Sincerely,
Phineas Sprague '50
President DKETheta
Chapter Alumni
Association
Ana Brown appluads
cleanly Appleton residents
To the Editor.
I applaud the residents of Appleton Hall for the
outstanding care of their residence hall. The Physical Plant
department shared that this building has received an excellent
inspection over the winter break. The student rooms were
well maintained and little damage was assessed. Keep up the
great job Appleton!
Sincerely,
Ana M.Brown
Dean of Students
Letters need to be in bv 6:00 p.m. Tuesday of the week thev
will apear in the Orient. Leave longer ones on disk.
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Bowdoin needs to raise enrollment
Last Monday President Edwards, the Executive
Board, administrators, faculty and concerned
students gathered to discuss the pending proposal
to .enlarge student enrollment. In a break from
most Bowdoin forums that have dealt with
controversial issues, characterized more by
emotion than thought, what ensued was something
of an economics seminar which proved to be one
the most honest and intellectually charged debates
in the last four years at Bowdoin.
The overall picture that came from that discussion
suggests that Bowdoin should raise the level of
enrollment by 10% gradually over the next couple
of years while further exploring the possibility of
a 20% raise. At the same time, the Administration
should aggressively address some of the more
important problems that are plaguing the current
student body.
At the end of the meeting, President Edwards
articulated a vision fora twenty-first century liberal
arts institution. Whereas, a largely Euro-centric
curriculum which included only Greek, Latin and
the Romance languages was sufficient for a well
rounded liberal arts education in the past; today it
is not. In an America of growing diversity, more
communication, heightened participation by once
excluded groups and competition marked by a
truly international economic market, the idea of a
liberal arts education must be expanded so as to
prepare students for the more competitive,
diversified and global work force they will enter.
Today, most students and faculty view Asian
Studies, Computer Science, African American
Studies and Women's Studies as integral elements
in liberal arts education. It is some of these very
programs that now hang in the balance because
Bowdoin outran its economic base when it started
them in 1980s primarily on soft money. A rise in
student enrollment which would allow for a rise in
the growth of faculty would be a important step in
rescuing many of the programs in jeopardy
including Asian Studies, Women's Studies and
Education.
Furthermore, those who have looked at the
catalogs of other colleges comparable to Bowdoin
realize that Bowdoin does not have the breadth or
diversity of offerings that our competitors do.
Bowdoin has sparse offerings in Women's Studies
and African American Studies. It does not teach
advanced levels of Japanese and Chinese. Even
traditional and mainstream disciplines at Bowdoin
have thin offerings, American History being a
prime example. Many subjects once thought to be
solely in the purview of universities must now be
considered important parts of a liberal arts
education. And the truth is that the best high
school students in the country are increasingly
demanding more from a liberal arts education.
There are only three other ways to fund these
academic programs: deficit spending and further
cuts into theendowment, redistribution of existing
resources or an increase in annual giving and
endowment. The first option is clearly
unacceptable. The second option is unlikely.
Bowdoin seems to have trimmed as much fat off
the budget as possible (the reduction of 55
administrators in last three years being one
example); further reductions, as one astute observer
mentioned at the meeting, may cut into the meat
and bones of Bowdoin College. The final option,
though possibly the most desirable one, is a chance
the College can not take. Although a capital drive
will be started in the next couple of years, waiting
and banking on some kind of whopping success is
too risky.
The two most significant trade-offs that would
occur with a increase in enrollment would be a
higher percentage of students accepted and a higher
student to faculty ratio. Most of the information
we have(the thorough Vail/Ortmann report being
an example) indicates that the admissions
department under the leadership Dick Steele will
be able to insure that academic qualifications will
not be compromised by acceptance of more
students.
The more problematic question is what will
happen with an estimated rise in the faculty to
student ratio from its now supposed 10.7:1 to a
11.2:1 with a 10% change, or a 11.7:1 with a 20%
change. As it stands now, students generally sense
classes are both larger and more difficult to get
into.
The Administration should inspire confidence
that the College can manage a further change in the
student to faculty ratio by revamping the
registration process to make sure that all students
have four confirmed classes when they arrive by
allowing them to list several classes in order in of
preference. Furthermore, the College should
standardize the policy on how professors decide
who and how many students they will accept.
Perhaps most perspicacious would be adding a
computerized system that would allow students
to instantaneously access class sizes and openings
in an effort to even out the large disparities in class
sizes that come in largely from lack of information
to students.
The raising of the enrollment of students at
Bowdoin can be done gradually, vigilantly and
prudently. Furthermore, a change in the ways
classes aredistributed— perhaps even the institution
of automatic teller style kiosks to replace the chaos
and unworkability of today's system-can play a
important role in realizing Presidents Edwards'
vision for a twenty-first century liberal arts
institution.
Phyllis Schlafly adds much needed perspective
The arrival of the outspoken president of the
Eagle Forum was a breath of fresh, albeit
conservative, air on the Bowdoin campus. In
recent years, Bowdoin has seen the likes of
some the most influential liberal speakers
including John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph
Nadar, Jerry Brown and Angela Davis. There
has, however, been a noticeable dearth of
moderate, let alone conservative thinkers,
speakers and celebrities to visit and lecture
here at Bowdoin.
The Schlafly lecture, which consisted
primarily of an assault on feminist ideology
that sparked controversy during the question
and answer period, proved a stimulating event.
Unfortunately, if it had not been for outside
money, Schlafly would never had have been
able to come to Bowdoin. Those who control
lecture funds could do a real service to the
College by adding more lecturers such as
Schlafly who represent a true kind of diversity-
- one in thought.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2, 1 993
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to the lyrics of the 'Taste it All" Diet Coke commercial, I
recalled Thoreau's imperative to "suck the marrow out of
life." While sitting at the edge of my seat through the whole of
the movie Dracula, I was struck by the similarities between
the vampire-prince and the dark heroes of Wuthering Heights
and Jane Eyre, Heathcliff and Mr. Rochester. Although these
manifestations of pop culture are but pale shadows of the
classic works of art and literature whose perennial themes
Student Opinion
Confessions of a philospher-queen turned popculture apologist
— Eileen M. Hunt
While driving down the desolate, pine-tree lined path of I-
95 duringt Christmas break on a hundred -mile journey to see
a movie in Bangor (the Oz of northern Maine), I was struck by
the bright light of revelation. Like Paul on the road to
Damascus, all of a sudden it became painfully
clear to me that 1 was simply a small part of a
greater whole, a single drop in the big blue sea of
the human community, just onedashof the yellow
dotted line on the highway of life. Despite the
deflating effect of this mystical insight
upon my ego, I felt strangely at one
with the universal Oneness which
underlies all things. This Oneness —
thesubject of almost three millennia's
worth of philosophical and religious
speculaltion — I realized is not transcendent,
spiritual, or divine, contrary to the belief of all
those misled thinkersof the past. Rather, this Oneness,
this underlying substance which unites us all, this tie
which binds all. of humanity together is something
immanent, material and oftentimes bordering on
the bestial. This Oneness, I'm no longer afraid to
say, is popular culture.
On that life-changing drive to Bangor, 1 sang
every single Top 40 song that came on the radio at the
top of my voice — and loved every minute of it. Just as
Steppenwolf stepped into the magic theatre and
discovered the wonderful yet terrifying complexity
of his personality, I perceived the multiplicity of
selves within me. I had always fancied myself a
philosopher-queen in thetradition of Plato's Republic revelling
in the light of Knowledge, contemplating the Truth, living
among the enlightened in the transcendent realm of the Ideas
rather than among the ignorant in the cave of shadows and
appearances. Now I knew that I had neglected an important
part of my many-faceted personality. Now I knew that I must
explore and develop that aspect of my self which loved to sing
along with Madonna while driving almost two hours just to
see the latest film version of Dracula. Now I knew that it was
time to leave the land of sunshine and truth, and to descend
down, down deep into the dark, dank depths of the cave of
popular culture.
So I devoted my Christmas break to "geting in touch" with
American pop culture. After all, pop culture is the connective
tissue which gives shape and strength to the body
politic of the American people. When I
addictively gaze at what seems
an endless .^^tfii^^. stream of
hypnotic
videos on
MTV,
voraciously
devour the
latest issue of People,
rent Pretty in Pink for the sake
of high school nostalgia,
cheerfully purchase
c 1 o n e - 1 i ke
clothing at
the Gap,
recollect the
adventures
of the Brady
Bunch as if
they were my own
family, immediately
open the paper to the
to see the latest stats
consume a quarter
a Coke, I feel spiritually
at one with millions of my fellow American citizens.
The deeper I descended into the cave of pop culture, the
more keenly my eyes perceived the significance of the shadows
flickering upon the cavern wall. While engrossed in a game of
Nintendo, I saw the monomyth of the hero's journey in the
travels and trials of Mario and Luigi. While listening intently
The deeper I decended into the
cave of pop culture, the more
keeenly my eyes percieved the
significance of the shadows
flickering on the cavern wall.
rip
sports page
or contentedly
pounder, a large fry and
they share, there is truth to be found in Nintendo just as there
is truth to be found in Plato. Both Plato and Nintendo reinforce
the importance of the quest, the struggle, the drive towards a
final goal, and although tackling Plato's Republic is indubitably
more intellectually satisfying than a round of Super Mario
Brothers, Nintendo nevertheless offers the added benefit of
increased eye-hand coordination. Both Plato and Nintendo
offer different approaches to the great problems of human
existence, yet both provide essential insight into the sometimes
profound, but more oftentimes absurd, world view which
unites all of us red-blooded, meat -eating Americans together.
Guilty as charged
John Waugh Wright
You are very guilty. I am very guilty . Don't let anyone tell
you that you are not guilty. Don't believe it when they say you
can't feel guilty all the time, that it's not healthy, that it's not
right. As long.as you are guilty you should at least feel that
way. You should never feel you can ignore your guilt by
every student too afraid to speak for fear that their classmates decided to hop the bandwagon, steering a bit more carefully
would think they were aware of something around them that than their predecessors. We have got to realize now that the
wasn't centered on themselves. People skip guest lectures only hope for change is in the young fighting likethere's no
and presentations because they have homework to do; speakers
like Ward Churchill or Jack Healy or Amory Lovins have
deciding that it's not best for you or it is too PC to care and try improved me much more than any class and are the greatest
todosomething.Theplanet'sdyingandsocietiesarecrumbling and most underused resource at Camp Bobo. Milestones in
around us but we are still being taught that if you don't feel
good about yourself then it's not worth anything. Bull.
Bowdoin College is an apathetic hole in the ground.
Everyone says it. Everyone whines about it. I whine about it.
I have been to precious few campuses where they don't whine
about it. It is not apathetic in the definition sense of there being
a lack of interest in the issues. On the contrary I think there is
a tremendous amount of interest in the issues. The problem
arises because of the way people choose to act upon these
issues. Being involved in the nineties seems to generally mean
buying a T-shirt; being an activist means you tie-dye that T-
shirt and sell it to someone else. Activists hang out at Ben &
Jerry's and wear Guatemalan clothing and wonder whether
they should grow sideburns. The College chapter of Amnesty
International worked very hard all of last year doing letter-
writing tables every week, averaging about 30 letters on good
days; on the final day they had T-shirts and got 441 letters sent
off to China. These students cared about theTianmen Square
Massacre as they wrote the letters and still care now, but when
they don't have the chance to get a Picasso print on their back
they can't spend the five minutes and save someone's life.
There's dozens upon dozens of Environmental Studies
majors out there who I know care about the Earth who debate
it eloquently in their philosophy classes, who support it with
their bumper stickers, who eat organic foods, who even spend
their summers working to save it; but the average attendance
at Druids meeting justtops three. Maybe they have a problem
your education should not come via grades but through true
tomorrow because a few years down the line we will be
laughing about our college days everytime we meet our frat
brother at the club.
You and I have got to realize that you can't trust anyone
over thirty. No one. You can like them and respect them but
understandingand growth. Bowdoin students howeverdecide you can't trust them. I've betrayed my younger ideals a
activism is a summertime activity or a post-graduate study hundred times over already, and I'm sure by the time I'm
while in fact it is one of the few ways they are able to peer thirty-one I'll be a truly wretched individual and laugh at this
through the ivory bubble built in the center of Brunswick and
view the real world.
Nothing is going to change if we sit
on our collective ass, pick our nose,
and expect big authority figures in
Washington to change the world.
old article. You need to get up and fight while you are still
young and have the energy and the vision the young have
before they are brought into or brought down by the system.
You need to get up and reexamine yourself and do something;
otherwise you will be just sheep, mindlessly grazing as your
fellow sheep are slaughtered around you. You need to closely
examine every action you do not take; your non-actions will
end up being a lot more important than your actions. Very
few of us will by our actions make a big mark in the world or
get in the history books. But if you just toss all your Diet Coke
cans in the garbage, then by not recycling you will affect the
planet long after your bones have turned to dust. If you sit idly
and allow our government to execute our fellow citizens in
our name, to be one of only four countries that executes
children, then you will contribute to a brutalization of our
society whereby your grandchildren's grandchildren may
Just about every political action group on campus
desparately needs your help. Within the memories of seniors
here clubs like the Druids were flourishing. Struggle and
Change was doing half a hundred things on and off campus.
The Democratic Socialists were up and fighting. The Greens have no human rights left. If you ignore the fact that your very
were getting people together to discuss what the fight was own Senate supports discrimination in our nation's military
really about and then act on it. These groups are just hanging which is supposed to fight for freedom and humanity, then
on now. There are socialists at Bowdoin who have never you allow and encourage discrimination everywhere. If you
asked about the group, there are missing Druids all over allow them to create nuclear waste that will be in our backyard
campus who haven't come to a meeting since Spring. Since (actually the backyards of the weakest minorities) for the next
Election Day there has been a great deal of optimism going 1 00,000 years so we do not have to conserve energy, then your
with the eroup's°philosophy or mandate" but sinceU really around s° me quarters, people thinking that change is just help sign the death sentence for the planet. If you allow your
has no mandate and is dictated solely by its members this
arguement falls flat. The true problem lies with the
philosophies and priorities of Bowdoin College itself. A
coupleof weeks ago, Ward Churchill, a leader of the American
Indian Movement and one one of the best-known Native
American spokes people today, spoke in Daggett Lounge, and
one thing he discussed was how College teaches us what to
think and not how to think (indeed it often seems to just be
asking us "Why Think?"). We learn by rote as they teach us
by shoveling lectures into our brains three hours a week with
around the corner. Don't bet on it. Nothing is going to change professors to dictate what you can learn and what you should
if we sit on our collective ass, pick our nose and expect big learn and what you will learn, then you will learn nothing and
authority figures in Washington to change the world. Clinton humbly kowtow before everyone to your dying day. But if
is still the government. There are fresh ideas and new hopes you get up and fight and make any stand and just do your
in the system now, but it is still in the system, a system that has part, then you will probably not be remembered at all. But
oppressed all but a handful of elite. Until the system changes, your children will lead a better life and will have learned
we will not see any true change. It is still up to us to force a enough to give their children a better life. And we may have
change in the system. Itisgoingtobeanenourmousfightand a chance. Remember Joe Hill's last letter: "Don't Mourn,
we may have to pour ourselves into it. The baby boomers tried Organize!"
to change it but they turned to eighties materialism and
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Admissions initiates policy of two early acceptance dates
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ORIENT ASST. NEWS EDITOR
Bowdoin's Admissions Office,
realizing that the single early-
admission deadline in November is
an inconvenient and biased policy,
initiated a program last fall that
offers applicants two early decision
(ED) deadlines. Acting on the advice
of Alumni and students alike,
Admissions now offers ED
deadlines on November 15 and
January 15.
Richard Steele, Dean of
Admissions, said that "the
implementation of the two early-
admission dates were triggered by
a combination of events and
suggestions brought about by
students unhappy with the Nov. 15
deadline."
One of the main groups
vehemently promoting change were
students who do not live on the East
Coast. They felt that they were at a
disadvantage in applying early
admission simply because, by the
time they were able to visit
Bowdoin's campus (usually in a
college visit during October) and
decided that they wanted to apply
early, it was too late to submit the
application.
Lack of a solid college guidance
program at the high school level
was another reason DeanSteelecited
in his program to change the
admissions process. Oftentimes,
students at large, public high schools
must compete with four-hundred
other students for their guidance
counselor's time. With such a limited
amount of time, students are unable
to send off their secondary school
report and teacher recom-
mendations by the November 15
deadline. Dean Steele felt that this
five schools that did not have two
early-decision deadlines. Many
small colleges such as Carleton and
Swarthmore in the past few years
changed their admissions process,
and, according to recent reports,
have experienced great success with
the two ED deadlines. It seems that
Bowdoin, in its first year of a two
applicants than there was for the
Class of 1996. Roughly translated,
this breaks down into 451 ED
applicants with an acceptance of
179 students. This compares to last
years figures of 321 applicants with
119 students granted admission. If
the number of applications continue
to skyrocket, Admissions
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program was unfair, and "the past
early-admission deadline favored
students from a sophisticated
college guidance program."
The third and final reason
Bowdoin changed its early
admission process was due to the
fact that, out of eighteen liberal arts
colleges, Bowdoin was one of only
deadline program, will experience
a similar success.
After the second batch of early
acceptance letters were mailed last
Monday, the Admissions Office has
been surprised at the massive
increase in ED candidates.
This year, there was a 40%
increase in the amount of ED
anticipates an extremely
challenging and selective process
in the spring to make a class size of
410 students. Obviously, with this
highly selective process, the 34%
acceptance of last year will drop to
well under 30% fortheclassof 1997.
Another positive result brought
about by the changed Admissions
process was the increase in
geographic and racial diversity. In
this year's early acceptances, 36
states are represented with Maine,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New Hampshire holding the top
four positions in the numerical
ranking.
Despite the high turnover from
the New England states, an increased
number of students will be coming
from such states as Montana, Kansas,
California and Texas. Inter-
nationally, the countries of
Germany, Ghana, Pakistan and
Tanzania will each be sending one
student to Bowdoin in the next
academic year.
Bowdoin's Class of 1997 is
trending toward greater racial
diversity because of the two-date
admissions process. Last year, only
eight students of color were accepted
at Bowdoin d uri ng early ad missions.
This year, that number has markedly
increased to eighteen.
The two dead line system appears,
this year, to have been a great success
for Bowdoin College. It not only
facilitated theapplicants in applying
to Bowdoin, but it helped to increase
thegeographical and racial diversity
on campus.
Even though this massive increase
in the amount of applications did
surprise the Office of Admissions,
Dean Steele was pleased in saying
that the "unexpectedly high results
are a good indication that many
students chose Bowdoin as their
number one school."
Regional blackout last Tuesday seen as an act of mercy
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
At approximately 10:05 p.m. last
Tuesday night, a blackout swept
throughmuchof Brunswick, leaving
area residents without electricity
and crippling much of the College
campus until approximately 11:55
p.m.
Said Joshua Aronson '95 during
the power outage: 'The blackout
occurred at a most inoppurtune
time A few of my friends have
biology exams tomorrow
[Wednesday), and they're studying
by candlelight."
Lights on campus had been
flickering for most of the evening
preceeding the blackout. The
computer center in the Hatch
Science Library experienced a drop
in power great enough to turn off
the lights and the computers.
Bowdoin's security force was on
full alert during the blackout, which
are estimated to occur at least one a
year. One officer, John Alexander,
divulged that there were a lot of
"phone inquiries as to why the
electricity was out." Members of
the security force checked and
secured Hawthorne-Longfellow
Library, the Hatch Science Library,
the Moulton Union and all elevators
on campus.
Another officer, Mike Lloyd said
"IThe blackout was) classified as a
emergency situation. During ar
power outage, it becomes all visi
and footwork." Security brought
extra personnel to handle
situation.
A representative from Ce
Maine Power (CMP) cited the
weather conditions as the cause of
Wednesday night's electrical
disturbance. He said, The heavy
snow caused trees to drop on the
lines . . . and the addition of rain
added to the weight." He declined
furthur comment on the situation.
Some residents of Brunswick Apartments and friends "cold chilling"
in the dark with candle power. Photo by Maya Khuri .
On Wednesday, CMP officially
explained that the power loss was in
fact due to the weather. The
Stanwood [Street] sub-station
received about seven to eight inches
of wet snow. . . . [We) cleared the
fallen trees and limbs, then
renergized the sub-station."
Some more serious students were
rather annoyed by the blackout.
Michael Chilcote '95 and Chad Mills
'95 huddled in a candle-lit room in a
valiant attempt to study for their
Wednesday exam. Said Mills, "I
don't like studying by candle light."
Chilcote concurred with Mills'
sentiments about reading with the
light of three flickering candles and
said, "Studying by candle light
makes it hard to cram six chapters in
to your head at 11:30 the nightbefore
an exam."
Other students took the situation
in a more light-hearted way. Lisa
Max '95 said, "[The blackout) gaves
me a good excuse not to write my
physiology lab." Alanson J. Donald
III '95 was elated that the electrical
problem did not ruin his night
watching movies on cable. He said,
"I'm glad the blackout came after
Freejack on HBO."
Some students were truly thankful
for this act of mercy from CMP.
Perhaps John Sarrouf '93 put it best
saying: 'There would be a lot less
stress if there were more blackouts."
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1 9, 1 993
Orientation
Student Center on Display
IS
Schematic mock-up of forthcoming student center dominates Union.
The Perfect Party
Masque and Gown presents The Perfect Party this weekend as their
spring semester debut.
Men's Basketball
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Edttor Jeff Munrde
We would ask you, before accepting Jen Hockenbery 's
vision of a kindler and gentler Nietzsche, to consider the
following discussion of the ejernal return. By citing it, we
hope to broadcast Nietzsche s belief that the truly empowered
life transcends the boundaries of beginning and end. At the
same time, we would like to voice our own achingly correct
attitude toward dwarfs, in order to avoid the fate of the
"reprehensible" Student Speak Editor on Golgotha: for we,
at least, realize that although many dwarfs submit to being
tossed, others have broken the mold to participate in the
most profound philosophical discussions of our time.
[Editor's note: in keeping with a tradition of confusion and,
well, a kind of Roman blasphemy, the freedom and
independence of the Nietzsche Editor remains intact and the
unprecedented words of Nietzsche himself echo with that
beguiling ring of. . .truth? ! ]
"Stop, dwarf! " / said. "It is you or I! But I am the stronger
of us two: you do not know my abysmal thought. That you
could not bear!" ... "Behold this gateway, dwarf!" I
continued. "It has two faces. Two paths meet here; no one
has yet followed either to its end... it is here at this gateway
that they come together. The name of the gateway is
inscribed above: 'Moment 1 "... From this gateway, Moment,
a long, eternal lane leads backward: behind us lies an
eternity. Must not whatever can walk have walked this lane
before? Must not whatever can happen have happened,
have been done, have passed by before? And if everything
has been there before— what do you think, dwarf, of this
moment?"
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Chapter 3, "On the Vision and the Riddle'
Men's Basketball destroys their home-opponents on their way to two
wins in a row.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1993
Executive Board imposes "cover letter" on minority club charters
By Emily Johnson
orient staff w riter
In the midst of the controversy
surrounding the end of single-sex
fraternities, the Governing Board
chose instead to focus on the African
American Society and the belief that
it has a discriminatory charter.
Following its decision to ban
single-sex fraternities, the
Governing Board investigated the
issue of the African American
Society's charter. The Governing
Board concluded that the decision
should be made by the students
and turned the matter over to the
Executive Board.
The Executive Board, which
supported single-sex fraternities, is
responsible for approving the
charters of all student
organizations. The Exec. Board,
according to Chairperson Ameen
Haddad '93, "represents what the
students think They supported
the single-sex fraternities because
this is what they felt the students
wanted in the interests of freedom
of assembly and expression."
After supporting single-sex
fraternities, the Exec. Board now
finds itself in the awkward position
of equal-opportunity enforcer. The
administration banned single-sex
fraternities, and many students and
faculty members feel that the school
must now be consistent in its
standards.
The Executive Charter Review
Committee held informal meetings
with the leaders of the Afro-
Executive Charter Review Committee's "Cover Letter"
.[dub name], do
I, the undersigned and official agent of the
hereby declare that above said club currently adheres to and intends to
adhere to for the entire 1993-1994 academic year the Constitution of the
Student Assembly in letter and spirit. Specifically, the said club will, for the
Entirety of the 1992-1993 year, adhere to Article ITJ.A.2.a as stated below:
Requirements for organizations to obtain a charter:
a. Organization must be open for opportunity of equal participation,
regardless of race, sex, sexual preference, age, creed, or ethnic background.
In addition, the said club will, to the best of its ability, keep its
expenses to the minimum amount necessary to fulfill the purpose and
goals of the said club.
Further more, I recognize that any policy that the above said club
maintains, written or oral, explicit or implicit, that is contrary to the above
statememt shall be deemed invalid and will no longer be pursued,
maintained, or followed.
V.
By signing the sheet, organizations affirm
that they will adhere to the Constitution
of the Student Assembly
American society and, at its Monday
night meeting, concluded that
although the wording of the charter
was vague, in practice there was no
discrimination present in the house.
The clause that has been cited as
discriminatory is part of the
preamble of the charter and states:
"Although membership is open to
all, we reserve the right to maintain
Blacks in all governing positions to
insure that we present an accurate
picture of the Black condition in our
society."
After discussions with the leaders
of the Am, the Exec. Board conceded
that the group elected its officers by
merit, not by race. The Am has had
non- African American officers in
the past, and there is no policy that
prevents any student from running
for office. However, the languageof
thecharter could be misunderstood.
Due to a need for clarity and
uniformity throughout all student
organizations, the Exec. Board has
issued a cover sheet to be attached
to all charters.
By signing the sheet,
organizations affirm that they will
adhere to the Constitution of the
Student Assembly. The cover sheet
states that each organization "must
be open for opportunity of equal
participation, regardless of race, sex,
sexual preference, age, creed or
ethnic background."
Any student organization
desiring funding from the Board
must sign the statement. The Am
has already complied and signed
the cover sheet.
Pickering '53 to be Ambassador to Russia Grassroots politics to
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
On Tuesday, January 26,
President Bill Clinton appointed
Bowdoin graduate Thomas
Pickering '53 as the new
Ambassador to Russia. This was
Clinton's first high-profile
appointment of an official from the
Bush administration.
Pickering will work closely with
Strobe Talbott, coordinator of U.S.
aid to the former Soviet republics.
Currently, Pickering'sappointment
is awaiting confirmation by the
United States Senate.
In the Bush administration,
Pickering served as United Nation
ambassador during the Persian Gulf
War. Currently, Pickering holds the
position of Ambassador to India.
Previously, he served as
Ambassador to Israel (1985-1988),
El Salvador (1983-1985), Nigeria
(1981-1983) and Jordan (1974-1978).
Under the Carter administration,
Pickering was an Assistant Secretary
of State, as well as head of the
department's Executive Secretariat
under Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger.
Pickering joined the VS. Foreign
Service in 1959, six years after his
Bowdoin graduation. First, he
served as a lieutenant commander
in the U.S. Navy for three years. He
then resumed his studies and
received a Masters degree from the
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at Tufts University and
another from the University of
Melbourne. Australia, where he
germinate on campus
By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
Way, Breakthroughs and Barriers of
New Politics. U.S. candidates who
ran for legislative office in 1992 as
On February 25 and 26, two grass roots or alternative political
lectures on alternative political candidates will be brought together
movements will be presented in for the convention.
Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall. The workshop aims to promote
The first, to be held at 7:30 p.m., understanding of the rationale for
will feature Rick Adams '73, alternative politics and strategies
Thomas Pickering '53.
studied on a Ful bright scholarship.
Pickering began his career in the
State Department's Bureau of
Intelligence and Research and the
Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency. He also served in Geneva
as a political officer in the 18-nation
disarmament conference, working
on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
In 1961, Pickering was assigned
as principal officer in Zanzibar. He
became deputy chief of mission in
Tanzania in 1967. In 1969, he
returned to Washington as Deputy
Director of the Bureau of Political-
Military Affairs. In 1973, he was
appointed a member of the State
Department.
As part of his distinguished
career, Pickering is an unusually
Photo courtesy of College Relations.
skilled linguist. He is fluent in
several languages, including Arabic,
French, Hebrew, Spanish and
Swahili. He holds the personal rank
of Career Ambassador, the highest
in the VS. Foreign Service.
While at Bowdoin, Pickering was
a member of the Glee Club, the track
team and the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity, where he was president.
He was also the business manager
of the Masque and Gown dramatic
society. He graduated cum laude
with a degree in history and was
inducted as a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa honor society. Some of
his classmates have described
Pickering as "friendly, a leader and
an exceptionally go0d student with
a strong business sense."
Pennsylvania State Chair of the
National Rainbow Coalition. Adams
will deliver an address entitled From
the Grass Roots: A Rainbow Shall
Arrive. Adams is also a member of
the National wmh —
People' s
Progressive
Network.
At 8 p.m. the
following night,
Tony Affigne and
Mindy Lorenz
will give a lecture
entitled From
California to New
England: Greening
the Public Debate.
Affigne is a
member of the
Coordinating — ^— — i^—
Committee of the Rhode Island
Green Party, a founder of the Puerto
Rican Action Committee and a
teacher of racial and environmental
The workshop aims to
promote
understanding of the
rationale for
alternative politics
and strategies and
share the experience of
established organizers
and activists.
and share the experience of
established organizers and activists.
They will pool insights, skills, ideas
and techniques accumulated
through their practical experience.
^mmmmmmmmm Methods on
sparking greater
dialogue between
members of the
media, fund raisers
and electoral
reformers will also
be discussed.
The many
sponsors of the
workshop include:
the Environmental
Studies Program,
the African
American Studies
— — — Program, the
Women's Studies Program, the
Lectures and Concerts Committee,
the Druids, Struggle and Change,
Amnesty International, DSA, the
politics at Providence College. African American Society, BGLAD,
Lorenz, a former Green Party the Bowdoin Jewish Organization,
Congressional candidate from Los the Bowdoin Women's Association,
Angeles, is an Assistant Professor LASO and the Diversity Fund,
of Art History at California State All activities are open to students
College in Northridge, CA. in Bowdoin's Environmental
The lectures are part of a two-day Studies Program and to members of
environmental workshop entitled the Bowdoin faculty. Both lectures
Campaign '92: Doingit the Grass Roots are free and open to the public.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 9. 1 993
The "golden handshake" in action: A profile of Jack Gates
By Andrew Wheeler
orient staff writer
He loves the coast and oceans.
His fascination and curiosity for
oceans formed in his childhood . But
he never actually stood on a beach
with waves crashing into rocks until
his first year at Harvard. One
weekend in the fall of 1947, he took
the "T" to the coast to see his dreams
come tru«\
And now 46 years later, he lives
on the coast in Maine. Jack Gates is
retired now. He took Librarian
Arthur Monk's advice, 'Take the
money and run," and signed up for
the College's early voluntary
program last April. He relaxes
"I feel sorry for
people working
during the day/'
instead of coming to work in his
1983 Volkswagen, often dressed in
one of his checkered flannel shirts.
No longer does one see Gates
sitting behind the Hawthorne-
Longfellow circulation desk,
wearing one of his eccentric ties; a
cadre of student workers have now
replaced him.
Gates' interest in libraries began
following his Harvard days. He
worked at Cornell University as
circulation librarian for six years,
beginning in the 1960s. Then one
day, he pulled out a map of Maine
and looked for a college near the
coast. He found a place called
Bowdoin College and began work
in 1971.
Working seven days a week from
5 p.m. to midnight, Gates manned
the front desk, checking out books
and tracking inter-library loans.
"The idea of working during the
days in Maine was not appealing at
all," said Gates. "I feel sorry for
people working during the day."
Gates now enjoys hiking, sailing,
cross country skiing and reading
while others are working.
While at Bowdoin, he enjoyed the
Jack Gates playing with Bamaby, his terrier-he skates using dog power. Photo courtesy of Times-Record.
relationships and interaction with
students, staff and townspeople.
Gates recently reflected on his
experiences
with students "^T^^^Z^
during his •
tenure at
Bowdoin.
The
following is a
selection of
h i s
humorous
tales:
• Gates
described
one bizarre
incident:
■ O n e
evening,
three
streakers
came into the
library with
nothing
except
sneakers and
masks on. A
female
student was
standing at
the desk and
looked at
fled."
• During President Enteman's
brief tenure in late 1970s, a bunch of
"One evening, three streakers
came into the library with
nothing except sneakers and
masks on. A female
student was standing at the desk
and looked at them carefully and
said, T recognize those guys!
And I said, 'How? They had
masks on/ She blushed and fled/'
-Jack Gates describing one
incident in the library
• Fifteen years ago, students on
the second floor dropped
marshmallows on Gates' head. A
friendly war
resulted
with
students
felling each
other with
marshmalbws.
• One
year, a
bunch of
students
grabbed the
Christmas
Tree from
the library
and carted it
across
campus.
Security,
using the
tree's fallen
ornaments
as a guide,
followed in
hot pursuit
and nabbed
the culprits.
Gates was
not just a
librarian.
Graham. Today, he continues to
work with publishers such as Little,
Brown and Oxford University Press
on these projects.
Gates has not allowed his work as
a librarian or indexer to stop him
from enjoying Maine's
environment. He either sails, skis,
ice skates or walks every day of the
year. And he does all of these
activities with his fourth Kerry Blue
terrier named Bamaby.
Gates discovered a picture of a
Kerry Blue terrier in a Britannica
Encyclopedia. He immediately fell
in love with the dog and sold his set
of Britannica Encyclopedias to buy
Sean, his first terrier, in 1951. After
Sean died, Gates purchased another
Kerry Blue and named it Sean.
"I'd take a dog
over a book. Books
can be found at
the library.
//
them carefully and said, 1 recognize students pushed a Volkswagen bug Over the years, he has indexed books
thoseguys.' And I said, 'How? They through the library's doors. Gates for authors such as Henry Kissinger,
had masks on.' She blushed and stood back and smiled. John Kenneth Galbraith and Billy
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Seamus and Bamaby were his third
and fourth dogs.
Bamaby follows Gates wherever
he goes. Gates especially travels to
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1993
The Campus Center model draws
positive response from student body
Assistant Dean Perry invites
proposals for the theme house
The model on display in the Moulton Union last week.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
Based on the research of the Committee, which included visitation of other colleges 'campus
centers, open forums and opinion polls, the Committee arrived at five objectives:
1 ) To create a much needed setting for the enrichment and diversification of Bowdoin's social life;
2) To create a building that will provide a comfortable and relaxing environment for the campus
community through a variety of services, attractions and social activities;
3) To create a building that will be architecturally distinctive, dynamic and unique, both at
Bowdoin and and of its kind among other campus centers;
4) To respect the historic and architectural character of Hyde Cage;
5) To create a building that will be at the forefront of environmental responsibility and energy
conservation.
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
The Bowdoin College Campus
Center model, displayed last week
in the Moulton Union, has drawn
positive responses from many
students. Kevin Petrie '95 said, "It
looks really classy."
Mark Guevin '94 commented on
the necessity of such a building. He
said, 'It seems like something that
is definitely needed on this campus.
Right now, there is no place on
campus where students can gather
together."
The Campus Center Planning
Committee iscomprised of students,
faculty and College staff. The
Committee now awaits the decision
of the College's Governing Boards,
which delegate funds for such
projects. Mark Wethli, chair of the
Committee, expects official
approval when the board
reconvenes on March 5. On its
present schedule, construction
should begin by June of this year,
with completion of the project slated
for Senior Week for the Class of
1994.
Tad Diemer '94 is dismayed that
his graduating class will not be
around for long to use the new
building. Said Deimer, "I'm
bummed that I won't be able to take
full advantage of the facilities
provided by the student center."
The surveys have shown that the
Campus Center means something
different to each individual student.
As a result, the Planning Committee
has tried to accomodate everyone.
Based on the research of the
The design
is totally
unique
Committee, which included
visitation of other colleges campus
centers, open forums and opinion
polls, the Committee arrived at five
objectives: 1) to create a much
needed setting for the enrichment
and diversification of Bowdoin's
social life; 2) to create a building
that will provide a comfortable and
relaxing environment for the
campus community through a
variety of services, attractions and
social activities; 3) to create a
building that will be architecturally
distinctive, dynamic and unique,
both at Bowdoin and and of its kind
among other campus centers;4) to
respect the historic and architectural
character of Hyde Cage; 5) to create
a building that will beat the forefront
of environmental responsibility and
energy conservation.
There are a number of general
"program areas" of the new campus
center including a lounge and other
"gathering areas of various sizes
and types." The pub, mailboxes,
service bureau, bookstore and game
room will be transplanted. A new
cafe will be set up, and a convenience
store will be also be added. The
Campus Center will house student
organization offices, a conference
room, an information desk and a
cash machine.
The Campus Center will also have
special "environmental features."
To com ply with the fifth objective of
energy consevation and
environmental responsibility, the
Center will feature a "super-
insulated" roof, an airlock entry to
minimize heat loss during the cold
winter months, water-saving
fixtures and energy -saving lighting.
A built-in recycling system is also
planned.
Said Wethli of the Campus Center,
"The design is totally unique."
Faith A. Perry, Assistant Dean of Students. Photo by Carey Jones.
BY SARAH PENALOZA campus. "Upperclass students
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR sharing similar interests would
probably enjoy living there more
Next year, Copeland House will than first-year students," said Perry,
join the ranks of Bowdoin's theme Bowdoin's campus has been
houses. Assistant Dean of Students enriched by the founding of three
Faith Perry is currently accepting theme houses. International House,
proposals for Copeland's "theme." Wellness Houseand Johnson House
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House proposals
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criteria: 1) an outline
of educational goals
and objectives for the ,
be a unique
opportunity
students. Johnson
House provides
office space for
The Latin
American Student
Organization, the
house; 2) proposed programs and Asian Interest Group and the
activities; 3) the name of a faculty Bowdoin Jewish Organization,
advisor; 4) an explanation of how For anyone who has a special
the focus group can benefit living in interest in a particluar lifestyle,
Copeland; 5) an explanation of languageorcultureofacountryand
contributions the group can make wish to live with others who share
to the campus.
First-year students living in
Copeland have said that the house
isisolatedand "off thebeaten path,"
especially for new students who are
trying to orient themselves with the
that interest, living in a theme house
may be a unique opportunity.
Proposals should be submitted to
Perry in her office located on the
third floor of Hawthorne-
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Arts & Leisure
Playing in the Snow
Winter's Weekend schedule of events
Friday, February 19
5:30 p.m. Women's Basketball— U. of
New England
7:00 p.m. Men's Hockey-Holy
Cross
7:30 p.m. Men's Basketball-U. of
New England
8:00 p.m. Performance Artist Dan
Hurlin~"The Thief;
Kresge Auditorium
9:30 p.m. Post-Hockey Game
Bonfire; by Infirmary
9:30 p.m. "Rage in the Cage"-
Music, Food, Games, and
Drinks; Hyde Cage
Hypnotist Tom DeLuca will bring his comedy back to the
College on Saturday. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
Saturday, February 20
All morning. Snow Sculptures; the
Quad
10:30 a.m. Broom-Ball; the Quad
11:00 a.m. Women's Indoor Track-
New England Div. HI
11:30 a.m. Tug of War; the Quad
3:00 p.m. Men's Ice Hockey-
Connecticut College
7:00 p.m. Women's Hockey-
Bowdoin Invitational
8:30 p.m. Tom Deluca— Comedian/
Hypnotist; Sargent Gym
Perfect entertainment
Masque and Gown throws The Perfect Party
By Nicole Devarenne
orient contributor
A.R. Gumey's play, The Perfect
Party, is a wildly funny, wickedly
intelligent commentary on late
twentieth century America. Gurney
sets his stage at the home of Tony
and Sally, two upper-class
intellectuals played with grace and
considerable wit by Rick Todhunter
and Rachel Nagler.
Tony has quit his job as a professor
of American History and Literature
and, in a frenzy of aesthetic
enthusiasm, has decided to throw
the "perfect party." At the head of
his guest list is a treacherous New
York reporter, Lois (Holly Malin),
who is intrigued by Tony's
ambitious attempt to capture all of
civilization's rise and fall in the
single performance of a cocktail
party and appoints herself its critic.
The party becomes an exercise in
artifice and a metaphor for
American society past and present.
Tony is careful to invite what he
considers to be a representative
cross-section of the American
population and includes on his guest
list persons of varying "ethnic and
demographic" backgrounds.
The most notableof theseare WeS
and Wilma, played by Ben Wells
and Sarah Murphy, a refreshing and
engaging pair of actors. Tony later
admits to having invited Wes and
Wilma simply because they are
Jewish and instructs them to refrain
from mentioning either their
children or Israel in conversation at
his party.
The play heats up when Lois
begins to lose interest in the party
and Tony is forced to bring in his
wicked twin brother Todd to get
her to stay and review it. Todd is the
element of danger and
precariousness which promises to
make this party a truly great one, a
crest at the tip of one civilization's
great decline.
The performances of Rick Todhunter *93 and Holly Malin '95 make
The Perfect Party memorable. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Todd enters and Lois seems to
have met her nemesis. What follows
is a riotously funny encounter (I
won't give it all away) between
Malin and Todhunter, whose
performances are truly electrifying.
There are problems with this play.
It is too obviously self-absorbed,
too repetitive where
understatement would have made
the most of some wonderful
moments. Gumey's wordplay is
notable for its intelligence and
humor, but he himself is too much
like his main character: nervous,
over-anxious to impress his
audience. In the end, he undermines
his own parody by stating the
obvious.
What is memorable about this
play, however, are the actors.
Director Brian Dunphey describes
them as a "great" creative group of
people who have "pointed out
specific subtleties" in their
characters and brought a lot to his
interpretation of the play. His
direction is skilled and solid, and
their performances are thoroughly
enjoyable. With the help of an
impressive set and lavish costumes,
this play really comes to life.
The Perfect Party is being
performed this Friday and Saturday
at 8:00 p.m. in the G.H.Q.,
downstairs in Pickard Theatre.
Maine area concerts prove eclectic
By Matt Roberts
orient contributor
Rick Todhunter
orient contributor
Amid lurid tales describing their
snowbound adventures during their
trip from Boston, Chuck Norris and
the Sidewalk Blues Band dazzled a
packed Bear Necessity Pub on
Friday, February 1 2. In keeping with
blues tradition, a portly bassist, a
bereted guitarist and a shaggy
drummer opened with an
instrumental number before
bringing out Chuck Norris in all his
electric blue splendor.
Despite the incongruence of "Mr.
Show Biz" Norris with his rough-
looking back-up band, his scorching
harmonica licks seemed to fit right
in with the hearty blues sound of
"Little Jimmy" and the boys.
Theband woke up the crowd with
a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
rendition of Big Joe Turner's "Early
in the Morning" and kept the pub-
goers dancing with Stevie Ray
Vaughn's TexasTornado." Despite
the show's late start, the band
provided a full three-hour set with
only a short beverage break Always
a popular attraction at Bowdoin,
the Sidewalk Blues Band again
delivered a smart set of hot blues
classics and a cool guitarist with a
beret.
A slew of Bowdoin students
peppered a crowd composed
primarily of 12-year old smokers at
the all-ages Dinosaur Jr. concert at
Zootz in Portland on Sunday,
February 14. After a chilly one-hour
wait outside the club, the doors
opened to the sounds of two local
bands which bring new meaning to
the term "St. Valentine's Day
Massacre." Following this aural
assault, the crowd was treated to a
two-hour wait before resting its gaze
upon J. Mascis and the rest of the
band.
From their new album, "Where
You Been?," the band launched into
"Get Me," "Drawerings" and "Start
Choppin,'" the first single released
from the album. Dinosaur Jr. also
treated the predominantly pre-
pubescent crowd to the older stuff,
encoring with "Severed Lips" and
"Freak Scene"
Pete Hodgin '94, co-host of
WBOR's Behind the Sun show, said
of the gig: "I had always heard that,
next to birth, a Dinosaur Jr. concert
was the most wonderful thing a
person could experience. But I
wasn't as floored as I thought I'd
be." He added, however, that the
band was "nice and loud."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS &. LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Album benefits few
By Mathew Scease
orient music reviewer
Disney bills For Our Children -
The Concert as a benefit for the
Pediatric AIDS Foundation (a
worthy cause if there ever was
one), out it looks a lot more like
Hollywood glad-handing than
warm-hearted philanthropy.
Even though this is a children's
record (presumably) and must
be listened to with different ears,
I can't vouch for most of the
material on the album.
Paula Abdul's contribution,
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," has the
sort of gloss usually associated
with the music in her Diet Coke
commercials. The inclusion of
Kris Kross (the music industry's
answer to Macauley Culkin) and
their unfortunate "Krossed-Out
Version of a Nursery Rhyme"
doesn'thelpmatters,either. Soul-
belter Michael Bolton turns in a
version of "You Are My
Sunshine" that seems
exceedingly overwrought for a
children's album. In fact, several
of the tracks suffer from that
defect: All too often the artists
simply pummel the songs to
death. It's too bad because
children's songs should be fun,
even for adults.
A couple of bright spots shine
through. Melissa Etheridge,
being about the only performer
who seems to have remembered
that she was playing in front of
an audience full of kids, does a
great job with "The Green Crass
Grew All Around." Randy
Newman turns in an admirable,
if incongruous, performance of
"I've Been Working on the
Railroad," as does Bobby
McFerrin with his incredible
vocalizations on The Wizard of
Oz."
Afewyearsago, A&M Records
released an album of songs from
classic Disney films (like "Cruel la
de Ville" from 101 Dalmations and
"I Wanna Be Like You" from The
Jungle Book) performed by
alternative rock groups. The
album is called Stay Awake, and
it's fun and hip, and you can
imagine that it's as pure and true
and holy as the Disney movies
from which the songs are taken.
The creators of Tor Our Children
might have taken a cue from that
record, instead of churning out
an exercise in corporate self-
congratulations, if for nothing
else then at least for the sake of
the charity Disney is trying to
help.
Paranoia and panic
Hurlin's students prepare for "The Thief
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
African beat moves Main
By Richard Miller
orient staff writer
If Paul Simon's Graceland is the
extent of your contact with African
music, you now have the
opportunity to expand your
horizons. Orlando Julius (O.J.)
Ekemode, referred to as the "Duke
Ellington of Africa," and his
Nigerian All-Stars will offer a
sampling of the rich diversity of
Nigerian pop in Main Lounge at
9:30 p.m. this Thursday.
Onstage Ekemode has been
described as a "dynamo." His
endearing manner and skilled
musicianship have made him
primarily responsible for the global
popularity of West African music,
and earned him the title "Godfather
of Afrobeat," a style which mixes
the sounds of jazz, and juju, an
African dance beat, with a dash of
reggae, a pinch of calypso and a
smidgen of zulu-pop. The music,
whose subject-matter ranges from
the pastoral to the political while
managing to maintain a lyrical,
celebratory tone, has an energy
which lends itself to live
performance.
Ekemode's stage show is
apparently fantastic, and his
pulsating drum rhythms are
guaranteed to bounce lethargic
onlookers out onto the dance floor.
O.J. Ekemode and die Nigerian All-stars will play in Main Lounge on
Thursday. Photo co urt esy of College Relations.
As performance artist Dan
Hurlin's 10-day residency at
Bowdoin d raws to a close this week,
students are putting the final
creative touches on "The Thief," the
work that is the final product of
Hurlin's dance workshop. A
combination of music, movement,
text and dance, "The Thief" will be
performed tonight at 8:00 p.m. in
Kresge Auditorium at the Visual
Arts Center.
. Those who were fortunate
enough to catch Hurlin's brilliant
and entertaining performance of
"Archaeology" and reading of
"History" last week will have some
idea of what to expect from "The
Thief." His stories are
communicated through sparse but
carefully-constructed narrative
which incorporates interpretive and
symbolic movements. Hurlin
includes his uncanny
characterizations, whose accuracy
and "split-second timing" theater
critics never neglect to praise.
Hurlin's own efforts at creating
mood are enhanced by the effective
use of stage lights and music.
Furthermore, he needs no props or
scenery. He used only a chair as a
prop for "Archaeology" and two
pairs of glasses in "History." Hurlin
becomes what he is telling, his body
twisting and face contorting to create
images far more vividly and
emotionally than he could with
words alone, whether he is
believably portraying humans of all
genders and ages or objects as
unrelated as fettucini and a
seismograph needle. Like the radios
of old, Hurlin's stage is a theater of
the mind.
"The Thief" will offer the same
kind of minimalism. The piece is
fairly complex and complicated,
using the plot of the 1952 movie of
the same name as a skeleton. The
action revolves around a spy named
Ray (after Ray Milan, the star of the
film), who is enmeshed in a plot
involving the Atomic Energy
Commission and ' becomes
increasingly disenamored of his life
of treachery and deceit. Ray's
outstanding physical characteristic
is his red fedora, which allows him
to be played and interpreted by each
of the 17 students in the workshop.
The Thief" will be similarly
sparse with the scenery, relying
instead on dance or movement
sections to set the place and action.
As with Hurlin's pieces, the body is
key: students are not only actors but
stage properties, and the success
and coherence of the piece depends
on their ability to create an image
through movement and and a few
choice words.
Hurlin says the piece focuses on
the paranoia of the "red scare" of
the fifties. Although the movie
contained no text, Hurlin decided
to cull passages from the great
espionage and "witch hunt" trials
of that era: the McCarthy hearings
and the trials of Alger Hiss and the
Rosenbergs, who wrote poignant
letters to their children while they
were in prison.
"Paranoia" is a word that pops
up again and again as Hurlin
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At a Thursday rehearsal, dance students enact a gripping scene from
"The Thief." Photo by Maya Khun.
describes the scenes. In order to
create the stifling atmosphere of fear
and loathing, the action is
punctuated by frightened gasps and
suspicious glances. The mood music
of the piece is the work of Martin
Denny, who had a Hawaiian lounge
act in the '50s, and early Henry
Mancini, drawing heavily from the
TV series "Peter Gunn." "TheThief '
is attempting to create film noir on
the boards.
Hurlin is not sure of the
significance of the theme of
paranoia. He challenged his
students to come up with the
answers for him, to delve into the
popular culture of our age to
discover what relevance the lesson
of the "50s has for the modern world.
within his students.
Hurlin was first here two years
ago, during the fall '90 semester, as
a visiting instructor. His residency
was paid by a curriculum
enrichment grant from the Andrew
W. Mellon foundation, which also
supports other programs in the arts
at Bowdoin. His classes were quite
successful, and at the end of the
semester, students performed their
own work in small performances.
According to Professor of Dance
June Vail, the residencies are part of
the commitment of the Department
of Dance to innovative programs in
theater arts. "We have a long-
standing tradition of bringing in
professionals to do workshops and
work with Bowdoin students," she
Paranoia" is a word that pops up again
and again as Hurlin describes the scenes.
"Art is the process of investigation,"
Hurlin believes.
That process of investigation is
one of the 'staples of Hurlin's
residencies, which he has cond uc ted
at Sarah La wrenceCollege (his Alma
Mater), Bennington College,
Princeton University and a number
of theaters and schools throughout
New England. His workshops focus
on developing methods that are
evident in his own work. These
include the "personal and
mysterious physical languages"
expertly employed in
"Archaeology," the manipulation of
autobiographical material
exemplified in "History," exploring
the structures that performance art
tends to overlap and engulf, and
finally, "generating a wide variety
of material from a single idea," as
Hurlin did with "TheThief," which
he calls "ripping off a predetermined
concept." He especially encourages
and cultivates the creative process
explains. "We are interested in
making the connection between
movement and dance and
performance art." Hurlin's
residency is a "continuation of that
interest," with special emphasis on
the "creative process, people
creating their own works, as
opposed to working only with
scripts." She adds that "this is a
continuation of our own courses
here."
Vail is bothered by the fact that
many of the programs within, the
Department of Theater Arts, and in
particular the Dance Department,
are "still invisible to some segments
of the campus," a problem that is
typical of the smaller departments
at Bowdoin. "Our main concern is
that people know we are
continually involved in [programs
like Hurlin's)," she says.
"Involvement in the arts is
important to changing the life of
this campus."
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THE BOWDOIN ORlEPfT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19.1993
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled by Emily A. Kasper
Friday, February 19
8:00 p.m. Performance. "The Thief" by Dan Hurlin, Obie
award-winning performance artist and Bowdoin students.
Kresge Auditorium.
8:00 p.m. Play. Masque and Gown presents The Perfect
Party by A.R. Gurney. First 100 will be seated. G.H.Q.
9:00 p.m. Film. The Seven Samurai directed by Akira
Kurosawa (on 16mm). Beam Classroom, Visual Arts
Center.
9:30 p.m. Rage in the Cage. Dancing, games, velcro wall,
and refreshments.
Saturday, February 20
8:00 p.m. Play. The Perfect Party repeat performance.
8:30 p.m. Performance. Hypnotist and comedian, Tom
Deluca. College Entertainer of the Year. Sargent
Gymnasium.
9:00 p.m. Film. The Wild Bunch directed by Sam Peckinpah,
starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine (on 16mm).
Kresge Auditorium.
Tuesday, February 23
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious:
Analysis and Interpretation. "Gifts from Muhammad."
Janet Clement, reporter. Faculty Room, Massachusetts
Hall.
7:45 p.m. B.O.C. meeting for Preorientation Trip leaders.
Colbath Room, Morrell Gymnasium.
Wednesday, February 24
7.00 p.m. Slide Lecture. "Better a Pig Than a Fascist:
Utopian Technostalgia in Contemporary Japan." Norma
Field, professor. Department of East Asian Languages and
Civilizations, University of Chicago. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
9:00 p.m. Film. Big Deal on Madonna Street directed by
Mario Monicello. Kresge Auditorium.
Thursday, February 25
7:30 p.m. Slide Lecture. "The Gentle Art of Patronage:
Charles Lange Freer and James McNeill Whistler." Linda
Merrill, associate curator of American art, Freer Gallery of
Art, Washington, DC. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts
Center.
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "From the Grass Roots: A Rainbow Shall
Arrive." Rick Adams '73, Pennsylvania State Chair,
National Rainbow Coalition. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth
Hall.
9:30 p.m. Concert. O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian All-
Stars. Afrobeat pioneer and trendsetter. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
Art imitates life
By Richard Miller
orient staff writer
Have you ever had the feeling
that the cosmos is nothing more
than an extraneous subplot in an
absurdist play, a comic
afterthought? I feel that way when I
think about opinions. They always
seem to centrifuge toward the
extremes of hyperbole or utter
apathy (though here at Bowdoin
opinion seems to be a hybrid
concoction of hyperbolic apathy or
apathetic hyperbole). Most people
are well aware of this inherent
unreliability of opinion and
accordingly discount all opinions
except their own.
Armed with my distrust of
opinions, I am shocked on the rare
occasions when opinion is actually
true to experience, which was the
case with Wednesday's gallery talk
by Robert Van Vranken '83, on his
exhibition Architectural Landscapes
of the Unconscious. I was told that it
would be "interesting" and, as it
turns out, it was.
Van Vranken began on a
biographical note: "I was never good
at getting language to do what I
wanted it to do," he explained.
"There is a fundamental gap
betweerr language and experience,
and I believe that 'visual experience'
can help to span that gap."
He also commented on the
relationship between art and the
observer. After quoting T. S. Eliot,
"poetry can communicate before it
is understood." He counseled the
audience to put aside their
"intellectual equipment" and "look
at paintings at rest, in a pre-
intellectual mood."
"Your individual experience is on
the mark whatever it may be," Van
Vranken said. 'The only way it
could be off the mark is not to be
paying attention. The Art History
aspect of interpretation must be a
secondary reading, and then only
based on the primary, experiential,
reading."
He then spoke of a recent Bowdoin
Museum tour where a group was
asked to give titles to his work. He
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describe the aesthetic gain of the
greatly encouraged by present observers as balanced by the "new
members of Masque and Gown, meaning and substance the work
They would also like to remind gains from their responses to it." T
prospective playwrights that like experiments like that," he said,
submissions for the One-Act Play "because people are given the
Contest are due March 1. Interested opportunity to interpret for
students who are unable to attend themselves."
interpretations." He later added, "I
don't think I know what they mean
myself because they come from
improvisation." John Cage said, 1
want to write music I haven't yet
heard.' I want to do paintings I
haven't yet seen."
A slide presentation, chronicling
the day-to-day development of a
single painting, added to the
mystery of the creative process.
"Getting started is the most difficult
part, like looking at a blank page
when you write. So I just put
something up and see where it takes
me. I follow my nose."
He also commented on the
experimentation involved: "This
process of creation and destruction.,
the push/pull thing, adds texture
to my work. When I remove
something there are remnants left
behind which continue to influence
the paintings. In this way my work
isa synthesized collage of mistakes."
When asked if he regretted these
mistakes, he said, "I regret changes.
They are just like regrets in life: no
matter how you try to go back, you
can never recreate it. But now I can
see my mistakes as crucial to the
artistic process as well as my own
growth. I don't beat up on myself as
much anymore. Mistakes, when you
think of them as non-intentional
acts, lead to a place you were not
aware of when you started.
"When I work I have no idea
where I am going. It's very
uncomfortable, but I knowl'mdoing
it right when I feel I'm painting with
my body, not letting my brain get in
the way. And I know it's time to
stop when I feel a sense of resolution,
of resolved balance. That's when I
know it's done."
He then returned to the topic of
interpretation. "My work falls under
sculptor James Terrel's category, 'art
as trigger.' This type of art. . . allows
something to happen in the space
between the art and the observer: 1
have what I need and it shows me
what I have inside,'" Van Vranken
said. "I don't have anything that I'm
trying to express, so reciprocity with
the observer is crucial. The meaning
of my work can only come from
personal interpretation, the
response of the observer."
This gallery talk was interesting,
something truly worthwhile amid a
torrent of activities whose purposes
dare not aspire to more than the
mere consumption of vacant time.
Its most impressive accomplishment
was the demystification of the
artistic process by showing art to be
theapproachable product of human
ability rather than the intimidating
end-result of some
incomprehensible, supernatural
phenomenon.
Art is overwhelmed with opinion,
condescending in its self-
assuredness, which crashes down
on people, stifling their personal
interpretation through pompous
belittlement. What is wrong with
liking something simply because it
is pleasing? It is refreshing to hear
someone talk about the legitimacy
of personal response and cut
through the over-intellectualization
that is so characteristic of academic
quarters and the cosmos.
Insincerity, whether through the
insipidness of hyperbole, the
laziness of apathy or the false
sophistication of some perverse
combination of both, breeds further
insincerity, resulting in the false
social discourse which dominates
our lives. What is there to be done?
We should dispense with the farcical
social matrices that have been
constructed as public protection for
the mass of private insecurity and
self-doubt which clogs our inner-
consciousnesses. Start by being real
to one another or, at least, go see
Van Vranken's show. Architectural
Landscapes of the Unconscious will
continue through February 28.
By Christine Cappeto
orient contributor
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On Tuesday, February 23, Masque
and Gown will hold its first general
monthly meeting in Mitchell East at the meeting should call a member When asked to interpret his work,
6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to of the Masque and Gown Board for Van Vranken said coyly, "I don't
anyone interested in becoming
involved with the theater. No
experience is necessary.
The monthly meetings, held on
the last Tuesday of every month,
have been created to encourage
involvement by all Bowdoin
students in the production of future
plays. Opportunities are available
in many aspects of theater, including
stage crew, lighting, make-up,
acting and play-writing. Students
with interests in these areas should
come to the meetings to share ideas
for future productions.
The Masque and Gown not only
spends time preparing productions,
but also offers a variety of other
activities. This semester, an
overnight murder-mystery party
has been scheduled at Breckinridge.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 9. 1993
9
SportsWeek
Downhill skiiers capture Division II Championship
Polar Bears to compete in Division I Tournament at Middlebury
By Jim Watt
orient contributor
Last weekend, the Bowdoin
alpine ski team was on a mission.
The team assembled in Franconia,
NH, for the NCAA Division II
Championships held at Cannon
Mountain.
Nothing but complete victory
would have been acceptable for the
skiing Polar Bears. Previous results
from this season proved that the
team has what it takes to be
champions, and it was time to get
down to business.
The Championships began on
Friday with the Giant Slalom. Pre-
race course inspection proved that
Cannon's race trail was one of the
most treacherous in the East.
However, the Bears were
undaunted. The women's team
simply crushed all opposition.
First-year sensation Cynthia
Lodding, who learned to race on
Cannon's challenging slopes, led the
team with a second-place finish.
Tracy Boulter '94 was no newcomer
to the pressures of skiing in a
Division II Championship. She
placed fourth, narrowly missing a
top three finish. Captain Emily
Foster '93, having provided strong
leadership throughout the season
for the Bears, skied to a fifth place
finish. Jill Rosenfield *93 nipped at
her heels, finishing sixth. Most
improved skier Megan Putnam '95
cruised to a top twenty finish, and
Melanie Herald '96 proved she was
up to the task as she ended placing
30th.
It was up to the men to match the
women's performance. Things
looked grim when Jim Watt '94 and
Brendan Brady "92>, the top two seeds
for the Bears, fell victim to Cannon 's
icy terrain. The fierceness of Brady's
fall nearly tore his ski in two, and he
wisely sat out the second run to
recuperate.
Jeremy La Casse "94 gave the Polar
Bears what they needed, a strong
11th place finish. Nate Snow ^5,
skiing in the fourth slot for the Bears,
came up big, placing a team-leading
and personal best seventh place
finish.
Snow's fine skiing illustrated the
depth of the strong men's team.
Terence Crickelair *96 placed solidly
for the Bears, skiing to a 17th place
finish. Captain Andy Fergus '93
rounded out the men's scoring. The
first leg of the Championships was
over, and the Bears had taken a
commanding lead in the overall
standings. However, Coach Rich
Garrett kept the team focused,
warning that "anything can happen
in the slalom."
The snow began to fall as the
alpine team geared up for
Saturday's race. Lodding breezed
through the slalom course, blowing
away the rest of the competition by
almost four seconds and winning
the first Championship she ever
attended. Boulter broke into the top
three to earn a well-deserved third
place trophy. Foster followed with
a 12th, and Rosenfield and Herald
also skied well.
Brady had the best men's result
ever in a Division II Championships,
finishing in second place. Snow
continued to ski well, placing 8th,
giving the team valuable points.
Crikelair followed in 15th, and La
Casse had a solid 22nd place finish.
Watt donned the mighty Polar Bear
Hat, desperately seeking to make
up for his first run fall. He rounded
out the Bowdoin scoring.
When the overall results were
tabulated, combining the men's
alpine and nordic results with the
women's, Bowdoin was the clear
victor. The Bears won by over 120
points. Never before had a team
won by such a large margin. The
team hasbeen invited to the Division
I NCAA Championships and
received a further invitation to
compete in Division I for the 1994
season.
Women's basketball struggles
By Jeff Coad
orient contributor
The Polar Bears continued on their
rocky road this season with a pair of
defeats to Wheaton and Connecticut
College last weekend. Bowdoin's
record now stands at 4-14 with two
games to go in the season against
Colby and the University of New
England.
Coach Shapiro's youthful team
fell behind Wheaton early and went
into half-time trailing by 12 points,
38-26. Bowdoin played a tough
second half, however, holding
Wheaton to just 38% shooting from
the field. Bowdoin shot a dismal
37% from the floor for the game,
though, and they were beaten on
the glass as well as they lost to
Wheaton 75-65.
Once again, first-year Laura
Schultz was a definite bright spot
for Bowdoin, as she had 24 points
and 5 rebounds. Schultz, along
with backcourt mate Jen Flynn '96
who contributed 10 points, look to
be the future for the Polar Bearteam.
Lisa Morang '93 also played well,
scoring 15 points and adding 9
rebounds.
Sunday, Bowdoin had a tough
task as they took on the 16-1
Connecticut College Lady Camels.
The Bears played a great first half,
shooting 49% from the floor, and
took a 38-35 lead from the stunned
Camels at the half.
The second half, however, was a
The Polar Bears drop two home games. Photo by Carey Jones.
different game. Connecticut College also played two good games," said
held Bowdoin to just 1 9 points and Coach Shapiro,
had their way with the Bears on the "I thought we played well," he
glass. All five starters for the Camels said. "We just have a lack of depth
scored in double figuresas the Polar and got worn out playing back-to-
Bears went down in defeat, 7S57. back games against two talented
Schultz and Morang each had 18 teams."
points for Bowdoin, and Morang The Polar Bears look to rebound
had 1 1 boards as well. Airami Bogle in their final two games this week,
'95 also played well, scoring 11 as they end the season with two
points and grabbing 10 rebounds. homegames.The finale is scheduled
"Lisa Morang had a very consistent for Friday night against the
weekend for us, and Laura Schultz University of New England.
Ski captains Emily Foster and Andy Fergus celebrate their team's recent
Division II Championship victory. Photo by Carey Jones.
Women's track places second
at Maine State Championships
By Darcy Storin
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Last Saturday, the women's
indoor track team competed in the
Maine State Championships at
UMaine-Orono. Bowdoin, the
defending champion, fought until
the end by running, jumping and
throwing in their best
performances of the season, yet fell
to Orono by a mere 55 points.
The air was heavy with tension
and excitement as Bowdoin and
Orono struggled to gain a
comfortable lead. Bowdoin trailed
by one point before the last two
relays. It was Orono' s success in
these events that seized the title
from the Polar Bears. As the meet
concluded, the final tallies stood at
Orono64, Bowdoin5&5, Colby 46.5
and Bates 15. Victory over Colby
was a consolation, as Bowdoin had
yielded to the Mules at the
beginning of the season.
Performance in the field gave
Bowdoin an early boost as the
throwers and jumpers took three
events and amassed an impressive
21.5 points. Staci Bell ?5 and Becky
Rush V5 gave the team crucial
points by taking unexpected
second and third places in the 20
lb. weight throw, upsetting the
competition from Bates. Bell also
took third in the shot put with a
personal record of a 35'5 3/4". Erin
O'Neill V3 and Amy Tot h ?5 took
first and second, respectively, in
the long jump, with distances over
a foot greater than those of their
challengers.
Co-captain Erin O'Neill '93,
thriving on late-night energy, took
part in several spectacular
performances. Besides winning the
long jump, she took the triple jump
and the 200m and placed third in
the55m.O'Neill also ran the anchor
leg of the winning 4x200m relay
team with Toth, Liz I a notti *96 and
Sarah Soule '95.
The 200m race was an exciting
one as O'Neill and Soule waited
until the final bend to pull away
and takea decisive first and second .
Soule also ran an impressive 55m,
placing a fast second with a time of
7.70.
Jean McCarthy *93 was one of
the meet's endurance queens,
running the mile and landing a
third place finish, then earning the
fourth and fastest leg on the
4x800m relay. Barbara Foster *96
had an awe-inspiring race in the
800m, slowly moving from dead
last in her heat to overpower the
other harriers in the final stretch.
Co-captain Eileen Hunt '93
attempted to pull one of her classic
come-from-behind strategies in the
3000m, but was one second short
of a victory, crossing the finish line
in 10*23. First years Janet Mulcahy
and Kristen Card helped the team
with valuable third and fourth
place performances in the 3000m
and the 1000m.
Saturday Bowdoin hosts the
New England Division III
Championships.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1993
Men's swimming upsets Wesleyan, M.LT.
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
With a 3-3 record coming into the
February 6 meet against Wesleyan,
the men's swim team definitively
demonstrated the true meaning of
"never say die." Expecting another
loss for the season, the Polar Bears
managed to surprise themselves as
well as the New England collegiate
community with a decisive win over
Wesleyan by a 121-115 margin.
This major upset was attributed
mainly to the individual
performances of the swimmers. 'It
just seemed that everybody was
swimming their best times of the
season at that meet and that's why
we won," said Co-captain Garrett
Davis '93.
Someofthehighlightsof the meet
include a first place finish by Chris
Ball '93 in the 50 freestyle (22.57),
Davis in the 200 individual medley
(2:00.63) and Richard Min '95 in the
200 breaststroke (2:16.76). The battle
against Wesleyan was almost head-
to- head throughout the meet, which
boiled down to the last event, the
200 freestyle relay. Bowdoin
succeeded in attaining a second
place finish in this event and
clinched the critical points needed
to win the meet. But the taste of
victory did not end there for the
men's swim team.
With a 4-3 record, the Polar Bears
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faced off against M.I.T. on February going to be a real challenge. But performance by Brett Pangburn '94
13. Although the swim team felt again, the men's swim team pulled who managed to qualify for New
that they were gaining momentum, through with another upset over England s in the 50 butterfly with a
most of the swimmers believed that M.I.T. with a final score of 127-108. time of 26.15. Next, the 200 medley
their last meet against M.I.T. was The meet began with a spectacular relay team consisting of Eric Gregg
'93, Davis, Min and Ball finished
first with a time of 1:40.86. The 50
freestyle event did not have any
first place finishers from Bowdoin,
but Ball and Nick Taylor '94 did
gain the crucial points with a second
and third place finish with times
22.84 and 23.00 respectively.
The 200 individual medley
proved to be the climax of the meet
for the Polar Bears, who managed
to pull a 1-2-3 sweep of the event.
Davis finished first (2:01.66), Min
finished second (2:04.09), and Austin
Burkett '94 (2:04.18). The 200
backstroke was easily taken by
Bowdoin with Burkett finishing first
(2:05.71) and Gregg taking second
(2:07.00). Min and Josh Rady '95
took first and second respectively
in the 200 breaststroke event, and
with the score fairly close (112-106)
going into to the last event, the Polar
Bears topped off the victory with a
first place finish in the 200 freestyle
relay with a time of 1:30.30.
The men's swim team concluded
the season on a happy note,
defeating two very competitive
opponents consecutively. "I'm
surprised we finished this season
with 5-3. 1 guess our dedication and
perseverance finally paid off," said
Davis. Although the bulk of the
regular season has ended, most of
the swimmers on the men's team
are presently preparing for the New
England Championships at
Wesleyan, February 26-28.
SPORTS COMMENTARY
From the Bleachers
by Tim Smith
For more than a decade, the however, neither player appears
Boston Celtics' Big Three were to have done the job. The
untouchable. And not simply as marijuana possession charges
basketball stars, either. To their
teammates, to their fans and to the
league as a whole, Larry Bird,
Robert Parish and Kevin McHale
stood for commitment,
sportsmanship and, above all,
leveled against the Chief just last
week shed added light on his lack
of leadership. Regardless of how
serious one believes the drug
charges to be, they represent a
failure on the part of Parish to
leadership. These are things which assume the responsibility invested
the 1993 Celtics are sorely lacking, in him as a Celtic leader.
When an ailing Bird called it
quits before the season began, no
one could have predicted exactly
how his absence would affect the
In response to last week's
surprising news, Parish's
teammates insisted that the
charges neither tarnished the
team. Certainly the Celts would Chiefs image nor distracted them,
miss him for his talent in terms of However, they probably did both,
both offensive productivity and Fighting for survival in the
hard-nosed defensive play. They Atlantic Division as the Knicks
would miss his _^____^______ begin to pull away, the
presence as well, his
ability, as so many
players and coaches
have explained, to
make his teammates
better. But no one
should have
anticipated that the
loss of Bird would
Are the
Celtics
going to
pot?
last thing the Celtics
need is to have their
supposed leader and
roie model in the
tabloids. The Chief
contends that the
charges have nothing to
do with basketball. But
even if his drug use has
leave such a void in terms of had no direct effect on his play,
leadership. After all, who knew Parish's actions haveundoubtedly
more about ho w to win than Parish
and McHale, who had as much to
do with the Celtics' success in the
'80s as did #33 himself.
Celtics fans have no right to
expect more on-court production
hurt the team. Why? Because
young, developing players like
Dee Brown and Sherman Douglas,
whose roles on the team remain
undefined and their futures
uncertain, look to Parish for
out of the Big Two this season than leadership. Because a team that is
is being provided. Parish is the plagued by inconsistent play, as
oldest player in the league, and the '93 Celticsare, invariably looks
McHale has had trouble shaking to tested veterans like Parish for
injury tine past few seasons. Both continuity and stability. And,
players continue to give all they finally, because sports fans for
have on a daily basis. In terms of whom Parish is a role model expect
assuming leadership roles, the best, both on and off the court.
Men's hockey inches closer to playoffs
By Randy Steinberg
oreint staff writer
In a recent road trip, the Bowdoin
men'shockey team managed to keep
themselves in contention for a play-
off berth despite a loss to Williams.
Their successes continued with a
win over Hamilton and a tie with
Salem State.
The Polar Bears are currently in
eighth place in the eighteen team
ECAC Division III league with a
record of 10-7-2 and a .579 winning
percentage.Thetop eight teams earn
a trip to the play-offs. Bowdoin's
three opponents on this crucial road
trip were all in the top eight and
could have easily knocked Bowdoin
out of play-off contention. Coach
Terry Meagher commented on the
natureofthisaU-importantroadtrip:
"This was the toughest road swing
that the team has made. We knew
that it would be a test for us and are
pleased with the 1-1-1 record. We
could have easily won all three, but
at the same time lost all three."
Bowdoin's first test came against
the 1 1 -8-1 Continentals of Hamilton
on February 12. The Bears led from
start to finish in this game, scoring
just four-and-half minutes into the
contest and prevailing by a final
score of 4-1 . Scoring his first goal of
the season was Mike Kahler '94 at
9:42 of the third period. Goalie Tom
Sablak '93 was the Bowdoin
standout versus Hamilton. He made
thirty-seven saves in over sixty
minutes and has the fifth lowest
goals against average (3.45) in the
league. With the win, Bowdoin
avenged a heart-breaking 5-4
overtime loss to Hamilton on
January 22.
The Bears had little time to relish
their victory, for the next day they
travelled to meet the Williams
College Ephmen, fourth in the
league and sporting a 14-5 record.
The match could have gone either
way and was tied at three after two
periods. Unfortunately a late goal
by Williams at 14:38 in the third
period and an empty-netter four
minutes later ensured the Williams
victory by a margin of 5-3. Despite
the loss, Bowdoin outshot Williams
51 to 28.
Coach Meagher reflected on the
loss to Williams: The back-to-back
games, length of travel and level of
competition made the trip difficult.
Williams is a tremendous opponent,
and it was tough for us to find the
back of the net, but we played well
in all other areas."
Lastly, the Polar Bears looked to
rebound from their loss against
Salem State on February 16. Salem
State, fifth in the league just behind
Williams, boasted a record of 8-4-1 .
Bowdoin appeared to have the
upper-hand, scoring just twenty-
five seconds into the first period on
Mar cello Gentile's '95 eighteenth
goal of the season. However, after
the first period, the score was 2-2,
and after two, Bowdoin trailed 4-3.
The Bears tied the score early in the
third, only to lose it again one minute
later. Finally, at 1052 of the third
period, Derek Richard '93 tied it
once and for all at 5-5, and the Bears
earned a hard-fought draw.
Bowdoin has four games left in
the regular season, and it will take
all the mettle they can muster to get
to the post -season. Perhaps helping
the Bears is the fact that three of
Bowdoin's last four opponents are
sub-. 500 teams, and all the
remaining games are to be played at
Dayton Arena. On Friday, February
19, Bowdoin faces off against the
Holy Cross Crusaders (7-10), and
on Saturday, February 20, they are
slated to meet the 4-10-1 squad of
Connecticut College.
However, as Coach Meagher put
it, they cannot rest too easily, "We
have tremendous respect for both
teams. Both schools have a rich
hockey traditions and good
programs. Our success depends on
our execution and fundamentals,
although it will feel good to put
away the suitcases and play in front
of the hometown crowd."
Week in Sports
Date Team
2/20 Men's Hockey
Women's Hockey
2/21 Men's Basketball
O pponent
Connecticut College
Bowdoin Invitational
Emerson
Time
6:00 p.m.
7:00 pjn.
3:00 p*m.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1993
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Men's basketball takes two of three at home
Bears fall to Wheaton in OT, crush Connecticut College and UMaine-Augusta
Bowdoin surges past UMaine-Augusta.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
By Derek Armstrong
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The men's basketball team lost its
first home decision last Saturday to
Wheaton College. The Lyons stole a
77-73 overtime win from the Bears,
nowO-2in such contests,after losing
to Embry Riddle in overtime in early
January.
Eager to put this loss behind them,
the Polar Bears proceeded to blow
out their next two opponents,
Connecticut College and UMaine
Augusta, who fell by 24 and 50
points respectively. The Bears
finished the week with a record of
13-8, with three regular-season
games left to play.
Boasting a 13-4 record coming
into the contest, the Wheaton Lyons
promised to be tough. Still, Bowdoin
managed to handle the visitors fairly
well in the beginning of the game as
the home team jumped to an early
eight-point lead. The Lyons staged
a comeback on the strength of 54%
shooting, including 5-9 from three-
point-land, to lead by a point at
half-time (35-34).
Eric Bell '93 came out of the locker
room on fire, scoring 1 1 of the team's
first 1 7 points in the second half and
helping the team build a 55-50 lead
with just under six minutes
remaining. The lead was cut to four
(57-53) prior to four minutes of
scoreless basketball when Wheaton
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high-scorer Will Hawkins
connected for his fourth three-
pointer of the evening. Two Bell
free throws and a f reebie by Captain
Tony Abbiati '93 pushed the lead
back out to four with :26 remaining.
Wheaton's strategy for the
remainder of regulation play
proved effective as the visitors
struck for a three-point play and a
lay-up at the buzzer to force the
overtime. Not wanting to give their
opponents a chance to tie the game
at the foul line, the Bears played
relatively lax defense on the final
play, hoping that Wheaton would
not be able to get off a good shot.
With better free-throw shooting in
the final minute, the Bears might
have been able to seal it. Instead,
the visitors kept their hopes alive by
tying the score at 61-61.
The overtime period started well
for the Bears, who struck for four
quick points as Nick Browning '95
hit two free throws and took a pretty
pass from Mike Ricard '93 for a lay-
up. At this point the Wheaton squad
took control, outscoring the Bears
16-8 the rest of the way and forcing
the home team to try to make a
comeback. The Bears fell four points
short in this endeavor, losing 77-73.
The following day the Bowdoin
squad played host to Connecticut
College in a game which was
scheduled for Friday night before
bad weather postponed the game.
After a slow start, in which only
ten points were scored in the first
eight minutes, the Polar Bears came
alive and stuck their opponents with
a 21-6 run which put the Bears up
28-16. Abbiati and Elijah Whitehead
'94 each knocked down a couple of
three-pointers during the run. The
Bears closed out the half with
another quick run that expanded
the lead to 19 points. Craig Vezina
'96 laid it in with :02 remaining to
create a 43-24 half-time lead.
The visitors scored the first five
points of the second half, but that
momentum was soon squelched on
an Abbiati three-point play and a
Whitehead three-pointer. Abbiati
quickly stuck his fourth and fifth
trifectas of the afternoon, and after
back to back threes by Jason Kirck
'96 and Alex Arata '96, Connecticut
College was forced into a timeout
with 9:33 to play. The lead was 22
points at the time, and before long it
climbed to 24 and eventually 27.
Down the stretch, Coach Tim
Gilbride got a good look at some of
his future talent as Juan Bonilla '95
played well in significant minutes
at point guard, and Vezina and John
Chapman '96 were tough on the
offensive and defensive boards. The
final was 84-60 in favor of Bowdoin.
On Wednesday, Gilbride was able
to spread around even more playing
time in a game which was over
almost before it began. The UMaine-
Augusta Rebels, who arrived with
only eight players, actually
managed a 2-2 tiebefore falling way
out of reach. The score was 11-2
when the visitors called their first
time out and 35-15 when they
managed to call a second.
During this time, the Bears
capitalized on numerous fast break
opportunities, many of which were
challenged by only a singledefender
or went completely uncontested.
This lack of defensive pressure was
far from evident in the play of the
Bears, who came up with 22 steals
and forced 30 turnovers. By the time
the visitors committed their first
foul, the Polar Bears had already
been whistled for nine.
The Bears doubled their
opponents' score by half-time (54-
27), and though they never tripled
it, they seemed headed in that
direction. In the second half, the
Bears put on a clinic of passing,
rebounding, blocking, stealing and
shooting. Their first 40 point lead
came at 71-31 on a Bell hoop. Their
first 45 point lead came at 84-39,
when Browning took an over the
shoulder pass from Vezina up for
his second dunk in a row and the
foul. Their first 50 point lead came
when an Arata hoop put them up
9342, and the team even pushed
the lead out to 55 at 97-42 on a
Chapman assist to Vezina. When
the game mcrcif u Uy ended, the score
was 106-56.
In achieving their highest point
total of the season, the Bears put five
players in double figures, led by
Abbiati with 20. Browning had 19
points and Bell had 18, while
Whitehead added 11 to the cause.
Vezina had his best performance of
the year, scoring a season-high 16
points.
Tonight, the Bears face University
of New England at 7:30 p.m., as Bell
hopes to join teammate Abbiati with
1,000 points in his Bowdoin career.
Bell, who is third on the team in
scoring with just over 1 1 per game,
is only five points away from that
rare scoring feat.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Student Opinio
Wi i n ■ ■ rY, • t YiVtyt Mr m ViV^^
Is God Dead?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: Eating my cornflakes the other morning and staring at our refrigerator of ideological
madness, I noticed a yellowing quote from Jerry Falwell-a reference to the enactment of Clinton's
agenda: "I fear the judgement of God on our land." Glancing out the window, I then noticed that the
fields were free of the hoofmarks of the Four Horsemen. Was Falwell merely pulling my leg? Or was
another, far more unsettling explanation to be had?
RALPH RYNNING '94
Norway
He was never alive.
ALLISON AYER '95
MlDDLEBURY, VERMONT
You can't use the term "dead" with God.
God was never born or became alive in
corporeal sense. As a devout Christian I
must say that God exists, and that it is
enough that God is in all of us and in all
facets of life.
J. ELIOT VAN BUSKIR K '95
Providence, Rhode Island
No way —Elvis will never die!
CAT SPERRY '93
Berkeley, Califorinia
God who?
VIEMUKHIJA '96
Bridgewater, New Jersey
I saw him last week at the drive-thru of
Dunkin Donuts. He ordered all maple
frosted.
A
TOM DAVIDSON '94
Darien, Connecticut
No-he's just pledging.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
13
tudent Opinion
Wanted: New blood to fight old agenda
"Catapulted into office amongst a whirlwind of glamorous
celebrities Jind glitzy inaugural balls, Bill Clinton has
undoubtedly brought a refreshing current to America's
stagnant political scene.. .Clinton combines youthful energy
and passion with mature intelligence to re-structure [sic],
what he calls, the 'American System'." So wrote Matthew
Brown, Orient Assistant News Editor, in the lead paragraph of
his news (?) story on the inauguration of a new president.
Ah, what a balanced view of his deity, President Clinton.
We know only this about our new president — he is a liar.
Clinton has systematically lied to the Congress and to the
American people during the campaign and since the election.
Worse, the Republicans in Congress are letting him get away
with the con job of the decade.
Whether Clinton should be condemned for suddenly
deciding the deficit was too large for a middle-class tax cut
only after he — the "policy wonk" — became president is a
different issue that deserves attention, only someplace else.
What is far worse is the complicity of the Republican leadership
in Congress. When the GOP should be hitting Clinton —
hard — they are content to trot out House Minority Leader Bob
Michel (R-Ill.) to give a folksy chat ("It's time to get of f the bus,
Mr. President"?). Well, Rep. Michel should have been sent off
the bus a long time ago. His time — of a complacent minority
leader playing along with the majority — passed a long time
ago.
The Republican party will not return to governance playing
a game of "let's -get-along-with-the-Democratic-regime." That
strategy led directly to George Bush's defeat. The Republican
party must start to be an opposition party — not just a pseudo-
thinktank inhabiting a piece of property in Washington. The
Democrats figured this fact out some time ago and fought the
battle of ideas on all fronts during the few years of the Bush
presidency. While the Democrats fought the battle of ideas,
Bush/Baker/Darman were too busy trying to run away from
the platform of the GOP. No wonder the Democrats won. The
opponent surrendered before the fight began.
As a result, it is now a part of media mantra that the 1980s
were the "decade of greed" that "the twelve years of neglect
of Reagan and Bush" caused all of the problems in the world,
and no w "the Bush administration lied about the actual size of
thedeficit, and now we, the sainted Clintonites, must painfully
raise everyone's taxes to pay the bills of the terrible Bush and
Reagan regimes." All of these (paraphrased and condensed)
statements are false, but there is not a major Republican leader
that has taken aim at these falsehoods to show just how
The Republican party will
not return to governance
playing a game of "lets-get-
along- with-the -Democratic ■
regime'
M
transparent they are.
Again, let us look at the facts (something Clintonites are
apparently allergic to) and see what the Failed -Governor-of-
a-Small-State-and-Now-President Clinton is trying to pull
off. Remember during the campaign, all of the assurances that
Clinton was not going to raise the taxes of people earning less
than $200,000— how he told Bush during a debate that the
accusation was "untrue?" Now, one month following the
inauguration — four months following the debates — the
American people are supposed to believe that a spark of
lightning hits Clinton on the head, allowing the Kennedy-
wannabe to figure out that the deficit is so bad that he will raise
the taxes of everyone earning more than $30,000 a year? This
Looking Starboard
— — Craig Cheslog
writer argued during the campaign that this is exactly what
Clinton intended to do all along — and as a result he (the
writer) was laughed at, and called a crazy reactionary with a
limited grasp of reality. Well, Clintonites, welcome to reality.
Of course, noonecould claim that the Republican leadership
in Congress has had a grasp of reality for the past several
years. The GOP needs new blood at the top — new leadership
that will go on the offensive against the President as ho
continuesto break campaign promiseaftercampaign promise.
This is the lesson of the 1992 campaign — and the Democrats
rode this strategy to victory. A similar opportunity has arisen
for the Republicans — if someone can be found to take
advantage of it.
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
Last week, this newspaper editorialized that "Phyllis
Schlafly adds much needed perspective" to the campus.
While this writer credits the editorial board of the Orient for
this moment of reason, it is useful to examine how this
newspaper covered the Schlafly lecture before getting too
excited.
A reasonable person might ask why the Orient did not run
the press release on the Schlafly lecture — when one was
provided by the Office of Communications a week prior to the
lecture. (Of course, the Orient properly ran an announcement
of an upcoming lecture by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.). People
might also question how it is possible that Schlafly's views
"met with dissension from most of the audience"— as the
subheadhne of Ben Machin's story on the lecture blared —
when Machin's story clearly states that "the attending
crowd. ..seemed fairly evenly divided."
Perhaps this writer should be thankful that the Orient
actually opted to cover Schlafly's lecture (seeing as previous
editorial boards had all-but-ignored previous conservative
speakers), but...no, he thinks that he will demand a bit more
— yeah, a bit of perspective. f
Hairy Legged Freaks
Jennv Litzow and Merel Kennedy
As two women who describe ourselves as feminists, we
were surprised by the specificity of PhyllisSchlafl/sdefinition
of feminism, especially in light of the fact that the feminist
movement itself can hardly define the term. In response, we
would like to offer our ideas of what it means to be a feminist
atBowdoin.
As some would believe, it does not mean that we burn
voodoo dolls of men at the Women's Resource Center, tossing
in a few bras for good measure. Nor does it mean that we have
hairy legs and are lesbians, although some of us do and some
of us are. Instead, we believe that feminism is fundamentally
Feminism: ". . . it does not
mean that we burn voodoo
dolls of men at the Women's
Resource Center, tossing in a
few bras for good measure."
a deep commitment to establishing the equality of the sexes,
and, in addition, confirmation of the validity of choices for
both men and women. For some of us, this commitment
meansactive participation and involvement in certain campus
groups, but to define feminists exclusively as members of
B.W.A.oras Women's Studies majors leadstoa lossof diverse
ideasand experiences for the movement. Ifthe only feminists
on this campus were the Women's Studies majors, Bowdoin
could only boast of four in this year's graduating class.
Clearly this is not the case. Indeed, we believe that it is the
people, men and women alike, committed in their personal
relationships to equality who constitute the majority of
feminists at Bowdoin.
Instead of merely apologizing for the radical and exclusive
elements of the movement, we hope that by expanding this
definition and confronting the issues on a more personal
level, more can be accomplished. Under our alternative
definition, perhaps you are a feminist too. We hope so. Join
the ranks and celebrate!
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Phrenchy Speaks
AutoAdvice
by Dave Stegman
Dear Phrenchy:
I have considered buying my friend's 1982 Toyota MR2 for
some time now, but I just can't sec buying an old, tiny sports
car with virtually no trunk space and a mediocre interior. The
trouble is, I don't want to hurt her feelings by not purchasing
class and Mr. Teacher ever-so-rudely exclaimed, "You're
tardy | You Right-Handed Aberration! J" Then minutes later a
left handed classmate strolled in and Mr. Teacher just smiled.
That was an outrage.
I wrote Mr. Teacher an anonymous letter signed by Mr. P.
the car. What should I say? Should I really consider the car? Bear in which I explained the uneasiness he caused me due to
Help me, Phrenchy, help me!
- Bruce Johnstad, Brunswick
Look Bruce, I see what you're getting at and I don't like it
onebit. Clearly, youdon'tgivetwofa'saboutthecarbut want
some advice to mend this little rift between you and your
that incident. The next lecture he answered my letter by
offering to "discuss" it during his office hours if the right-
handed person would show up. He just assumed I was right-
handed because of my bad penmanship and even worse
grammar. Oh sure. 1 bet he'll discuss it with me, and make
friend . This isn't a damn Dear Abbey column but what I say sure there's a rather burly frog on my report card. The fact of
isbuy thecar^it'sall good. It's sporty, fast, and gets decent gas thematteristhatrightophobiaismexistsand is, by all measures,
mileage. Who cares if it's not practical, you're only young a moral crime (like not recycling).
once, right? We must stomp out this unwarranted hate. Left-handers
But don't let this "youth" thing become a scapegoat for always brag about how they're smarter. They band together
dubious acts of treachery like throwing a grilled cheese like some fraternity that seeks strength in numbers
sandwich or a fish onto the ice at a hockey
game. I bet you run with scissors too, lean
back in the chair when mom isn't looking -
little rebel. You're a punk, a ruffian, a
the head by a
gilled cheese
sandwitch is one
of leading causes
Didyou
hooligan. Did you know being hit on the knowbeinp- hi \ on
head by a grilled cheese sand wich is one of *^ l ^ w uci i ig J < 1 1
the leading causes of teenage death? No,
like most students, you just don't care
enough to do something about it. You just
sit around and worry about whether or not
you want to buy a car.
I'm sorry for blowing up at you Bruce. I
mean, you write in looking for help and I
accuse you of such a monstrous atrocity as q£ teenage death?
partaking in fish throwing. It's just that O
lately, I tell you, I've had it up to here with
it all. Let me get at the heart of what is really driving little far to protect precious wildlife sanctuaries like the Shetland
Phrenchy to prattle likea recess monkey trapped in Hubbard Islands? People do. So tell a friend, light a candle, jump on a
Hall. I havea professor whom I'll refer toonly as Mr. Teacher bandwagon. Together we'll dedicate our energy towards
who is "leftist" and I don't mean an extreme liberal on the entropy!
political spectrum. He clearly has a bias against persons of
left-brain, right handed orientation.
In my sociology class he shows slides of rich, upper class
people like our dearly departed George Bush signing
something of importance with his left hand and then some
poor laborer flipping burgers with her right hand. He only
calls on people who raise their left hand. Just the other day a
right-handed friend of mine walked in a few seconds late for
m
telling you Bruce, sometimes I feel like
they're all out to get me and they're all
armed with deadly fish and grilled cheese
sandwiches! I'm certain there'sa conspiracy
against me but it's so subtle that I'm only 99
and 44/100% sure.
My teacher could even be leading the
whole thing. Every time I look at him in
class I can distinctly see ism-thoughts racing
through his brain, just waiting for an
opportunity to persecute me. I'm just
curious as to why he dislikes right-handed
people so much. Isn't it true that "righties"
can be all they can be? It's not just a job, it's
an adventure. I know I'm not dealing with
AT&T, and would a company really go as
If you have a problem with your car and would like free,
professional advice then write to:
Phrenchy
Moulton Union 472
Bowdoin College
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Editorial
Bowdoin's diversity subverts justice
This week the Executive Board attached
a clause to the Student Charter declaring
that student organizations be 6|>en to equal
opportunity ''regardless of race; sex, sexual
preference, age, creed or ethnic
background/' Following the controversy
of last semester surrounding the Afro-
American society's charter, this measure
was instated to eradicate any doubts that
discrimination may exist in student
organizations. Though rhetorically
appealing, the clause in effect amounts to
little more then a empty gesture intended
to varnish over a debate that needs to be
held.
It is worth considering whether the equal
opportunity clause can harmoniously
coexist with what remains in the Afro-
American charter: "Although membership
is open to all, we reserve the right to
maintain blacks in all governing positions
to ensure that we present an accurate
picture of the black condition in our
society." The logic (or lack thereof) behind
last semester's twisting of language by the
Executive Board to find this clause non-
discriminatory would warm the heart of
any good trial lawyer.
The Executive Board's reasoning
apparently rested on the idea that since the
clause did not have an imperative for
maintaining all blacks in leadership
positions (but simply allowed for it), this
made it non-discriminatory. By approving
the charter, the Executive Board becomes
an accomplice to possible discrimination.
Last semester's extreme affirmative
action faculty hiring decision in which
gender or ethnicity will be considered a
qualification in and of itself and without
reference to any other utility is another
example in this worrisome trend.
As a result of the Executive Board's
charter review and the Faculty hiring policy
principles, the College has let principles of
justice (and thus of equality and non-
discrimination), fall prey to the calculus of
a relativistic conception of the "good". The
"good" is defined here as the hazy notion of
"diversity."
If we can all agree that the principle of
racial and gender non-discrimination is an
integral part of the body of justice, then it is
fair to say that the College has sunk to
positing a conception of the good that has
in fact subverted the unbending demands
of justice. If President Edwards means that
he wants Bowdoin to be a "just" institution,
as he has at several times indicated; if the
Executive Board is serious about its new
clause; then this reckless conception of the
good must be modified. The division
between the rhetoric of justice and fairness,
and the legitimization of discrimination
widens with each passing event. The
College seems to want the attractive
trappings of justice without its neutral and
sometimes severe demands.
Irrespective of whether this conception
of the good is found desirable or agreeable
to any or many, if we allow it to infringe
upon and override the principles of justice,
these principles themselves erode into mere
rhetoric and the College opens itself to
endless dangers. In a College lacking a just
foundation, one questions what will
happen when the ideological winds change
direction and the next and perhaps even
less tasteful conception of the good begins
to shape College policy.
The College's current social calculus
seeks to further a iniquitous hiring and
charter policy. The currently popular
conception of the good has elevated a
specific conception of "diversity" to a
position which has apparently taken
precedence over justice as fairness. One is
sorely tempted to question the vogueish
notion that diversity is based on the color
of one's skin. A potentially more powerful
argument could be made that true diversity
is based rather upon the content of one's
character and the sum of one's experiences.
Last spring the leaders of the College
dealt with the hotly debated fraternity issue
in an admirable and coherent manner. In
placing greater importance on the principle
of non-discrimination than on the freedom
of association, a vision for the College was
powerfully articulated after a thorough
and open debate. In stark contrast, the
debate that we should be having to
articulate a reasonable and just conception
of "diversity" for the College remains an
unrealized, unlikely possibility. The
unanimous decision by the faculty (did
they all really agree?) on the hiring policy
and cowardly actions of the Executive
Board indicate that a climate of fear exists
which is stymieing debate and leading to
questionable, worrisome policies.
The College and Executive Board can
not have it both ways. Even the most
unversed can sense the hypocrisy here.
The Executive Board's recent mandatory
non-discrimination clause would seem to
emanate from a unwavering conception of
equality that provided the bedrock for civil
rights gains. It is time to find out whether
this bedrock still exists at Bowdoin College.
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pinion
It's a dog's life: Administration barks up the wrong tree
Steve Carpenter-
some people just go with their pets. Where would Bobby seized, and forgcx>d reason, Ithink.Turtlesaredeadly animals you. If you just leave things be, no one will be bothered
Brady be without Tiger, or Timmy without Lassie, his faithful when let loose. Why, a turtle nearly took my leg off once, but anymore. I am not saying that there shouldn't be any rules
Collie, or Gumby without his pony pal Pokey, too? Just think, I escaped with only a small head wound . The rules make good governing animal ownership, there obviously should . But,
the Mystery Machine would not be the same without Scooby-
Doo nor the nation during the Bush years without Millie.
Some people need their pets: it's an American institution.
Think of the existential emptiness of Norman Rockwell's
"Gone Fishin'" without the boy and his little puppy in it.
This need is also true for the guy down the hall from me: he
needs his puppy. The College Administration doesn't seem to people maybe allergic to them
understand this human desire for companionship. The They could be loud and vicious,
sense when it comes to turtles,
but dogs, that's another
matter.
I understand why the rules
were made in the first place
Pets can get messy at times, some
Brad Bishop
Administration wants to take his puppy away, and I don't just like turtles. But this dog is
think that's right. only soft and cute and fury. It doesn't bark, it makes
__ 1M ^____^^______^_____^_^^__ less of a mess than the guys living in the room. No
one on the floor minds; in fact, we all kinda' like the
Turtles are deadly animals when let loose. Why, ^^It^iU^StMrnkm wmininiiiim
a turtle nearly took my leg Off Once, but I escaped rules for the sake of having rules. I say that
With Only a Small head WOUnd. administration is best which administrates not at
all! And second best is that administration which
administrates least. In the case of pets, having rules
^ mmmtmmmmmmmm — i— — ^— ^— makes sense. We don't want vicious, snarling,
smelly animals (or any turtles), but we do want
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bill
I was talking on the phone the other day when a security
officer came with a master key in an attempt to seize the cute, fury, soft pets that provide companionship,
puppy. The security officer was sent at a time when the owner love and a sense of responsibility. Besides, pets are
of thedog would not be home. Apparently, the security officer a civilizing agent in dorm rooms. Just think about
didn't have the right to enter the premises without first that.
hearing the dog and, fortunately, the dog knew enough not to I am asking the Administration, in all earnestness
make any noise when the security officer knocked. now, to change the rules governing animal ownership in the
I know that it is school policy that no pets are allowed. At dorm rooms. Quit giving the student down the hall from me web of rules. No ruleor body of order is so dear that we should
the beginning of the year, I heard that a proctor's turtle was a hard time. The only people that are bothered by the dog are hang onto it for its name only.
there should not be rules for the
sake of rules. Nor should there be
enforcement of rules for the sake
of enforcement of rules. I felt very
sorry for the security officer sent to
(unsuccessfully) confiscate thedog.
I thought that his time could
have been better spent doing
something else. I thought about the stir in the Administrative
Office that this dog thing probably caused and all the
excitement that you Administrative people must have felt.
You had a mission, you had paperwork to write, and you
snapped to action, I'm sure. The pet rules should go into
effect only after the pet becomes a nuisance to someone,
after the animal has become either loud or smelly or dirty..
The only people who have a problem with the animal now
is the Administration, and that makes the Administration
a nuisance in my mind.
The school wants to increase the student body 10-20%
over the next few years in order to save itself from economic
distress. I'vegot abetter idea. Instead of increasing student
population, decrease Administrative population. Cut
security guards whose job it is to seize small puppy-dogs.
Cut Administrative members whose job it is to file reports
on the illegal harboring of turtles, fish and other small
creature:; in dorm rooms. Most of all, get rid of the tangled
Fraternities, sex between men, the closet Thomas Glave
They had known each other for almost all of their time at team, and guys in the house — would like to have sex with he said. "You know BGLAD's a mock. It's a bunch of faggots
Bowdoin and had become particularly close during activities guys, too, though. Or they've already had sex with guys. I and people from Delta Sig who get together to talk about the
in the fraternity where they were both respected, well-liked know one ofthem has, last year, but he'd never admit it. He's best way to paint pink triangles on the quad." His buddy
members. They gotevencloseronenightafteradrinking bout totally into being a potential Big Man on Campus. He'd say agreed, stating that BGLAD was "bogus" and "a joke." I
at the house — not an unusual event — after which, not to their
complete surprise, they wound up in bed together. One of
them, however, was surprised out of drunkenness to discover
that — unexpectedly — his buddy was preparing him for anal
sex. He himself was very drunk, but sober enough to know
that they'd never done this before, and that rushing into anal
sex that night would probably be uncomfortable, especially
since they'd drunk so much. He allowed the other student to
penetrate a bit, but quickly enough asked him to withdraw
because of pain. His partner did remove himself that night,
but, like good buddies, they continued to practice with each
other, and have been practicing ever since. According to
them, no one in their fraternity — one of the fraternities
traditionally associated with a team, and well-known for
it was an accident, that he was so drunk he didn't know what
hewasdoing." [Laughter]. "Give me a break. But it's like you
can just tell about some guys in the house, that they've
thought about doing it. I don't know, you can just tell by the
way they look at you in the shower." (Laughter]. "Iknowone
guy on the — team who had sex with Inamesa malestudent in
another fraternity], but do you think that kind of shit gets
around? Howdoyou think I knowabout it? Because. ..because
I've had sex with them, too."
One night very late he took me on a brief tour of his frat
house. It smelled unpleasant and stale, of beer, and looked a
little rougharound the edges. Few people wereabout, although
we heard some, and he called out to a few friends. At one
protested, letting them know that personal sexuality didn't
matter as far as BGLAD attendance went; as far as Delta Sig
attendance, I couldn't verifv that. Then I corrected them on
their useof the word "faggot." What were they, after all? "I'm
not a faggot," the first student said, beginning an ugly glower.
I'd seen that same glower on the faces of men who, shortly
afterwards, had tried to gay-bash me or somebody else. "Arc
you trying to call me a faggot?" 1 didn't understand. Wasn't
he a man who had sex with another man? And with other
men? And didn't he know others who did, and pretended
they didn't? At that, the two grew sullen and silent, refusing
to answer any more questions. Apparently 1 had betrayed
them by challenging them. In fact, I was enraged at their
point he showed me the latest house picture composite, and responses, but in pursuit of more information, I chose not to
challenge them further.
Thisisall ironic, but not surprising. Someof the very people
for whom an organization such as BGLAD works are those
— who reject it most harshly. It's ironic that the student about
general rowdiness — knows that they're two men who enjoy pointed out the people he'd had sex with in the past, and those
having sex with each other. whom he now thought might be gay. I didn't know any of
I met one of them earlier this school year, through a series them. Severalofthem,hesaid,hadgirlfriendsnoworhadhad
of intense eye contact exchanges. Many gay-tendencied ^ —
students have found that this often happens at Bowdoin,
and at other colleges: that is, that closeted students and Jfe clOSet makeS Communication (and thuS
even professors often make furtive eye contact with an 7 • • i \ ■ •! i
"out" gay student, seek him or her out in private if pOlltlCCll UmiXj) impOSSWle.
possible (for whatever reason — talking and /or sex), and
focus on the "out" queer as a curiosity. Closeted gays and
lesbians arenottheonly peoplewhofocusthissortofattention girlfriends in the past. "A girlfriend's a good cover," he said,
\
on the "out" gay; an "out" queer in a place like Bowdoin will
always be a curiosity. Nevertheless, through continued intense
eye contact whenever he saw me, and gradual introductory
conversation, the student mentioned above communicated
an urgency -- that he wanted to talk, and, I learned, have sex
(with me). Nobody else ever caught his communicative
glances — not in the dining halls when he ate in them
occasionally, or in the library, or anyplace else. I wasn't
sexually attracted to him,but I did want to talk to him, to learn
more about his having homoerotic feelings with his jock "All
American Male" exterior, having to live up to that exterior
within the confines of his macho fraternity. How did he
manage? How did he live with the other men? Were other
men there having sex with men as well? We did talk, more
and more — always in a private place where none of his friend s
would see him. Because I am firmly against "outing" people
from their closets, and told him so, a measure of trust grew
between us. I owe this article and what I learned to him and
his partner; in fact, I only learned that he had a steady male sex
partner when he invited me into a menage a trois with that
student. For the record, I declined.
Speaking of frat/team life: "It's really hard here," he said.
"I have to be with the guysonthetcam, and it'slike I'm always
pretending. We're always pretending — alluding to his
boyfriend. "You can tell that some of the — the guys on the
whom I'm writing this article, who agreed on the articleas
long as I didn't use his name — "and anyway nobody
would believe you if you did," he told me. 'These people
are dumb as shit" — was willing to place me, literally,
between himself and his boyfriend in a menage a trois, but
_ would never sit in on a BGLAD meeting.
These are some of the phenomena of the closet. The furtive
eye contact and sub-communications; the tacit arrangements
for secret sex; the strutting postures of "hyper"-maleness,
with a convenient girlfriend when possible, in order to maintain
the heterosexual illusion. We all know that these phenomena
aren't exclusive to fraternities. The larger picture shows some
disturbing aspects of closet phenomena. The closet makes
communication on many fronts (and thus political unity)
and winked. Around this time — the middle of last semester
— I began to get angry with what this student and his boy friend
and others like them represented. BGLAD had been having
a difficult semester, working very hard and receiving much
criticism and little support, and it made me furious to think
that there were people out there like this student who knew
that they were gay (or queer, or whatever) and were even
having same-gender relationships, yet would never so much impossible. It forms exclusive cliques. From what these
as walk within two hundred yardsof a BGLAD meeting. And students and their histories showed me, the closet is stronger
I began to see why: living the way they did, they were getting in hjghly male-oriented environments where machismo
what they wanted. They could pass for straight and enjoyed prevails, and where difference is frowned upon. The closet
friendships with other jocks, generally scorning anything often leads to violence; in a culture where gay expressions
different. aren't approved, communication of repressed desires becomes
Wemetagaintotalksometimelater. This timehis boyfriend more aggressive and often occurs as male-to-male sexual
was present — a tall, healthy-looking, muscular student, harassment and sexual violence. Now, thinking of these two
wearing, like his buddy, a baseball cap, a team warm-up guys (who will probably deny ever having met me after this
jacket, and sneakers. Together, they looked like an athletic, article is published), I think of others like them whose stories
young male couple out of J. Crew. Looking at them, even I will never be known, precisely because of the largeness of the
found it difficult to transcend stereotypes and conceive of closet. What are they thinking? Feeling? Are they hypocritical
these two as lovers, until one of them, for a joke and partly for cowards, and/or victims of a repressive society? Where will
shock effect, bit the other on the ear, quickly. They were so they go from here? We can only hope that someday we'll all
unlikeanyof thegay men I'd known in New York! Whydidn't be past this madness of the closet; that someday all of them
he and his boyfriend come to BGLAD?, I asked, or offer to help will come out, and we'll recognize them as who they always
out, even once? Would that be so difficult? were, and know that their fraternity can be a safe place for
I was being purposely dense, he said. "You're not stupid," everyone to visit, even if it still stinks of beer.
16
THE BOWDOHV ORJEATT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Views from the Couch
Brian Sung
Talk All You Want
V^
**.
Admittedly, I missed Phyllis Schlafly's little get-together
last week, but I think I got the basic gist of her speech by
talking to a few people who went to see her. In a nutshell, she
said that the woman's place is in the home. She appeared as
the ultimate anti-feminist. Two comments that I heard from
people who saw her struck home with me. The first was a
student who remarked, "What the hell is she doing telling
women to stay home, when she's working in the public eye
making a hell of a lot of money?" Point. Any response Phyll?
The second was from a student who angrily said, "People like
Phyllis Schlafly shouldn't be allowed to speak on campus."
Ummm...no.That'sa terrible point. Peoplelike Phyllis Schlafly
should definitely come to Bowdoin. Hell, Bowdoin should get
more speakers like her — people who are willing to speak their
views in an open forum.
See, one of Bowdoin's biggest problems is its thinking.
Students here tend to havea tunnel vision abouttheiropinions
and views. Now, if everyone really did believe basically the
same thing, that's fine; but if everyone at Bowdoin actually
speaks what they're really thinking and not just conforming,
then Marge Schott is a non-bigoted fun-loving person. I guess
I think that students, either sub-consciously or consciously,
go with the general opinion on issues. By having different
people come and speak on campus, we create a space for
others to form their own opinions. Hell, some people might
have found themselves agreeing Phyllis Schlafly and might
If we brought David Duke
onto campus, that too would
give us an insight into the way
people think in the real world.
have learned something about themselves.
But the bigger picture gives usa morecompelling reason to
bring diverse speakers at Bowdoin. We are in one of the most
insulated places on earth, and weneed people to come present
us with different views. Views that show and tell us different
aspects of things, and the censoring of that would be a critical
mistake. There are many people in the world who agree with
Phyllis Schlafly's thinking. If we brought David Duke onto
campus, that too would give us an insight into the way people
think in the real world. If we could get John Lucas onto
campus, that would be incredible, samegoes for someone like
the late, and great, Arthur Ashe. Bowdoin students need to
see these views, everything from the far left to the far right,
everything from people encouraging racial harmony to the
biggest bigots in America.
Is there a line? Yes, in one of my classes last year, a clear line
was drawn for me when someone said,"Anyone should be
allowed onto campus as long as they don't present a threat of
harm onto anyone else". Exactly. It's not just the First
Amendment I'm talking about, it's the fact that you shouldn't
censor people because of what they believe. There will always
be different views, so you should be exposed to as many as
possible. So don't talk about not letting someone speak on
campus, bring them all on. ..it will help open people's eyes.
Interested in becoming a
Pre-Orientation Trip
Leader? Come to
informational meeting
Tuesday February 23 at
7:45 in the Colbath Room
of Morrell Gvm.
Letters to the Editor
Disabled GHanotokis
thanks College
WWII Veteran criticizes War
memorial
To the Editor:
Over Christmas break I had surgery on both my lower legs,
a procedure that was necessary to correct a complicated injury
I had incurred from running. Unfortunately, I had to resume
this semester during part of the initial stages of my formal
recovery and that involved befriending a pair of crutches for
a couple of weeks. Although I did discontinue the crutches
soon thereafter, I was not in a position to walk long distances
for a period of time. Before I came to Bowdoin in January, my
mother had called the Dean's office, the Health center and
Security. All three departments expressed concern for my
situation and were prepared to offer me help in making my
situation comfortable.
When I returned to Bowdoin, I was impressed by the actual
concern and consideration shown to me by the Deans office,
Health Center and Security. All three departments showed a
great deal of concern for my situation, offered me immediate
help in making my situation more comfortable and made
themselves available to my requests.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank the College for
its efforts to help my make my situation comfortable and
conductive to my recovery. I would especially like to thank
Security. Every day I needed transportation to the campus
and around campus. Security was always available to drive
me back and forth from each destination. In addition to the
general transportation, the security officers always made an
effort to express concern for my situation and make my
general experience more comfortable. I appreciate the effort
that was made for me. Thank you.
Sincerely,
John Chanotokis '94
College needs to define
diversity
To the Editor. '
We read in a recent Bowdoin Magazine of how Gen. Joshua
Chamberlain accepted the surrender of rebel troops at
Appomattox, according them the dignity of full military
honors. Chamberlain, whose battle wounds gave him pain for
the rest of his long life, was not paying tribute to the rebel
cause, or slavery, but to the tens of thousands of the sons of
the south who fought and died. President Chamberlain later
prevented the removal of Jefferson Davis from the roll of
honorary doctorates of Bowdoin (it was granted before the
war). No doubt he was inspired by Lincoln's call to "bond up
the nation's wounds".
An entire wall at Harvard's Memorial Chapel is devoted to
the sons of Harvard who gave their lives in the epic struggle
of the second World War, specifically including "enemy
casualties," Bowdoin cannot do the same.
I am a veteran of that war. I left Bowdoin before the end of
my sophomore year, not knowing whether I would return.
Some of us did not return. We spent the next few years
fighting against other young men, and some of them were in
the same situation. I am appalled to think that their lives were
so meaningless that Bowdoin can by implication, treat them
with such callous disregard. I do not suggest that there was
any justice in the enemy's cause, for there was not. But if war
is nothing else, it isa tragic waste of youth, and we must recall
that Bowdoin was the less for all her sons who did not return
from battle.
We Americans are fortunate beyond our understanding, in
no small part because young men understood the old Roman
adage, "It is a sweet and seemlythingtodiefbrone'scountry,"
and have been willing to make the supreme sacrifice. Let us
not forget our fellow-students who had not such good fortune,
yet were forced to make the same sacrifice.
Sincerely,
Harry B. Eddy '45
To the Editor
Is diversity progress? Not necessarily. It depends upon its
purpose and foundation. Corporations diversify and fail in
their well-intentioned effort because they are financially
unsound . Bigness does not guarantee success and could dilute
other good purposes. Form a good foundation first.
The term diversity is an elusive word. How does Bowdoin
define it? I agree that the pristine reputation of Bowdoin's
academic excellence should be restored and maintained.
Despite rhetoric to the contrary, it is obvious the College by
subterfuge in tends to increase enrollment by 35 for eachof the
next four years. Undoubtedly new dormitories will be needed.
ALUMNI! ! Watch out for your pocketbooks! Please voice
your concerns and opinions to the Governing Boards before
their March 4 and May 27 meetings.
Respectfully submitted,
Malcolm F. Shannon '38
AIDS crisis looms over
Schlafly lecture
Cobey defends Executive
Board's review of charter
To the Editor,
In response to the editorial on the Executive Boa id's response
to the African-American Societies charter, I wanted to state
my personal position as the Chair of the Charter Review
Committee. In the process of reviewing charters, if I find that
a charter is discriminatory, or in any way not in compliance
with the student assemblies constitution, I will lobby
vociferously for the revision or dissolution of the club in
question. At this time, there is no convincing evidence that the
Afro-American Society's charter is not in agreement with the
constitution, and therefore I do not plan to suggest action
against the Afro-American society's present status. I have
arrived at this position after being a part of long and careful
discussion with the leaders and members of the Afro-American
society. I politely question why the Editorial Board has gone
so far as to bring up, in my perspective, what is a seemingly
settled issue.
Sincerely,
Fred Cobey '94
To the Editor:
On Wednesday evening, Phyllis Schlafly gave a lecture
about "The Changing Roles of Men and Women in the 1 990s."
After a loose series of anecdotes meant to illustrate how bad
feminists, liberals, theClintons and Anita Hill are, Mrs. Schlafly
answered questions from the audience, but put an end to her
speech before any topic related to AIDS could be dealt with.
The day before, inquiring about what she stood for, I had
found this in U.S. News and World Report (#23, June 17,1991 ):
"People have used thethreat of AIDS as an excuse for describing
to fourth and fifth graders what homosexuals do as well as all
kinds of other sex. Safe sex is just another lie- there isn't any
safe sex. . . More than 90 percent of the people who get AIDS
have engaged in some sort of risk behavior. I didn't cause
those choices and I don't feel any responsibility for them."
This example of stale bigotry blending into cynical "laissez-
faire" policies should remind us of how lit tie was done against
AIDS during the Reagan and Bush administrations (a fact
acknowledged both by the scientific community and people
working in social services). In fact, very few people then
admitted that the spread of the epidemic also raised the
question of the non-access of whole sections of the population
(needless here to say which ones) to basic health services,
among other forms of individual and social estrangement.
In other words, seriously fighting AIDS at a governmental
level today implies both a worldwide cooperation and a
consideration of the impact of inequality and poverty as
factors fostering, though indirectly, contamination. The host
of victims, which regretted Arthur Ashe joined lately, grow,
every day. They are the judges of our indifference and
selfishness, and their silent mourning song will still be
resounding long after Mrs. Schlafly's hateful addresses have
faded out into oblivion.
Sincerely,
/ Franck Le Gac
Teaching Fellow in French
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
NUMBER 16
Dennis Sweet to leave Bowdoin at the end of spring term
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
Professor Sweet was not offered
the tenure-track position in the
Philosophy department. Once
again, Sweet was denied the job by
the Faculty Affairs Committee
"I can 't tell you
much. "
—Assoc. Dean of
Student Affairs
(FAC) after a search initiated this
semester.
This appear s to be the final cha pter
in the continuing hiring episodes in
recent years. Last year, Sweet was
denied tenure by the Administration
after receiving unanimous support
from the Philosophy department
and student reviewers. This year,
he was denied the position after
majority support from the
of faculty members. Associate Dean
Randolph Stakeman presented the
Administration's point of view.
When asked about the process of
choosing a candidate for the tenure-
track position, Stakeman said, "In
the normal appointment process,
candidates are reviewed by the
department and an outside ad-hoc
philosophy students, members of
the department and every member
of theoutsidecommirtee, asking not
just about their rankings, but what
were the strengths and weaknesses
of each candidate."
Stakeman further noted that one
of the most important points in the
selection of candidates "is to insure
I. .I.
"These are the same kind of men who
made Socrates drink
the hemlock. "
—Senior Philosophy Major
Professor Dennis Sweet moving on to Fordham University at the end
of the semester. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Philosophy department and
students.
Dean of Academic Affairs,
Charles Beitz, was in Boston and,
consequently, unavailable for
comment upon the matter. He has
previously insisted upon not
commenting on the personal careers
subcommittee. They submit
recommendations to the Dean of
Academic Affairs. Dean Beitz then
makes the final judgment as to the
appointment based on the
information of the department and
the outside committee."
"In this case," Stakeman said,
"many things entered into the
decision. Dean Beitz met and spoke
with philosophy majors,
a fair process given the presence of
an inside candidate." This process
also prevents any candidate from
having an unfair advantage. For
example, an inside candidate may
have an unfair advantage because
he/she has regular contact with the
students whereas an outside
candidate is given only an hour to
(CONTINUED ON PACE 3)
Counseling Center to revive student Alcohol Peer Advisors
Reorganization of program and name change likely to bring back 'vital energy and focus '
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
Head of Counseling Services Bob
Vilas and counselor Roberta
Zuckerman are reviving a student
group which was once quite active
on campus — the Alcohol Peer
Advisors. It is likely that the group
will change its name and reorganize
its methods in order to break what
Vilas calls the "Conspiracy of
Silence" that surrounds thedrinking
culture at Bowdoin.
Right now, there are
approximately ten trained Alcohol
Peer Advisors on campus. In the
years after the group was first
formed in the mid-1980s, it consisted
of nearly one hundred active and
enthusiastic members. Vilas
explained that "when the founder
of the group graduated, the Alcohol
Peer Advisors began a period of
gradual decline. The group lost
some of its vital energy and focus.
Without a clear sense of mission,
the members became somewhat
discouraged."
Vilas and Zuckerman hope that
Bowdoin students will be hearing a
lot more from a rejuvenated group
in the near future. Currently, they
are organizing an all-expense-paid
retreat for fifteen students,
scheduled for the weekend after
Bob Vilas and Roberta Zuckerman
Spring Break (April 2-4). The
students will stay at a lodge north of
Brunswick in Raymond, ME. Vilas
hopes that the retreat will give
interested and dedicated students
an opportunity to talk about
drinking in a "safe place, away from
the Bowdoin campus." He
continued, saying, "In order for the
group to be effective, we need to
start talking about what is actually
going on at Bowdoin. We need to
stop the cycle of ignoring and
accepting the current situation
without question."
to spearhead alcohol awareness program. Photo by Erin Sullivan.
Although Vilas and Zuckerman with drinking at Bowdoin on its
are contacting athletic teams, own terms.... As a result, we need to
proctors and fraternity presidents have many different viewpoints
to recruit members for the group, represented in the group."
they are also very interested in Vilas explained that the primary
hearing from any students who feel goals of the retreat are to provide
that they could devote time and information and skill training and
effort tothecauseVilasemphasized to give people a chance to talk
the fact that a broad spectrum of honestly about the drinking scene
people is being sought to participate at Bowdoin, something that many
in the group; drinkers and non- students take for granted and feel
drinkers are potentially valuable cannot be changed. Vilas feels that
assets. there is considerable pressure
This is not an anti-alcohol lust placed on students to portray
Say No' movement. We want to deal themselves in a certain way to their
peers and to take part in
uncomfortable behavior patterns.
The goal of the group is not to stop
drinking at Bowdoin — Vilas and
Zuckerman realize that this is both
unrealistic and unfeasible.
Instead, they hope to encourage
students to take a hard look at the
personal and social ramifications of
living in a "compressed drinking
culture" and to sensitize people to
the realistic dangers of drinking in
order to lessen the chance that
"someone might die one of these
weekends." Vilas also wants people
to understand«the^pr.e.yajence of
other -dangers inherent in the
drinking culture such as date rape
and other forms of abuse, "behaviors
that would be much less likely to
happen if people were not so
wasted."
Vilas and Zuckerman hope to
accomplish a great deal before the
end of this semester. Most
importantly, they want to organize
presentations and outreaches to be
given during new student
orientation next fall. After the April
retreat, all planning and
organization will take place at
weekly meetings. Vilas and
Zuckerman encourage anyone
interested in participating in the
crusade for a lcohol awareness to call
them at x3145.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1 993
Inside
Cuts Leave Many Hands Golden
5
Kent Chabotar, Treasurer of the College, "golden handshakes" almost
double the number expected.
Whistler in the Dark
6
Isabel Taube *92 introduces Linda Merrill, associate curator at the Freer
Gallery of Art, who held a slide lecture on Whistler prints yesterday.
Men's Hockey
9
Men's Hockey scores against Connecticut College in Dayton Arena.
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
EDrroR Jeff Munroe
The exiled Student Speak Editor and I were struck by the
pertinance of the following passage in light of recent
Administratve decisions. Ask yourself, if the Truth were
known, would we have reason to suspect these workshops of
ideals?
"Bad air! This workshop where ideals are manufactured- it
seems to me it stinks of so many lies! No! Wait a moment! You
have said nothing yet of the masterpiece of these black
magicians, who make whiteness, jnilk, and innocence of
every blackness—haven't you noticed their perfection of
refinement, their boldest, subtlest, most ingenious, most
mendacious artistic stroke? Attend to them? These cellar
rats full ofvengefulness and hatred- -0, what have they made
of revenge and hatred? Have you heard these words uttered?
If you trusted simply to their words, would you suspect that
you were among men of resentment? ..."
"On the Ge neology of Morals"
First Essay, Section 14
Energy
1988 Maine Energy Inputs
With BLU Clinton's proposed BTU Tax hitting states like Maine
hardest, it is interesting to see some data on Maine's energy needs.
Given that petroleum would be taxed most heavily, these figures
give an indication of the costs such a tax might have in our state.
Primary Energy Source
Petroleum
Percentage
53.9
Wood
15.5
Hydro
Nuclear
15.2
12.3
Other (Coal, Natural Gas, etc.)
3.6
Source: Maine Almanac and Book of Lists
Weekend Weather for
Bowdoin and Vicinity
Saturday, mostly sunny with
highs in the upper 20s.
Friday, sunny this morning and
Sunday, fair with temperatures
this afternoon with highs in the
ranging between five below to
mid 20s. Light winds. Tonight,
the mid 20s.
clear with lows around zero
Monday, fair with
near the coast to ten below
temperatures between zero and
inland. Light winds.
the mid 20s.
-v
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Student car hit by snow plow
while parked in Baxter House lot
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
Every day for the past two weeks,
Physical plant employees have been
conscientiously clearing the snow,
making it easier and safer for
membersof the College community
to make their way through the worst
Maine winter in the last five years as
manifested on this campus.
But, on Tuesday, February 16,
something went wrong.
Braden More '95 approached his
car parked in the Baxter House lot
and discovered that his new Ford
Explorer had a deep gash in the
front left fender. Apparently a plow
left its mark in the sheet metal. As
More explained it, there was a
distinguishable plow mark in the
snow leading up to the large dent
on his car.
More proceeded to call Campus
Security, and the attending officer
wrote up a preliminary report,
which wasyesterday,overone week
later.
The attending officer also
proceeded to check out the all
Physical plant plows and found
green paint on the plow of the
vehicle of the employee who was
assigned and did, in fact, complete
his duties at the Baxter lot. Said
Donna Loring, Chief of Security, "I
think the problem in his case was
that [the investigators] were not sure
who hit him."
As there was only one officer who
saw the paint on the plow, other
officers were later summoned to
visually confirm the green paint
residue on the yellow plow. But that
was impossible since the evidence
of paint was no longer there. Said
More, "The paint has been
removed." Noone is sure if the paint
was removed in an attempted
"cover-up" or if it fell off, scraped
away by other plowing jobs.
On Monday, More paid another
visit to Security inquiring about the
accident report necessary for him to
file an insurance claim. The report
was still incomplete and More was
told that his case was still being
investigated, and was told to call on
Brunswick Police for the report.
Brunswick Police, he discovers,
needs the report from Bowdoin
Security in order to make their
report. But since they have not yet
received the document from
Security, More was back in square
one. Said More, 'It's so frustrating!"
Frustrated, More sought the
Dean's office for help. He was turned
away there because they claimed
the situation was not an "academic"
affair, therefore outside of their
jurisdiction.
More returned to Security several
more times in an attempt to find out
who hit his car. He conferred with
Donna Loring, Chief of Security.
Said More about his conversation
with Loring, "1 had to ask her like
four times 'who hit my car?'. . . She
said 'we don't pinpoint'. . . It just
seems to me that Loring should have
come up with the name the first
time ... I was irate that it took so
long to figure it out."
Security quickly thereafter settled
the situation. Loring said, "As far as
I was concerned, the person
operating the plow was the one who
hit [More's car]. The problem was
that there was a thought that there
was one person's [the investigating
officer] word against another [the
plow operator]."
More has returned to Security
many times since, in his efforts to
get Security to believe his story and
for them to do something about it,
and has also approached Brunswick
Police on several occasions to get
this affair settled. Apparently
Brunswick Police is not amused at
all.
More was annoyed by the
"runaround" he experienced, but
as he said, "The thing that pissed
me off more than anything is that
they [the plow operators] didn't
leave a note or bother to contact me.
It was obvious that the plow hit [my
car]."
Said Loring, "Bowdoin's
insurance company will pay [for
the damage]."
Photo of the Week
Bowdoin College, a.k.a. WinterWonderland. Photo by Carey Jones.
The scene of the incident
as exerpted from the State of
Maine Driver's Report
of Traffic Accident
:&*
£1 jB
Note: Vehicle #1 is the parked car that
was hit, vehicle #2 is the snow plow, in
the Baxter House parking lot.
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get to know the members of the ad-
hoc committee. "Searches involving
inside candidates must be watched
carefully so every candidate can be
treated fairly," said Stakeman.
The recommendations from the
Philosophy department and the
Faculty Affairs Committee are
strictly confidential. "1 can't tell you
much," said Stakeman. 'These
decisions are based on a review of
information . . . much of which must
remain private in order to protect
Professor Sweet as well as other
people."
When asked why the
Administration decided to give the
tenure-track position to another
candidate, Sweet responded simply
by saying, "Who knows? I sure as
hell don't."
Last year, it was rumored that the
Administration's main reason for
denying Sweet's tenure was due to
the fact that he had not published
anything at the time. Over the past
year, Sweet has had two extensive
works accepted and published by
History of Philosophy Quarterly^
Fueling the fire of the controversy,
the candidate chosen by the college
is just out of graduate school, has no
Ph.D. and has never published.
As the result of the appointment
of another candidate, Sweet will be
leaving Bowdoin College to accept
a tenure-track position at Fordham
University in New York.
Commenting upon his new
position, Sweet said, "You feel kind
of weird when people who don't
knowyouvoteunanimouslyinyour
favor [for a tenure position] and
those who know you, don't."
Reflecting on his departure from
Bowdoin College, Sweet said, "As
Alice was glad to leave the looking
Bitter dismissal
glass, I am glad to leave Bowdoin
College."
Student response has been
overwhelming in favor of Sweet.
Echoing the dissent of last spring,
students have been calling the
Administration's decision
"ridiculous" and "an act of
intellectual injustice." In last year's
controversy, students circulated a
petition that collected hundreds of
signatures and pasted signs all
around campus. This year's
philosophy majors are sorry to see
him go and will miss his "dynamic
and energetic presence in class."
"I think it is criminal that the
Philosophy department should be
so diminished by the
Administration's prejudice and
short sightedness," were the words
of philosophy major John Valentine
'93. "The administrators involved
don't have the capacity or right to
judge a man of Professor Sweet's
caliber. These are the same kind of
men who made Socrates drink
hemlock."
Jen Hockenberry '93 commented,
"It is just another example of the
Administration's obvious lack of
concern about the quality of
education we are getting for our
$23,000. I wouldn't be so mad if
they didn't lie and pretend to listen
to our opinions and then ignore us
entirely . . . I'm tired of fighting
immoral Administrations."
Sweet's departure from Bowdoin
is a blow to the confidence of
students such as Valentine and
Hockenberry who feel that the
current Administration is
undermining the academic integrity
of the school. Many other students,
Hockenberry included, feel that this
extended controversy is another
example of the Administration's
disregard for student opinion.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Professor Profile
Administration overwhelmed by
response to early retirement policy ™ s weekjohn McKee, Art department
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
Finding the College's offer
attractive, 31 employees, aged 55 or
older with at least 1 years of service,
signed up for the voluntary early
retirement program on February 15.
Each employee will receive up to a
year's salary for retiring by June 30.
Each of the 31 employees will
receive six months of his or her salary
during the pay period following the
time the employee retires. Then, on
January 1, 1994, the College will
write another check, giving the
person a week of salary for every
year worked at the College for up to
26 years.
TheCollegehad initially projected
that 17 employees would volunteer
early. The addition of 14 others
surprised Kent John Chabotar, Vice
President of Finance and
Administration and Treasurer, and
Jerry Boothby, Director of Budgets.
Noting that 60 percent of Bowdoin's
budget pays for personnel costs,
Chabotar said that in the long run,
the College will save money.
However, in the near future, the
College will incur a net $600,000
expense to pay for the early
retirement packages and costs
which will increase the deficit to
$950,000. Boothby estimates that the
College will find ways to pare the
deficit for fiscal 1993, which ends
June 30, to $500,000.
Despite the strain on the budget,
Chabotar said, "Overall, 1 am very
pleased." Boothby said, "Thiscreates
a windowof opportunity in termsof
utilizing students and part time
workers, instead of paying full
salaries."
According to Boothby, monies
from the College's $180 million
endowment will pay for the
retirement program.
Of the 31 people, 1 8 support staff,
nine Administration staff workers
and four faculty members decided
to retire early. Support staff
employees, working in areas such
as Physical Plant and Dining Services
are paid on a hourly rate with the
The College will incur a
net $600,000 expense to
pay for the early retirement
packages and costs
which will increase the
deficit to $950,000.
possibility of earning overtime. In
contrast, Administration staff
workers earn a salary with no
overtime opportunities.
Six employees from the library
signed up, four from Physical Plant
and three from thecontroller's office.
Last year, the College offered 55-
year old employees with 15 years of
service six months of pay. Twenty-
four signed up. President Robert
Edwards wanted to sweeten this
year's package to lure more
employees to retire early. It worked .
"Bob motivated this whole
program," remarked Chabotar.
The high number of employees
retiring early over the past two does
not mean the Administration will
stop looking for ways to reduce
personnel costs in the future. The
Senior Staff will meet Tuesday to
discuss in the words of Chabotar
further "expense reduction, which
will include elimination of
positions." The Senior Staff will also
examine which vacancies to fill.
Boothby hopes that each member
of the Senior Staff will look outside
his department to examine the
impact of future staff shuffling and
reduction.
The Senior Staff as a whole will
then present its proposals to the
Budget and Financial Priorities
Committee early next month. "Just
like the budget process, many
people will participate in this
discussion," said Boothby.
Although the College is for the
most part focusing on reducing
personnel costs in the early 1990s,
other factors in the future will pose
problems as the College attempts
to balance its budgets. According
to Boothby, rising health care and
energy costs are two areas of
concern. After President Bill Clinton
announced in his economic plan
last week to increase taxes on the
British Thermal Unit (BTU), an
energy measurement, beginning in
1997, Boothby calculated that the
College's fuel costs would rise 16
percent, or $75,000, each year.
Professor McKee working with students. Photo by Maya Khun.
Congressman Barney Frank to deliver
Spindel Memorial lecture on race relations
By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
Congressman Barney Frank, a
Democrat from Massachusetts, will
deliver thcHarry Spindel Memorial
Lecture at the College on Sunday,
March 7, at 7:30 p.m. The speech,
entitled The Politics of Jewish/ African-
American Relations, will be held in
Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
Frank is currently serving his
seventh term in the U.S. House of
Representatives. He has also served
in state and local government in
Massachusetts. Previously, he
taught at Harvard University,
Boston University and University
of Massachusetts.
Frank now serves on the House
Judiciary Committee, the Budget
Committee, and the Banking,
Finance and Urban Affairs
Committee. He is the chairman of
the Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and
Monetary Policy.
Congressman Frank is also a
published author. His book,
Speaking Frankly, was published in
February, 1992. Frank earned his
undergraduate degree at Harvard
University and his law degree at
Harvard Law School.
The Harry Spindel Memorial
Lecture was established in 1977, by
the gift of Rosalyne Spindel
Bernstein and Sumner Thurman
Berstein in memory of Rosalyne
Bernstein's father, Harry Spindel. It
Congressman Barney Frank will deliver a lecture in Daggett Lounge,
Wentworth Hall. Photo courtesy of College Relations.
is intended to support annual to Spindel's lifelong devotion to
lectures in Judaic studies or Jewish learning.'"
contemporary Jewish affairs. The Frank's lecture is free and open
lectureship is "a lasting testimony to the public.
By Ben Machin
orient staff writer
The following is an interview with
Professor of Art, John McKee, who
teaches photography. Before the
interview, he boiled water and
distributed tea bags to myself and
another student . While drinking his
tea, McKee offered a preliminary
comment, in the words of Erasmus,
who said, "Suus Cuique erepitus
bene olet." The meaning? This was
left to "those who know Latin." After
this cryptic comment on the general
state of affairs, the questions began.
Question: How long have you been
teaching at Bowdoin?
Answer: I'm not sure, how can you
tell?
Q: How did you end up at Bowdoin,
and how did you begin teaching?
A: I got started teaching because I
ended up here. I began in a different
department which should remain
nameless but is [the] French
[Department]. My command of the
language was so poor, I needed a
break. It [the break] hasn't been long
enough.
Q: What do you stress in your
classes, what general theme?
A: [I stress] not looking at things in
the abstract.
Q: How many photo classes are
there?
careful disorderliness is the true
method."
Q: Are there things you would either
praise or criticize about Bowdoin?
A: There are good things, and the
things to change are too numerous
to list. I have never taught anywhere
else, so I have nothing to compare it
to. But having been a student at two
similar, larger colleges, the
atmosphere here is different. There
is an informality on many levels,
and people don't seem stuck in their
routines. One bad thing about
teaching photography is Beam
classroom [in the VAC]. After lunch,
after four hours of dull, droning
classes— it's steamy, hot, dark and
only good for siestas. That's the
biggest problem with this College,
actually.
Q: It sometimes seems that Bowdoin
students are stuck in the academic
atmosphere and aren't aware of
what's happening in the "outside
world." What sort of real-life advice
would you give to Bowdoin
students?
A: The College is the world for most
students. But the Big Brother/Big
Sister program is a good thing to do
[to get another perspective]. There
is a program designed to address
the problems facing Native
Americans, currently called the F-
Club, which I think is a worthy idea .
Q: Is there something people should
There are some enterprises in which a careful
disorderliness is the true method.
—Melville
A: Two regular classes, and many
other independent study classes. We
usually have enough people in
independent study to have a
seminar class, some have taken as
many as six total semesters in photo
with this system.
Q: With so many courses being taken
in photography I would think there
would be a minor in it. Why isn't
there?
A: It's not really a good idea. A
broader vision [the minor in studio
art] is needed. Plus, Bowdoin only
has one photo teacher. We need
more photo teachers around here.
Besides, few of the photographers
we appreciate nowadays ever took
courses in photography. Neither did
I, but that doesn't prove anything.
Q: If you could describe
photography to the unfamiliar
person, how would you do it?
A: I would ask them to try it.
Q: How would you describe your
teaching style?
A: I like what Melville wrote: "There
are some enterprises in which a
know before taking one of your
classes?
A: Talk with someone who took it
this year. Many are surprised at the
content, work-load and money
involved.
Q: How does photography compare
with other art forms?
A: It's quite different because the
premise of photography at a liberal
arts college — not wedding
photography school — is that the
objective is to notice and put to good
use events happening around you
[the photographer]. In photography,
the exuberance of the world around
us is what we're trying to portray,
whereas the studio artist probably
works from a more disciplined and
controlled basis. Discipline in
photography comes in being ready
and observant.
Q: What's the key to being a good
photographer?
A: Keeping your view of the world
constantly fresh and trusting your
instincts—no formulas, no art
directors!
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY26, 1993
5
Arts & Leisure
^What About Black Womyn" deals with racial issues
By Nicole Devarenne
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR
This month is Black History Month, and
this weekend Bowdoin's African-American
Society is sponsoring a play "What about
Black Womyn?" in Pickard Theater.
"What about Black Womynr is being
presented by Living the Dream, a New York-
based not-for-profit organization that concerns
itself with the problems and conflicts facing
America's disadvantaged communities. The
play was written by James Chapman, who
may be familiar to Bowdoinaudiences as the
creator of "Our Young Black Men are Dying
and Nobody Seems to Care," a play that was
performed here last October.
"Our Young Black Men" dealt with the
horrifying casualties of life in the inner cities.
Itcombined humor and pathos with an almost
brutal honesty to create a world of
heartbreaking realism. One of the
remarkable aspects of the play was itslyrical
use of language: Chapman presented his
actors with a rich oral vocabulary which they
brought to life with powerful performances.
Thecharacters in "Our Young Black Men''
spoke from a place beyond death, reflecting
on their lives and on their personal
tragedies and relating the stories of their
personal and collective past and present.
The audience was finally left with a sense
of hope, extraordinary considering the
subject matter, which revealed the almost
insurmountable obstacles faced by so many
American young people.
The role of women in the play was
understated (which was understandable
considering the inherent rigid boundaries
of its focus), but Chapman did
acknowledge the tragedy of being a black
woman in a society where the men are
practically helpless and where it seems
the only option left to a woman is to
watch her world disintegrate and absorb
as much of the pain as she can.
"WhataboutBlack Womyn?"
promises to address this
issue from a different
perspective. The women in
the play are not merely
bystanders, passive co- victims
of a troubled world; they are active
participants in their own lives,
independent of men, struggling for
control of their circumstances. The
characters are Deborah, Ruth and
Naomi, three women battling
against AIDS and struggling to
find their identities both as
women and as black women.
As one of them puts it, 'This
is a play about womanhood:
those who ha ve it naturally and
those who want it desperately."
Natasha Padilla, Minister of
Culture of the African-American
Society, says that this year has
been "a pretty progressive year"
for the African- American Society,
and she believes that the Black
Arts Festival is a reflection of this.
"What about Black Womyn?"*
promises to be a thought- and
action-provoking play, an
i m porta nt experience for everyone.
"WhataboutBlack Womyn?" will
be performed this Saturday night at
8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, Visual
Arts Center.
String Quartet to perform concert series
By Bruce Speight
orient contributor
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 28, at 3:00 p.m.
the Anacapa String Quartet (ASQ) will be performing in
Kresge Auditorium. Professor of Music Elliott Schwartz
describes the quartet as "a very young group of composers."
The quartet includes two violinists, Emma Rubinstein and
The Anacapa String Quartet will play in Kresge tonight
and Sunday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Bowdoin Music
Department
Susan Parmeter, Brunswick native Kirsten Monke on viola ■
and cellist Holly Reeves.
The four women were brought together in the Fall of 1989
as the Graduate Scholarship Quartet of the University of
California, Santa Barbara's Department of Music. They had
higher aspirations, however, and therefore decided to work
together and perform professionally. In 1992, the quartet
traveled extensively.
ASQ will feature music by Pulitzer Prize-winn ing A merican
composer George Crumb titled "Black Angels" tonight and
the works of Larrence Fingerhut, winner of the 1992 Maine
Composers' Forum "String Quartet Competition" on Sunday.
All four women are accomplished musicians and have
worked with many notable musicians throughout their years
of studying music. They have all earned Master of Music
degrees and are now working on their Doctorates in Musical
Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They are
also members of the Santa Barbara Orchestra and Santa
Barbara Symphony.
The quartet will play different music in each performance.
On Friday evening they will feature George Crumb's "Black
Angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land" and Johannes
Brahms' "String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major." "Black Angels"
is a parable for our troubled contemporary world. The work
portrays a voyage of the soul through three stages: Departure
(fall from grace), Absence (spiritual annihilation) and Return
(redemption). The "black angel" symbolizes the fallen angel.
Schwartz remarked that "Black Angels" is a "very strong,
exciting, gripping and moving piece that dates from the
Vietnam era with a subtext of the nature of war.*'
On Sunday, Mozart's "String Quartet in A Major, K. 464,"
Fingerhut' s "String Quarter" and Beethoven's "String Quartet
in E Minor, op. 59, no. 2" will be performed. Fingerhut, a
resident of Maine, will be at the performance on Sunday to
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)
ADAPT sponsors Diversity Week
During the week of February 28-March 5, ADAPT
(Awareness of Differences Among People Today) will be
sponsoring their annual Diversity Week. ADAPT is an
organization that addresses issues such as racism, sexism
and homophobia to create an environment of awareness
among students.
Sunday, February 28
1:00 p.m. Diversity Leadership Institute Conference.
Students from Maine high schools will hold a forum with
any interested individuals from the Brunswick
community to discuss racism. Beam Classroom, VAC.
Tuesday, Mareh 2
7:30 p.m. Film. The Color Puqde. Beam Classroom, VAC.
Wednesday, March 3
8:00 p.m. Lecture/Hate Crimes in the 90s: How Do We
Get Along With Love Instead of Hate." Ivan Suzman, a
refugee from South Africa, will speak on apartheid and
hate crimes. His presentation will include footage of
apartheid which he smuggled from South Africa.
Thursday, Match 4
5:00 p.m. Emphasis on Diversification of the Bowdoin
Faculty. ADAPT, Bowdoin Jewish Organization,
Bowdoin Women's Association, African-American
Society, Asian Interest Group, B-GLAD and LASO will
eat dinner in silence at Coles Tower. All of those present
will then go to the quad for a candlelight vigil.
8:00 p jn. A forum with selected members of the Bowdoin
faculty will be held to discuss this issue.
Friday, March 5 *
8:00 p.m.-l 2:00a.m . Pub Night and Casino Night in the
Moulton Union. Dancing and door prizes (tapes, Bull
Moose gift certificates, free movie rentals, books and T-
shirts).
There will also be a petition in the Moulton Union on
Friday, February 26 and Tuesday, March 2, concerning
the hiring of a more diverse faculty.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1993
Senior Art Shows will begin on Saturday
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
On Saturday, February 27, a
reception will be held in the Fishbowl
Galleries of the Visual Arts Center
from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The reception
will mark the beginning of thisyear's
series of senior art exhibits which
will run every two weeks from
Saturday until the end of the
semester. The art shows will first
feature the works of Amy Sanford
'93, Lisa Dahl '93, Ben Smith '93 and
Brandon Brady '93.
Sanford will be showing prints,
photographs and drawings selected
from her art courses in Fishbowl
Gallery I . In Fishbowl Gallery II, Dahl
will focus her exhibit on only one
medium, printmaking, with
selections from her portfolio and
her"specific projects or favorite
works."
Downstairs, outside of Kresge
Auditorium, Smith is presenting the
stunning photographs of his hike
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One of Amy Sanf ord's featured prints.
Photo by Maya Khuri.
along the Pacific Crest Trail (see
the story on pages 8 and 9).
Adjoining his exhibition are
photographs of Brady's semester
in Bangladesh.
The senior art exhibits are open
to any senior who is majoring or
minoring in art, and, in some cases,
even to those students who have
simply taken art courses. This year,
theexhibitionshavebeen organized
by Professor of Art Ann Lofquist
and Joel Tarbox, a Bowdoin alum.
Sanford believes the chance to show
her work is "a really good
opportunity." Dahl concurs: "It's
fairly unusual for students to have
shows like this. We each get half a
gallery space, so that's really nice."
Sanford and Dahl spoke briefly
about their art. Sanford, who is
president of the Outing Club, tries
to integrate her love of the outdoors
into her work. Most of Sanford's art
"has a lot to do with me, with the
things around Bowdoin." She likes
doing landscapes and "natural,
organic things."
She continues with a few words
about her philosophy of art: "I think
of art as a very active, physical thing.
When I'm doing art, I'm having a
certain experience. That same
experience is not necessarily being
conveyed to the viewer, but I know
it works if they have some emotional
response. Art is not a passive or
sedentary kind of thing."
Dahl says that she is "into
contemporary art." "I try to work in
non-objective terms-I don't paint
still-lifes," she says. "I'm more
interested in how color and form
can be expressive, not in drawing a
tree so you can be impressed with
my technical ability." Commenting
on her creative process, she says, "I
try to start out with not a terribly
narrow focus. I like to work by
chance, allow the art to have a life
itself."
Both artists have been impressed
with the art program at Bowdoin,
particularly with their professor
Mark Wethli. "I think I'm a lot more
confident with my ability than when
I first got here, and that has a lot to
do with the way Mark teaches,"
says Sanford. "He's very interested
in all of his students' ideas and
values what you have to say. I
always feel that I'm building on past
things that he's told me. I feel I'm
really growing as an artist."
Dahl believes that "anybody can
be an artist. It all deals with learning
how to see, and the Art Department
is good for that. The Museum is
great, too, in terms of bringing a lot
of artists in, with whom the students
can interact and learn from."
Sanford also lauds Wethli on his
dedication in providing students
with opportunities to work with
artists. "The art world becomes very
tangible at Bowdoin," she says.
Arts & Leisure Calendar
Compiled by Emily A. Kasper
Friday, February 26
7:30 p.m. Concert Series. Concert I: Anacapa String Quartet,
University of California, Santa Barbara. Emma Rubinstein and
Susan Parmeter, violin; Kirsten Monke, viola; and Holly Reeves,
cello. Program includes works by Brahms and Crumb. Kresge
Auditorium. Seating limited. Admission: $10.00 public, $8.00
senior citizens, free with Bowdoin I.D.
9.00 p.m. Film. The Last Detail directed by Hal Ashby and starring
Jack Nicholson and Randy McQuaid. Smith Auditorium, Sills
Hall.
9:30 p.m. Performance by Indie Rock bands, Madder Rose, from
New York, and Swirlies, from Boston. Main Lounge, Moulton
Union.
Saturday, February 27
4:00-6:00 p.m. Senior Art Show opening and reception: Selected
Drawings, Paintings and Prints by Amy E. Sanford'93 and Selected
Prints by Lisa Dahl '93. Exhibition runs from February 25 through
March 11 in the Fishbowl Gallery I and II, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 p.m. Black History Month play. "What about Black
Womyn?" a two-act play produced by James Chapman and _
presented by American Program Bureau, Inc., of Boston. Kresge
Auditorium.
9:00 p.m. Film. Bringing Up Baby directed by Howard Hawks and
starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
9:30p.m. Dance. Electric Video Co. will transfer Main Lounge into
Club MTV.
i
Sunday, February 28
3:00 p.m. Concert Series. Concert II: Anacapa String Quartet (see
above). Program includes works by Beethoven, Mozart, and
Larrance Fingerhut. Kresge Auditorium.
Monday, March 1
7:30 p.m. Lecture. Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the
Humanities. "Sexuality and Its Surveillance in Classical Athens*
Jeffery J. Henderson, Professor of Classics, Boston University.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Tuesday, March 2
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and
Interpretation. "A Column of Fire" by Maria Schnaitman, teacher
inthe performing arts and therapist. Faculty room, Massachusetts
Hall.
7:00-8:30 pan. Slideshow and discussion. "Hiking the Pacific
Crest Trail." Benjamin H. Smith '93 shares his adventures. Kresge
Auditorium.
Wednesday, March 3
7:00-9:30 p.m . International Folk Dancing. An evening of
teaching and dances from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Isreal,
Turkey, and Scotland. Beginners welcome (dances will be taught
from 7:00-8:00 p.m.) $3.00 donation; free for Bowdoin students.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
9:00 p.m. Film. Burden of Dreams directed by Les Blank. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Nine-CD set provides a plethora of punk
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Rhino Records has done music
fans on at least two continents a
great service with the release of
D.I.Y., a nine-CD compilation of
some of the best songs from the first
decade of punk rock. Listening to
this collection is more like browsing
through a junk shop than finding a
hidden treasure because there's
plenty of stuff that's not worth much
mixed in with some rarities you
won't find elsewhere.
The compilation is filled with
undiscovered gems, under-
appreciated innovators and long-
since-forgotten masterpieces. Since
it would be hard to do justice to all
nineCD's (each about an hour long)
in a single review, this week I'll be
dealing with the five discs that
consist of American bands, and I'll
review the remainder (of British
bands) next week.
In terms of historical importance.
Blank Generation: The New York Scene
(1 975-78) probably packs thebiggest
punch. It features several of the
bands that defined punkin America,
the god-children of Lou Reed and
the Velvet Underground: the
Ramones, whose . essential
"Blitzkrieg Bop" is included;
Television ("See No Evil") and its
-String Quartet
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witness the performance of his
prize-winning piece.
The string quartet named
themselves "Anacapa" after a
Chumash Indian word meaning
"always changing, never the
same," which the quartet believes
is the essence of music. ASQ
promises to provide enjoyable
performances. Schwartz said that
the two recitals should be "very
exciting programs." The
performances are sponsored by
the Bowdoin College Music
Department as a part of the 1992-
93 Concert Series. Tickets are $1
for the general public, $8 for
senior citizens, and free with a
Bowdoin IDat the Moulton Union
main desk.
cousin, Richard Hell and the
Voidoids; Patti Smith Group; and,
of course, Blondie. Most of these
bands have two songs on the CE),
which is unusual for this collection,
and that stands as a testament to
their significance and quality
(although Talking Heads are
conspicuously absent).
Next comes We're Desperate: The
LA Scene (1976-79), which is
comprised of more obscure groups
and is all the stronger for it. Only the
Motels (an odd choice who sound
pretty bland alongside the others
on this disc) and X have any great
name-recognition. The songs have
all the hallmarks of LA punk: The
Dils' "I Hate The Rich," the Germs'
low-tech classic "Forming"
(recorded on a Radio Shack tape-
player), the Zippers' "You're So
Strange" and the Zeros' "Don't Push
Me Around" all give an accurate
impression of the angry populism
of the do-it-yourself ethic.
Mass. Ave.: The Boston Scene (1 975-
83) al so has its share of lesser-known
groups (like the Neats with "6" and
Human Sexual Response's campy
hit "Jackie Onassis"). But the bigger
names on this disc reveal a music
scene with an amazing depth and
breadth. The Lyres tear up "I Want
to Help You Ann" with their '60s
garage-rock sensibilities; Mission of
Burma bows in with a torrid "That's
When I Reach for My Revolver, - " the
pre-beer commercial Del Fuegos
sound like a cross between the
Replacements and Richie Valens on
the early single "I Always Call Her
Back." Even the Cars, the very
picture of Top-40 gloss, show their
roots on a demo of "You've All I've
Got Tonite." This may be the best
disc of the collection.
Shake It Up!: American Power Pop
II (1978-80) skirts a bit closer to the
mainstream than the Boston or LA
discs, but most of the songs (with
the exception of the Romantics'
"What I Like About You," an
epiphanic moment of power pop)
prove completely obscure. Do you
remember the Cryers? Or the
Rubinos? Or 20/20? Me neither, but
they're only a few of the bands that
contributeexcellent songs. The DB's
"You Wanted to Know" and the
Plimsouls' "Zero Hour" would
spellbind even the most jaded
listener. I highly recommend it.
Unfortunately, its companion
disc, Come Out and Play: American
Power Pop I (1975-78), suffers in
comparison. Cheap Trick, even with
the gritty, rocking sound exhibited
on "Southern Girls," really doesn't
do it for me, nor does Chris Bell's "I
Am the Cosmos" or Chris Stame/s
disappointing "The Summer Sun."
Next week: the British bands.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Whistler and "The Gentle Art of Patronage"
Linda Merrill, Freer Gallery curator, speaks as part of Mellon intern 's program
By Richard Miller
orient asst. arts &
leisure editor
What's in a game? The art of
human relations, according to
Thursday's slide-lecture entitled
'The Gentle Art of Patronage:
Charles Lange Freer and James
McNeill Whistler," the second of
three art history lectures sponsored
by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation.
Linda Merrill, associate curator
of American Art at the Freer Gallery
of Art in Washington D.C., used a
narrative approach to fuse the
interconnected historiesof the body
of work: the collector's evolving
aesthetic appetite and the intrigue
of his ability to finance that growing
appetite, the antagonistic artist's
self-prescribed professional
isolation and the subsequent
turbulent course of their
relationship.
The collector was Charles Freer, a
businessman whose "surprisingly
refined artistic taste" more than
made up for his lack of formal
eduction in the subject. Freer was
discouraged by the art forms he
found to be "imposing" and
"intimidating," such as oils and
sculpture, but his interest was soon
fostered by the "simplicity" and
"stark beauty" of printwork which
he found to be "approachable."
Freer took a particular interest in
the work of James Whistler, the
infamously antisocial artist whose
genius had been clouded by the
reputation that preceded him. Freer
sought to gain greater access to
Whistler's work by establishing a
professional relationship as
Whistler's patron. When his
determination proved equal to
Whistler's belligerence, a
relationship based on mutual
respect was formed.
In examining this relationship,
which would prove to be
tempestuous, the lecture showed the
fine line patrons must walk in
relation to temperamental artists.
Freer, who was introduced to
Asian art by Whistler, recognized
themes common to Babylonian,
Egyptian and Chinese art in
Whistler's work. Freer marveled at
the fact that Whistler had little
contact with such culture and yet
exhibited the brilliance of those
cultures' masters. "The more I see
of the best art of the universe, the
more I see the universality of
Whistler's work. He has the power
to broaden our culture and elevate
the human mind."
Freer's vast collection of Asian
and Whistler works gave him the
opportunity to expand the
conventional role of patron. He
began to experiment with eclectic
arrangements of disparate pieces
"adding his own artistic sense to
create a 'harmonistic whole' within
which individual pieces
complement one another to create a
'fertile union.'" Freer described this
process as "weaving the loose and
broken threads of a tapestry."
The lecture was given in
conjunction with the exhibition
"Whistler as Printmaker: His
Sources and Influence on his
Followers," which will appear at
the Bowdoin Museum of Art from
April 27 to June 6.
Liverdun, 1858, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, is one of the prints Merrill discussed at the gallery talk,
held last night in Beam Classroom. Photo courtesy of Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Pacific Crest Trail provides highs and lows
Smith and Wheeler hike 2,665 miles from Mexico to Canada
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
"One more push to get over the
pass. I can do it." With snow falling
heavily, my stomach grumbling for
food, I almost stopped to rest, to
place my 55-pound MountainSmith
pack on the cold and white ground.
But something propelled me to
continue, to put one step in front of
the other. Ben was leading, and his
desire to continue to hike motivated
me to join him at the top of 7,000 foot
Firecreek Pass in the Northern
Cascades of Washington.
Taking my last steps through
snow drifts a foot deep, I reached
Ben at the top. We embraced. We
"As every day was
checked off on our
itinerary and as every
mile was walked, we
sensed the end. We
loved the trail so
much that we wanted
to continue all the
way to Alaska, if such
a trail existed. "
both understood our pain, the
burning of our quad and calf
muscles, the love to hike up to eight
hours and our determination to walk
from Mexico to Canada. We were
1 20 miles from there or theCanadian
border.
There" loomed in the back of my
mind from day one on April 1 at the
Mexican border. In fact on the
second day out, I could see us
finishing in September; this goal and
pursuit of reaching Canada was
something attainable. I knew we
could get 'there.'
I knew about 'there' at the age of
12. As my family spent a weekend
hiking in northern Oregon, we came
across two bearded hikers.
"Mexico," they responded after we
asked them where they had started;
Canada would be their destination.
They hiked on a trail, known as the
Pacific Crest Trail, a 2665-mile
continuous path through the West.
My family headed south; the two
guys north. But the idea of hiking
daily did not depart from my
thoughts.
April, our first month, brought us
physical and mental challenges.
Although we lifted weights, ran a
little and played basketball to train
during last January and February,
we both decided that actual hiking
would build our calfs and discipline
our legs. For the first two weeks, we
were in pain. Ben especially had
trouble with his knees.
The mental challenges, perhaps,
posed more problems than our
physical ailments. On our 13th day
out, tons of snow concealed the
location of the trail; we were left
with our common sense, map and
compass. Only after sinking to our
knees in snow every step for a day
and a half did we find the trail. This
trial made me rethink why I was
doing this. I would not have made it
through this ordeal or even crossed
the Canadian border without Ben's
encouragement and field expertise.
After hiking through 500 miles in
the desert in Southern California,
the Sierra Nevada mountains
loomed on the horizon. It was an
entirely different trip once we hit
the Sierras.
John Muir, founder of the Sierra
Club, explored the Sierras in t he late
1800s, climbing mountains without
the use of crampons or ice-axes.
"How did he do it?" I asked myself
after traversing treacherous
snowfields. One of his essays, "A
Near View of the High Sierra,"
describes his thoughts as he
encountered the Sierra.
On the eastern flank of 1 3,300 foot
Mt. Rittner, Muir sized up his
chances to summit the mountain: "I
After using their ice axes to climb up steep snow clad slopes, Andrew Wheeler and Ben Smith enjoy the views
from 11,900 foot Clen Pass in the High Sierra in late May 1992. As Wheeler and Smith would learn later,
climbing down is harder and more dangerous than ascending. Photo by Phil Peterson.
would only approach the mountain
now, and inspect it, creep about its
flanks, learn what I could of its
history. But we little know until
tried how much of the
uncontrollable there is in us, urging
over glaciers and torrents and up
perilous heights, let the judgment
forbid as it may."
Indeed, there was "the
uncontrollable" in me in the Sierras.
After conquering 14,494 foot Mt.
Whitney on May 17, "the
uncontrollable" was unleashed! I felt
invincible as I trekked across snow-
clad passes. With confidenceand an
daring attitude, I jumped from rock
to rock or sun cup to sun cup with
on the descents of each high pass in
the Sierras.
The challenge was to stay on my
feet. I fell twice, and the ice axe
prevented me sliding down the
slope. In hindsight, I should have
taken more time, chopping steps
with my ice axe. But "the
uncontrollable" seized me.
At the top of each high pass, Ben
and I relaxed, drank water and
charted our descent. We also
enjoyed the majestic views; dramatic
granite formations surrounded us.
Standing atop Mt. Rittner, Muir
wrote, "The eye, rejoicing in its
freedom, roves about the vast
expanse, yet returns again and again
to the fountain peaks." These
fountain peaks are the Sierras.
After the Sierras, we followed the
Cascade Range from Northern
California to Canada. We literally
walked on the crest for 130 miles in
northwestern California; these
views afforded us glimpses of the
Klama ths in the distance.
We hit the 1,660 mile mark and
the Oregon border on July 18.
Somehow the misery of fending off
mosquitoes escaped us in Oregon
because of the dry year. In late July,
the hiking became a little boring.
Climbing Mt. McLoughlin, Mt.
Thielsen and South Sister
fortunately broke up the monotony
of hiking 20-mile days.
Hiking through Washington was
more difficult, but more rewarding
than our journey through Oregon.
Climbing 12,276 foot Mt. Adams in
Southern Washington was
definitely a high; we could see the
Cascades in Northern Oregon as
well as in Northern Washington.
Granite peaks in the Alpine Lakes
Wilderness in Central Washington
reminded us of the Sierras.
As every day was checked off on
our itinerary and as every mile was
walked, we sensed the end. We
loved the trail so much that we
wanted to continue all the way to
Alaska, if such a trail existed.
The weather dampened our
spirits during the last two weeks.
The summit and descent of Firecreek
Pass propelled us to roll into
Stehekin, our last resuppry point.
Ed Kostak, another PCT thru-hiker,
joined us for the last 87 miles. After
2660 miles and many memories, we
would be 'there' in four days.
Ben Smith and Andrew Wheeler began walking by 6 30 a.m. every day.
By die end of the day, they would walk around 20 miles. Photo by Ben
Smith.
A guide to long-distance hiking lingo
Here is a sample of terms used by
hikers. Some definitions come
from Ray Jardine's book The PCT
Hiker's Handbook.
Thru-Hiker Anyone attempt-
ing to hike a long distance trail in
one season. In a given year,
around 10-20 people complete the
Pacific Crest Trail in one season.
In contrast, as many as 500 people
walk the 2100-mile Applachian
Trail.
Stealth Camping: Make a
hidden camp and maintain a low
profile away from everyone else.
Smith and Wheeler often camped
a hundred feet off the trail to
minimize the impact of the
environment. On several
occassions they ate dinner at 6
p.m. and then hiked in the cool
hours of early evening At camp,
they devoured their desert and
went to bed.
Ticks: This annoying animal is
flat, roundish and eight-legged.
Ticks live in brush, weeds, leaf
litter and duff. They feed on the
blood of mammals. They certainly
fed on Wheeler's blood; four ticks
bit him in Southern California with
the first attacking him on the third
day of the trip. Smith was more
fortunate, as he avoided any bites.
Brain Lock: This occurs to hikers
when fear gripes them as they are
half way across a steep snow slope.
They just cannot go any further.
Their brains will not let them for
fear of falling and sliding down the
slope.
Post Holing: As the sun shines on
snow clad slopes, the snow becomes
softer and softer as the day
progresses. By late morning or
certainly by early afternoon, the
hiker laden with a heavy pack begins
to sink in the snow up to his or her
knees or crotch. Smith and Wheeler
experienced Post Holing hiking
around Mt. San Jincto in Southern
California as well as in the High
Sierra. To say the least, it is not fun!
Ice Axe: A light-weight steel pick
which prevents the hiker from
sliding down a slope,Jt can also
be used for digging trenches on a
rainy day and digging cat holes.
Drops/Mail: Every week or so,
hikers retreat to towns to pick up
food and supplies, sent by a family
member or trusted friend. Kitty
Wheeler sent all of the 25 boxes to
Smith and Wheeler via general
delivery. Chuck and Judy Smith
also sent food along the way. And
it was always nice to receive mail
from anybody.
Come see Ben
Smith 's photo
exhbit, 'To Walk
from Mexico to
Canada/'
February 26-March 12
Visual Arts Center
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
9
Hiking as a way of life, fulfillment
By Ben Smith
orient contributor
Little did I know when I agreed
with Andrew that I would hike the
Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) with him
what I was committing myself to.
Dreams like that are rooted in
childhood ambitions and collegiate
whims.
Even when the time came to
shoulder my pack at the Mexican
border in the rain, the thought of
actually finishing was remote. The
only reality I felt was the seventeen
miles I had to walk that first day.
In the first month of the trail, I
encountered physical and mental
challenges that tested my strengths
and highlighted my weaknesses.
My knees developed a painful shock
with each step, and the countless
hours hiking alone challenged my
sanity.
Each time I found myself thinking
of quitting, I was reminded of the
goal that I had set myself and
somehow endured.
I set out with the goal of gaining
a looser understanding of the
wilderness that I was living with
and a connection with the nomadic
and simple life 1 would lead for the
next six months. A mountain would
rise in the North, to which I would
walk, then a new mountain would
emerge and beckon me onward,
dragging me along the path to
Canada.
I gained a sincereconnection with
the Mojave desert, the Sierra, and
Cascade mountain ranges and their
respective moods. In turn, I learned
a lot about my connections with the
geology and life of the wilderness
around me.
To a certain extent, I was going on
this trek to get away from the intense
social atmosphereofBowdoin. I was
going to places as remote as can be
found in the United States, without
the pressure of jobs, school and, for
"The rituals of setting up
and breaking down camp,
cooking dinner and
repairing broken gear
became more than a part of
my life."
that matter, people all together.
What I found however, was that I
was face to face with the people and
lifestyle of rural America.
With each person we met, each
small town we stumbled into
smelling of a week of hiking, we
were met with a genuine interest in
our ambitions and a willingness to
share with us a lifestyle that is
honest, hardworking and colorful.
By talking to unemployed loggers,
postal workers, families and hikers
I gained a respect and awe for the
Mammoth 14/410 toot ML Raider looms in the background in Central
Washington. Hiking on the crest affords fantastic views. Photo by Ben
Smith.
Ben Smith and Andrew Wheeler will share
slides of their trip to the Bowdoin
community.
Tuesday, March 2 at Kresge Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
people of the West and the lives
they lead. At almost every town we
entered, we were met by people
who offered their homes, showers
and advice in exchange for nothing
more than our company.
Throughout the length of the trail,
I was able to spend my countless
hours of thought and idle time doing
the things I have wanted to do since
I came to Bowdoin. Reading
whatever I wanted, taking
photographs, writing letters,
identifying plants and thinking up
amusing things passed countless
hours.
The rituals of setting up and
breaking down camp, cooking
dinner and repairing broken gear
became more than a part of my life.
It was my survival and my home, all
neatly packed on my back. Only by
separating myself from any
obligations except hiking each day
was I able to figure out what I
wanted to be and believe.
Andrew and I walked across the
Canadian border changed, not only
by the accomplishment, but also by
the experiences and people we met,
embraced, and came to hold dear to
us.
I can say to myself now "I have
hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail,
from Mexico to Canada and
experienced all it had to offer me".
It is the reality of the trail lifestyle
that I can look to and learn from.
After two years, my dreams have
become reality.
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Preparation requires organization
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
We grew up hiking with friends
and family in the west. I in Portland,
Oregon. He in Salt Lake City, Utah .
Little did we know that our paths
would cross, and ultimately, in the
words of Robert Frost, we "took the
road less traveled by," and it made
all the difference.
Ben Smith and I decided to hike
the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from
Mexico to Canada in August 1990.
For the next 18 months, we planned
diligently with special attention to
detail and organization. We had no
idea how much time and effort it
would require to organize a six
month walk.
We formally began to plan in
February 1991. Our innocent
idealism motivated us to write
letters to companies such as
Patagonia, North Face and REI. In
the letter, we inquired about any
discounts we might receive as
aspirant long-distance hikers.
My idealism also induced me into
thinking the unthinkable: bringing
a laptop portable computer to record
thoughts and write articles about
the trip along the way. I figured that
I could recharge the computer's
battery in towns weekly. It was just
a thought. A paper journal would
have to suffice.
We did not receive much help at
all from equipment companies
except Moss Tent of Camden, Maine,
and MountainSmith of Golden,
Colorado.
After completing our 1991 Fall
semesters, Ben and I headed home
with one focus — plan and hike the
PCT successfully. During late
January, 1992, we began reading
the PCT guidebooks and learned
quickly how much work lay ahead.
We also picked up a copy of Ray
and Jenny Jardine's book The PCT
Hiker's Handbook. The book was
based on couple's thru-hike of the
PCT in 1987 and 1991, and it
provided us with a vast amount of
information and proved to be
invaluable.
Living in Seattle last winter, Ben
commuted to Portland, where my
basement was command central.
After deciding how many days there
were between drop locations (see
long-distance jargon) and
developing a day-to-day itinerary,
we determined how much food we
would need.
February was indeed the food
month.
We bought about $1,000 worth of
food at Costco, a local discount store.
We purchased hundreds of candy
bars, macaroni and cheese,
spaghetti, granola and peanuts.
As my mother put it, our
basement was "Desert Storm," as it
was transformed into housing all of
our food. We divided up the food,
according tobreakfasts, lunchesand
dinners and then began to package
the food into 25 boxes. My mother
would later faithfully send the boxes
to towns near the trail.
Throughout the winter months,
we worked on purchasing the
necessary equipment for the trek. It
took several trips to REI and
Marmot, two retail outdoor stores
in Portland and Seattle, before we
had everything.
While we exerted much energy
on buying equipment and planning
logistics, the same cannot be said
for physical training. We lifted
weights and tried to increase our
cardiovascular capacity. But as we
would learn later during the first
two weeks, we regreted not being in
better physical shape from day one.
March came and went quickly.
We visited people here during
Spring Break. Tired of telling people
of our intention to hike for five
months, our excitement grew every
day as April 1 approached.
We hopped on the Greyhound
bus on Sunday, March 29, at 9 p.m.
in Portland. Baseball caps concealed
the baldness of our heads from the
people on the bus. Twenty hours
later, we set our feet in Claremont,
California, where Ben's sister picked
us up.
Little did we know
that our paths would
cross, and ultimately,
in the words of
Robert Frost, we
"took the road less
traveled by, " and it
made all the
difference.
She drove us down Tuesday
evening to the Mexican-United
States border at Cam po. We pitched
our Moss tent amidst rain, and the
next day— on Wednesday, April 1 —
we would begin our journey. We
would finish the trip September 14,
a week earlier than we had
forecasted on our itinerary.
Organization skills, strong
parental support, drive and a little
bit of luck are all ingredients to
planning and hiking a long distance
trail successfully.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1993
tsitsMteism
John M. Skidgel
ORIENT ART DIRECTOR
he need for food is about several hours older than the need for a
good toothpick. Bowdoin students will eat anything from fruit
to gummi bears to cheezits while rice cakes won for favorite
snack food. (NOT!) Eating around Bowdoin, whether it be at the
Deli Line, Dominoes, the Union or the Tower, the Grill, the First
Wok, or Ben n' Jerry's, is a positive experience for everyone in
the Bowdoin community. Bowdoin' s dining service is one of the
best college dining services in the country, and the restaurants
in Brunswick offer Italian, Chinese, Thai, and even Indian
cuisine. The proximity to Maine's coast places us all within close
reach of a boiled lobster dinner or a cup of chowder. For those
who like excitement, nationally known Moody's Diner is just 45
minutes north of Brunswick, while other people can travel to
Portland to find their favorite meal.
This past Tuesday the Orient hung out in the Moulton Union
and questioned 187 members of the Bowdoin community on their eating habits. The Orient did
not wish to conduct a scientific survey, but rather to garner an understanding of the way in which
college students eat food in between classes and extracurricular activities. Questions such as
where do they eat, do they snack or skip meals, and where they like to go out for dinner made
up the questionaire.
Most people found they offerings given by dining service to excellent — there was a vehement
rejection to replace dining service with McDonalds or another concessionaire. Some students
thougt it might be a good idea to put a concessionaire in the soon to be renovated Hyde cage.
There was some criticism given concerning the variety and quality of the vegetarian offerings at
both the Dining Halls. The salad bar was by far praised by vegetarians and canivores and it was
the most popular vegetarian alternative.
turns ^^m* out that students are not eating three well balanced meals a day.
Sixty-six percent of people asked said they skipped meals. Forty-
six percent of people most often missed their Wheaties before
class. Nine percent of people polled said they occasionally
skip lunch
they will regu
of receiving
and minerals
the Bear Buns
into Otis
Eleven percent of people said
larly pass up dinner. In place
their much needed vitamins
Bowdoin students frequent
cafe to sink their sweet teeth
Spunkemeyer cookies and
other confections. It
would be abnormal to ex-
pect Bowdoin Students to
eat three square meals a
day from the four basic food groups. The survey was a
confirmation that the diets of Bowdoin students are
as crazy as our weekend parties and as diverse as
the college community is becoming.
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46% of students skip breakfast
9% of students skip lunch
I \% of students skip dinner
Wentworth takes the cake!
34% prefer to
eat at the Union
66% prefer to eat
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ome students "slurp nutrients in all day and night" while others are content
with snacking on beer, or subsisting on "rice and water." One student felt the
ambience at Wentworth lacks the intimacy of the Unionbut who really cares
if you're a student not on board snacking on macaroni and cheese and
chunky monkey ice cream.
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1993
SPORTS
. Men's basketball splits two home games
Polar Bears lose to UNE, but rebound by crushing Emerson 91-68
By Derek Armstrong
orient asst. sports editor
A month ago, the men's basketball
team was 6-6 after three straight
losses on the road toColby, Amherst
and Williams. Since that low point,
the team has been almost
unstoppable, going 8-3 and surging
toward the ECAC playoffs. During
this recent run, the victories have
come in dominant fashion and with
one exception, a 79-60 loss to Bates,
the setbacks have come by five
points or less.
Still, Friday's loss to the
University of New England in the
crucial second-to-last weekend of
the season may have taken the team
out of playoff contention. In a close
game, the visiting Knights managed
to prevail by a score of 76-71 to drop
Bowdoin's record to 13-9.
The team notched its 14th win
two days later against Emerson, but
unless it grabs a 15th win tomorrow
night against 18-5 Colby, post-
season play is more or less out of the
question. Even if the squad does
down the rival White Mules, a
potential playoff berth may still slip
out of the grasp of Polar Bear paws.
At the beginningof Friday's game,
it seemed as if the UNE Knights 06-
8) might fall victim to Polar Bear
aggressive offense and defense by
as wide a margin as the Bears' two
previous opponents, who had fallen
by 24 and 50 points, jumping out to
a 9-3 lead, the Bears seemed to be on
cruise control for the first four
minutes of the game. Play soon
evened out, however, as the visitors
tied things up and went on to lead
by as many as six (22-16).
At this point, Captain Tony
Abbiati '93 and Alex Arata '96
completely took over, between them
scoring 21 of the team's final 23
points of the half. Abbiati started
thingsoff with a lay-up which made
it 17-14, and Arata soon knifed a
foul-line jumper to cut the visitors'
lead to 20-16. At 22-16, the duo hit
the Knights with a barrage of long-
distance shots, as Arata nailed back
to back three-pointers and Abbiati
followed with a trey and a jumper
from just inside the arc. The Knights
managed one hoop, but still couldn't
contain the pair, who went on to
push the lead out to nine on two
Arata free-throws and two Abbiati
hoops.
Undaunted, the Knights put
together their own 10-0 run to steal
the lead just before half-time. With
:02 remaining on the clock, Nick
Browning '95 managed to steal it
back to give the Bears a 35-34 edge
heading into the locker room.
The second half did not start as
well for the home team as Browning
had one of his shots swatted away
on the Bears' first possession. The
teams swapped hoops for awhile,
resulting in several lead changes
early in the half, but before long the
UNE squad strung together a couple
hoops to establish a 47-41 lead and
force a Bowdoin time-out.
Browning, the team's leading scorer,
was having an off-night shooting,
but he came alive after the time-out.
He took an alley-oop pass from
Elijah Whitehead '94 for a dunk to
cut the lead to four (4945) and, later,
scored five straight points in 30
seconds to tie the score. Showing
his versatility, Browning canned a
three and proceeded to steal the ball
on the following UNE possession.
The resulting lay-up tied the score
at 51-51.
With 5:55 remaining in the game,
Eric Bell '93 tied things again with a
jumper which made it 58-58 and put
him over 1,000 points for his
Bowdoin career. After scoring the
first four points of the contest, Bell
couldn't seem to get his shot to go
down and stood at 999 for much of
the game. The crowd, which had let
out a sigh as each of Bell's previous
attempts at 1,000 rolled in and out
of the hoop, gave the senior a short
standing ovation before play
resumed.
An Abbiati full-court drive gave
Bowdoin the lead, but it proved to
be the team's last. The UNE squad
hit a three-pointer to go up 61-60
and soon pushed the lead back out
to five. A Browning jumper closed
the gap to two (67-65) and forced a
UNE time-out with 1 :37 remaining,
but the visitors held tough. Coming
out of the TO, the Knights were
patient and managed to score after
milking down the shot clock. Strong
UNE shooting from the free-throw
line down the stretch offset three-
pointers by Abbiati and Jason Kirck
'96 in the final minute, and the
visitors held on to win, 76-71.
'To give them credit, they're a
good solid basketball team, and they
played well," said Coach Tim
Gilbride. 'They did a good job using
the speed of their tall guys and
flashing to the middle."
Gilbride was understandably
more satisfied with the result of
Sunday's game against Emerson.
The game was never very close after
the first few minutes as the 6-18
Emerson squad fell to the Bears by a
final of 91-68.
The visitors, who arrived with
only seven players, managed to shut
out the home team for the first two-
and-a-half minutes of the game
before the Bears got into it on the
strength of their old stand-by: the
three-point shot. After Pete
Marchetti '93 hit one and Abbiati hit
two, the team offense began to flow,
turning a 4-0 deficit into a 19-9
advantage. The Bears explored all
their offensive options in going on a
1 6-4 run which gave them a 25 point
lead (46-21 ), their largest of the half.
The Bears led by 22 (53-31) at half-
time.
In the second half the scoring was
more even, as the Bears ended up
outscoring their opponents by only
one. The visitors never got closer
than 20, however, while going down
by at times as much as 28 points.
The Emerson squad's
considerable shooting difficulties
were a big factor in the loss. The
visitors shot only 29 % from the field,
including a horrid 1 for 15 (7%)
from three-point land. By contrast,
the Bears shot 49% for the game and
6 for 16 from behind the arc. The
Bears also outrebounded their
opponents 56-38. The one area in
which Emerson did excel was free-
throw shooting, as the team shot
87% (27 for 31) from the line. The
Emerson leading scorer shot only 5
for 15 from the field, but still had 29
points due to a torrid 19 for 20 from
the charity stripe.
The Bears put six people in double
figures as everyone in uniform saw
Senior center Michael Ricard (#30)
two points.
playing time. Browning led the way
with 20 points, while Abbiati was
close behind with 16. Bell had 12,
and Marchetti, Arata and Craig
Vezina '96 had 10 points apiece.
Regarding the team's playoff
hopes, Gilbride said, "A lot of things
have to fall into place. We're on the
outside looking in."
Following the end of the season
this weekend, a committee will
convene to decide which teams
qualify for the playoffs based on
record and head -to-head
competition . The Bears suffer in both
categories when compared to ECAC
rivals Tufts, Amherst, Williams and
slips one past the UMA defense for
Photo by Maya Khuri.
Colby, all of whom have beaten the
Bears and have as good or better
records. Furthermore, teams like
Ana Maria and Coast Guard, whom
the Bears did not play, are strong
contenders due to their success
against a much easier schedule.
Still, a victory against Colby
would bea step in the right direction.
"Right now, we just have to look
forward to the gameagainst Colby,"
said Gilbride. "It'llbe a good game —
it's a great rivalry — and it will also
be the last game for our seniors."
The final game begins tomorrow
night at 7:30 pm in Morrell
Gymnasium.
Week in Sports
Date Team
2/26 Men's Hockey
Skiing
Men's Squash
Women's Squash
Men's Indoor Track
Women's Indoor Track
Women's Swimming
2/27 Men's Basketball
Men's Hockey
O pponent Time
Babson 7:00 p.m.
Division I @ Mi ddlebury TBA
Team Nationals @ Princeton TBA
Individual Nationals TBA
New England's @ BU 6:00 p.m.
New England's @ URI 6:00 p.m.
New England's © Wesleyan TBA
Colby 7:30 p.m.
St Anselm 3:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball Team Leaders
Nick Browning
18.1 points/game
Nick Browning
6.8 rebounds /game
Tony Abbiati
4.1 assists/game
Nick Browning
.561 Meld goal %
Alex Arata
.844 free throw %
Mike Ricard
22 season blocks
Tony Abbiati
•
77 season steals
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
13
Men's hockey streaks to pair of victorie:
Team breezes by Holy Cross and tops Connecticut College by one
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin men's hockey team
is one step closer to reaching the
playoffs with two victories this past
weekend. The Bears' record now
stands at an impressive 12-7-2.
The two victories against The
Collegeof the Holy Cross (February
19) and Connecticut College
(February 20) continued Bowdoin's
seven game unbeaten streak in
which they have amassed five wins
and two ties. They currently stand
in seventh place in the ECAC
Division III East standings.
On February 19, the Holy Cross
Crusaders invaded Dayton Arena
for the teams' second meeting of the
year. The Crusaders held a record
of 7-13 overall and 7-10 in the league.
Holy Cross was never in this game
as the Bears literally skated circles
around them en route to an 8-3
victory.
The offensive explosion for
Bowdoin came with 3:48 left in the
first period. The Bears, leading 1-0
on a goal by Marcello Gentile '95,
proceeded to add three more scores
in less than two minutes. Sparked
by Torey Lomenda's '94 goal at 3:48,
Joe Gaffney '95 followed with his
nineteenth and tewntieth goals of
the season to make it 4-0. The game,
purely academic at this point, was
highlighted by Gentile's hat trick,
his first of the season. Bowdoin
swept Holy Cross from the ice with
the proficiency of the Zamboni,
using their sharp passing and fast
skating to thouroughly dominate
the Crusaders at both ends of the
rink.
On February 20 the Bears faced
another less than medicore team,
the Connecticut College Camels.
The Camels, coming off a February
1 9 victory over Colby, were sporting
a record of 5-10-1 in the ECAC.
Despite the lackluster year, the
Camels gave Bowdoin a competitive
match, eventually succumbing 6-5.
After a slow start, the Bears
jumped on the board first, when
Charlie Gaffney '95 netted his
t went fifth goal of the season. Conn.
College tied it up two minutes later.
The Bears responded lessthanthirty
seconds later on Gaffney' s second
goal of the afternoon. Conn, tied it
again and after one period the score
was 2-2.
Beginning in the second period, it
became apparent that this was a
special day in Polar Bear hockey
history. After netting his third goal
of the game at 4:18 and his third hat
trick of the season, Charlie Gaffney
added two assits to his total. The
two assists eclipsed the single-
season record for most assists in a
season by a Polar Bear hockey
player. It was a truly remarkable
day for Gaffney who broke the
record set by John McGeough in the
1984-85 season and garnered five
points, leading the Bears to victory
over Conn. College.
Coach Terry Meagher
commented on Gaffney's
acheivment, "It's an honor to have
him on the team, and this
demonstrates that he can be counted
among the premier players of the
league. However, this
accomplishment is secondary to
Charlie's commitment to the team.
He comes ready to compete in
practice as well as every game and
corroborates the old saying that it
takes more than talent to succeed."
Despite Gaffney's performance,
Bowdoin did not walk away with
Marcello Gentile '95 controls the
brought their record to 12-7-2.
this match. Up 5-3 early in the third
period, Conn. College inched to
within one at 8:25 of the third to
make it 5-4. The Bears seemed to put
it out of reach with an empty-net
goal with thirty-seven seconds left
to make it 6-4. Keeping the goalie
out, Conn. College scored with just
fifteen seconds left and almost tied
it up in the remain moments of the
game. However, goalie Darren
puck against Connecticut College during the team's 6-5 victory which
Photo by Carey Jones.
Hersh '93 preserved the win for the
Bears.
Coach Meagher said of the two
games, "These were obviously big
games for us. After beating Holy
Cross we came back and played a
very tough opponent. They
challenged us but we were able to
pull out the victory in a tight game."
Bowdoin's last two games will be
crucial, for they could decide whther
or not they make the post season.
They face their perennial nemisis,
Babson College on Friday, February
26, and St. Anselm's College the
following day, February 27. Coach
Meagher feels that, "These games
couldn't be any more important.
We must play our best hockey at the
end of the season because we never
know how the seeding committee is
going to place us."
Two victories over Colby boost women's hockey
Polar Bears exceed expectations and finish strong season with 10-6 record
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient sports editor
After losing a heartbreaker in
overtime to Colby at home, the
women's hockey team rebounded
in the Middlebury Tournament,
beating the host squad 3-2 and then
edging Colby in OT 5-4 to take the
championship.
The next week, the Polar Bears
suffered a first-round setback
against R.I.T. in the Bowdoin
Invitational by a score of 6-2. In the
consolation match, the team once
again faced Colby and managed to
top the Mules 5-4 to finish the season
with a 10-6 record.
Against Middlebury, the team
overcame their emotional loss to
Colby and played a strong game in
beating Middlebury 3-2. The key
performer in this game was goalie
Dagan Klein '95 who stopped many
dangerous scoring opportunities to
preserve the one-goal victory. Said
Head Coach David Woodruff,
"Dagan came up with some
outstanding plays against
Middlebury which kept us in the
game. She really came through with
a clutch performance."
The Polar Bears had their chance
to gain revengeagainst Colby when
they faced the Mules in the
championship match. For the first
two periods, the team was
constantly one goal down as Colby
was able to stay a step ahead . In the
third period, Nan Gorton '96 tallied
her second goal of the game to send
it into overtime. Senior Co-captain
Carol Thomas overcame a scorless
regulation to record the
gamewinner in overtime on a pretty
backhand shot.
Last weekend, the Polar Bears
returned home to host a tournament
of their own, inviting R.I.T., Boston
College and Colby. In the first match,
the team ran up against a strong
R.I.T. team who won easily by a
final score of 6-2. Notching goals in
thedisappointing loss were Gorton
and Thomas.
Once again, the team was
matched up against Colby, this time
in the consolation match. Starting
the game for the Polar Bears were
the line of Anne Read, Thomas and
Rebekah Eubanks, the only seniors
on the squad playing in their last
Bowdoin hockey game. As in the
The women's hockey team poses for a group photo.
previous meeting the game turned effort,
into a closely-played and emotional
match. The Polar Bears emerged
victorious in their last match of the
season by topping the Mules 5-4,
Coach Woodruff, reflecting on his
team's play, was very impressed
with the talent level and effort
exhibited this season. The team
this time without havmg to go to an played much better than most
extra period. Both Gorton and people expected coming into the
Thomas finished their season in season," he said. "With the
typical fashion, each scoring two exception of a mid-season lull, the
goals in the victory. Co-captain Read players have had a very strong
also added a goal in the winning showing against some tough
Photo by Erin SuUivan.
competition."
The prospects look bright for the
women's hockey team as they will
lose only three players and return a
strong nucleus of younger players.
As Coach Woodruff said, "No one
person can replace Carol Thomas,
but I feel that we have a solid, young
squad which will be able to match
this year's effort and perhaps do
better."
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Nordic ski team takes
Division II Championship
By Tammy Ruter
orient contributor
Regardless of all the changes
taking place at Bowdoin, one thing
remains constant: the domination
of the ski team. Last weekend,
Bowdoin skiers traveled to New
Hampshire, site of the 1993 NCAA
Division II Championships. The
tension was high, but excitement
soon broke through as nordic racers
skied their way to individual
victories, as well as capturing the
first team title in over six years.
The nordic events were held at
Waterville Valley, where two
challenging races decided half of
the team title. The first day
presented both men and women
with grueling and mountainous
terrain of 20km and 15km skating
races. The second day posed a more
difficult challenge as the racers
prepared for 10km and 5km
classical races. The key to success
in these races was no longer
endurance, it was speed.
Leading the men's nordic team
with incredible personal races were
Jason Rand '94 and Cam Wobus
'95. Rand won the classical race
and placed fifth in the skating.
Wobus skied strongly and
consistently, finishing third in both
races. Other outstanding
performances were contributed by
And rew Hartsig '95, Captain Chris
Badger '93, Tom Eng '95 and Jeff
Dunleavy '95. Hartsig placed fifth
in the classical race to seal a
Bowdoin victory on day two, when
three individuals placed in the top
five spots.
The presence of the women's
nordic team was felt yet again as
they continued to ski over their
competition. Anthea Schmid '94
led the team, skiing to impressive
second-place finishes in both races.
She was closely followed by Co-
captain Tammy Ruter '93 who
placed third both days. The
domination continued as Jennifer
Roberson '93 and Co-captain Anna
Glass *93 skied "out of their minds"
in the 15km skate to finish fourth
and fifth, respectively. The winning
On the first day, which placed four
individuals in the top five,
continued on day two with Heidi
Sherman '95 and her amazing
fourth place finish in the classical
race. This win gave the Bears yet
another tally of three skiers in the
top five of Division II. Sherman
also placed in the top ten on day
one, while Heather Standly '95
skied incredibly well for her first
Division II Championship
appearance
The nordic skiiers will travel to
Middlebury with Coach Carrie
McCusker this weekend, where
they will compete in the NCAA
Division I Championships. The
Bears will race against some of the
best skiers in the country and
represent the College well with
their high spirits and love for the
sport of skiing.
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Women's basketball ends season
with victories over Colby, UNE
By Jeff Coad
orient contributor
Victories had been few and far
between for the women's basketball
team this season until last week, as
the Bears won two straight to finish
the year against Colby and the
University of New England.
Perrenial power and arch-rival
Colby was the first of the Polar Bears'
victims last Wednesday night, as
Bowdoin overcame a nine point
deficit in the second half to post a
60-52 victory.
The victory was especially sweet
for senior Lisa Morang. As Coach
Shapiro said, "Morang was
consistent all year long, and this
was a good way for her to close out
her career. Especially the win over
Colby." Laura Schultz'96onceagain
led the way for Bowdoin, as she
pumped in 27 points against the
White Mules.
The Polar Bears closed out the
season last Friday night as they
squeaked out a 63-61 victory over
the University of New England. This
game came down to the wire, as
Bowdoin overcame a six point deficit
at half time to take a four point lead
with a minute and a half to go in
regulation.
However, the University of New
England came right back with four
quick points to tie the game at 61.
UNE had a chance to go ahead, but
Morang came up with a big rebound
that would set up the winning score.
Bowdoin then went for the sure
thing, a Schultz corner jumper for
the victory. The short 15 footer from
the corner wouldn't fall, but Schultz
rebounded her own shot and
knocked down a foul line jumper
for the 2 point Bowdoin lead with 8
First-year guard Jennifer Flynn (#32) gets the bucket and the foul in a
recent home game. Photo by Carey Jones.
seconds remaining. The 10 rebounds, while Jen Flynn '96
Jordanesque effort by Schultz held pitched in with 12 assists for the
up as the Bears played tough defense Bears while committing just 3
to keep UNE from getting a shot up turnovers as the Bears posted a 63-
in the waning seconds. 61 win. The Bears now look forward
Schultz scorched the nets with 28 to next season with a good young
points and also added 10 rebounds, nucleus of players who have much
Airami Bogle '95 had 1 7 points and experience under their belts.
Women's track places third in New England's
By Darcy Storin
orient staff writer
Last Saturday, Bowdoin hosted
the 1993 New England Women's
Div. Ill Indoor Track and Field
Championships. The day was one
of glory slightly tinged with
disappointment as the Bears placed
an impressive third behind Williams
and Tufts.
At the Farley Field House,
Bowdoin demonstrated that it is
reaching its peak at just the right
time as the women had some of
their most impressive showings of
the season. Of the eighteen colleges
competing, Bowdoin was expected
to fight with Brandeis for a third
place finish. Yet Bowdoin took the
lead early in the meet, closely
followed by Williams, Tufts and
Brandeis. With some pleasant
surprises, the Bears continued to
rack in the points and Bowdoin
began to entertain hopes of an
ultimate victory.
But as the last events were run
and the points tallied up it became
clear that a total victory would be
denied. The story was a farmiliar
one as the strength of the
competition's middle distance
relays extinguished Bowdoin's
claim for first place. Yet the team
could not help but be immensely
pleased with its 86 points, eighteen
more than third place Brandeis.
The stars of the meet were the
same that have performed
consistently well all season. Staci
Bell '95 dominated her events as she
seized a first place in the shot put.
Bell upset the first seed from Salve
Regina in a stunning performance.
The fourth seeded Bell knew she
had won the event before her last
attempt and treated her last throw
lightly, but her last effort was an
incredible two feet better than her
previous personal best, with a mark
of 1 1 37 m. Bell exlaimed, "I have no
idea where that came from!" Bell
also placed fifth in the 201b. weight
throw with a toss of 12:71m.
^ Amy Toth *95 also posted victory
as she took the 55m hurdles in a
decisive8.5 seconds. Her time was a
personal record and a Bowdoin
indoor track record. Toth also placed
third in the high jump with 157m
and ran a leg on the fourth place
4X400m relay team.
Possibly the most exciting race
for the Bears was the 4X200m relay.
Bowdoin defended its tiltle in this
event by crossing the line 20 yards
in front of the competion. Amy Toth
handed off to second leg Liz Iannotti
"96 in second place. Iannotti pulled
into first in the first straightaway
and the team never loked back as
the clean hand offs to Sarah Souk
"95 and Erin CNeiU "93 resulted in
a first place performance with a time
of 1:48.4. Their mark was just one
second off the school record made
last year.
The competion was haunted by
O'Neill and Soule as they
collectively placed in six events.
Besided running legs on the 800m
and 1600m relays the point mongers
placed in all their other respective
events. O'Neill placed an impressive
second in the long jump with a leap
5.05 m and took sixth in the triple
jump. She also placed a close fourth
in the 400m in a time of 1 :00 .2. Soule
seized fifth place against an
extremely fast bunch in the 55m
dash, and also took fourth in the
200m dash.
Eileen Hunt "93 ran the 3000m
and 5000m with style as she placed
second in both. Hunt suffered in the
3000m from her trade mark
conservative start as her competion
from Colby took an ealy lead and
maintained a fast pace.
Gene McCarthy '93 ran her best
race of the season, breaking her
personal record in the 1500m by six
seconds. Her time of 454 was good
enough for a sixth place finish and
was only four^ seconds shy of a
National qualifying time.
The Bowdoin team travels to the
University of Rhode Island today
for the Open New Englands.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1 993
15
Men's track races to seventh place at New England's
By Pat Callahan
orient staff writer
The men's indoor track team
traveled to Waltham, MA, last
weekend to take on all comers at the
New England Division III
Championships. For a team that had
been overmatched throughout the
regular season, finishing just below
.500, the Polar Bears were the
surpriseof the meet, placing seventh
with only 15 points separating them
from the third place team. Coach
Slovenski cited the hard work and
determination of his seniors as the
primary reasons for the Bears superb
finish.
"Most of the teams came down
here with twice the amount of
people we had," said Gxaptain
Nate McClennen '93, "so I think it
says a lot that we placed so high."
McClennen played a major role
in Bowdoin's spectacular
performance. After just barely
making the final of his 800 meter
race, the senior used his four years
of experience to settle into second
place, almost 30 meters behind the
leader. As the race progressed, he
and first-year Logan Powell steadily
chipped away at the deficit
and,eventually separating
themselves from the pack, came
within one second of the win,
capturing second and third places
in 157.9.
Co-captain Dave Wood '93
teamed up with Rick Ginsberg '93
in the 1000 meter to seize fourth and
sixth places, respectively. Earlier
that day, Wood won his qualifying
heat to register his fastest time of the
season by over a second. Thanks to
Wood and Ginsberg, the Polar Bears
were the only team to place two
runners in the top six.
One unique characteristic of the
New England Championships is its
use of qualifying heats for many of
the events. This undoubtedly helped
the Bears due to the fact that many
of them were accustomed to running
two to three races in each regular
season meet. Their hard work paid
off as Bowdoin's athletes looked
extremely strong in their finals. This
was especially evident in the case of
the 500 meter race where senior Nga
Selzer ended up second overall after
barely making it through the first
round. "I was nervous going into
the final because I almost didn't
even make it, but Dave (Wood) told
me to relax and just run my own
race, so that's the approach I took."
It obviously worked, as Selzer
started off towards the rear of the
pack, but in the courseof the last 200
meters picked off four competitors,
almost claiming the victory in'"*
quick 1:07.1.
First-year runner Blaine Maley
showed no effects of intimidation in
his first collegiate championship.
He and Andrew Yim '93 positioned
themselves near the front of the pack
in the 1500 meter. Going into sixth
lap of the seven-lap race, Yim made
a bold move and took the lead,
pushing the already-painful pace.
As the pack rounded the last turn,
Maley and two M.I .T. runners swept
past a tiring Yim and sprinted
towards the line. Maley took third
in a close finish, while Yim grabbed
sixth place in one of the fastest 1500
races in years.
Yim and Maley work were not
quite done, however, as the two
combined forces with Selzer and
Dylan Tonry '93 an hour later to
capture the distance medley relay.
As the rest of their competitors ran
on weary legs, the Polar Bears looked
fresh and fast, winning the event by
almost 10 seconds.
This weekend the Bears travel to
Boston University to meet teams
from Division I and II in the Open
New England Championships. For
some of the Bears this meet
represents their last chance to chase
qualifying times for the National
Championships which will be held
at Bowdoin, Marchl2-15.
A Bowdoin highjumper clears the bar during a track meet at the Farley
Field House. Photo by Maya Khuri.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FREDA Y, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
I 1 1 d e ii 1 Opinion
?
Do you have confidence in the direction that the Adminstration is taking the College 5
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: With the proposal to increase enrollment and the failure to
rehire popular Philosophy Professor Dennis Sweet, the College
Administration has been at the forefront of many students' minds.
1
JASON CASTOLENE '96
Bristol,Conneticut
Sure, this College is really sweet.
JAMIE OLDERSHAW '96
Fairfield, Conneticut
For some reason, I have a sour taste in my
mouth.
V.'
MARIE LEE '95
Sanford,Maine
Not really. I like the idea of the new
student center, although I doubt that it
will materialize while I'm here, despite
all they say. And, about the student body
expansion- 1 think we should concentrate
on improving the curriculum before
expanding.
BRUCE SPEIGHT '96
Hampton, Virginia
SARA KENNEDY '96
West Hartford, Conneticut
I think the Administration should dance I haven't really been paying attention to
with the devil in the pale moonlight. much of what the Administration is doing,
but I think student enrollment shouldn't go
up and that they shouldn't lock all the
building doors so early on weeknights. Yeah.
CHRIS ROW '94
Brookline, Massachusetts
Yes. Assuming that there is a "cyclical
god of economics" guiding the country,
Bowdoin must at least have its own patron
saint.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1 993
17
tudent Opinion
A Plea for Diversity
Jennifer Deva Hockenbery
Bring back Democracy
John Waugh Wright
A lot of people are going around saying
that democracy in America is dead. It is not
dead. For it to be dead we would have had to
try it at some point. It would be really great
idea, a government truly representative of all
important.
All this will change nothing, however, if
serious campaign reform does not happen
soon. The economy was cited as a key deciding
issue for many voters in the last campaign
and despite the fact that leading area
On the back of the "Bowdoin: A Guide to
the Campus" brochure, it is written that
Bowdoin College "does not discriminate on
the people instead of just a few. Slowly
throughout our history, the right to vote has economists gave Jonathan Carter the top
been granted to more and more citizens, marks in the district, he still only got ten
forcing those in authority to spend more and percent of the popular vote. His competitors
more time practicing manipulation. Having and main party candidates around thecountry
the headstart, though, they have been able to can and do shell out hundreds of thousands
encouraged to learn for learning's sake, not for outnm ft compete and keep a iron grip and millions of dollars to run their campaigns.
First, we didn't have real grades. We were
given High Honors, Honors, Pass and Fail.
This was done so that students would be
the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual
orientation, marital status, religion, creed apieceofpaperwithsomelettersonit. Students
ancestry,nationalorethmcongm,orphysical were encouraged to take courses because they ^p^ get g^ted by having women in the manipulate the media and the public. Not
senate? At last count there were well over a only should the fund s be apportioned to more
hundred million women in this country and candidates who have a minimum of
or mental handicap." The question that were interested in learning about them, not
immediately pops into the reader's mind is of because they wanted to have a lot of pretty A's
course, "What does Bowdoin define as a on their transcripts. Of course if one really
mental handicap?" A physical handicap is wanted to worry about letters instead of
one that disables someone's physical body, learning, one could, but it was a little more
So is a mental handicap one that disables difficult. But obviously in the Spring of 1990,
one's mind, one's mental ability? the Administration realized that this policy
Supposedly it is true that Bowdoin does was attracting only those students who really
not refuse admission to anyone on the basis of cared about education. The College was
a physical disability. (True, once admitted, therefore discriminating against the anti-
anyone who could not climb steps would intellectuals who could only study if there was
have a hard time getting to most classes and a promise of reward. And so the grading
would find it impossible to get into a first- system was changed. This was a wonderful
year dorm room.) But Bowdoin brags about move on the Administration's part because it
thefactthat only the most mentally able are also prepared all the uncompetetive, "learning ^LSStS£mi^wS^ ~MmH
accepted. In the very same brochure as the for le^ir^s sake" students who came to J£d of incredible diveRi m a mehi
above quote, it is written that admission to Bowdoin in 1988, 1989, and 1990, for the real where ne comes out ^If-boiled,
the College is highly selective. Secondary world whereanti-intellectualism prevails. (N.B. £^ ^ ^ but g vast ^fc^o™.
schoolrecordsandreferencesareimportant. I have the sneaking suspicion that mostofthe where 6 individual _** of brilliance work
This is a clear indication that Bowdoin students who entered in 1991 and 1992 are still ^ tQ ■£ J CT whole We
discriminates on the basis of intelligence and the same old intellectual types that have always d ° erate i y need a third party. We
quite a few African Americans, Latinos, Native supporters, there should be a cap on the
Americans and homosexuals. So where are amount of funds to be used and how much
they in Washington and in your state capitol? can be individually given. Jerry Brown did
And whose fault is it? ""^" ^— -— — — — ^— ^— ^
Clearly it is the fault of the Republican
Party. All Republicans are evil vicious, selfish
cheeseheads (except my Dad) who have
worked hard to bring down anyone who
challenges the status quo. Unfortunately, the
Democratic Party also sucks. Here are two
groups that, when they do not claim to speak
for everyone, will at least claim that they worked hard tO bring dOWtl
anyone who challenges the
status quo.
All Republicans are evil,
vicious, selfish cheeseheads
(except my Dad) who have
mental ability. And it does
proudly.
In this same
brochure, the
College brags
about its
diversity. While
it has been said
that the
Administration
isn't really
concerned with
ethnic diversity,
at least the
Administration
has the sense to
pretend that it is. But nobody even pretends
to be concerned about the fact that while 50%
so openly and been coming to Bowdoin, but hopefully as the
word spreads about Bowdoin's new policies a
^^^^^^^ _ ^^^__ more intellectually
diverse student
body will begin to
form.) We were
taught that in the
world outside the
Ivory Tower, we
will run into many
people that despise
intellectual
pursuits. Many
times, they will be
in positions of
"" powerand they will
pursuing ideas and
I'm going to start by
petitioning for a
honorary degree for
Dan Quayle
try to keep us from
education,
ofthiscountryhasbelowaverageintelligence, Second, back when I applied there wasn't c ' on " r ~ ss ; onal raC e here in Maine, Jonathan
Carter ran for the Green Party, biking and
kayaking his message to the people. Carter
got ten percent of the vote with f und s d war fed
desperately need a fourth party. We need to not allow anyone to give him more than a
realize that the difference between the two
main parties is minimal, and what our country
needs is a new way of thinking, not just laid
over the old but begun anew.
In a "winners take all" political game very
few actually win. Both Perot and Bush won
over large percentages of the populace last
November but now they are off golfing and
hitting the talk show circuit. So how are their
supporters represented? Worse yet is the fact
that so many voters are forced to sell out most
of their values so that some of them will be
seen in Washington. I know many, many
people who voted for Bill Clinton just so
neither Bush nor Perot would win. The
American people deserve to have true
alternatives. In the recent 2nd district
0% of Bowdoin has. I mean all jokes aside, we yet the policy of waitlisting applicants who
are fairly intellectually homogeneous and need financial aid and accepting students who
therefore not very representative of the U.S. can pay instead. But, the most encouraging
and the world as a whole. idea for intellectual diversity is the idea of
This is an elitist school that is preaching to expanding the school's population. To do so,
its students the merits of intellectual despite the Administration's words to the
hundred dollars on his 1-800 hotline or
anywhere^else. That's so cool (even without
considering the Mother Teresa and Linda
Ronstadt connections, Jerry Brown was really
cool). Candidates should be voted in on how
they will govern and not by their image. The
public can often see the lies through the mud,
such as Linda Bean's flagrant commercials,
but smaller-party candidates need a chance
to be heard, something they are seldom given.
The press often ridicules third-party
candidates unless they are billionaires and
can buy themselves star billing in their effort
to represent the common man.
In order to save democracy, we need to
return to the grassroots level. We need to take
democracy door to door and sell it to the
people, force it on them. We need to show
them that political action does not just begin
at home; it never leaves it. You can campaign
supremacy. Walking around campus it is easy
to see the intolerance for stupidity that has
resulted. Who hasn't heard a fellow student
denouncing someone for being intellectually
less competent? The fact that the school
contrary, the admissions office will most
certainly have to start letting in less
academically qualified students. True, because
it costs more to educate a student than the price
of tuition (for Bowdoin gets most of its money
allowed the mocking of Dan Quayle in the form its "generous endowment" that it brags
Orient is proof that Bowdoin encourages about in its brochure) the only way Bowdoin
intellectual elitism. Would the school have could keep from sure financial ruin is not to
allowed a section of the paper to be dedicated hire any more professors or add any new
to making fun of Rock Hudson's programs. This would lower the quality of
homosexuality or Woody Allen's Judaism? education, but then that would attract a more
Of course not, but it's perfectly alright to intellectually diverse group to apply.
targetQuayleforbeingintellectuallydisabled. But the problem is that while the
Is this fair? After all, if the people in Administration's actions seem to hint that they
Washington have gotten over their are trying to make the school less intellectually
idiophobia, isn't time that we do, too? elitist, the Administration still claims to be
But, it is important to note that although elitist. They still proclaim that Bowdoin will
mostofthecataloguesstillclaimthatBowdoin remain selective, a college solely for the
is a "selective" school (i.e. for the intellectually academically able. We must end this
elite only), the Administration is slowly trying idiophobia. We must realize that the
to change this intolerant image. Haven't we academically handicapped are people too. We
all noticed the Administration slowly trying must stop being intolerant of the stupid,
to purge the College of its intellectual elitism Together we must reach out and end the
by eliminating those professors who seem to intellectual homogeneity at Bowdoin College,
be stimulating the most academic interest? we must fight for academic diversity. I'm
When 1 chose Bowdoin, the college was going to start by petitioning for a honorary
much more intellectually elitist than it is now. degree for Dan Quayle.
for everything you believe in right in your
by those of his competitors, running for a hometown. Everything you do locally has
party still trying to build credibility. But if global repercussions, and your government
you go looking for him this weekend, you representatives are there because of you and
will not find him in Washington serving his do not let them ever forget it. Grassroots
country. We need to have proportional politics is the only way you can truly learn the
representation here so that citizens can vote issues and know the candidates and it is the
for candidates that represent their values and only way you can affect them. Democracy is
will address the issues that they find still something we will have to fight for.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
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Bowdoin Needs a Writing Program
March 8, the Faculty will convene to vote on
the pending proposal to institute a writing
program at Bowdoin. The Curriculum and
Educational Policy Committee created a
proposal which it thought could be
implemented without Faculty approval. Yet
some Faculty members, jealous of their
jurisdiction, insisted that the matter go before
a Faculty vote. A "yes" vote is in order for this
eminently sensible proposal to improve overall
writing skills of students at Bowdoin.
It remains a misconception that all students
accepted to Bowdoin are skilled writers; in
fact, upon their arrival, many students do not
have the minimum sufficient competency in
writing to effectively participate in the
curriculum. These students find that Bowdoin,
rather than aggressively addressing this
problem, allows it to continue well into their
academic careers. Not all students take First
Year Seminars, and even those within the
Seminar program find differing emphases on
writing skills.
The proposed program, tailored to address
this need, consists of three main components.
First, to expand and enhance First Year
Seminars by providing more resources to
Faculty and by implementing guidelines that
will emphasize the importance of the writing
component of these courses.
Secondly, Bowdoin would institute a
student tutor program. This program would
consist of students nominated by Faculty who
will then undergo an intensive training course
to be taught by a current Faculty member. The
tutors would then be hired by Faculty members
to comment on and critique student papers.
The role of these student tutors is not to grade
papers or usurp the position of the Professor,
but rather to aid students in the revision of
drafts. From this non-threatening role, these
tutors will provide an important step in a
student's revision process.
Finally, Bowdoin will hire a writing
specialist whose specific task would be to
relieve the Faculty burden of correcting
remedial writing problems.
The most controversial component of this
proposal is that of students becoming writing
tutors. There have been rumblings amongst
the Faculty that students should not be
entrusted with this responsibility. This
opposition only betrays a lack of faith in their
own ability to impart and improve the writing
skills of students within their classes. Although
many Bowdoin students are in need of
improved writing skills, there are a select few
who have demonstrated their exceptional
proficiency in writing. These students should
*be given the opportunity to share their skills
with other students. Furthermore, this program
is a voluntary one in which no professor will
be forced to participate.
Similar programs have had striking
successes at other competitive schools . The
success of both Brown's and Swarthmore's
programs have made them stand out as models
to follow. Brown's program, in place since
1982, serves 60% of the student population
during any given year. At Swarthmore, 84%
of the students involved in the program found
it to be either "effective" or "very effective" in
improving their writing.
Already, many overburdened professors
find office hours overbooked with students
lined up outside their office, desperately
seeking advice on drafts and input on writing.
If approved this program would be an
important step in realizing Bowdoin's ideal of
close and individual attention towards
students. As the faculty-student ratio grows,
and as the College talks of raising enrollment,
the prompt implementation of this program
remains more urgent than ever.
The Gnawing Question
The philosophy tenure track position search
is finally finished. Once again many students
(philosophy majors and non majors alike) are
aghast at the decision not to rehire Professor
Sweet. This frustration stems from a belief that
Sweet has proved himself an excellent addition
the philosophy department and dissaproval
of Administration's heavy handed
involvement in the decision. This involvement,
both this year and last, has been perceived by
many as a flagrant dismissal both of the wishes
of students and the Philosophy Department.
Unfortunately the claims to justice of the
decision cannot be adjudicated. President
Edwards and Dean Beitz (who is a respected
political philosopher in his own right) have
refused to discuss the substantive criteria for
their choice. This does not in itself betray a
wrong or biased motivation. It remains
essential to the hiring process that the
confidentiality be retained even if it at times
fosters a climate of suspicion and ill-will. By
refusing to comment specifically on the case of
Professor Sweet the Administration is
protecting the integrity of the best, yet at times
not perfect, method of hiring. To comment on
this case would create a precedent of public
discussion about candidates and their
qualifications that could sabotage Bowdoin's
hiring process.
Without knowledge of what the
administration used to specially decide that
professor Sweet was not the most qualified
candidate, any judgment remains speculation.
Perhaps this question will only be answered in
the coming years as students inevitably
compare the chosen candidate with their
memory of Professor Sweet.
Leaving aside this gnawing question, we
thank professor Sweet for his contribution to
the academic and intellectual environment at
Bowdoin. He will be remembered for his sharp .
intellect, uncanny sense of humor and deep
concern for students both in and outside the
classroom. He leaves legacy that will be hard
to follow.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1993
19
tudent Opinion
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Fightin' Words
A New World
Order ?
Silverman and Doerr
From study abroad via satellite
Miss us?
Well, we're oh so far away as a map would indicate, but our
hearts are right here in the good ole Orient. In case you're
wondering, I (Silverman) am now in Cuayazail, Ecuador, and
Doerr is in Nairobi, Kenya, or thereabouts. I have spoken with
Tony on a regular basis and most of our conversations have
been about ourselvejLHa! I
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successt^«S£^[^^|^,KJi»^n»K^jrhat puts him 2nd on
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"Gee, Jim... we feel that you were really out of line for
plagiarizing a paragraph on that paper so even though it's
only a few months to graduation, we've voted to expel your
ass."
"By the way Jim-Good luck with your grad school
applications. I hear you used to have a great chance."
Did you know that there is a proposal to modify the
Judiciary board in such a way that any honor or social code
violations would be reviewed by the J -board independent of
any administrative or faculty review and the board alone
would have the power to suspend, fail or expel you if they felt
you deserved it? In the worst case scenario, — — — —
if you forgot a foot note, and if the J-Board
didn't like you, they could pretty much ruin
your life. Probable? No, but definitely VSCliUO
possible. And the day I allow a student '
organization with no experience in judicial COM Tt
ruling determine whether I become a
bagperson or congressperson is the day I
take all of my lifetime's hard work, pain and
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Talk to you soon, Johnnie."
Now that is quite a guy. It now appears I'm going to give my
list as well.
10. We were fortunate enough to miss the
coverage ojLthe Michael Jackson interview
with ev^onesTBend, Oprah.
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can always jultfsnule an$iay, "Yup" and
you'll never gettin any fcrouple.
2. Do somethinl darj^fiSr once in your life.
I mean you sit ul|iie^pr four years with the
ice, snow, colM>'- professors, expenses,
Administration, bw^sicracy (I already said
that). Get up and ^|- §'m going to Ecuador
today/' That's wh]
1. If you come here onTBowdoin program
you can be sure that you have no idea where
your money is going and the College won't
send the money it is supposed to. What a
country!
accomplishments and sigh, "Whatever you people think, I'm
all over that! All the work I did in high school? Didn't matter.
Getting into one of the best colleges in the nation? Expel
away. Future? Who needs one?"
The problem with the proposed alteration of J-Board policy
is that it would put an extraordinary amount of power in the
hands of a few students who interviewed and filled out a few
B.S. applications well enough to impress the Exec. Board to
appoint (hem as essentially, pseudo-Supreme Court justices.
These kids (I honestly don't think most of us are "men" and
"women" until we're at least in our mid twenties. Look
around campus this weekend. How many adults do you see?)
would have the prerogative to literally rule over any poor
soul who got turned in by his/her trigger-happy teacher for
even the most picayune violations. I mean infinitesimal stuff
like not stating in writing the fact that your roommate came
up with the idea for your paper topic, or your lab numbers
were confirmed by a friend. (Don't believe me? P.31 Article
I, Section 3, Clause B of your 1992-1993 Student Handbook.)
If some people get their way and the J-Board is empowered
to act withapunitivecarteWanc/ie,yourdiplomaand existence
at Bowdoin College could be permanently eliminated by the
votes of a few whimsical kids who didn't like the way you
dressed . Now wait, before you get the Tom Leung effigy rally
going, hear me out.
Obviously that's the worst case scenario, it's possible that
these students would infinitely act with immortal clairvoyance
and objectivity. It's possible that they would immediately
step down if they had any presuppositions about you or the
frat you belong to or your "type" of people. It's possible that
they would make completely thorough investigations,
faultlessly empathize with every factor that made you turn
that stereo up too loud (P.33, Article I, Section 4) and mete out
the exact amount of punishment you deserve better than St.
Peter at the gates of heaven. It's also possible that this paper
in your hands is actually a top secret Iraqi terrorist explosive.
What troubles me is that, ideally, that could happen (the J-
Board being perfect, not the explosive, silly.). But alas, this is
not some G.I. Joe cartoon hour where nobody dies and every
blown up jet has a pristine parachute gracefully bouncing out
of it; this isthe real shit. And in life, people have predispositions,
people discriminate against stereotypes (Look at the past few
weeks' Student Speak answers in the Orient) and people are
not perfect; especially young, sheltered, unsophisticated kids
like me and a lot of you. Don't be offended, we're a smart
bunch, but should we have the power to single-handedly
determine other peoples' futures at Bowdoir. and, quite
possibly, in life?
Hypothetical: John Doe gets turned in by his teacher for
^^— ^— ^^ plagiarizing a paragraph on his term paper.
He is placed before the new J-Board and
the members know of him. They all don't
1YIC like him because he's some outspoken,
crass Republican who writes for the Orient
IC6S ( God ' ! can '* stand that kid -) But, being
human, they don't remove themselves
from the case like they're supposed to and
— — — — instead penalizethis student more harshly
than usual. Fair?
Or how about this? Mark, captain of the whatever team,
class prezand school studmuffin gets turned in and the whole
J-Board loves him. Being good friends and fearing social
ostracization for punishing such a popular guy, they let him
off easy with a warning.
The problem with this is similar to the impossibility of an
objective jury, but worse. At least with a jury, the members are
thoroughly chosen by professionals who are under the auspices
of a judge. The selected jurors are usually older, more mature
and hand-picked from candidates who don't live on the same
campus as the defendants. Jury members don't have to worry
about how their friends will look at them after being stern
with Joe Stud, they don't "know of" the defendant or have
negative predispositions about him/her, and they aren't just
thrown a case and told to "Do whatever you want, it's
completely your call," essentially what the new possible J-
Board might do.
How do you solve the problem? Put faculty on, maybe even
give the Dean of Students a seat. This way, you'll have
intelligent (no wise cracks please), mature, level-headed.
publicly accountable and visible members on the J-Board who
will balance the inordinate amount of subjectivity inherent to
an entirely student-dominated organization. They won't care
if the students don't invite them to campus-wides after
rendering an unpopular, yet just, decision. They will do their
best to be fair because if not, their jobs could be on the line.
They would also be more willing to abstain from judgement
if there is any conflict of interest. Get 25% faculty membership
on the board, require a 4/5 vote to pass any punitive action,
and you're set. While we're at it, put explicit limits on the
punishments possible, e.g. maximum sentences for each
infraction. Warnings for first- time noise violations,
suspensions for lack of footnotes, etc.
That's all. The new J-Board will undoubtabley be one of the
most powerful organizations on campus. Let's make sure it's
also one of the fairest.
Clinton's Fairness Justin ziegiar
The one word that the Clinton Administration has
consistently uttered during the month that it has held the
White House so far has been "fairness." Every time a
spokesperson for Mr. Clinton's policies has appeared
defending the President's ideas, this word is inevitably
mentioned more than once. Assuming that they hope to make
society more egalitarian with their policies, their goal of
making everything fair for everybody in America is noble.
After all, this nation was founded on the notion that all men
(and women) are created equal.
However, the problem with the President's hopes for a fair
society is that he is taking the wrong approach. With his new
economic package, Mr. Clinton wants those who have
prospered to pay their "fair share" of the government pie. Yet,
is this truly "fair?" After all, many of those who make a decent
salary have worked hard for what they have earned. It is
. . . why are more taxes needed to balance the
government's checkbook?
argued as a counter to this response that the new taxes will go
towards reducing the deficit. Yet, why are more taxes needed
to balance the government's checkbook? Responsible cuts in
spending should be the dominant factor in reducing the
deficit. There is a whole spectrum of bureaucracies that deserve
to be cut, from needless Congressional subcommittees to the
multitude of departmental officials.
The Administration's notion of "fairness" implicit in the tax
increase on the more prosperous is d isturbing. To the President,
taking away more money from those who have succeeded is
the fair thing to do, compensating the have-nots' disad vantage.
It never seems to occur to him that this is not fair to those who
have done well economically (he's taking more money away
from them) and that, more importantly, simply extracting
taxes from the rich does little to help those who are at an
economic disadvantage. Neither group is necessarily better
off, especially those he seeks to help. The goal of deficit
reduction does not help them much . Moreover, what spending
programs he has proposed have uncertain outcomes in terms
of the benefits for the poor.
The President's notion of fairness must change. It should
not focus on taking away from those who are well-off, but
rather should shift its emphasis on giving to those who are at
a disadvantage. The President used the correct term in the
campaign for this idea: empowerment. However, so far he has
done little to make this idea into reality. He would do well to
realize that instead of raising taxes on a certain group, he
should work on improving and widening the access to
economic success through reforms and programs designed
for that purpose. In addition, the key factor in these programs
should not be more government spending, but cooperation
with private firms that would keep spending down.
Unfortunately, this is not as easy as raising taxes. Nobody
ever said it was. But Mr. Clinton must rise to this challenge as
others are trying to do, if he wishes to be around in four years.
Cautionary notes about
raising enrollment
Secret Orient plot to stymie
Nordk team exposed
To the Editor
Astheauthorsof the 'Vail /Ortmaun Report* we wmkHb
to go on the public record with a few cautionary oil in wjrtuns
about "Crowing Bowdoin College. '
In recent discussions and pub*catKWs(SeeOnrwr February
12,1 993) our analysis and forecast or the budgetary impact of
an expansion of die College has been used to suggest that
such expansion is feasible. It is troubling that mecftMrmussn
has often overlooked ass um ptio ns on which onrco iicfu s mj aa
about the feasibility of expansion depend. (These axe
enumerated on pages 14 to 16 of our report:) Seme of these
assumptions we made, others were given to us by the
Administration of The Strategic Task Force
Arguably the most important assumption is number 5- Tt
is a policy 'given' that the faculty will grow proportionally
less then the student body " The figures currently under
discussion are 10% for students and 5% for Acuity The
budgetary impact of expansion is extremely sensitive to
differential growth rates of student and faculty numbers
maintaining the present student/ faculty ratio, for example,
would swing the bottom line effect of expansion horn a
positive 5300,000 to a negative 5200,000
Assumption 5 is important for at least two reasons.
1 . The Collej^e has already increased the student /faculty
ratio in the last two years through elimination of so-called
"soft-money" positions. If "students generally lense (that)
classes are both larger and more difficult to get into "! Orient
editorial February 12, 1991), then they are not mistaken in
their perception. Classes are already larger and moredimxrult
to get into As a matter of fact, our student to faculty ratio is
now approximately 11.4 and would be dose to 12/1 with
expansion it Assumption 5 holds.
2. US News and World Report cc liege rankings seem to be
used widely and weighed heavily by secondary school
students and their parents. Expansion consistent with
Assumption 5. would adversely affectthreeimportanrcrteria
in USNWR's rankings: expenditure per student would decline.
admissions selectivity would decline (other things equal),
and faculty-to-student ratio would increase. Since LS**WR
publishes only integer values, our reported student/ faculty
ratio would increase from 11/1 to 12/1. With all other top
rated schools featuring a 10/1 ratio or less, Bowdoin College
would stick out like a sore thumb, ft is hard to imagine that
Admissions would not be aff ec t e d by it-
Other important assumptions of our report are either
technical, regarding the data we worked with, or mvofoerhe
timingand sequence of expansion. Someoftheseassumpnons
- mainly regarding utilization of existing campus builifiisy
-have come into question since the anabasis was
last Spring. That too argues for careful
budgetary impact.
We hope that by this stage in the disc us si on e veiyoue is
aware that, even under fiscally optimistic assumptions,
expansion will not significantly improvethe budget's bottom
line. If students and faculty pressed successfully fbra larger
increase in faculty than is currently planned, the bottom line
effect could turn negative. Finally, if expansion were not
planned with care and carried out with discipline over costs,
the bottom line effect would almost certainly be negative. As
the debate about expansion shifts from /rat ifrrfify to destrotditf.
we urge everyone keep these cautionary notes in mind
given to my
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
NUMBER 17
Polar Bear
Hockey upsets
top-seeded
Middlebury,
advances to
tonight's semi-
final match
against UConn |
Brian Clifford #3 smokes St. Anselm defense.
Carey Jon»/ Bcmknn Orient
Katie Koestner to deliver "No Visible Bruises" on date rape
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient asst. news editor
"Break the Silence" is this year's
theme forSexual Assault Awareness
Week, which will begin next
Monday, March 8 and continue
through Friday, March 12.
SafeSpace, an on-campus peer
support group for survivors of
sexual violence, has organized
several events for the week which
are open to anyone who would like
to attend.
Perhaps the most poular event
next week will be "No Visible
Bruises/ a speech to be given by
Katie Koestner, a nationally-
recognized survivor of date rape.
During her first year at the College
of William and Mary College (1991)
she was assaulted by a male student
she had been dating. The Dean of
the College took her to campus
police, but encouraged her not to
contact outside authorities.
The man who assaulted her was
found guilty of sexual assault by
college authorities, but was given a
rather lenient punishment. He was
barred from entering any dotm or
fraternity house other than his own
for four years, but he was allowed
to stay on campus. Koestner
recalled: The hearing officer told
me that this is an educational
institution, not a peniten t iary. He
even said, 'Maybe you guys can get
back together next year/ 1 couldn't
believe it*
The accused perpetrator claims
that he suffered the 'terrible
consequences of being falsely
Koestner's campus schedule
Sunday, March 7
7:30 p.m.
Chase Barn Chamber
Wednesday, March 10
830 p.m.
Walker Art Museum Steps
Katie Koestner holds a workshop
for survivors of sexual violence
Candlelight Vigil to honor all
survivors of sexual violence. A
and their significant others.
Monday, March 8
7:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
"No Visible Bruises"— Katie
silent procession around the
campus followed by an open
forum for reading and discussion
in Maine Lounge, Moulton
Union.
» Koestner talks about date rape.
All Week: "Break the Silence" T-
shirts sold in Moulton Union,
pins and purple ribbons
distributed to show support for
survivors of sexual violence.
Onott
Jama Burton *94 of SafeSpace with
accused." His story is that he had
been dating Koestner for 3 weeks,
and one night they slept together
without having sex. Early the next
morning, he claims, "without any
protest from Ms. Koestner, we
engaged in intercourse.'* He said
that he was found guilty not for
physically forcing Koestner to have
Time cower of Koestner.
sex, but for applying emotional
pressure. As with most sexual
assault accusations made by
women, Koestner's experience
inevitably turned into a battle of her
word against his.
Koestner subsequently decided
to go public with her story. She
approached higher authorities and
became a recognized advocate for
survivors of sexual violence. She
routinely gives lectures and holds
discussions like the one she will
hold at Kresge Auditorium on
Monday.
The events of Sexual Assault
Awareness Week will begin this
Sunday night, when Koestner will
present a "workshop for survivors
and their significant others," an
informal, "cozy" discussion to be
held in Chase Barn Chamber from
7:30-8:30 p.m. This will be a
program to discuss surviving and
healing and will address issues that
concern survivorsand those close
to them. Relevant issues include
trust, parents, friends, relationships
and school
On Wednesday night, there will
be a candlelight vigil /gathering to
honor all survivors of sexual
violence. This event will include a
silent procession around thecampus
which beginning onthe steps of
Walker Art "Museum at 8:30 p.m.,
followed by an open forum in the
Maine Lounge of Moulton Union.
All week, SafeSpace will be selling
T-shirtsin the Union with the "Break
the Silence" motif, and they will be
distributing buttons and purple
ribbons to show support for
survivors of sexual violence. The
annual banner contest for all
residence halls, fraternities and
theme houses will be held again this
year, and judging will take place on
Thursday. Hrst prize for the contest
will be $100, second $60 and third
$25.
THE BOWDOiN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
Inside This Issue . . .
Sizk of the College
3
•eras
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Will this picture change? The Governing Board convenes this weekend
to decide on the size of the College, among other issues.
Technicolor Dreams
7
Lauren Griffin, "95, Chris Mills, *95 and Chef Davis, "93 in a scene from
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Men's Indoor Track
13
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Edttor Jeff Munroe
As the Exiled Student Speak Editor and I discussed Nietzsche' s
concept of the Overman recently, we realized to our horror that there
are few local examples of truly sublime individuals which our readers
might strive to emulate. However, we reasoned that if buffness alone
is the criterion, then our readers may in fact encounter budding
Overmen almost daily : our very own Security Officers ! In order to shed
additional light on this abstruse philosophy, and to provide a paradigm
against which to measure our protectors, we quote the following. Be
forewarned! Verily, appearance often mirrors that which is hidden, but
as with the Hypocrites and their gilded lead-lined cloaks, do not be
misled by wrdted sepulchers. Decide for yourselves — are Donna's
troops truly beyond good and evil? Or are they merely human, all too
human?
"To stand with relaxed muscles and unharnessed will: that is most
difficult for all of you who are sublime.
When power becomes gracious and descends into the visible — such
descent I call beauty.
And there is nobody from whom I want beauty as much as from you who
are powerful: let your kindness be your final self-conquest.
Of all evil I deem you capable: therefore I want the good from you.
Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves
good because they had no claws.
Thus Spake Zarathustra, Part 2, "On Those Who are Sublime"
Maine Facts
Maine farmers in recent years have continued to lead
New England in farm income. Here's a look at the top
ten agricultural commodities produced in Maine based
on farm level cash receipts.
Product
Potatoes
Eggs
Dairy
Beef
Ornamentals
Apples
Blueberries
Broccoli
Sweet Com
Oats
1989 Gross Sales (in m ill ions)
$149
W
$90
$17.6
$17
$13.7
$13
$6
$3.2
$3.1 Source: Maine Almanac and Book of Lists
Mens indoor track gives a solid performance at Open New England's.
Bowdoin and Vicinity Weather
Today: Snow and windy, high in the mid to upper 20s. Expected
accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Tonight windy with occasional snow,
lows in the lower to mid-20s. High 25-30.
Saturday: Occasional snow and windy, high 25-30.
Sunday: Clearing trend sets in and temperatures are expected to fall
slightly.
Monday: Chance of snow.
Source: National Weather Service Maine Ski conditions phone number: 773-7669
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1 993
Bowdoin to formulate "comprehensive copyright policy"
College may have infringed upon U.S. copyright laws, seeks to make good
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
In an age of technology, access to
information is literally at one's
fingertips. Whether a computer or a
fax machine, the wonders of
technology have made the world a
lot to closer.
The usage of photocopiers, video
cassettes and computer software are
products of the technology age. It is
easy to copy an article or a reserve
reading. It is easy to watch a movie
in a home. It is easy to learn how to
use software programs.
In the face of new technology,
one must not forget that an author,
film maker or programmer
produced the book, film orsoft ware.
And they, as prescribed in the
United States copyright laws (see
adjacent article), havea right to reap
the financial benefits from their
work. Trying to abideby and enforce
the law is an area which concerns
several staff workers at Bowdoin.
After assuming his position as
Director of Campus Services last
April, Mark Schmitz has noticed
the exorbitant amount of
photocopies the College's 50 copy
machines produce. Based on meter
readings of each copier, Schmitz
estimated that over seven million
copies are processed in a given year.
Schmitz admits that no policy for
campus services on policing
copyright is in place. He said, "We
assume that when things come to us
(from professors or departments to
be photocopied), it is ready to be
printed. We do as we are told." He
feels that a better policy concerning
copyright procedure should be in
place.
"We need more direction from
senior staff on where to begin," said
Schmitz, who recommends that the
policy needs to be simple and clear
so that the entire campus is aware of
the law and procedures.
"It is easy for people to follow a
policy if they totally understand
everything and are educated," said
Schmitz.
Assistant Librarian Judy
Montgomery, who updated
Bowdoin's copyright policy in 1987,
feels that materials should be
available for educational use.
However, she respects the intent of
copyright laws and and enforces
the law accordingly. She said, "I
believe in copyright laws because
people should be paid for their
work" If a faculty member wants to
put an anthology on reserve and
has not received permission from
publishers, Montgomery will ask
the professor to place each
individual article on reserve. She
said, The faculty is not allowed to
copy for the purpose of
anthologizing."
One professor expressed a
sentiment held by many faculty
members. If anthologies are not sold
to students in class, then the articles
must be on reserve. This particular
professor fears that students for the
most part do not read reserves.
In one of his classes this semester,
he obtained permission from many,
but not all publishers in his attempt
to put an anthology together. He
learned hist how labor intensive this
process is, and with time running
out before the spring semester
began, he put theanthology together
even though he had not received
permission from every publisher or
author. He broke the la w, but cannot
be blamed him in light of his efforts
and intents.
Jim Hodge, professor of German,
is conscientious in obtaining
copyright permission from a
publisher or author. As he put it, "I
would rather follow the laws than
go to jail or lose my house."
As Hodge has learned, obtaining
permission is time consuming and
often a hassle. Recently, for example,
he called London to talk to a
publisher about using his a book in
one of his courses this semester.
Due to the nature of his courses in
German and African literature,
Hodge has discovered that many
reading materials are out of print,
especially this semester. 'This is the
worst semester ever for books," said
Hodge, a member of Bowdoin's
faculty for 30 years.
Greenlee runs a tight ship and
closely follows copyright laws,
which pertain to video in Sills Hall.
"The government has set up the law
in good faith. It is sufficiently strict
and black and white so that you to
comply, but sufficiently gray to
allow you to interpret," said
Greenlee. "We come down on the
strict side to protect Bowdoin and
The College's super high-output lawbreaker.
Carey Jones/ Bowdom Oriatt
Based on meter readings of each copier,
the College makes an estimated
seven million copies each year
the endowment."
Shedoes not allow any of theover
2,000 titles to circulate outside the
media center. And when something
breaks, she buys a replacement
immediately. With each video
costing as little as $19 or as much as
$850, she said, "Copyright
compliance costs a lot of money."
Greenlee gave an example of ho w
quirky the law really is. A professor
who taped a documentary or special
on public television has 45 days to
show the program to hisor her class.
After the 45th day, it is illegal for the
professor to air the video in class,
but it is legal to show it to students
in his or her home.
Another key actor in copyright
procedures is Publication Editor
Susan Ransom. Her job is to secure
copyrights for books and art work
published by Bowdoin College
itself. She registers these
copyrighted materials with the
United State Copyright Office in
Washington, DC, by filling out
"Form TX." The 1985 work, Old
Master Drawings at Bowdoin College ,
and a 1991 work, Antislavery
Materials at Bowdoin College, are two
examples Ransom sought copyright
protection for the College.
Another facet of Ransom duties is
to obtain permission from
publishers and authors to allow the
College to use pieces of art and
poems in the books and magazine
Bowdoin publishes. For example,
Ransom has sought permission from
the Stowe-Dey Foundation in
Hartford, Connecticut to use
pictures of Harriet BeecherStowein
Charles Calhoun's forthcoming
book, A Small College in Maine: 200
Years at Bowdoin.
According to Ransom, it usually
costs $20 to register copyrights and
$30 to pay for a fee to use
copyrighted materials. But more
than the money involved is the time
and effort Ransom spends in writing
letters and calling people to seek
permission.
Schmitz, Montgomery, Greenlee,
and Ransom will be meeting with
Kent John Chabotar, Vice President
for Finance and Administration and
Treasurer in the coming months to
formulate a comprehensive
copyright policy in the coming
months.
"Fair use" of copyrighted materials under 1976 law ambiguous
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
A professor or department puts a
slew of journal articles together in
the form of an anthology and then
sells the packet to the student
without receiving permission from
the publisher. A friend copies a
favorite computer game from an
original disk.
These two activities are direct
violations of the copyright law.
Despite these examples of
infringements, the law is not black
and white. Although the specifics
of the la w are outlined in pamphlets,
it remains ambiguous and a
courtroom usually determines
which activities constitute an
infraction of the law and which do
not.
In 1989, eight book publishers for court costs and the plaintiffs
filed a suit against Kinko's Graphics attorney's fees.
Corporation
concerning
Kinko's
practice of
phokxop)*^
entire
chapters
from books
or articles
from
periodicals
without
gaining
authorization
wasagross
violationof _____________^^_^^_^^______^___^^_
the law.
The Court found Kinko's guilty and This case raised the issue of "fair
awarded the publishers damages of use." Section 107 of the 1976
$51 0,000 and ordered Kinkos to pay Copyright Act established four basic
more litigation will occur
[copyright] area because more
precedents need
to be determined
factors in determining whether a
use constitutes a "fair use" under
the law.
According to
a pamphlet
• , . produced by
in tlllS the National
Association
of College
Stores, the
four factors
are
• The
purpose and
character of
the use.
• The
nature of the
copyrighted
work.
• The amount and substantially
of the portion of the work used in
relation to the copyrighted work as
a whole.
• The effect of the use in question
upon the potential market for or
value of the copyrighted work.
An example of the "fair use" occurs
when a professor sees an article in a
newspaper and wants to use it in a
class. There is not enough time to
contact the publisher in this
situation, and the la w acknowledges
this and allows this type of copying.
Carmen Greenlee, Supervisor for
Language Media Center, believes
that Bowdoin is a good test case
because of its prestige and financial
position. She predicts that "more
litigation will occur in this
(copyright] area because more
precedents need to be determined.
But we don't want not to be the
defendants."
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1 993
Beta quarantined because of the chicken pox
By Ben M achin
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
An outbreak of chicken pox, now
affecting four men, has put Beta
Sigma in a quarantine until those
infected have gotten through their
contagious stage. The first case at
Beta appeared three weeks ago, and
it is assumed that the three other
students, who began to show
symptoms last weekend, contracted
the disease from contact with him.
The Beta house is under
quarantine and students who have
never contracted chicken pox are
instructed to stay away. Both the
Office of the Dean of Students' and
the Student Health Service are
making an effort to educate students
about the disease and insure the
well-being of those infected.
According to Robin Beltramini,
Co-director of Student Health
Services, the outbreak at Beta is
noted only because a substantial
groupof students wereaffected. The
Health Center normally seesa small
number of chicken pox cases.
This year was no different until
last weekend, when three Beta
members began to show signs of the
infection. As Beltramini said, "[The
Health Center] has been dealing
with pox for a month now, it's
chicken pox season, and it only
became a major outbreak last
weekend at Beta."
Although the outbreak is
rT"A p>
lit
headache.
One of the infected students, who
was contacted by phone,
commented on how the pox was
affecting his day to day life and the
lives of the three other students.
Since the quarantine forbids the
infected Betas to leave the house,
they have been temporarily excused
from classes. Although this may not
seem like punishment, the contacted
student pointed out that he will
"have to make it all up, and besides,
some of us have headaches and
fevers which don't allow much
much, it [the outbreak] has made
the house much closer."
It seems very likely that the
outbreak has not finished running
its course. Butler pointed out that
"while most people in the house are
not concerned, there are some who
have not had chicken pox before,
and they assume they're doomed
because of the contact with the
infected guys." He also stressed that
while noone at Beta is panic stricken,
he is very concerned because "we
don't want to start an epidemic
outbreak all over campus."
chicken pox like most infections
can be very dangerous to those with
weakened immune systems
Cany Jonm/ BoudomQrimt
BeU president Chris Butler *M outside quarantined house.
significant, Beltramini stressed that it.
there is "no reason to panic." She Beltramini pointed out that
explained that pox is a virus, spread healthy students need not fear the
through many types of contact, and pox, considering most people have
also through air exchange in close previously been infectecd with the
living quarters. It begins with "flu- disease. She did, however, make it
like symptoms, runny nose and clear that chicken pox, like most
sometimes fever" which can last two infections, can be very dangerous
tothreedaysbeforethecharacteristic to those with weakened immune
sores begin. An important element systems. This group might include
is whether or not the person in those with cancer and people tested
question has had chicken pox to be HIV-positive. To the healthy
before— those who have (most student, pox only includes a
people contract the virus at an early relatively brief period of pain with
age) are in no danger of contracting sores, and sometimes fever and
studying."
A stipulation of the quarantine is
that the infected students not leave
their room, which they share, when
large groups are in the house. This
means that the infected have to
"hang out in their rooms, and have
food brought to them," said to house
president Christopher Butler '94.
Luckily for the pox victims, they
can "go anywhere but the kitchen
when it's not mealtime." Taking a
very upbeat toneon the whole affair
was one infected man, who said
that while it is unfortunate "that
we're isolated from other people so
According to Doug Ebeling, the
Advisor to Co-Educational
Fraternities, the Dean's Office has
taken immediate action to educate
the student body about the situation.
This includes spreading information
through the proctors and other
dormitory staff and placing a
warning sign on Beta's door.
Both Ebeling and the staff at the
Dudley Coe Health Center
encourage anyone with a question,
or anyone who wants to know if
their record reflects a previous
chicken pox infection, to call the
Health Center at x3236.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1 993
5
Orient Poll
Students disapprove of increasing the size of the College
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
Last Tuesday members of
the Orient staff polled the
Bowdoin campus. The table
set up at the Moulton Union
solicited over 100 responses
and the box at Coles Tower
received approximately 100
completed forms, for a total
of 200 completed responses.
The Governing Boards
convene this weekend to
make important decisions
affecting all students and
othermembersoftheCollege
committee. The "size of the
College" issue has been one
ofthemostcontroversialand
debatable campus issues of
the semester. The survey
asked, "Should Bowdoin
increase its size?" This
question was followed by
two others as we tried to get
a sense of how strongly
students felt about their
choice.
An overwhelming 75
percent of the students
surveyed did not want the with 60 percent voting down Among the students who
sizeoftheCollegetoincrease. the increase. Seventy-six voted for an increase in
Theresultsalsoshowthatthe percent of the junior class student body, the majority
hrst-yeardassmoststrongly does not think the size of the was not willing to sacrifice
Should Bowdoin increase the size of the
student body?
NO
75%
YES
25%
wants Bowdoin to keep its
present size, with 80 percent
voting "No" to the increase.
The sophomore class
seemed most ambivalent,
Orient graphic by John Skidge 1
student body should the student faculty ratio,
increase. Seventy-four voting "No" when asked if
percent of the senior class they would "acquiesce even
voted not to augment if it meant that the student
College size. faculty ratio would increase,
i.e. more students and fewer
professors."
Of the students who voted
to keep the present College
size, the majority would
'lioldthisopinionifitmeant
thatcertainprograms willbe
cut because there would not
beenough students tomake
them worthwhile."
Severalstudents refused to
answer the follow-up
question, claiming it was
"sneaky" and not offering
equal weights to the
sacrifices.
Although only 14 percent
of the total student body
responded to this poll, it
does offer us a glimpse of
what people are thinking.
The results pertaining to the
first-year class are of vital
importance to the
Administration becauseitis
the Class of '96 which does
not want this policy to come
into effect, and, ironically,
will be most affected by any
considerable augmentation
in the size of the student
body.
Spring Break '93: Where the Bowdoin students are
Go West and South Polar Bears!
Florida
27%
California
11%
14% of students are going
to the beach
*J5
16% of students plan to ski
^jl
14% of students
plan to work
m
30% of students will
spend break with friends
and family
Colorado
3%
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
want to know where the
Polar Bears will be shedding
their winter coats. Our poll
Next Friday, Spring Break shows that 27 percent of
'93 will officially start for all surveyed students will be
students. Inquiring minds traveling to sunny Florida.
Another 20 percent will be
traveling to New York.
Eleven percent surveyed will
be heading out west to
California. And, a small
contigent, less than 3 percent,
will be traveling to Colorado
to ski. Thirty percent of
students plan to visit friends
or relatives over the break.
Sixteen percent want to do
some more skiing. Fourteen
Orient graphic by John Skidgr I
percent of students plan to
work, and another 14 percent
plan to spend all day at the
beach. Six percent planned
to travel with their varsity
team over break.
6
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
The College 's Governing Board to convene today
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
The Governing Board, the
administrative body that discusses
and votes on issues concerning the
college, will meet today, Saturday
and Sunday to meticulously
examine bills ranging from the
budget to the naming of Hyde Cage.
Composed of administrators,
alumni, trustees and students, the
Governing Board, in this and other
meetings, will determine the short
and long-term future of Bowdoin
College.
On Saturday's agenda, the Board
will d iscuss nine issues that are now
at the forefront of many students
minds. These issues include the
campuscenter, 93-94 budget, tuition
and fees, tenure, gift votes, funding
of deficit, frozen pension plan, anti-
trust and the naming of Hyde Cage.
According to Richard Mercereau,
Director of College Relations, the
d iscuss ion of the new campus center
and the balancing of the budget will
be the "heaviest" issues discussed
in the three days of meetings.
This year the campus center is a
major project that will cost
approximately $4.6 million, and direct intention of the Board is
Obviously, with this kind of to balance the budget. Both of these
financial commitment, the "heavy" issues are considered to be
Governing Board will engage in non-contentious and positive
lengthy discussions over the costs improvements for Bowdoin College,
and funding of such a project. Compared to other liberal arts
According to Mercereau, however, colleges around the nation, the
the "issue of the campus center is governance process at Bowdoin is
not a _^ __________________ __
controversial
one. . .it is the
culmination of
a long process
of planning and
preparing for
the project."
Nonetheless,
the campus
center must be
voted on and
approved by
the Trustees
and Overseers
of the Board
before the
The decisions of the
Governing Board this weekend
will affect the financial
strength and academic
curriculum at Bowdoin
actual construction of thecenter will
commence.
The approval of the budget is,
once again, the culmination of a
much more open to student opinion
and discussion. At colleges such as
Middle-bury, it is not uncommon to
Trustees and Overseers with
pertinent campus issues.
Mercereau attributes this
enthusiastic student participation to
the recent efforts of the Executive
Board. "In years past," said
Mercereau, "the diligence and
industriousness of the student
representatives
have put into their
task has been less
than this year."
Last Spring, the
Executive Board
identified some
problems with the
lack of energy and
enthusiasm of
many members.
This year, under
the direction of
Ameen Haddad
'93, the Executive
____________ Board has made
sure that the
representatives know what is
expected of them and what kind of
commitment is required to their task.
This increased student opinion has
been met with applause and
see only two student committees in
long process of discussion and thegoveming process. At Bowdoin,
planning. There will beafairamount five students sit in at each Governing approval from theGoverning Board
of discussion about the logistics of Board Committee meeting, voicing since it makes for better and more
the financial strategy, but the true their opinion and familiarizing the pointed discussions.
One major issue that is included
on the agenda for Friday but not
Saturday is the debate over the size
of the College. The full Board will
hear the first presentation of the
issue on Saturday by Dean for
Academic Affairs Charles R. Beitz.
Beitz will be giving a presentation
that expands the Board's
background knowledge on the issue.
Other factors affected by the size of
the college issue will be presented
by six separate committees
representing the Department of
Academic Affairs, Admissions and
Financial Aid, Development,
Physical Plant, Student Affairs, and
the Department of Financial
Planning. These six committees will
"get their arms around the issue"
and determine what necessary
changes will be brought about by a
change in the size of the College. It
is doubtful that the issue will
brought to a vote until May or even
September.
The decisions of the Governing
Board this weekend will affect the
financial strength and academic
curriculum at Bowdoin for next year
and beyond. It will include
discussion by faculty,
administrators and students alike.
Alison M. Dodson named Director of Communications
By Matthew Brown
orient asst. news editor
Alison M. Dodson has been
named Director of Communications
at Bowdoin College, effective April
12. Dodson is currently general
manager and account supervisor in
the Portland office of Arnold
Fortuna Lawner and Cabot, a
Boston-based advertising agency.
The appointment was announced
March 3, 1993, by William A. Torrey,
Vice-President for Development
and Alumni Relations.
"Alison Dodson is a highly
competent communications
professional," said Torrey. "I am
confident she will bring effective
new leadership and a strong degree
of creativity to our communications
program."
As director of communications,
Dodson will have primary
responsibility for the planning and
organization of Bowdoin's
communications program and will
serve as executive editor of Bowdoin
Magazine, the College alumni
magazine. She will coordinate the
College's response to matters
requiring statements of institutional
position. She will also play a central
role in the foundation of plans and
policies relating to Bowdoin's
publications and relations,
publications editor, support
personnel and student interns.
Dodson earned her
undergraduate degree in English
and American literature and
languages at Harvard -Radcliffe
College, where she served as a
writing editor for the Harvard Course
Evaluation Guide and as an intern at
Harvard Magazine. In 1984, she
completed the Radcliffe Publishing
Procedures Course, a graduate
program designed to train students
in the skills of publishing.
Previously, Dodson served as
account supervisor and account
executive at the New York-based
advertising agency Delia Femina
McNamee WCRS and as
communications director and
marketing manager/consumer
affairs director at the Boston-based
specialty food market chain J.
Bildner and Sons, Inc. She has also
held positions as an editorial
assistant in the fine arts photography
division of the Boston-based book
publisher Little, Brown and Co. and
as editorial resident at Yankee
Magazine in Dublin, N.H.
"Alison
Dodson is a
highly
competent
communications
professional. I
am confident
she ivUl bring
effective new
leadership and
a strong
degree of
greativity
to our
communications
program."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY. MARCH 5. 1993
Arts & Leisure
Bowdoin goes Biblical with spring musical
Masque and Gown's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens
By David Finitsis
orient contributor
The piece runs just about one
hour, and in the wordsof Chef Davis
'93, who plays Joseph, "The play is
_________^__ basically one long song and dance
In the words of cast member Sara number." That is to say, the music
Kennedy '96, "Come to it and runs seamlessly throughout Joseph,
laugh." Sure enough, this year's from number to number, scene to
Masque and Gown musical has scene. It lacks the usual dialogue
laughs to spare. More than a comic between songs to further plot,
treatment of the Old Testament tale develop characters, etc. Instead, the
of Jacob's son, Andrew Lloyd actors are in a position where they
Webber's Joseph and the Amazing must convey meaning solely in the
Technicolor Dreamcoat is also a medium of song. In place of dialogue
running revue and parody of the there is a narrator, played by Lauren
stage musical tradition. Many of the Griffin '95, who relates the plot and
songs are spoofs of pieces from acts as a guide of sorts as the
established musicals such as
Oklahoma! The overall effect is
genuinely funny.
But laughs are not all theatergoers
audience watches the story unfold
on stage. These unorthodox aspects
create a challenge above that of the
standard musical, but one that the
can expect tonight and Saturday company (obviously) feels up to.
night at 8 p.m. This early brainchild
of Webber's boasts certain stylistic
choices which break the conventions
of standard musical theater. One
case in point is the orchestra, which
warm-ups which is fostered by
As with many Masque and Gown
productions in the past, student
participation extends well beyond
the stage to all areas of technical
support. Contributing to the
is normally kept invisible to the direction of this year's play is
audience in a downstage "pit." In Michele Cobb '93, who is a palpable
this production, the band sits high force on any stage and a distinct Cobb. She gets results
on stage above everything else, just presence on the set of Joseph. With Dress rehearsal this week bore
right of center and in plain sight. I only three weeks' rehearsal time, the seeds of auspice, despite the
thought this would prove pressure no doubt was high, but as expected and unexpected technical
distracting, but over the course of Griffin put it, "Michele's great ... the and personal difficulties. The highly
the play it blended into the cast has really come together." colorful costumes paired with the
production, adding to the And indeed it has. There is a vivid stage treatment and a multi-
kaleidoscopic effect of Joseph itself, visible sense of cameraderie during level, Matisse-inspired set make for
Erin Sullivan/ Bawdom Orient
Strong performances by leads Lauren Griffin '95 and Chef Davis *93 make Joseph amazing.
a "technicolor" experience indeed.
Strong performances by leads and
semi-leads backed by a solid chorus
take this musical far.
Despite the time constraints of
the production schedule, the show
runs smoothly. This is undoubtedly
due to the hard workand long hours
put in by everyone involved.
"Everyone has worked hard the last
few weeks, both on stage and behind
the scenes," says Davis. "1 hope that
people really enjoy the show."
The show will be performed
Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m .
in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
Tickets are $7.50 for the general
public and free with a Bowdoin I.D.
World-renowned dance company will visit College
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & leisure editor
From April 1 through 3, the world-
renowned Merce Cunningham
Dance Company will be coming to
Bowdoin for a three-day residency.
The company has earned an
international reputation for
innovation and elegance in modem
dance. Sponsored by the Donald M.
Zuckert Visiting Professorship, the
company will present a series of
events in conjunction with the
Bowdoin College Division of Dance
(see box).
The residency will begin on
Thursday, April 2, with a video
lecture by company archivist David
Vaughan called "Merce
Cunningham: ^Continuity and
Change." Vaughan will trace the
artistic evolution of Cunningham's
career over the past half-century,
including his collaboration with
other modern artistic and musical
geniuses, such as John Cage and
Andy Warhol.
The lecture will be followed by a
Cunningham technique class for
beginner and intermediate dancers
on Friday, April 2. The class, to be
taught by a member of the Merce
Cunningham Studio, will be open
to both Bowdoin students and the
general public. Enrollment will be
limited only to the participants, no
viewers. Those wishing to enroll
should call 725-3663.
Finally, the residency will
culminate in a Performance Event
Saturday evening, April3,at Pickard
Theater. The Event will feature
fifteen dancers and Merce
Cunningham himself with live
electronic music. Dance critic
Alastair Macaulay describes the
event as "a one-of-a-kind anthology,
selected from a range of
Cunningham's works, and usually
performed with music and designs
that did not originally accompany
thechoreography. An event changes
so much during its d urat ion . . .that it
becomes a complete demonstration
of the whole Cunningham
experience.
Merce Cunningham has been
called "the dominant artistic force
in American dance" and a "poet of
motion, time, space and silence,
American modern-dance's first true
barefoot classicist." According to
Macaulay, "There is no dance
company today in which style and
technique are more ideally fused.
No company of dancers today is
composed of more individually
attractive(or attractively individual)
people. And no company today has
such consistently superb
choreography."
Tickets for the Company's
Saturday Event performance are
available in advance at the Moulton
Union Information Desk (weekdays
until 4:45 p.m.); MacBeans Music,
Brunswick and Amadeus Music,
Portland. Ticket prices are $16 for
general admission, $8 for non-
Bowdoin students and ticket buyers
aged 65 and older. Bowdoin
students receive one free ticket per
Bowdoin I.D.
Bowdoin students are strongly
urged by the Division of Dance to
buy tickets now for this once-in-a-
lifetime chance to see a world-
famous da nee company; tickets will
probably be sold out after Spring
Break. For information, call 725-
3375. No ticket sales will be made
by phone.
ITie Merce Cunningham Dance Company will bring their moden
in novation s to Pickard April 1-3.
The Dance Company's residency activities
April 1 "Merce Cunningham Continuity and Change,"
a video lecture on Cunningham's 50 year career as
dancer/ choreographer /artistic innovator. The
video is produced by company archivist David
Vaughan. 7:30 p.m v Kresge Auditorium, Visual
Arts Center.
Aprill-2 Video Installation. Performance and
documentary films. 11:30-1230 p.m., Moulton
Union.
April 2 Technique Class. Conducted by a Merce
Cunningham Studio faculty member. Enrollment
limited to participants; no viewers. 3-5 p.m., Morrell
Gym. Please call 725-3663 to enroll.
April 3 Event Performance. 8p.m., Pickard Theater.
8
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS &L LEISURE FRIDAY. MARCH 5. 1993
Bachmann/Klibonoff duo returns
By Richard Miller
orient asst. arts &
leisure editor
Violinist Maria Bachmann and
pianist Jon Klibonoff, both familiar
to Bowdoin Summer Music
Festival audiences, will perform
on Sunday, March 7, as part of the
1992-93 SpringConcertSeries.The
concert is funded by the Jasper
Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the
Humanities which has funded a
number of the other installments
to the Concert Series.
Bachmann and Klibonoft have
also scheduled a workshop for
students on Friday evening. The
workshop will feature an informal
dress rehearsal, but will also
contain discussion on various
issues raised by the music to be
presented in Sunday's concert.
Topics discussed will include
technical problems and innovative
playing techniques especially
suited to the pieces. The agenda is
obviously geared for music
students, particularly violinists
and pianists, but the workshop is
open to anyone interested.
The concert will feature works
by Beethoven, Schubert,
Corigliano and Currier. Sebastian
Currier will attend the workshop
to discuss his work Clockwork,
which was composed in 1989, and
will attend the concert to hear the
piece performed.
Maria Bachmann has won
numerous competitions, including
First Prize and U.S Trust Artist
Award of the Concert Artists Guild
New York Competition and the
Fritz Kreisler International Violin
Competition, and was most
recently named a laureate of the
1990 International Tchaikovsky
Competition. She is a member of
lege Relations
Concert series to be presented tonight and Sunday evening.
the Carnegie Chamber Players, a frequently in recital with recent
frequent guest artist with the winners of the Naumberg, Montreal
Bowdoin Trio and the Aeolian and Concert Artists Guild
Chamber Players, and is frequently Competition. A versatile redtalist,
a featured artist at the Bowdoin soloist and chamber musician, he
Summer Music Festival. She holds
degrees from the Curtis Institute of
Music, where she studied with
Szymon Goldberg and Ivan
Galamian.
Jon Klibonoff is a member of the
Bowdoin Trio and the Carnegie
Chamber Players and appears
has performed throughout the U.S.
and abroad and has won several
major piano competitions. He holds
degrees from the Juilliard School,
where he studied with Martin
Can in, and the Manhattan School of
Music, where he studied with Donn-
Alexandre Feder.
D.I. Y. Part II: London calling
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Alongside the American songs
comprising the first five discs of
Rhino Records' D.I.Y.
retrospective of punk rock sits four
hours of music from their British
counterparts, ranging from the
inane pop music of Stiff Records'
early releases to the savage
intensity of the Damned and the
Sex Pistols. Unfortunately, the
British discs are marred by the
absence of some of the most
influential bands of the era.
Anarchy in the U.K. : Pun*/(1976-
77) is the stuff of time capsules,
music that no rock history buff
could be without (and probably
isn't). With its songs assembled in
chronological order, the disc
purposely has the flavor of a
historical document. The Sex
Pistols are represented by demo
versions of their two most famous
songs, "Anarchy in the U.K." and
"God Save the Queen"; the
Damned's two first singles are
included as well as the Jam's
seminal early single, "In the City,"
distinguished by its (relatively)
polished sound.
The Stranglers, Generation X
and the Buzzcocks also appear.
But the omission of the Cash (due
to "licensing restrictions,"
according to the liner notes) leaves
out the heart of the punk
movement. Just as well, really,
because it would take more than
just a couple of tracks on this
collection to do them justice.
The Modern World: U.K. Punk II
(1977-78) catches the downside of
punk's first flourish as the initial
momentum wore off. This disc
contains less essential material,
although there's no shortage of
good songs, like Magazine's "Shot
by Both Sides," the Jam's "The
Modem World," the Buzzcocks'
Anarchy in the
U.K. is the stuff of
time capsules,
music that no rock
history buff could
be without (and
probably isn't).
"What do 1 Get?" and Wire's edgy
and disturbing "I Am the Fly"
(along with early releases by
Siouxsie and the Banshees and The
Fall). Especially notable is the angry
topicality of "Suspect Device" from
Northern Ireland's Stiff Little
Fingers.
The revitalization of more
traditional pop music and the rise
of a truly independent record label
Stiff Records is documented on
Teenage Kicks: UX. Pop / (1976-79).
In contrast to the nihilism of the
Sex Pistols, Teenage Kicks serves
up a big helping of extremely silly
music. You may find yourself
embarrassed to laugh at the inanity
of Jilted John's eponymous single,
but you will be laughing
nevertheless. Wreckless Eric sings
about the traditional English
schoolboy fantasies of beautiful
women in sunny climes on "Whole
Wide World," and NickLoweshows
off his pop craftsmanship on the
single that launched Stiff, "So It
Goes."
In the interest of putting at least
one big-name band on each disc,
Rhino has thrown in Squeeze's
excellent "Take Me, I'm Yours,"
although they could easily have
been excluded to make room for
various Nick Lowe /Stiff alumni,
like Ian Dury (the purveyor of such
gems as "Hit Me With Your Rhythm
Stick"), Graham Parker and Elvis
Costello. Despite the fact that none
of these worthies are represented
here, this disc contains just enough
great songs to make it worthwhile.
That's more than can be said for
its twin, Starry Eyes; U.K. Pop II
(1978-79), which is padded out with
more than its fair share of mediocre
obscurities. The Buzzcock's "Ever
Fallen In Love?" and Squeeze's "Up
the Junction," an incisive look at
working-class London, comprise the
high points, with Is She Really In
Love With Him?" by Joe Jackson
(retaining a distinctive sound even
under the burden of a heavy Elvis
Costello influence) and XTC's "Life
Begins at the Hop" rounding out
the rest.
Arts& Leisure Calendar
Compiled by Emily A. Kasper
Friday, March 5
7:30 pjn. Workshop for students. Maria Bachmann, violin; and Jon
Klibonoff, piano. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
&00 p Jn. Musical. Masque and Gown presents Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
and h/rics by Tim Rice. Pickard Theatre, Memorial HalL Admission:
$750 public, free with Bowdoin ID. Tickets available at the
Information Desk, Mouhon Union.
fcOO pan. Film. FUzcaraldo directed by Werner Herzog and starring
Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts
Center,
Saturday, March 6
8:00 p jn . Musical. Masque and Gown presents Joseph and the
Armzing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Repeat performance.
9:00 p.m. Film. Mountains of the Moon directed by Bob Rafelson .
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
930 p jbi. Performance. Helium, a Boston rock group, with the St.
Allagash School Boy's Choir. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
Sunday, March 7
1 .-00 p.m. Slide shew and conversation about communities in
Europe and India that are developing sustainable life ways. Merriam
Hill Geocom mons Year. Description of prototype yearly college
programs for exploring ecology and community. Share ideas about
life and tearning, person and planet Meet at the lobby, Moulton
Union.
2:15 p.m. Favorite Childhood Pastimes: Depictions by Winslow
Homer reading series for children 8 to 12. Laura K. Mills '93, art
history major, reads descriptions of nineteen-century games.
Followed by a tour of the Winslow Homer Gallery. Please call 725-
3275 for reservations.
730 p jn. Concert Series. Maria Bachmann, violin; and Jon
Klibonoff, piano. Program includes works of Beethoven , Currier,
Schubert and Corigliano. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Art Center.
Admission $10XX) public, $8.00 senior citizens, free with Bowdoin
ID.
Tuesday, March 9
11 :00 a.m. Chinese Calligraphy Workshop I. Hands-on experience
with brush-fens and a slid e show of classic Chinese calfigraphies.
Xiaohong Wen, assistant professor of Asian studies program. 16C,
Coles Tower.
4:00 p.m. jasper Jacob Stahl Lectureship in the Humanities.
"Recognition in the Odyssey." Hanna M. Roisman, associate
professor of classics, Colby College. Main lounge, Moulton Union.
4.-00 p.m. Jung seminar discussion and slide show. "Architectural
Landscapes of the Unconsciousness." Robert Van Vraken '83, artist.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
Wednesday, March 10
1O0 a.m. Gallery talk. The Art of Portraiture." Linda J. Docherty,
assistant professor of art. Walker Art Building.
4O0 p.m. Poetry reading, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Gaelic poet, reads
her works. Reading in Irish and English. Beam classroom, Visual
Arts Center.
8*30 p.m. Concert. Peter Himmelman, Brenda Kahn, and Darden
Smith, singer/songwriters, Sony Records. Kresge Auditorium,
Visual Art Center.
9-00 p.m. Film.Tfcr Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston and
starring Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
Thursday, March 11
200 p.m. Chinese Calligraphy Workshop II. Xiaohong Wen,
assistant professor of Asian studies. Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 38
College Street.
Swirlies leaves heads spinning
By Matt Roberts
orient contributor
The acoustics of the Maine Lounge
proved to be less than appropriate
for the feedback-ridden ensembles
of Madder Rose and the Swirlies.
An encouragingly large crowd
turned out to hear the mostly
unknown bands.
The Swirlies offer their fare on the
Taang! record label, known for
boosting young and upcoming
bands. Among the most notable of
these are the Lemonheads.
At the risk of sounding geriatric,
the predominating characteristic of
the concert was its volume. Sound
waves just don't bounce off the walls
of Maine Lounge like they should,
so the adjacent Donor's Lounge
provided more optimal listening
conditions. An audience likes to feel
the music, but only if they can
decipher it.
Madder Rose's performance was
inconsistent with their T releases
which, for Saturday's audience, was
a disappointment. The Swirlies' use
of feedback seemed heavy-handed,
especially since feedback has
become such a grunge band cliche.
On a brighter note, it was great to
see Bowdoin students turning out
in force to support new talent, as
opposed to clinging to the dinosaurs
of classic rock (or bands who cover
the dinosaurs). We hope that the
Student Union Committee will
continuethis trend of bringing small
bands to campus and offering us
the chance to ignorantly review that
which is new and unknown to us.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
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Picture this: new exhibition opens at Museum of Art
By Richard Miller
orient asst. arts &
leisure editor
When one starts from a portrait and
seeks by successive eliminations to find
pure form. . .one inevitably ends up with
an egg. Similarly, by starting from an
egg and following the opposite course
one can arrive at a portrait.
— Pablo Picasso
Bowdoin's Museum of Art is a
proven oasis of unpretentious
refinement in the desert of tense
confinement we call Bowdoin. The
Museum's latest offering continues
the trend with an exhibition entitled
The Art of Portraiture, which provides
just the respite necessary to help us
cope with the pre-Spring Break
crush that is upon us. At a time
when our humanity seems to be
most eluding us, this exhibition
offers the opportunity to indulge in
some healthy self-reflection.
The exhibition was created by
Linda J. Docherty, professor of art
history, with the help of Amy Coyle
'93 and Medha Patel '93, who are
completing art history independent
study projects.
The exhibition doubles as a
"teaching tool" for the first year
seminar "The Art of Portraiture" that
Docherty is currently teaching. "It
complements the things we've been
doing in the classroom by showing
all the different genres of portraiture.
There's a great variety of medium:
lithography, monotype, drawing,
photography ... as well as a great
variety of portraits," said Docherty.
She commented on the creative
process of portraiture. "There are
core questions which we must
address when we talk about
portraiture: What constitutes a
portrait? Is there more to it than just
appearance? This raises the question
of identity, as expressed in
portraiture, and how it has evolved
with time. The exhibition aims to
reflect what has changed and what
has remained the same."
Docherty describes portraiture as
a two-fold creative process.
"Portraits are records of one
individual's effort to know another
and to communicate that knowledge
to a viewer. Because of this,
portraiture is also an interpretive
act in which the artist's own
individuality informs the final
image." This raises an intriguing
question: Is the portrait a reflection
of the artist, the subject, the historical
context or some complex
amalgamation of all three? In terms
of Picasso's quotation: Just whose
egg is it?
At a time when our
humanity seems to be
most eluding us, this
exhibition offers the
opportunity to indulge
in some healthy self-
reflection
The first genre Docherty
addressed was self portraiture: "Sel f
portraits well exemplify alternative
possibilities for defining and
representing character. Seymour
Haden shows himself with the tools
of the etching profession, while Man
Ray emphasizes the actual process
of artistic creation. Some confront
their images directly in the mirror
and then manipulate empirical facts
in order to penetrate the surface."
This technique is evident in the
impressionist pieces which
emphasize style over subject matter.
The evolution of identity was
Dochert/s next subject. "Images of
divine-right monarchs, such as
Charles I, were disseminated among
a wide audience through
reproductive engravings . The iconic
arrangement, derived from the
images of Christ, also distinguishes
Edward Curtis' haunting likeness
of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Tribe. Although the mediums differ,
the manner of presentation is similar
for both rulers." Their stoic style is
typical of 19th century portraiture
whose function was primarily that
of "establishing and securing the
reputations of patrons."
In the 20th century, the focus
became "more intimate" through
emphasis on the individual.
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"Beyond wealth and power,
creativity has frequently attracted
the attention of the portraitist."
Present are stunning photos of Pablo
Picasso and Marc Chagall.
The most striking aspect of the
exhibit is its portraits of women.
"Mariana Cook's commanding
photograph of Marguerite
Yourcenar bears a noteworthy
resemblance to Nadar's portrait of
another French woman writer,
George Sand." These pieces typify
the theme of quiet strength which
runs through many of the portraits,
but is especially prominent in those
of women.
The centerpiece is Nicholas
Nixon's photographs of four sisters,
entitled heft to Right . Eerily powerful
in its stillness, It invites viewers to
trace, through time, the characters
and relationships among women for
whom they have no external point
of reference. His work inspires
reconsideration of other images in
which we can sense, if not identify,
an individual lurking beneath the
type."
The questions of ambiguity of
identity and thecomplicated nature
of portraiture come to a head in
Nadar's portrait of Sarah Bernhardt.
Who i s being portrayed? Bernhardt?
Is Bernhardt playing a character? Is
Nadar assigning her this identity?
Does the image provide insight into
the psyche of either Nadar or
Bernhardt? Or is this just another
example of self-fashioning? Is the
pensive, melancholy mood merely
a pretense to legitimacy or
substance? Who is to say what is
real and what is not? In the end, the
egg may prove to belong to the
viewers, who must then rely on the
ambiguities of their own
personalities to decipher its
meaning as they wish.
Docherty ended on an
appropriately profound note: "From
Bust of a Young Man after Andrea
del Sarto to Andrea Modica's
Oneonta Yankees, portraits of
anonymous subjects remind us not
only of our mortality but also of our
humanity and how art may
construct bridges from one person
to another."
The most important thing onecan
gain from this exhibition is the
disturbing, yet ultimately hopeful,
sense of the mystery and complexity
within individuals. This simple
realization may prove to renew a
sense of contact and oneness with
strangers — quite a return on the
investment of a few moments of
quiet reflection. As Walter Lippman
aptly put it: "Art enlarges experience
by admitting us to the inner life of
others."
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Nadar's Sarah Bernhardt in "Le Baiser," 1870, on display until April 18.
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ORIENT SENIOR EDITOR taught fencing and stage combat
at the University for two years
Broadway actor Bruce Kuhn before receiving certification from
will bring his talents to campus to the American Society of Fight
perform The Gospel of Luke on Choreographers under Fight
March 30 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Master David Boushey.
Kresge Auditorium. Kuhn's performances are
The Gospel of Luke , taken from sponsored by the Bowdoin
the King James Bible, tells the Christian Fellowship. Beginning
story of the life and impact of March 8, tickets will be available
Jesus. In a compelling 90 minutes, at the Moulton Union desk. They
without props, sets or special are free for students and $4 for
effects, Kuhn recreates the life of
one of the most influential men in
history.
"Being an actor, I take all this
on a very emotional level," said
Kuhn. "You see, 1 really believe
these things happened."
On Broadway, Kuhn played
Montparnasse in Lrs Miserabies.
He also toured nationally with
the Broadway musical Chess and
with Harry Chapin's one-man
Off-Broadway hit, The Cotton
Patch Gospel His other theater
credits include three seasons at
the Actors' Theatre of Louisville
where The Gospel of Luke was
premiered.
Kuhn earned a Master of Fine
Arts degree from the Professional
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Buffalo Tom rocks Zootz
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Alternative rock band Buffalo
Tom blasted their way through a
blistering set of brand-new material
to a full house at Zootz last Friday
night.
Making their third appearance at
the Portland club, the Boston trio
debuted a number of new songs
slated for inclusion on their
upcoming fourth album.
Punctuated by singer /guitarist Bill
janowitz's howls and bursts of
of sure-fire favorites, starting the
show with a corrosive version of
"Staples" and including a string-
breaking romp through the much-
requested "Velvet Roof," both from
their latest album. Digging into their
back catalogue, the band won the
audience with crowd-pleasers like
"Fortune Teller" and the inevitable
"Birdbrain," as well as two from
their debut disc, Sunflower Suit and
The Bus.
Janowitz showcased his special
brand of crowd control early on in
the show when one particularly
belligerent patron loudly insisted
Unable to ignore the front-row heckler in
such a tiny venue, Janowitz good-naturedly
handed the aggreived party a microphone and
let him yell "You suck! You suckl"
feedback, thenew material generally
fell into one of two categories: fast-
paced rockers played at ear-
crushing volume, and slightly
slower numbers played at ear-
crushing volume. In the former
category, "Sodajerk," "Treehouse"
and "Latest Monkee" stood out as
the most memorable. Bassist Chris
Colbourn stepped up to sing two of
his own songs, "Witch's Broom"
and "Butterscotch."
Theaudience's preference leaned
decisively towards more familiar
tunes, however, and favored them
with most appreciative cheers. The
band obliged by picking out a passel
on proclaiming his displeasure at
the band's choice of songs. Unable
to ignore the front-row heckler in
such a tiny venue, Janowitz good-
naturedly handed the aggreived
party a microphone and let him yell
"You suck! You suck!" into it until
he had spent his anger. After this
cathartic outburst, the fan showed
an admirable semblance of civility
for the rest of the evening.
Riding high on the critics' kudos
for their album, Let Me Come Over,
Buffalo Tom stands to consolidate
their success if the songs premiered
last Friday prove as strong in
recorded form as they did on stage.
Group 's first performance is improv ably good
By Nicole Devarenne
orient staff writer
Last Thursday six members of
Bowdoin's impromptu comedy
group, the Improvabilities,
performed for an enthusiastic
audience in Lancaster Lounge.
Covering subject matter that ranged
from "things you can open with
your teeth" to pensive wheelchairs,
Rachel Nagler ^5, Trevor Worcester
'94, James Donald '95, Ellen Cowen
'96, Marion Roach '95 and Matt
Brown '96 put on a series of skits
that were surprisingly creative and
entertaining.
In the first improvisation, Brown
gave a distressingly realistic
impression of an evangelist (who
suffers from syphilis, as it was later
revealed) doling out healings to
Worcestor, Roach, Cowen and
Donald.
In the next skit Worcester, as Dick
Clark, presided over a particularly
mindless game of "$25,000
Pyramid." The audience was asked
to provide categories for the
contestants, some of the most
notable of which were the
aforementioned "things you can
open with your teeth" and "things
that ooze."
Third was a flash-panorama of all
our favoriteTV shows and channels;
among them Studs, Spanish TV,
Courtroom TV, Fox, the Playboy
Channel and CNN. In the CNN
segment, Roach drew a lot of laughs
with a particularly quick "I know
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Improbabilities entertaining die crowd at their premiere performance.
this is Crossfire, but your fire is
getting a little too crossed with
mine."
In another skit the audience was
asked for nouns (not including
places and people) and verbs.
Cowen called the shots while Nagler
and Worcester created a story out of
what they were given. The title
chosen for the play by the audience,
The Friendly Mallard," was met
with some consternation on the part
of the performers, but in the end
they pulled off a particularly funny,
if not altogether coherent, narrative.
In another skit Worcester and
Brown provided the voices for
Donald and Roach in a "movie"
entitled "Stretch" which had its
"actors" contending with strange
spreading rashes. Finally, the
audience offered suggestions for a
routine on "pet peeves," coming up
with "when the Dining Service
forgets to give you parsley" and
other treasures.
Worcester admits he's sometimes
surprised at what comes out in the
performances. "It's about half and
half," he said. "It all depends on
what the audience is giving us and
what we're giving them." He said
it's "frightening up there, but I enjoy
it. You get up in front of an audience
and things just flow."
The Improvabilities rehearseonce
or twice a week for an hour. They
"throw things around from
everyday life, things from TV we
think are really stupid." The
members take turns playing the part
of the audience for the others to get
in shape for their performances.
The Improvabilities will be
performing at least once more this
semester, after Spring Break.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
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SPORTS
Men' s hockey stuns Middlebury
Polar Bears upset Panthers 2-1 to advance to EC AC semifinals
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
As the old saying goes, "bet on
the underdog."
USA versus the Soviet Union in
the 1980 Olympics. The lowly
Minnesota North Stars Stanley Cup
run in the 1991 playoffs. The
Bowdoin College Polar Bears in the
1993 ECAC Division III playoffs.
All of these teams have one element
in common. If you haven't figured it
out yet, I'll clue you in. They were
all expected to lose heavily in the
face of overwhelming odds, yet they
triumphed.
The scene for Bowdoin's
miraculous win came on Tuesday,
March 2, 1993, in Middlebury,
Vermont. The ECAC Division III
post-season tournament, which
seeded eight teams, commenced its
single-elimination quarterfinal play
last Tuesday. The eighth-seeded
Polar Bears, rounding out the season
at 1 3-8-2, were slated to meet ECAC
Division III powerhouse, the
Middlebury Panthers.The Panthers,
seeded number one in the
tournament and championing an
18-2-2 record, were already looking
to the next round. In the teams' two
regular season meetings
Middlebury defeated the Bears 6-4
in January and came back from two
goals down in the closing moments
to tie Bowdoin 6-6 at Dayton Arena
just one month ago. Pernios seeking
revenge for thedraw, the bears came
prepared to play tough hockey.
Goalie Darren Hersh '93 limited
the Panthers to just one goal en route
to a 2-1 Bowdoin victory. The Bears
struck first at 9:15 of the first period
when Paul Croteau '95 made a cross-
ice pass from one blue line to the
other and hit the streaking Marcello
Gentile '95, who slapped one
through the wickets of the
Middlebury goal tender for his
twenty-fifth of the year.
The 1-0 lead was short
lived,howeveT, for just 55 seconds
later, the Panthers tied it up. The
game remained tied until the third
period, but the action was furious,
with both teams desperately trying
to keep their seasons alive. Sports
Intern, Craig Cheslog, covering the
game for Bowdoin Radio noted,
'The most interesting and exciting
part of the game was watching the
forwards from one team improve
their play while the opposing
defensemen and goaltender took
their game to a different level."
One interesting thing about this
match was that neither Charlie nor
Joe Gaffney '95, who accounted for
over 100 points this season for
Bowdoin, figured in either of the
Bowdoin goals. In fact, the hero of
the game was an unlikely candidate.
With eighteen minutes left in the
third period, forward Brian Crovo
'93 netted his first career goal as a
Polar Bear. The goal was sensational.
After receiving a pass from Torey
Lomenda '94 at the left circle, he
fired off a vicious slap-shot which
the Middlebury goalie stopped. The
rebound fell to the ice, however,
and, as the goalie groped for the
puck, a sprawled-out Crovo
managed to get his stick on the puck
to knock it home.
Reflecting on this timely first goal,
Crovo said, "I was just in the right
place at the right time and was
thrilled to get the game- winner. My
first goal has been elusive, but I
could only dream that the goal
would come at a time like this, and
it was an honor to get it. Most of all,
I am proud that the win brought the
tournament to Bowdoin and gives
us the opportunity to go for the
championship at home."
With a 2-1 lead and eighteen
minutes left, the Bears stood their
ground defensively. Middlebury,
looking to repeat their sans goalie
comeback from earlier in the season,
was not able to mount any offense
thanks to the fine fore-checking of
Charlie and Joe Gaffney. Coach
Terry Meagher said of the thrilling
win, "The team performed well and
we beat a respected opponent by
playing an intelligent game in all
three zones." He continued,
commenting on the magnitude of
this game, "Any time the eighth
seed beats the first it can be
considered an upset, but in a one
game situation, anything can
happen, and based on our previous
two meetings with Middlebury, we
had the confidence we needed to
win."
Prior to all the heroics of last
Tuesday, the Bears finished the 1992-
93 season last weekend with games
against Babson and St. Anselm.
Admittedly less thrilling, these
games were marked by record-
breaking performances and
sentimental farewells. On Friday,
February 26, the Babson Beavers
burst into Dayton Arena and snuck
away with a 5-3 victory in a very
anti-climactic match. Bowdoin's first
game of the year was also a 5-3 loss
to Babson. Bowdoin came out
swinging, scoring just sixteen
seconds into the first period on a
goal by Joe Gaffney.
Babson, however, stole the Bears
thunder and quickly tied it up, and
at the end of two, the score was tied
at three. Babson scored two
uninspiring goals early in the third
period to take the victory. Despite
the loss, Coach Meagher
characterized the loss postively,
"The Babson loss* was not
disappointing because it generated
a lot of opportunities that we just
did not capitalize on and gave us
the confidence we needed to play
with the best in the league, namely
Middlebury, on Tuesday." The
Beavers, also a tournament team
and sporting a record of 15-4-3,
were ousted in the first round by
Salem State.
The next day, Saturday, February
27, marked the end of the Bears'
Senior Derek Richard (#14) fights for control of the puck against St. Anselm.
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
regular season and sad farewell to
eleven Bowdoin seniors, including
both goalies (Tom Sablak and
Darren Hersh), as well as Captain
Jim Klapman. The Bears faced off
against the Hawks of St. Anselm,
perennial cellar-dwellers in the
ECAC. The game was a rout from
start to finish, Bowdoin jumping
out to a 5-0 lead mid-way through
the second period. The final score
was 6-2, with the Bears out-shooting
the Hawks 57-16. The highlight of
this sentimental afternoon came not
from a senior, but from Charlie
Gaffney. Ar253 of the third period,
Gaffney scored on a pass from
Klapman for a power-play goal.
The goal brought Gaffney' s point
total up to 58 points for the season,
breaking the record set by Alan
Quinlan in the 1976-77 season.
Surrounded by his teammates,
Gaffney received a standing ovation
from the Polar Bear crowd. The win
brought Bowdoin's record to 13-8-2
for the season. Looking back on the
season Coach Meagher said, "As
I've said on many occasions, it's a
very competitve league, and just to
be among the top eight teams is an
honor."
In an unexpected turn of events,
both the semi-final and
championship rounds of the ECAC
East tournament will be played at
Dayton Arena. On Friday, March 5,
at 4:30 p.m., #4 seed Williams (18-6)
will face #7 seed Salem State (17-6-
1). The evening match-up pits the
Bears, now 14-8-2, against #3 seed
University of Connecticut (19-5-2).
The winners face off on Saturday,
March 6, in the championship game.
Bowdoin will have its hands full
with UConn, but will have the
advantage of home ice, compiling a
7-3-1 record at home this season.
Concerning UConn, Coach Meagher
said, "It's not going to get any easier
for us against UConn. They have
had great runs over the last three to
four years and have a lot of play-off
experience. They have excellent
players and coaching, but we feel
they play a similar style to that of
Middlebury, one that we match up
well against."
Many thanks to Craig Cheslog
for his tireless work and dedication
to Bowdoin Sports, without which,
none of this would have been
possible.
, ECAC East Tournament
(8) Bowdoin 2
(1) Middlebury 1
Men's Hockey
Charlie Gaf mey
Team Leaders
58 points
(7) Salem State
(2) Babson
5
4
Marcello Gentile
25 goals
(6) Hamilton
(3) Connecticut
3
5
Charlie Gaffney
Marcello Gentile
40 assists
10 pp goals
(5)AIC
(4) Williams
2
6
JoeGafmey
4 gw goals
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1 993
Squash team captures National Championship
Polar Bears upset Haverford at Princeton to take first-ever title
By Erik Bartenhagen
orient sports editor
In one of the greatest stories in
Bowdoin's athletic history, the
men's varsity squash team captured
the Conway National
Championships at Princeton
University last weekend. The team
upset number one seeded
Haverford in the finals to clinch
Bowdoin's first ever national title in
squash.
"I think we're all still in shock,"
explained Tom Davidson '94. "If
you would have told me that we
would win a national title two years
ago, I would have taken you to
counseling personally."
The 1990-91 season marked a low
point for Bowdoin squash. The team
struggled to a miserable 3-16 record
and did not make it to nationals. But
since Coach Dan Hammond took
over, the team has come up with
some of its biggest wins in years
over Colby, Connecticut College,
Wesleyan and Babson. In fact,
Davidson, Craig Bridwell '96, Chip
Leighton '93 and Jon Winnick '95
were all undefeated last weekend
and combined for a 36-0 game
record.
Because of two tough losses late
in the season when the team had
three players out, the team
wtravelled a difficult road to the
finals. On Saturday, the squad faced
off against Bard College. "We were
a little nervous going in," explained
Captain Jeff Doming '93, "because
we knew what Harvard, Army and
Yale looked like, but we hadn't seen
Bard at all. All we knew was that
they had been voted one of the most
improved teams in America by the
NCAA coaches."
As Davidson explained, "There
weret wo factors that contributed to
our success. First was the leadership
from Coach and Deming. The
second was the play from our
rookies. Bridwell, Holt Hunter '96
and Winnick really grew up a lot
this weekend."
The team's nervousness proved
all for naught as they crushed Bard
9-0 in the opening match. Led by
John Cirome '95 and Eliot
Vanbuskirk '95, Bowdoin
dominated their New York foe.
'That really set the tone" said
Leighton, who finished his career
with a nine-match win streak. "We
knew that after we dominated Bard
that most of the teams would have a
tough time beating us."
The win pitted the team against a
tough Wesleyan squad led by Ail-
American Tom Reifenhauser.
Cirome had lost a tough five-set tie-
break match to the Wesleyan junior
in December, and the stands were
packed while the two top-seeded
players battled it out on the
grandstand court.
Cirome went up in the first game,
but Reifenhauser pulled away with
the win in a heated match. "John's
about two months a way from being
one of the best players in the
The men's squash team celebrates after winning their National Championship.
Courtesy of Tom Davidson
country," explained Deming. 'The
fact that he can get out there and be
in matches with the top players in
the country shows that he so tough
now, and he has two more years to
improve." The team went on to
crush the Wesleyan squad who
simply could not match Bowdoin's
depth.
Sunday afternoon, Bowdoin faced
number one-seeded Haverford in
the finals. The bottom five players
came out swinging, giving Bowdoin
a 5-0 lead and the title. Cirome and
Hunter came up with huge wins on
the grandstand court in front of
hundreds of excited fans at Jadmin
Gymnasium. HafeezEsmail'94and
Josh Tulgan '95 also came up big,
winning tough matches against the
Haverford crew.
The future looks bright for
Hammond's squad, as the team
returns its top six players next year.
For now, the team will relish in its
victory and look forward to next
year with eight returning players.
SPORTS COMMENTARY
The Changing Face of Boston Sports
By Tim Smith
I just can't keep up anymore. The
teams I've loved and followed for
so long are changing before my
eyes. Managers, coaches and players
once synonymous with Boston
sports are quitting town with short
IN: Bill Parcells: You've got to
love this off-season pick-up. For the
first time since Chuck Fairbanks ran
the club, the lowly Pats have
direction. And what was that talk
about Giants like Phil Simms and
notice, leaving their fans bewildered Lawrence Taylor flocking to New
yet mildly intrigued. Has any winter England now that Parcells has
in recent memory witnessed such a arrived? I honestly wasn't sure the
violent top-to-
bottom
shakedown of
Boston's
cherished sports
teams?
With spring
training under
way and the NFL
draft just around
the corner, it's
one of those rare
times of the year
when all four of
Boston's
professional
sports teams are
news. Not a bad
time to take a
step back and
evaluate. For ~~"" "^"^ "^~
anyone who's
been hibernating for the past few
months or who just can't keep track
of all the new names on Boston's
sports roster, here' s a quick refresher
course on who's in and who's out.
"Has any winter in
recent memory
witnessed such a
violent top-to-
bottom shakedown
of Boston 's
cherished sports
teams?
Pats were
capable of
landing a
proven winner
and motivator
like Parcells, but
now that he's
here, the sky's
the limit. After
all, just a few
short years ago,
the Dallas
Cowboys were
1-15.
OUT: Dick
MacPherson:
Not to take
anything away
from the hiring
of Parcells, Mac
™— ■" ■" ™^ — ~ deserved
better. His on-
field exuberance didn't fit the mold
of successful NFL head coaches, but
that's why I liked him. Leading the
Pats to a 6-10 record that included
upsets of Buffalo and Houston in
his first season was a tremendous
//
accomplishment. This past year,
Mac's unwillingness to blame his
assistants for the abysmal season
cost him his job. I'd vote for him for
mayor of Syracuse.
IN: Andre Dawson: Every time I
get excited about what the Hawk
might accomplish in a Sox uniform
this season, I have to remind myself
of his age and nagging injuries. No
matter what he does on the field,
however, Dawson will be a welcome
addition to a Sox clubhouse which
is looking to shake its bad image.
Lou Gorman got leadership and
character when he signed Dawson.
But if you're looking at a team that
had no power last season and you
subtract Ellis Burks and Phil Plantier
from the equation, you're going to
need a lot more out of Dawson than
leadership.
OUT: Wade Boggs: By his own
high standards, Boggs had a terrible
season in 1992, by far the worst of
his career. But who's to say it would
have carried over into '93? There's
definitely something unsettling
about giving up a player who is one
of the greatest hitters of all' time in
the hopes that Scott Cooper will
emerge as an All-Star. I feel terrible
that Wade never won a Series with
the Sox. Regardless of what anyone
says, Boggs gave everything he had
to the Sox organization. He was a
product of its farm system and a
close friend of Mrs. Ya wkey . I won't Adam Oates may prove to be during
forget the tears he shed on thebench the next couple of months,
after Game 6 of the '86 Series. But OUT: Phil Plantier: The Sox
then again, Cooper may prove to be definitely got the better of this deal,
the next ... Wade Boggs. Jose Melendez is a great addition to
IN: John Blue: Since becoming the bullpen,
the Bruins' full-time goaltender in IN: Alaa Abdelnaby: You had to
early February, Blue has held up know this pick-up was a mistake
pretty welL But I'd have to concur when Alaa was charged with
with the Bruins
front office
when they say
they want Andy
Moog minding "And what was that
talk about Giants
like Phil Simms and
Lawrence Taylor
flocking to New
England now that
Parcells has
arrived?"
the net come
playoff time.
OUT: Ellis
Burks: Ellis has
changed his Sox.
He's another
player you hate
to let go, if only
for the reason
that he might
beat you
wearing another
uniform. The
Sox will miss his
speed in
cent erf ield, but mmmmmm ""^~— ~
Burks never
did live up to expectations which
may have been a bit too high.
IN: Cam Neely. The Bruins have
their best offensive player back on
the ice, and everyone's excited . What
a dazzling combination Neely and
ultimatum
... or else."
marijuana
possession the
day before the
Celts signed
him.
OUT: The
new Boston
Garden:
Whoever nixed
this plan
obviously hasn't
attended a Celts
game in awhile.
IN? Rick
Mirer Draft this
guy Number 1,
Parcells.
OUT? Butch
Hobson: Lou
Gorman has
"~^ — practically
given Butch the
'Get off to a strong start
Stay tuned. Another deal could
be in works.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1 993
13
Men's indoor track competes at New England's
By Pat Callahan
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
When one hears that a select group
of runners from the Bo wdoin men's
indoor track team competed in the
Open New England
Championships, chances are that it
doesn't strike much of a response.
Another weekend, another track
meet, right?
Wrong. To put last weekend's
performance in its proper context,
why not think about the hockey
team playing the UMaine Black
Bears, or the Polar Bear hoopsters
going up against the likes of Bobby
Knight and his Hoosiers? Last
Saturday Bo wdoin' s rekn owned
mid-distance crew tested its talents
against some of the top runners in
the country and came away with
some breathtaking performances as
well as two school records.
As in all championship meets,
qualifing heats were used to
determine which athletes would
compete for the championship
honors in the finals. In past years
Bowdoin's runners had entered
these heats, suffered defeat and
chalked up the race as good
experience.
Andrew Yim '93 put a stop to this
trend by placing third in his mile
qualifying heat, setting him up for
competition in a final which boasted
two runners who had broken the
mystical four-minute barrier.
Unsatisfied with just that feat, Yim
toed the line with a competitive
mind-set and followed the furious
pace of Providence College's Andy
Keith, last year's NCAA Div. I
champion. This tough pace pushed
an exhausted, elated Yim to a sixth-
place finish and a personal best for
the mile (4:14.6).
For the first time all year,
Bowdoin's relay team had the
opportunity to compete on fresh
legs. Without the burden of any
earlier races, the foursome of Logan
Powell '96, Nga Selzer '93, Dylan
Tonry '93, and Rick Ginsberg '93
ran tough against Division I
powerhouses Boston University and
Northeastern. First-year Powell
received his first taste of distance
running as he put the Bears in good
position by racing to a strong 3:09
for 1200 meters. Selzer kept his
tea mates' hopes alive with a solid
400 meter run.
Next in line to battle his way
around B.U.'slightening-fastcircut
was Tonry, who responded to his
teamates' efforts to keep it close by
turning in a breakthrough
performance, running 157 for his
half-mile leg.
"I had no idea that I had run that
quickly," said the surprised senior.
"The guy from Lowell took me out
fast and I was really hurting, but I
guess that's what good competition
can do for you."
Running double his usual
distance, Ginsberg hung tough after
taking the first half-mile at a
blistering pace. His finish helped
the Bears to a respectable placing
among excellent competition.
Asa result of last weekend' s meet,
the Bowdoin indoor track record
book will need some updating. Co-
captain Dave Wood '93 got Bowdoin
in the record mind-set by coming
within a tenth of a second of his
1000 meter mark set last year at this
meet. Finally free of a lingering
virus, Wood topped his best time of
the year by over two seconds
(2:32.25).
From that point on, there was no
stopping the Polar Bear assault on
the marks of years past, as Nate
McClennen '93 and Selzer both
etched their names in the indoor
track archives of Bowdoin College.
The former brokethe800meter mark
of Leo Dunn '61 by several tenths of
a second, running fearlessly
alongside eventual-winner
Alexander Adams of B.U.
McClennen's powerful last lap
allowed him to capture fifth place in
a record time of 1 55.
Coming off of a spectacular
performance last week, Selzer was
very confident in the face of such
intimidating competition, erasing
the previous 500 meter mark on the
strength of his 1 .-06 finish. "I felt like
the race was very quick so I wasn't
very surprised at my time," said
Selzer. "I'm very happy to have
broken the record."
This weekend the team competes
in the ECAC meet at the Coast Guard
Academy. If last weekend's
occurrences were any indication, the
Bears should put forth another
worthy performance to finish out
the season.
Men's track tunes up for ECAC meet.
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
Colby upends mens basketball 52-51 in thriller
By Derek Armstrong
orient asst. sports editor
Before Saturday's final match-up
of the season against Colby, the four
graduating seniors on the men's
basketball team were honored in a
pre-game ceremony. One by one,
Tony Abbiati, Eric Bell, Pete
Marchetti and Mike Ricard were
each announced and given short
tributes which highlighted their
career accomplishments and
individual contributions to theteam.
Each player received a small gift
and had his picture taken with his
mother.
The contest which followed,
however, was not the kind of final
game any of the seniors had hoped
for. None of the seniors played as
well as they might have liked, and
unfortunately, the younger players
had trouble getting the job done as
well. As a result, the Polar Bears
shot only 31% from the field and
failed to score in the final 4:30 of the
game, allowing the visiting White
Mules to come back and steal a 52-
51 victory in the final minute.
Eager to increase its playoff
chances and avenge a 73-68 loss to
the White Mules in January, the
home team came out strong in the
first half. After the visitors struck
for the first two points of the game
on a pair of free throws, the Bears
went on an 11-2 run which forced
the first Colby timeout. Ricard
started things off by putting back a
Polar Bear miss, drawing the foul,
and hitting the resulting free throw.
On the next possession Ricard
missed the field goal, but Nick
Browning '95 stuffed home the
offensive rebound to the delight of
the large crowd On hand. Marchetti
followed with a free-throw and Bell
followed that with a jumper. Ricard
capped the run by pulling up from
outside the three-point arc and
nailing the first and only three-
pointer of his career.
The Colby squad pulled to within
seven on several occasions, but with
755 remaining the Bears kicked off
a 7-0 run which gave them their
largest lead of the evening.
Marchetti knocked down a three-
pointer to push the lead to 14 (30-
16), and Bowdoin seemed well on
its way to handling one of the
toughest teams in the ECAC. The
Bears did not score again, however,
as Colby wormed its way back into
things with some scrapping play
and strong defense down the stretch.
The teams headed to the locker room
with Bowdoin leading 30-25.
The offensive coldness lingered
in the second half. The Mules
seemed to be affected slightly less,
however, as they crept back and
took the lead (38-37) on a couple of
free-throws with 13:13 remaining.
Looking for a wake-up call, the Bears
called timeout. That wake-up call
came in the form of Nick Browning.
Over the next few minutes,
Browning was unstoppable. He
stole the lead back on a jumper from
just inside the arc, and nailed one
from the exact same place on the
next possession. Coming out of a
Colby timeout at 9:20, the 6-6
sophomore hit a baseline jumper
which gave his team a five point
lead.
The second of two straight hoops
by Bell put the Bears up 47-40 with
7:46 remaining. After four points
from the visitors, Browning
answered again, hitting an offensive
put-back and another long-distance
jumper to kick the lead back out to
seven. A monstrous Browning block
with four minutes remaining and
the score 51-44 brought the crowd
to its feet.
This block, however, was the last
thing the home crowd had to cheer
about. The Bears could not find the
hoop the rest of the way, and the
White Mules slowly climbed back
once again. Although still far from
offensively dominant, the Mules
managed three field goals over the
next three minutes to close the gap
to one. During the same period, the
Bears threw the ball away, had a
shot blocked and committed a
travelling violation.
With 25 seconds remaining, the
Bears were whistled for a foul under
their own basket, resulting in a 1-1
free throw situation for the visitors.
The first free throw went in to tie the
score and guarantee a second. The
second was nothing but net as well.
In looking for a good shot
opportunity, the Bears ran the clock
down and eventually settled for a
Jason Kirck '96 three-pointer with
.06 remaining. The shot went in
and out, and the White Mules
rebounded. The Bears fouled
immediately and managed to get
the ball back with the score
unchanged due to a missed Colby
free-throw. The three remaining
seconds were only enough time
for a desperation three-pointer,
however, and once again it went
in and out. The final score was 52-
51, Colby.
Despite the unfortunate turn of
events in the final few minutes,
Coach Tim Gilbride was able to
look back on the game without
bitterness. "I thought it was a great
game," said Gilbride. "We did
pretty much all the things we
needed to do to win, but just
couldn't come up with the win."
Gilbride was especially impressed
with his team's defense, which
limited a 19-3 squad to 36%
shooting and only 52 points.
Although the team did not end
up qualifying for the ECAC
playoffs, Gilbride has every reason
to by proud of the 1992-93 squad
and satisfied with its
accomplishments. Theteam finished
with a record of 14-10, a significant
improvement from last year's record
of 8-16. Furthermore, had a few
close games gone Bowdoin's way,
the team could have been 17-7 or
even 18-6. Attheoutset, noonecould
have predicted such a tum-around
the season after the loss of the team' s
former catalyst, point-guard Dennis
Jacobi '92
Said Gilbride, "A lot of credit has
to go to Tony [ Abbiati] and the other
seniors." Gilbride was constantly
impressed by the work ethic and
leadership of Abbiati, the team's
captain. In his best season as a Polar
Bear, Abbiati led the team to close
competition with the best teams in
the league. The contributions of Bell,
Marchetti and Ricard were also
critical to the team's success and
will be missed in seasons to come.
The thing that'sbeen so runabout
coaching this team," said Gilbride,
"is the will and determination of the
players to really try and win each
game." Gilbride hopes that this
determination will return next year
with the return of the team's strong
core of first-years, sophomores and
juniors^
Week
■
in Sports
Date
Team
Opponent
Time
3/5
Men's Hockey
Univ. of Connecticut
7:30 p.m.
Men's Squash
Individual Nationals /
TBA
Men's Swimming
New England's @ Williams
TBA
3/6
Men's Indoor Track
ECAC ©Coast Guard
TBA
Women's indoor Track
ECAC ©Bates
TBA
3/10
Skiing
NCAA ©Steamboat
TBA
14
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. MARCH 5.1993
Ski Team captures Division I status
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin ski team has been
unstoppable this year, dominating
the competition in races all season
long and capturing the Division II
Skiing Championship title by a
whopping 120 point margin. By
virtue of these outstanding results,
the entire team was invited to
compete in the Eastern
Intercollegiate Ski Association
Championships, held at the
Middlebury College Snow Bowl
February 26-27. TheChampionships
porvided the chance to race against
the best skiiers in the East and
traditional ski team powerhouses
such as Dartmouth, Middlebury and
the University of Vermont.
However, the Polar Bears did not
intend to merely show up at this
prestigious race; their goal was to
prove to the racing world that they
could be competitive with any team
in the East. The Bowdoin skiiers
were up to the challenge as their
solid results in the competition led
to a ninth place finish for the team,
well ahead of Division I teams
Harvard and Cornell. Because they
ended the season ranked as the ninth
best team in the East, the Bowdoin
ski team has been invited to move
up to compete in Division I for the
1994 season.
The women's team, which
destroyed the Division II
competition all season long, showed
they were not intimidated by the
strong, experienced Division I
women skiiers or the steep hill as
they placed three racers in the top
fifty of the Giant Slalom (GS).
Cynthia Lodding '96 led the charge
with a 38th place and Tracy Boulter
'94 raced toa 44th. Jill Rosenfield '93
may be the most underrated skiier
to race for Bowdoin. After a season
of top-ten finishes, she continued to
impress, speeding her way to an
incredible 45th place. Captain Emily
Foster '93 rounded out the strong
team effort by placing 52nd.
The men's team showed their
talent and determination by skiing
fast and smart down the tricky
course. Jim Watt '94 had two great
runs to place 46th, only a few
seconds off the top racers' times.
Jeremy Lacasse '94 and Brendan
Brady '93 were 53rd and 55th, good
results made better by the fact that
they finished ahead of the entire
Colby men's team. Nate Snow '95
was having an unbelievable run
until he crashed near the finish.
Undaunted, he came back second
run to score a 61st place overall,
right behind the 59th place finish of
Captain Andy Fergus '93.
Encouraged by their performance
in the GS, the Bears looked forward
to Saturday's slalom race,
Bowdoin's team specialty. The
slalom course was set on a steep,
narrow trail described by many as
the most difficult race trail in the
East. It was obvious that the
demanding terrain and turny course
would require each racer to exhibit
great concentration and technically
superior skiing. Despite the fact that
the Bowdoin skiiers had not raced
or trained on a steep, tough course
all season long in Division II, many
still had excellent results. Brady put
fear into the hearts of every male ski
racer in the East with his first run.
He shredded down the race course
with a perfect line and strong, quick
turns, finishing in 12th place,
The Bowdoin ski team regroups after competing in Division I last week.
nipping at the heels of the ex-U.S.
ski teamers from UVM. During
lunch, one could hear the racer's
murmurs of respect for his amazing
performance reverberating
throughout the lodge, and the
possibility of his qualifying for the
national championships loomed
large. Brady's second run was not
quite as strong as his first, but he
ended up in 20th place, an incredible
result and a great way to end his
successful ski racing career. The rest
of the Bowdoin men's team showed
flashes of brilliance, but succumbed
to the difficult race course.
Lodding and Boulter approached
the slalom with supreme confidence,
as they had finished in the top five
in the Division II slaloms all year.
Their confidence proved to be well
founded as their technically solid
and fast runs landed them in 23rd
and 25th places, ahead of most of
the field. The 70 big, intimidating,
ski-academy product Division I
women racers were impressed by
the Bowdoin women's team's
exceptional slalom skiing, which
continued with the solid results of
Foster and Rosenfield, who placed
in the top 40. No other team had all
their women racers finish the
difficult course cleanly.
Courtesy of Turuny Ruter
This year was the most successful
season for the Bowdoin ski team in
a decade. The hard work,
enthusiasm and talent of all the
members of the ski team ensures
that Bowdoin will continue to
dominate the eastern collegiate ski
racing competition for many years
to come. The team would like to
congratulate Andy Fergus, Emily
Foster, Brendan Brady and Jill
Rosenfield on completing their
outstanding ski racing careers at
Bowdoin. We will greatly miss their
excellent skiing and inspri rational
leadership.
Go U Bears
Congratulations
to the
Bowdoin Ski
Team !
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and all those who came
before you.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1993
15
Women's swimming finishes sixth at New England's
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
On February 26-28, Coach Charlie
Butt and thirteen women of the
Bowdoin women's swim team
travelled to Wesleyan to participate
in the New England
Championships. The swim team did
not expect to achieve better than
ninth or tenth place, but after the
scores were tallied, Bowdoin
finished with a remarkable sixth
place. "It felt great to have come in
sixth place. It was better than I
thought we'd do," said Co-captain
Ruth Reinhard '93.
During the Championships,
many of the swimmers came up
with surprising times, and in many
cases, intensive training before the
three-day meet seemed to have
produced season-best
performances. Molly Fey '95 had an
especially strong weekend . Fey was
awarded the Swimmer of the Meet
Award, given to that swimmer who
showed particularly outstanding
performances during the New
England Championships. This is a
tremendous achievement, since
many other swimmers from other
schools present at the meet were
also in contention.
Also honored was Reinhard, who
received the Senior Award for her
season-long consistent swimming
and contribution of points to the
team. This award was also
competitively sought after by many
other swimmers in the meet.
The season is far from over for
three Bowdoin NCAA Division III
qualifiers. Fey, Reinhard, and
Cheryl Petti jo hn '96 are all making
plans for their final away trip of the
season to Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia . Asked about how
she would feel at her final meet as a
Bowdoin swimmer, Reinhard said,
"My goal for the meet is to just do
my best because there are going to
be a lot of good swimmers, but I'm
also looking forward to having a lot
fun at my last meet. Hopefully I can
get an honorable mention for Ail-
American."
With a respectable 5-3 record, the
women's swim team has proven to
be one of the best teams among the
New England Div. Ill schools. Still,
the outlook for the team next year is
at best uncertain . Although the Polar
Bears will only be losing two seniors,
Reinhard and diver Anna Nakasone,
there could be a significant loss from
this year's sophomore class due to
off-campus study. The team next
season will have to rely on youth
and some solid recruits to build
upon this year's effort.
The women's swimming team looks to improve next season.
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Who Planted the Bomb in the World Trade Center?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: Bowdoin students are no strangers to acts of terrorism. Two years ago Bowdoin
students in Florence received death threats from the generic yet deadly Peoples' Revolutionary
Liberation Front. This fall the of residents Coles Tower received a wake-up call in the form of
a bomb threat. These events, along with the reported reemergence of a chapter the Weather
Underground on Bowdoin Campus, makes Bowdoin students the best qualified people this
side of Lebanon to speculate on who might have bombed the Twin Towers.
1
Student Opinion
JOHN EIKENBURG '93
Houston,Texas
MICHAEL KAINE '95
Delmar, New York
Bush. He's still generally peeved for losing Bill Clinton. He wanted to give disaster aid
New York in the election. to New York for future votes.
TARAN GRIGSBY '93
Boston, Massachusetts
Ross Perot, because he's got a plan.
DARCY STORIN '96
Warwick, Rhode Island
Women who run with the wolves.
JUSTIN ZIEGLER '95
Holden, Massachusetts
Joseph Fernandez, former Chancellor of the
New York City Public Schools. He was
really ticked off that the parents ousted him,
so he figured he'd try and kill'em.
ZOE KONTES '96
Waco, Texas
I did.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1 993
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Student O pini
Liberal Fairness
Jason Caron
President Clinton's notion of fairness is
that of modern liberalis-the liberalism of
Roosevelt, Kennedy and Carter. Whatever
label President Clinton may claim in the
interest of political expediency, the policies
he espouses are distinctly and unabashedly
liberal. This is the Republican charge against
the newly-elected president and 1 heartily
affirm. Bill Clinton is a liberal.
Recently, Justin Ziegler issued an attack
on the notion of fairness which informs
Clinton's proposed policies ("Clinton's
Fairness"), the effect of which was to
misrepresent the political aims of both
Clinton and liberalism in general.
I write not only in defense of liberal
fairness, but also in the sincere conviction
that Ziegler himself has misunderstood the
terms of this fairness and would benefit
from a coherent explanation. He seems, in
fact, to be in agreement with liberal principles
to a much greater extent than he may realize
(or care to admit).
There are two fundamental goals which
form the pillars of modem liberal theory and
define the proper role of a liberal government
with respect to the individual. The first and
primary goal is the defense of individual
liberty vis-a-vis the government. This is
something we hear a great deal about these
days, although seldom in connection with
liberalism; in fact, it is most often the fiercest
opponents of liberalism who falsely claim to
triumph the individual. Yet the long
association of liberalism with the
advancement of civil rights is testament to
the liberal commitment to personal freedom,
and although it does not bear directly on the
Ziegler critique, the central importance of
individual rights to liberal theory is worthy
of a reminder. Over the past decade, there
have been numerous attempts to wrongly
characterize liberal government as intrusive
and overly-regulative of the individual. Such
criticism has been to a extent facilitated-
although wholly unsubstantiated —by the
undeniable interference of liberal policies
into the economic private sector. This
interference, however, is essential to fulfill
the second, but every bit as important, liberal
goal.
The second goal of liberalism is to promote
a meritocracy of individuals, such that the
material rewards of individuals are, as nearly
as possible, directly proportional to their
personal abilities, efforts and ingenuity. The
crucial principle which must be upheld to
create such a meritocracy is the principle of
equal opportunity, without which the reward it would hurt most. The Clinton
for individual merit is subject to the random Administration is focusing on the problems
contingency of birth. Theresultingdistribution that most beset the urban poor, crime ($3.2
of such a meritocracy (i.e. who gets the candy) billion anti-crime initiative), unemployment
is considered from the liberal viewpoint to be ($65 billion in unemployment compensation,
a fair distribution. This is the notion of $3.6 billion summer youth employment
distributive fairness that informs the Clinton program), and AIDS ($14 billion AIDS
administration's entire economic policy. initiative ). Clinton has also proposed $2.9
Ziegler apparently agrees with the general billion in community development grants.
ideaofmeritocracy;nestalwartlydefendsthose To offset the inequalities of educational
who "have worked hard for what they have opportunities, the liberal federal government
earned ." Why, then, does he object so strongly does not leave the responsibility for funding
to the Clinton proposals? The answer lies in his primary and secondary schools to states and
basic presumption that the free market- local districts. This was the ruling policy of
unregulated, unimpeded -represents a valid the Reagan-Bush years, and it has created (in
meritocracy of individuals, and so a condition addition to soaring property taxes) a profound
of fairness. The liberal standpoint has always inequality of educational opportunity
been to assume quite the opposite. The free between rich and poor communities Clinton
market, and the private sector in general, is by invests directly in people, however through a
its very nature violative of the principle of $9.2 billion increase in education funds, a $9.4
equal opportunity. The initial wealth of each billion national service program and $6.5
individual is
determined by the
essentially
arbitrary
circumstances of
birth.
Opportunities for
education are
similarly
contingent, being
subject to what
family - or rather,
what local school
d istrict--the
individual is bom
into. Perhaps most
importantly, the reforms and
income individuals receive is based not only programs designed for that purpose," it
on merit (which hinges on education), but also amazes me that he does not recognize any of
on the interest earned from capital (which the programs I've just named as furthering
hinges on both education and initial wealth), thatend. Clinton's entire package of economic
The net result is a widening of the initial proposals is aimed precisely at what Ziegler
inequality between individuals, and an most wants! Am I missing something here?
increasing disempowerment, both in terms of All of these programs are designed, not as
initial wealth and opportunities for education, luxuries to be enjoyed at the expense of the
of the "losers" (I do hope it's clear why I use rest of us, but as the bare minimum necessary
quotation marks). to give all individuals, whatever their
Liberal policy revolves around mitigating circumstances of birth, the chance to develop
these inequalities of opportunity. To offset the their natural abilities and use them to create a
disadvantage of birth into extreme poverty, better life for themselves. This opportunity
welfare programs such as WIC and ADM focus is, in America considered a fundamental right;
on the needs of poor families with young it is implicit in our notion of "Life, Liberty and
children. Clinton's plan has preserved these ' the Pursuit of Happiness." And it is at the
programs and has further earmarked $2.9 very heart of liberalism. Equal opportunity is
billion for the Low Income Home Energy the basis of President Clinton's notion of
Assistance Program to lessen the burden of his fairness, and it is precisely what he means
proposed energy tax increase on those whom when he speaks of "empowerment."
Liberal policy revolves
around mitigating
inequalities of
opportunity.
billion for the
training of
dislocated
workers.
When I hear
Justin Ziegler
urging
President
Clinton to
"work on
improving and
widening the
access to
economic
success
through
Yet the Clinton Administration is faced
with difficult choices. There is simply not
enough money to fund necessary programs-
- to empower individuals and to invest in
American— while at the same time making a
drastic reduction in the federal deficit. The
Republicans argue for greater cuts, above
and beyond the $285 billion already included
in the Clinton plan. In fact, they propose to
eliminate virtua lly every program mentioned
above, and a great many others. It is my
deeply-felt conviction that to institute these
additional cuts would be too go to far, both
with regard to fairness and the drastic need
for investment in America's work force and
infrastructure.
A tax increase— yes, even on "those who
have succeeded," combined with extensive
cuts in low-priority federal programs, is the
only way to accomplish our common goals. If
Justin Ziegler has a viable alternative, we
would all love to hear it— most of all the
President himself. The answer is not to be
found in the Republican proposal, which is
both disem powering of the individual and
foolishly short-sighted. Ziegler calls for
"responsible cuts in spending," and speaks of
"a spectrum of bureaucracies that deserve to
be cut." Where specifically, Justin Ziegler,
would you begin? (Keep in mind that the
Clinton budget proposal already cuts 100,000
civilian personnel at a savings of about $24
billion, and that most "bureaucracies" actually
serve a well-defined and necessary function.)
The answer is also not to be found exclusively
in "cooperation with private firms." During
the Reagan-Bush years, "cooperation" was a
popular catch-phrase, a convenient excuse to
do nothing. Public-private cooperation has
its place, which the Clinton Administration
has fully recognized, but it is hardly a miracle
cure.
I believe that Justin Ziegler and myself are
basically in accord over the fundamental
principle of economic fairness-economic
equality of opportunity. This is, however, a
distinctly liberal notion of fairness, and it is
the one which informs the policies of the
Clinton administration. There is considerable
debate over the exact form the budget should
take, but this in itself need not be a polarizing
and combative process. I feel the proposals
offered by Ziegler's article to be, at some
points misguided, at others too vague to form
a viable alternative to what the Clinton
administration has offered. I call upon him to
both expand and to specify his ideas in a
constructive manner to the benefit of all.
Political Cartoons by Dana Summers / Washington Post Syndicate
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Editorial
The Republic
Bowdoin College finds itself in a strange
paradox. While more attention then ever
seems to be placed on the wants and
comforts of students and the College course
offerings are at an all time high, students
nonetheless feel more under-represented,
atomized and disempowered. 'Bowdoin
College' has become for many students
'Bowdoin University.'
While many focus the blame on the
Administration, much of the blame could
be affixed to the student body. Flattered
students strut under the banner of
"student's rights," demanding that their
lives be made easier and more comfortable.
Their battle cry has become the consumerist
one of "I'm not getting my $23,000 worth."
In the face of challenges, many in the
community have looked outward for the
saviour. President Edwards was supposed
to be such a figure, yet many now feel
disappointed. This searching outside of
the College for the answers is misguided.
Bowdoin would do well instead to look
inward to its students to harness the
potential that there remains untapped.
Bowdoin should look to reinvent itself as a
kind of Neo-Jeffersonian Republic where
the virtue of the small yeoman farmer is
replaced by that of the innovative and
enterprising student.
Montesqueiu recognized that if a Republic
is to succeed it must remain small and have
virtue as its defining ideal. Bowdoin
remains small enough to foster the strong
communitarian bonds needed for such a
venture to succeed.
If Bowdoin is ever to be an excellent
College, it must become a community
rather thanan institution, where the power
given to the students is only overshadowed
by the demands made upon them. The
civic virtue needed is one from which
students play a contributing, rather than
simply comsumerist, role in the College.
One way to give students more stake and
understanding in the overall operation of
the College while further cutting costs
would be to replace many of the semi-
skilled workers and Administrators at the
College with students who desire more
work and higher wages than shuttle driving
or desk monitoring provide.
There is no reason why students could
not make up the bulk of Security, Physical
Plant and Dining Service personnel. By
allowing students to advance to high-level
positions within these departments,
students would not only be given a viable
way of off-setting the high price of
Bowdoin, but would also gain an important
stake in the College community.
Academically, the student tutor program,
if instituted, will be a large step in giving
students a shared sense of academic
pursuit. This could be even further
complemented by a Mentor program in
which students could seek qualified majors
to direct their academic pursuits.
This would supplement the bogus advisor
system which now leaves many students
matched with professors who do not share
their academic interests. At this juncture,
many students feel isolated and abandoned
by a advisor system that often arbitrarily
matches the English student with the
Chemistry Professor who is seen once a
semester to sign the student's registration
card.
Finally, students should be elevated from
their token statuses on committees to ones
of authority and power. Every student on
a College committee should be afforded
not merely an observing position, but in all
cases voting status.
Another element of this Republic would
be a commitment to bring to bear the kind
of originality which is found every day in
the classroom and the lab but which is
sorely lacking in the day to day running of
the College. Bowdoin needs to start
integrating the running of the College with
the role of the College.
Economics majors should be playing a
large role in the budget process while
Philosophy students are in the thick debate
over the justice of hiring practices.
Mechanisms should be in place that allow
physics and environmental studies majors
to work on a series of projects to bring, say,
windmills to the Farley Field, solar panels
to the outdoor lights and emergency
phones, and tidal power generators off
Land's End.
It seems fittingly symbolic of Bowdoin's
backwardness that an industrial-age
smokestack now sits petulantly at the heart
of our campus, belching refuse into the sky
and consuming untold dollars while
recently graduated seniors enter high-
technology firms and "clean" industries.
Most of these suggestions remain more
than Utopian yearnings. Other institutions
seem to be benefiting from many of these
kinds of proposals. Bowdoin College
should reconsider the classical conception
of the community in an attempt to
aggressively meet the challenges of the
twenty-first century.
Views from
the Couch
Time for a Change
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Releasing the Sun Within
that students
feel more
positive about
this place.
I was reading a column in The Boston Globe study-away program is run and wondering
theother day and was struck by the ineptitude who will not be able to go away, or seniors
of the Boston administrative machine. Here who are fed up with "fighting immoral
was a case in which a woman with three administrations"(from last week's paper),
children, a dead husband and a ~~ ^ " something is wrong at Bowdoin
mortgage wasn't receiving any right now. I've been hearing
welfare or money from her The College comments the past couple of
husband's insurance fund. " weeks like these: "Bowdoin has
Why? The insurance fund was hdS %0t tO UO been going downhill the past four
claiming some vague _ . years"; "I can't wait till I graduate,
technicality that exempted them S01tiethlTlg SO this place is really getting to me";
'The Administration only gives
a damn to the budget. Money's
first, students next"; "This
Administration was here to
balance the budget . They've done
it, get 'em out of here." Not very
positive on the
whole.
StudentSpeak last
™ week asked "Do
you have
confidence in
the direction
that the
Administration
is taking in the
College?
Answers
included "I
have a sour
taste in my
mouth," "Not
really," and "Ithink the
Administration
should dance with
the devil in the pale
moonlight." Doh!
So what to do? I have
no idea. I have my
problems with the
Administration,
but I also don't
know much
about it.
Actually
here's an idea. Why not clarify
what the Admini stration does and the
from paying, and the woman at
the time of the article didn't have
enough money to hire a lawyer
to look into it. She wasn't
receiving welfare because the
city 7 s computer claimed that she
was dead. She called and called
but has been stonewalled
because the computer claims
that she's dead and her husband, ■"^^™— "™ *
who had a job, is still alive. What's up with
that? The red tape was so thick that nothing
was being done except that she stopped
driving her car because she couldn't afford
gas, the heat and electricty were about to be
turned offinherhome, and she was feeding
her kids with the help of her neighbors.
Now, no one I know is in a situation
like that, but the administrative red
tape that anyone has to go through
to get anything done on this
campus is pretty impressive
For instance, just take a look
at last week's Orient, and
you'll see complaints
about the
Administration. The
way the
article
about
Professor
Den nis
Sweet was
presented
seems to
show that the Administration didn't
make the right decision.
The runaround received by Braden More reasoning behind it? Say, in the case of
when he went to find out who was responsible Professor Sweet, give us the reasons behind
for his snowplow accident was unreal. The his non-tenure. If there is a legit mate reason,
Letter to the Editor by Harpswell residents fine. But if there isn't, the students have a
further shows students fed up with the right to know. Yes, the student body might be
College's actions. And what about theopinion angry, but ignorance upsets us even more,
columns? Four columns bashing the The College has got to do something so that
Administration? And what about the students feel more positive about this place,
women's hockey team's Title IX complaint It's got potential, but it needs an
filed against the College? Is Administration Administration it believes in. So clarify
bashing the newest thing on campus, or is decisions and policies. Be honest and open
there a real problem? with the student body. Hold a forum, not like
If the College were a baseball team, and the the ones in the past where students re fed a
Administration was the manager, the manager party line and little is revealed . Be open with
would have been fired long ago, a la George us so that we can feel good about Bowdoin.
Steinbrenner. There is a basic dissatisfaction Or just get out now so that someone else can
among the student body right now. Whether do it. Remember, Steinbrenner just got re-
it' s sophomores who are upset about how the instated last Monday.
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Allison Aver
As I write this column criticizing the lack of command their personal computers to print
creative energy on campus, I epitomize my their work and then carry it over to the Union,
own point. This column has taken me three We need to act. Bowdoin students are closet
weeks to write, my art work lies festering in artists. There is an oppressive air about
campus, one perpetuated by both the students
and the Administration, which advocates the
philosophy that creative expression is
frivolous and academically invalid. I urge
you all, as spring lurks in the frozen
buds of the Magnolia trees, to search
yourselves and let your creative
energy explode out of this
oppressive, wintry darkness. Try
to prove to both the Administration
and to your colleagues that there
is a place for creativity to exist
both alongside, and as part of,
Bowdoin's liberal arts
curriculum. If we can but try a
little harder and actualize our
creative dreams, perhaps we
can flood Bowdoin in brilliant
hues of artistic energy and
power. Prospective
students, visiting on a
slushy Tuesday in March,
may even want to come
here.
**A Few Parting
Thoughts /Commen-
tary:
The Bowdoin
department offers only
writing class per year
overwhelming
these classes receive
How many future
been turned away
could not get in?
Heaney, probably
respected
poets, speaks at
effort is made to
are there any
the studio, and I wander to the Pub to drink
beer and socialize rather than to go to a poetry
reading in the Peucinian Room.
In any case, my meandering
mind has led me astray from the
intent of this essay. Thequestion
is: What does Bowdoin
desperately need? I respond:
creative propulsion. This
campus needs a jump start in
the area of alternative learning.
Bowdoin excels in core
curriculum teaching and in
promoting analytic thinking.
In the midst of this cold, white
winter, however, we feel deprived
of something other than sunlight.
Students walk through campus, faces
do wn, hidden in the warmth of hood s,
searching for the safest path
between the Scylla and
Charibdis of ice and packed
snow. We hide in the dark
corners of the Union,
mumbling in low
voices to small
groups,
expressing our
discontent. Why have
three hundred of three
hundred and ninety
sophomores applied
to study abroad next
semester? Not
because they feel
Bowdoin lacks
academic and intellectual merit, but because
we feel disillusioned with learning,
unsatisfied, not stimulated, anxious and
English
one creative
despite the
response
from students,
writers have
because they
S e a m u s
one of the most
contemporary Irish
Bates College; yet no
bored. I believe, as my high school biology bring him here, nor
teacher once told me, that the only way to feel announcements that he will be at Bates,
bored is by being boring. Yet, in spite of all The Performance Art Workshop taught by
this, the *»*•» nan H»rHn received
incredible praise
both from those
who participate and
the throngs of
people who go to
see it.
Creative energy
is here. Express it
and demand more
opportunities for
its expression.
remains that
we need more
creative
outlets to vent
the amazing
array of talent
that each and
every
individual
here
possesses.
The tragic«
In the midst of this cold,
white winter, however, we
feel deprived of something
other than sunlight.
■■■"■■ — — ^— ^— — Creative
Opportunity #1 : Sunday, March 7: Informal
poetry read ing and workshop the night before
the biggest full moon of the year. Thrive on
fact remains that such outlet sdo exist. The Art
Club has several motivated members and
money, yet their meetings attract virtually no
one. I talk to people of the poetry they write, lunatic power! Peucinian Room, 8p.m. Bring
yet the boxes meant for contribution to poetry, creative writing — either your own or
Womyn's Words, The Quill and To the Root another's — and works in progress.
remain empty. People simply cannot
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You just don't pass up good professors— 1 your engine is just depressed lately-felt like
mean head gaskets. A dealer has the most giving up. I've noticed an uncanny increase
popular, well respected and proven gaskets in squirrel suicides lately. It's too much for
where this mythical station is somewhat the poor fellers when they don't see the sun
unreliable. I bet you
didn't even get the old
gasket that this gas
station replaced. Keith,
you always ask for old
parts back (it's Newton's
always ask for old
parts back (it's
tr:$^ y ZNewton's fourth law)
thing— or in this case,
even better than the real
thing
for days; it just doesn't stop
snowing, and their homes
and loved ones are under
two feet of ice.
Speaking of ice, did you
get a chance to see those
fantastic icicles hanging
from the roofs of Hyde,
Maine and Winthrop halls?
I saw not only people
mesmerized by them but squirrels too. Those
Getting more to the cause of this head were a brilliant spectacle ... until the damn
gasket failure, my hunch is it has something Physical Plant came around and broke them
to do with the cold weather we've been having, all off. I bet that makes them feel real big. It's
just one more example of the beauty of nature
being stymied by the destructive hand of
civilization.
What's the Physical Plant's beef with icicles
anyway? Are they afraid that they might fall
off and skewer somebody randomly
traversing up the sideof a brick dorm? Maybe
they don't want those zany people on the
fourth floors to climb out their windows,
break them off, and have a jousting contest on
the backs of killer turtles. You know, Kirk,
sometimes this world of ours where we buy
the wrong gaskets and break off icicles just
makes too much sense.
Car problems? Phrenchy has the answers.
Write to him at Moulton Union 472.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993
to Erdito
Dean Beitz's rejection
of Sweet challenged
To the Editor,
Last year, Professor Sweet was not offered the tenure-
track position in the philosophy department. Just for the
record, not one of the final four candidates was offered the
position. As was reflected intheevaluationsofmost students,
Sweet's presentation was the most coherent and informative.
The evaluations of the other three candidates were negative
for the most part, whereas Sweet's were very positive.
Many students and some faculty questioned the final
decision not to offer the position to Sweet, who had been
unanimously recommended by the philosophy department,
all of his students, many other students and some of the
, faculty. Among the "informal reasons" that Dean of Academic
Affairs Chuck Beitz gave in support of his final decision were:
Sweet's graduate school was not of high quality (with respect
to Beitz's "standards"), and the paper that Sweet submitted
was not to his own (Beitz's) liking. Formally, an important
complaint was that Sweet did not have any publications.
Unfortunately, both faculty and student opinion did not seem
to mean anything to Dean Beitz. The fact that the philosophy
department itself was requesting that the position be offered
to Sweet did not seem to mean anything to Dean Beitz. The
Dean had suggested to students inquiring about the outcome
of the process that he had made a responsible, well thought-
out decision. That he found absolutely no problem with this
decision: that the information he had available, as the Dean of
Academic Affairs, forced him tomakethedecision. Although
there was a lot of aggravation, misunderstanding and irate
discussion, not to mention a great deal of wonder, as to what
sort of information the Dean was using in his decision, the
final decision of the Dean prevailed.
Last year, Dean Beitz seemed to overlook many important
dctails,and in my opinion engaged in a very shoddy decision-
making process.
Among the many respected philosophers at the University
of Iowa (Sweet's graduate school) is Panayot Butcharov, the
President of theCentral Division of the American Philosophical
Association, who was a member of Professor Sweet's
dissertation committee. It seems rather curious that another
philosopher (Dean Beitz) would not be aware of this. To
condemn the philosophy department at the University of
Iowa reflects moreon the ignorance of the condemnor rather
than the condemned! Additionally, the Kant paper, which
Sweet submitted last year as a part of his formal application,
is in an area in which the Dean is unqualified to make
judgment. This appears to have been born out by the fact that
the paper was published by the History of Philosophy Quarterly,
with no changes required!
This year was a little bit different . This year, Dean Beitz took
the added measure of speaking with many philosophy
students, myself included, so as to give us a little say in the
matter. The overwhelming response was highly favorable to
Professor Sweet's candidacy. Among the things wediscussed
were Professor Sweet's teaching abilities, as well as his personal
commitment to philosophy, teaching and his students. In the
context of our discussion, Dean Beitz seemed to go out of his
way to de-emphasize those areas in which Professor Sweet
was more qualified and to play up those areas in which the
other candidate was merely potentially adequate.
What Dean Beitz seemed to be suggesting was that we
engage in a kind of Husscrlian "thought experiment." He
seemed to be suggesting that we "bracket" (set aside): A- The
fact that Professor Sweet has had 5 years full-time teaching
experience; B. That he has had two major publications in the
past year; C. That he is able to teach an unusually wide range
of courses; D. That he does so with depth, wit, purpose and
concern for his students' understanding. Having so divorced
all considerations of experience, quality, and merit, we were
asked to compare the residum with the "potential" of the
other candidate. I, for one, was perplexed. This approach is
not unlike comparing a successful, seasoned attorney with a
third-year law student, on the basisof the factthat the attorney
wasat one timea third-year law student. If you were engaged
in a lawsuit, who would you hire to defend your case? While
the other candidate may indeed possess "potential" as a
teacher and scholar, potentiality is not actuality. Moreover, I
believe that Professor Sweet possessed more actual ability
back when he had first applied for a job at Bowdoin and
certainly does now than the potential which Dean Beitz
attributed to the other candidate.
Dean Beitz questioned the validity of several students'
statements that Sweet was in the process of having several
other publications (including a novel and its sequel) reviewed
for publication. He did not take this information seriously,
nor did he even seem to think, as he expressed quite clearly in
our discussion, that this sort of information was pertinent or
even worth looking into.
Professor Sweet received the majority vote of the philosophy
department and was highly recommended by the students.
His presentation was coherent and informative; no different
from the lectures he presents to his classes. The second
remaining candidate, who lacks a Ph.D. at this point in time
and whose knowledge in philosophy and actual teaching
abilities is clearly overshadowed by Sweet and whose ability
to teach important courses in the history of philosophy doesn't
even come close to that possessed by Sweet, was offered the
tenure-track position in the philosophy department.
I am amazed at the cavalier attitude which Dean Beitz
showed both to the opinions of the students and to the
judgment of the philosophy department. The department,
after all, is in the best position to make a fair judgment of a
candidate for a position in that department. For two years
running, Dean Beitz has nullified the candidate judged to be
the most qualified by the department without giving any
viable rationale for doing so. While consulting the students
certainly has P.R. advantages, the fact that they put so little
weight on the students' opinion, madeus feel used, soiled and
cheap!!!
Last year, I think that many students and faculty were very
surprised, and in many cases very angry, about the decision
not to choose one of the final four candidates, and more
specifically, not to offer it to one that was highly qualified and
respected by his own department and students. In general,
the entire episode (perhaps epic) was extremely shady. This
year was really no different, although perhaps just a little bit
more strange, ridiculous and unbelievable.
I do not feel that either this year's or last year's processes
were fair. It is beyond me how Professor Sweet was not chosen
for the position, and not only that, but how Dean Beitz went
out of his way, in my opinion, to cover up some sort of hidden
agenda geared towards rejecting Mr. Sweet.
I imagine that the measure taken to supposedly incorporate
student opinion was used and maintained as a sneaky way of
giving the students a sense of involvement, a feeling of actual
taking a part in the selection process when, in fact, there was
no intention of considering the aspects of the discussions
concentrating on Sweet. I think that Dean Beitz had no intention
of taking into consideration the discussions he had with
students, nor the suggestion and recommendation he received
from the philosophy department.
As a student of Bowdoin College and more specifically, as
a philosophy major, I would love to know why someone
clearly less qualified (CLEARLY LESS QUALIFIED!!!) was
chosen for the tenure-track position in the Philosophy
Department at this College, especially when an individual
whose knowledge and teaching abilities are tremendous,
both in his own department and within the College. I would
love to know why Dean Beitz chose to virtually ignore the
valid opinions of the Bowdoin students, and more importantly,
of the philosophy department. And finally, I would love to
know what the hell Dean Beitz had against the candidacy of
Professor Sweet!!!
I believe that each and every student and faculty member
(not to mention every alumnus and parent) at this College
should question the decision-making process of Dean Beitz,
and his judgment in the final decision for the tenure-track
position in the philosophy department. I cannot see how this
final decision was actually made: and even more so, how the
Dean of Academic Affairs can stand behind such a decision.
Maybe I just don't see what our Dean of -Academic Affairs
sees. And, perhaps one needs to be a Dean of Academic
Affairs sitting in Hawthorne-Longfellow, to understand what
really went on in this process.
Chuck Beitz will continue in his office in Hawthorne-
Longfellow as the Dean of Academic Affairs and the
philosophy department will continue without many of its
important courses, weaker as a department and unable to
provide much of thesupport and knowledgethat the students
of this College deserve, pay for and should demand.
I have concluded that the Dean of Academic Affairs, has
made a extremely damaging decision that has in no way
promoted or supported the future of the students, faculty,
curriculum or sprit of this institution. "An ass would choose
garbage over gold." (Heraclitus, Fragment 9)
Sincerely,
John A.E. Ghanotakis '94
(yes, adults) are really a bunch of "whimsical kids" who
would "permanently eliminate yourdiploma and existence at
Bowdoin" if they "didn't like the way you dressed" ? I am not
contesting his view that a faculty member might help the
objectivity of the J-Board, but the immature sarcasm of the
column is both inappropriate and unnecessary. It belittles the
already questionable professionalism of the Orient and the
maturity of the Bowdoin community, especially the J-Board
members. Finally, a piece of ad vice to Tom Leung: if you don't
want the J-Board to expel you, don't cheat.
Sincerely,
Nate Hardcastle '95
P.S. Tom, please stop the self-martyrdom thing. It's
nauseating.
Security forces protect
colleges, not students
To the Editor:
I was prompted to write this letter after reading about the
student's car which was hit by a snow plow in the Baxter
House parking lot. Branden More '95 and other students
might be interested to know that leaving the scene of a
accident without reporting it is a crime in the State of Maine.
Many college students throughout the United States have
found that campus security forces exist to protect colleges
rather than students. The next timea Bowdoin College student
is the victim of a crime on campus, he or she may want to
consider bypassing Campus Security and reporting it directly
to the Brunswick Police Department.
Sincerely,
Michelle A. Small '86
Governing Board should oppose
present enlargment plan and
consider petition
Leung's J-Board
column immature
To the Editor.
I am writing in response to Tom Leung's "Fightin Words"
column entitled "How the New J-Board could ruin your life."
I am in no way associated with the Judiciary Board, but
nonetheless I am offended by the lack of respect it gives its
members. Does he sincerely believe that these men and women
To the Editor:
Here are four good reasons for opposing the proposed
increase in student enrollment:
1. Faculty to Student ratio. As the Vail/Ortmann letter
indicated last week, class sizes would becomeeven largerand
more difficult to get into. Faculty members would become less
available to students simply because of time restraints.
Bowdoin would be a less attractive choice for future faculty
applicants, since many good professors choose Bowdoin over
other schools because of the quality of teaching life. And,
however much we may scorn the influence of publications
that rank colleges, those rankings are extremely important for
admissions.
2. Endowment per student. Increasing the size of the student
body makes maintaining a healthy endowment per student
ratio (arguably the most important financial figure of all)
more difficult. Although a capital campaign is planned, there
is no guarantee that contributors will be willing to dig into
their pockets once again, especially so soon after the last $56
million campaign. And if we can raise SI 00 million, why
expand the College?
3. Capital outlay. The outlay of money required to prepare
the College (existing buildings, new facilities, etc.) for more
students will has not been properly considered.
4. The risk is too great. Vail/Ortmann wrote, "even under
fiscally optimistic assumptions, expansion will not
significantly improve the budget's bottom line." The
nonmonetary gains would also be slight (like a few more
classes offered each semester). The risk, however, boils down
to the entire future of the College. If the plan works, we will
have made modest improvements in how the College fulfills
its mission, but if it does not work, Bowdoin will become a
second-rate institution with nothing to show for its pains.
Sincerely,
Tony Pisani *93
P.S. At the time this letter was written(March 3), over 250
students and faculty members had already signed a petition
to the Governing Boards stating that maintaining the present
faculty to student ratio is our top priority. These signatures
were collected in the course of only one day, indicating the
strength of student opinion on the subject. The petition
continues to be circulated and will be submitted to the
Governing Boards this weekend. Let us hope it receives their
proper attention.
•'
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NUMBER 18
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63,000 gallons of jet fuel spill at the
Brunswick Naval Air Station
■ Ecological Disaster: Toxic fuel
flowed into a tributary of the .
Androscoggin River, threatening area
wildlife and well water supply. The
clean-up effort continues despite
inclement weather and ice cover
drawing the toxin downstream.
Press Herald Graphics by Pete Gorski and other staff
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
Polar Bear fans engrossed by the action at Dayton Arena as Bowdoin takes the title against Sa lem State.
Men's hockey captures Division III
Championship; Hersh MVP. See page 12.
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
"This is big!" said Deb Garrett, a
spokesperson for the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP).
On Monday morning, it was discovered
that approximately 63,000 gallons of jet fuel
spilled from valves of the fuel containment
tanks in the Brunswick Naval Air Station
(BNAS) into a storm sewer draining into a
tributary of the Androscoggin River.
The spilled fuel, designated Jet Propulsion-
5 (JP-5), is essentially kerosene. Said chemistry
Professor David Page, "As far as petroleum
products go, it can be quite toxic." The spill
area has been closed off to the public as the
clean up effort continues.
Environmentalists worry that the spilled
fuel will flow out to the estuary, a fragile eco-
system, underneath ice and snow cover. The
inclement weather Brunswick has received in
the last couple of days may exacerbate the
situation.
John Wright '93, a member of the Druids,
the campus environmental consciousness
group, worries that "the DEP will just give up
cleaning for a while, then leave When the
spill happened, the DEP had no plans to deal
with it. We want the DEP to have plans when
things like this happen. Also BNAS should be
Please see FUEL SPILL, page 4.
Merce Cunningham
Dance Company to
perform dance event
■ The Arts: If you don't
know who Merce
Cunningham is, you
should. One of the greatest
artistic minds of the 20th
century, he almost single-
handedly changed the face
of American dance.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts k entertainment
EDITOR
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company
will arrive at Bowdoin today, despite the
unseasonal weather, to conduct a three-day
residency. Begun last evening with a lecture
by company archivist David Vaughan, the
residency will continue this afternoon with a
master class taught by a faculty member of
the Merce Cunningham Studio.The residency
will culminate in the performance of a dance
Event by the entire company tomorrow
evening in Pickard Theater at 8:00 p.m.
This year the company celebrates its fortieth
anniversary. Immediately before coming to
Pta.se see RENOWNED, page 6.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1 993
Inside This Issue . .
College May Reinvest In S. Africa
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Kent Chabotar, treasurer of the College, says that the College will
follow the ANCs lead in setting conditions to end sanations.
Touch My Monkey
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Bowdoin's eleven piece rock and roll/rhythm and blues band
priemers tonight in the pub.
Men's Hockey
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Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
Envision this : A suppressed world where the highest drives and goals which
raise an individual above the flatlands and lowlands of the herd condition are
branded evil; where PMKs 1 stand guard in every office, their unsolicited
concern restraining the Will To Power of all but the strongest; where the
empowered man is ordered under the yoke of the emasculated man. Recent
events have demonstrated that this apocalyptic vision is an all-too-accurate
description of the present reality. And yet, in the spirit of protest, the Exiled
Student Speak Editor and I would like to remind you that it is the herd creature
that submits to the yoke — and the Overman that transcends it. Ignore,
overcome and punish those who would block your ascent. For truly the man
of ice and mountains knows that the higher he climbs, the smaller he appears
to those who cannot.
"And if you now lack all ladders, then you must know how to climb on your
own head: how else wouldyou want to climb upward? On your own head and
away over your own heart! . . .Praised be what hardens! I do not praise the land
where butter and honey flow. One must learn to look away from oneself in
order to see much: This hardness is necessary to every climber of mountains.
...you must climb over yourself— upward, up until even your stars are under
you! Indeed, to look down upon myself and even upon my stars, that alone I
should call my peak; that has remained for me as my ultimate summit."
Thus Spake Zarathustra, Part 3, "The Wanderer"
'Protectors of ManKind
Maine Facts
Cumberland County
AREA-.853 Square Miles CRIME RATE: 58.54 per 1,000 people
INCORPORATED: 1760 POPULATION DENSITY: 285.04
COUNTY SEAT: Portland people per square mile
POPULATION TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME:
1960 182,751 $4,412,874,000
1970 192,528 PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME:
1980 215,789 $18,740
1988 235,500 CITIES: Portland (64,358), South Portland
1990 243,135 (23,163) and Westbrook (16,121)
TOWNS: Brunswick (20, 906), Windham
(13,020), Cape Elizabeth (8,854), Standish
(7,678) etc.
Source: Maine Almanac and Book of Lists
Goalie Darren Hersh '93, who took the Tournament MVP, warms
up in net prior to the championship against Salem State.
Weekend Weather for
Bo wdoin and Vicinity
Friday, occasional light rain,
gusty winds, with highs btween
35 and 40. Tonight,
temperatures are expected in the
30s with more light rain.
Saturday, more rain and
Source: National Weather Service
possibly some snow is
expected; temperatures should
be in the 30s once again.
Sunday, chance of rain or even
snow early in the day.
Temperatures ranging from the
30s to the 40s.
Monday, fair with
temperatures staying about the
same.
Maine Ski conditions phone number: 773-7669
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1 993
New budget proposals include an increase
in tuition and a reduction in financial aid
■ College Budget: The
Governing Boards recently
reviewed a fiscal agenda in
an attempt to balance the
budget and secure the
College's long-term
financial goals.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
A comprehensive plan aimed at balancing
Bowdoin's budget and creating long-term
goals for the College was recently submitted
to the Governing Boards by the Budget and
Financial Priorities Committee. The proposal
involved both qualitative and quantitative
discussion of Bowdoin's financial
commitments and analyzed a logical course
of monetary action for the future.
The Budget and Financial Priorities
Committee, chaired by Professor Wells
Johnson, consisted of members of the senior
staff, representatives from the Administration,
support staff, faculty and students. The
majority of their work involved soliciting
budget requests from academic and
administrative departments, meeting with
senior staff members for budget analysis in
their field and preparing the budget. Acting
in the public sphere, the committee held three
meetings last fall which helped students
understand and make suggestions concerning
the proposal.
The report submitted by the Committee
states, "The recommended budget for the
fiscal year (FY) 1993-94 is balanced on
revenues and expenditures and transfers in
equal amounts of about $52.6 million."
Compared with previous years, this proposed
budget, for FY 1 993-94, represents an increase
of 1.7 percent in revenues and virtually no
increase in expenditure.
The proposed reduction in spending is
reflected in the immediate reduction of
personnel jobs on campus. Taken directly
from proposal, The expenditure total
assumes $390,000 in expenditure reductions,
principally personnel, that the senior staff is
now identifying.'" With these reductions, the
budget invested in instruction and research is
expected to increase from approximately 29.8
percent to 30.6 percent in FY 1993-94. Based
on the memo distributed by Kent John
Chabotar, vice president for finance and
ad ministration and treasurer, dated December
2, 1992, this would be the seventh consecutive
year of an upward progression in instruction
and research that started in FY 1986-87.
Another issue addressed by the proposal
was Bowdoin's endowment. Over the past
few years, endowment, for both colleges and
universities nationwide, steadily decreased
as the economy sunk further and further into
the recession. For example, Yale and other Ivy
League schools were forced to cut programs
due to a massive reduction in the endowment
figure. With the submitted proposal, Bowdoin
hoped to "preserve the endowment's
purchasing power." The FY budget of 1993-
94 projects the expenditures of $9.5 million of
the $10.1 million endowment. In an attempt
to redouble the efforts to "identify and use
restricted endowments appropriately and to
relieve pressure on the unrestricted budget,"
this amount should increase to $9.7 million in
FY 1994-95. The actual expenditures will
hopefully reduce the endowment's market
value to under 5.0 percent by FY 1996-97.
The bud get proposal also projected a tuition
and fees increase of 4.1 percent, about one
percent above therateof inflation. In monetary
terms, tuition would increase from the present
$23, 210 in 1992-93, to $24,155 in 1993-94, to a
sum total of $25,140 in 1994-95. This, in part,
is due to the consumer price index increasing
3.1 percent spanning from July 1,1991, tojune
30, 1991
According to U.S. Nezos and World Report,
Bowdoin currently ranks second highest in
total fees, twelth in tuition and fees, and fifth
in room and board. A decrease of $500 in the
room and board charges would have only
dropped that rank to twelth and total fees to
sixteenth. With the proposed tuition increase,
the administration hopes to earn $180,000 in
new revenues from students living off
campus. In order to maintain the 4.1 percent
average increase in total fees while not
increasing room and board costs, tuition will
increase by 5.5 percent while other fees will
increase by 4.1 percent or less.
The proposed increase in tuition could
result in less monetary support for students
seeking financial aid. According to the
proposal, "It is becoming more and more
difficult to assert that the amount budgeted
for undergraduate scholarships will enable
the College to admit applicants without regard
totheirneed for financial aid." In other words,
a student's ability to pay full tuition will be a
deciding factor in the admissions process.
Furthermore, the proposal does not suggest
any dramatic increase in the financial aid
budget.
The long term goals of the school specifically
addressed in the budget proposal are
structural and foundation projects that are
either underway or anticipated to begin in the
next year. $112,500 has been accumulated for
retiree health benefits, $50,000 towards the
purchase of a new information system for the
Admissions office and the Registrar, and a
recommendation was made to upgrade the
computing facilities at the College.
Board meeting successful
■ Governing Board:
Meeting defined by
goodwill and cooperation
between College
Administration and its
chief executive body.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
understands their obligation to determine
a policy for Bowdoin College . . . they|
successfully fulfilled their obligation.'
Other than the extensive discussion I
involving the balancing of the budget, the
Board looked at the campus center and
heard presentations on size of the College,
information and technology. The weekend
alsoentertained reports from eight different
committee chairs including academic
affairs, ad missions and financial aid, audit,
development, financial planning, honors,
investments, Physical Plant and the|
Subcommittee on Minority Affairs.
Mercereau, in looking at the weekend as I
The Governing Board, the executive body
that discusses and votes on issues
concerning the College, met the weekend a whole, praised theactiveand enthusiastic I
of March 6-7 to meticulously examine bills participation by students. He attributes this
ranging from the naming of Hyde Cage to new found energy to the work of the
budget planning. Composed of Executive Board. Under the direction of
administrators, alumni, trustees and Ameen Haddad '93, the Executive Board
students, the Governing Board in this and has made sure that the representatives know
other meetings determined the short and what is expected of them and what kind of
long-term goals of Bowdoin College. commitment is required to their task. This
Thisyear,accordingtoDirectorof College increased student opinion has, obviously,
Relations Richard Mercereau, the "Board been met with applause and approval by
dealt with the policies recommended by the Governing Board,
the Administration and considered The meeting of the Governing Board was]
suggestionsbystudentsonthecommittees." successful in both form and content,
This year in particular exuded a feeling thoroughly discussing the pertinent issues
of goodwill between the members of the at Bowdoin College and establishing
Board and the Administration. As
Mercereau points out, "The Board
concrete agendas for the meetings in the
spring and fall.
A 3.1 percent salary increase for all
employees is another major item in the
submitted proposal. In addition to this
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funding is requested in order to achieve a "4-
5-6 guideline." The 4-5-6 guideline uses an
"18-college comparison group and aims at
matching the average compensation paid of
the colleges paying the fourth, fifth and sixth
highest salaries at that rank." Even with these
proposed increases in the salary of the faculty,
Bowdoin still lags behind in total
compensation, including fringe benefits. This
will, it was noted, be studied by the Dean's
office and the Human Resource Departement
in the coming months.
Despite the increase in the endowment
expenditure and the salaries of the staff, the
College must cut at least $39,577 to achieve a
balanced budget. Last year, this reduction
goal was $700,000 and it was achieved by the
start of the new fiscal year. It is expected that
a small portion of this goal will be achieved by
increasing on-campus revenues by charging
more consistently for personal copies on the
machine and other services.
Obviously, the majority of this cost
reduction will be made by personnel cutbacks.
The proposal notes that it will require
"painstaking department-by-department and
position-by-position evaluations by senior
staff and their managers." Personnel cutbacks
will include savings through att ri t ion without
replacement, attrition with replacement at
lower salary levels or hours and involuntary
termination. With these reductions, the
College hopes to eliminate its non-faculty
workforce by 55 positions or aboutlO percent
over the next three years.
The proposed budget is a positive step in
Bowdoin's financial situation since it both
balances the budget and supports realistic
goals for the future. However, for students
seeking financial aid and non-faculty workers
too young to retire, the proposed budget could
be a source of future worry.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1 993
Bowdoin names new dean fuel spill
Continued from page 1.
Truck pad
1-inch drain
left open
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Storm sewer
Containment dike
Pump house '
! 8-inch pipeline
Storage
tanks
Elizabeth Chadwick to assume position
By Ben Machin
orient staff writer
Elizabeth Chadwick of New York City has
been named Dean of the College, effective in
the summer of 1993. Chadwick will succeed
Professor of mathematics James E. Ward, who
has been serving a one-year appointment as
Dean of the College.
"We ha veattracted as a colleague a capable,
experienced administrator and scholar," said
President Robert H. Edwards. Elizabeth
Chadwick will bring us vision, energy and
humor. I look forward warmly to her arrival
and her assumption of the responsibilities
Jim Ward has handled so ably."
Chadwick comes to Bowdoin with more
than ten years experience as dean of students,
beginning with her position of dean of first-
years at Pomona College (1971-1979). She
then worked as associate dean of the College
at Swarthmore College (1981-1986). Most
recently Chad wick served as dean of students
in the University of Chicago (1986-1990).
A graduate of Bryn Mawr, Chadwick
earned her Ph.D. in comparative literature at
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College Relations
as the new Dean of the College.
Yale University and has taught at the
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Pomona,
Swarthmore and Chicago. She was designated
a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, held a Danforth
Graduate Fellowship and a Mellon post-
doctoral fellowship in comparative literature.
Reporting to the President, the new Dean
will have the major responsibility for fostering
a stimulating and sustaining environment to
advance the educational mission of the
College. She will also hold the academic rank
of senior lecturer in the department of English.
Chadwick will work closely with the dean
for academic affairs, and will be responsible
for academic advising, off-campus study;
academic support and requirements, and for
residential life, including Bowdoin's co-
educational fraternities.
She will also supervise the dean of students,
the registrar, athletics, career planning, the
Health Center and Counseling Service,
summer programs, the Moulton Union and
the Upward Bound Program. Chadwick will
be responsible for a staff of 78 and a budget of
$10.7 million and will serveonall major policy
committees of theCollege, including the senior
staff group.
Press Herald Graphics/ Steve Corslti
A detailed drawing of where the spill
occurred at the fuel depot of the Naval Air
Station.
held accountable."
Page, an expert on petroleum products,
concluded that the effect of this spill on wildlife
will be "short-lived and localized" although
kerosene is among "the most toxic" of organic
compounds. He continued, "Because of the
time of year, the threat to wildlife is kind of
small. If it had happened in May, it would
have had a significant impact." Few birds
have returned to nest, most of the insects are
in the egg stage and few mammals are active
so early in the Spring.
Page's main concern about the spill is its
effects on the ground water supply for the
Brunswick area, from which the College
pumps all of its tap water. Said Page, "The
fuel was spilled near the one the well fields
for the town of Brunswick [water supply].
Contamination by petroleum is very serious
because it can last for a very long time. You
need to make sure to monitor that there is no
threat to groundwater." He also indicated
that there remain a number of hazardous
waste sites in the vicinity operated by BNAS,
less than 1500 feet from a municipal well.
Page pointed out that similar petroleum
products are dumped into this "important
natural area" everytime it rains. The storm
sewers in the parking lots of the major
shopping centersdrain into the Androscoggin.
Page called the effects of the spill "negligible"
considering the large day to day run-off.
As of Tuesday, some 30,000 gallons of fuel
were still not accounted for. Some experts
believe that some of the fuel has spread out to
the main river beneath the ice cover.
Containment booms have been put in place to
keep the JP-5 from spreading.
The clean-up effort by Clean Harbors of
Maine, Inc. has constructed a plastic two-inch
diameter 300 foot boom to "mechanically
remove" the JP-5 in the marsh, in further
attempts to preserve the natural area, jack
Vallely, general manager of Clean Harbors,
estimated that 63,000 gallons is about as much
fuel thatcan beheld by ten "big bulk trucks" —
theones commonly found delivering gasoline
to service stations.
The fuel drained from two one-inch valves
on a pipeline connecting the pump house and
storage tanks of the $4.3 million fuel depot
facility built last October. Although there was
a containment dike surrounding the tanks
and a depressed truck pad used while
transporting the fuel, there were no
precautions taken to contain possible leaks
on the pipeline.
Said Page,"It's a little scary that there were
these valves pointed down over a sewer
What were they open for? It's a question of
'did they think through [the design of] the
fuel depot thing?'"
Although there have been reports of fumes
coming from the marsh area of the tributary
and the BNAS was notified, it took more than
55 hours — two and a half days — before Navy
63,000 gallons
is about as
much fuel that
can be held by
ten "big bulk
trucks"
investigators found fuel spewing from the
depot into the sewer and shut the valve.
According to the Portland Press Herald, "A
[BNAS] security guard checked, found
nothing, and figured the smell was coming
from a diesel truck."
"This shows more than anything else that
there is a failure in management," said Page.
"It's another case of environmental
irresponsibility by the United States
government" said Elizabeth Matthew '94.
Ralph Rynning '94 said, "Our government
is able to spot a fly on a piece of [fecal matter]
in the desert and not able to find the large
quantity of fuel spilled in 20 some acres of
marsh," referring to what he termed the
"irresponsibility of the Navy."
As of the time the Orient went to press,
some 40,000 gallons of the fuel have reportedly
been removed from the area stated a
spokesman from Clean Harbors.
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College committee to consider
reinvestment in South Africa
■ Investment Committee:
The College awaits policy
recommendation to end
sanctions against the
country after blacks are
fully enfranchised.
Kent John Chabotar, vice president for
finance and administration and treasurer, said
the College will follow the ANCs lead in
setting conditions to end sanctions.
If there is enough interest from the Bowdoin
community, Becker would hold an open
forum to discuss the components and
ramifications of the policy . Marc Janichen '95,
a student member of the Committee, said the
policy ultimately should reflect the ANCs
conditions and have strong student
endorsement.
Zanele Zikalala '96 of Ladysmith, South
Africa, will lend her support to such a
The Subcommittee on Social Responsibility reinvestment policy if "those companies
agreed last month to draft a policy addressing [which receive foreign investor's money] will
when the College should reinvest in South provide training for black people." She added,
African companies. "Investors need to realize the lack of education
According to Chair David Becker 70, the for blacks."
major components of the policy will follow Zikalala's mother felt the repercussions
the conditions set by the African National from divestment and lost her job. Zikalala,
Congress (ANC). The Congress in late however, feels divestment has achieved what
February said sanctions could end "on the it intended to do: create political change. "On
announcement of an agreed date for elections the whole, it has helped," she remarked,
and on the establishment of the transitional The modern history of Bowdoin's
By Andrew Wheeler
senior editor
executive
council." Prior to
this
announcement,
the ANC
demanded the
actual nonracial
elections occur,
before
encouraging '
reinvestment.
Presently, Bowdoin
"Investors need to
realize the lack of
education for blacks."
divestment
policy began in
May 1986 when
the Boards voted
to reaffirm its
opposition to
apartheid and its
commitment to
support the
ending of
apartheid. The
has no direct Boardsalsoresolved"thatifbyMay31,1987,
investments in South Africa in terms of owning the enfranchising process for blacks in South
stocks or bonds. Becker hopes to draft the Africa is not at an acceptable and substantial
new policy and distribute it to Subcommittee level, the College will thereafter divest in an
members at its next meeting in May. Once the orderly and timely matter."
Subcommittee agrees on the policy, Becker When voting levels were not acceptable
will recommend it to the Investment halfway through 1987, the College followed
Committee which will discuss and either the resolution and instructed its portfolio
endorse or reject the policy. Becker hopes the managers to divest from companies which do
full Boards can vote on reinvestment as early
as October. Please see REINVESTMENT, page 8.
Bowdoin College Community
Member of the Week:
"Chip the Squirrel"
Maya Khuri/ Bonrfom Orient
Chip in action, frolicking in the quad's tree canopy.
Over Spring Break, the College' s Physical
Plant and GroundskeepingCrew have been
"relocating" our resident rodents. Chip is
among the fortunate who were not
captured by the "Have-A-Heart" animal
traps planted around the Quad area of
campus.
Steve Carpenter '96 saw a "squirrel which
appeared to be dead" in the trap. He was so
angered by the incident that he refused to
inform Physical Plant about his discovery.
Although this has not been a "hotly
debated" subject on campus, a number of
animal rights activists have set the squirrels
free from their heartless traps.
There have been confirmed sightings of
these "furry friends" in the library allegedly
set loose there by a student. There were
unconfirmed reports of activists
requisitioning the traps.
Said Carpenter, 'There is a sign around
the traps that say they are "humane traps.'
The squirrels aren't supposed to die!"
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the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 2 1992
Arts & Entertainment
Renowned choreographer Merce Cunningham
brings innovative dance company to Bowdoin
Continued from page 1
Bowdoin it completed its fourteenth annual
season at the City Center Theater in New
York and a month-long residency at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Since its first world tour in 1964, the
company has earned international acclaim
and recognition as one of the most innovative
and important modern dance companies in
the world . 'There is no other dance company
today in which style and technique are more
ideally fused," notes dance critic Alastair
Macaulay. "No company of dancers today is
composed of more individually attractive (or
attractively individual) people. And no
company today has such consistently superb
choreography."
Merce Cunningham, who will turn 74 this
month, is himself regarded as oneof the most
influential figures in modern dance. Wall
Street Journal writer Dale Harris remarked in
1985 that "With the death of George
Bala nchinc, it has become very clear that Merce
Cunningham now stands alone as the
dominant artistic force in American dance."
Cunningham's revolutionary and maverick
techniques, hiscclebrated collaborations with
such artists as John Cage and Robert
Rauschcnbcrg, his visionary theoriesof dance
and choreography, and his insatiable desire
to try new things have combined to make
Merce Cunningham one of the great artistic
geniuses of the 20th century.
Sadly, however, few people outside of the
field of dance have ever heard of him or his
company, and even fewer outside of the arts.
Pro fessorjune Vail, Director of the Division
of Dance, feels that emphasis on subjects other
than the arts is partly to blame. "One of the
reasons that people know about Merce
Cunningham in particular, or modern dance
Division of Dance
Members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company will perform one of their singular
Events tomorrow night at Pickard Theater.
in general, is that there is very little
introduction to dance or the arts in the
(secondary) educational process," she says.
She also points out that there is "not much of
this kind of dance on TV." "Most people have
to wait until they get to college" before they
can experience a dance company such as
Merce Cunningham's, Vail claims. "This is
their first exposure to it."
Vail believes that an understanding of the
fine arts, and dance in particular, should not
be marginalized in the educational process,
for it is integral to understanding ourselves.
"The fine arts are essential to what our culture
is, what America is. It is important for all
people to understand the arts as an expression
of what our values are, how we define
aesthetics.
"It is important to know one's history, as
well," Vail continues. "These trends [that
Zuckertfund supports
arts and government
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & entertainment
EDITOR
What does it take to bring world-class
talents and personalities to a tiny, isolated
campus like BoWdoin's, three hours
removed from the last official mecca of
culture? In the case of inviting the Merce
Cunningham Dance Company to
Bowdoin, it took the Division of Dance
faith, hope, persistence and a little good
fortune.
Or, perhaps more to the point, simply a
lot of fortune. The incredible opportunity
for Bowdoin students and the Brunswick
community to experience and interact with
Merce Cunningham's dancing has been
made possible by a generous living gift"
from Donald M. Zuckert of the class of '56.
According to Professor June Vail, Director
of the Division of Dance, the Zuckert
Visiting Professorship is remarkable
because it sets aside money to be used for
lectureships in the arts and government,
which are historically underfunded and
ignored areas of Alumni giving.
Zuckert, a former Government major,
says that he and his wife, who has been the
managing director of a chamber music
group, are art collectors and have an
abiding interest in the arts. He explains
that he gave the money to be used
specifically to bring people to the campus
who are active and successful in their
fields. The lecturers teach master classes
and also provide a campus-wide lecture
or performance in order to allow non-
majors to hear and experience them as
well.
Please see ZUCKERT FUND, page 7
\
An old art comes to Bowdoin
■ Broadway actor Bruce Kuhn's one-man tour de
force "The Gospel of Luke," which he performed at
Kresge AuditoriumTuesday and Wednesday nights,
was a celebration of the most ancient of arts. Kuhn
believes that "Jesus is the poet of reality."
By Nicole Devarenne
orient staff writer
Erin Sullivan /Bowfom Orient
Bruce Kuhn brought the Gospel of Luke to life.
This Tuesday and Wednesday
Bruce Kuhn performed his one man
show, The Gospel of Luke," in
Kresge Auditorium. The
performance was a lively, original
interpretation of an old script,
delivered with an elegant, almost
Shakespearian air and a remarkable
honesty.
Kuhn was a pleasure to watch.
He made full use of Kresge's
informal atmosphere to bring the
play directly into the audience,
travelling from the stage to the
auditorium and back to the stage.
He wasboth narrator and characters,
telling stories within stories and
adopting a variety of personas in turn.
Under his^ fingers some of the Bible's most
familiar tales recovered their vitality . He took
a text that is by nature sparse and illuminated
it with the kind of humor and passion with
which it might originally have been written.
Perhaps his most remarkable achievement
was that he was able to bring out the lyricism
and lovely simplicity of the language of the
King James Version. As he said during the
question-and-answer session that followed
the performance, The King James Version
was written to be spoken."
Kuhn's interpretation of Luke is a
celebration of the most ancient of arts. He is a
firm believer in the power of storytelling, and
his "Luke" is a refreshing return to its
original intention. "This is the way it was
originally told," he said.
Kuhn said that after having performed in
several musicals, among them "Les
Miserables," he has enjoyed taking on a role
which has "a great deal of substance that
musicals don't have.... As an artist I want to
work with truth. So much of what I do is just
craft, just entertainment. It's so rare that I
get to work with a great script."
Undoubtedly what makes his
performances all the more powerful is that
he so obviously believes in what he's doing.
This material is crystallized truth," he said.
"Jesus is the poet of reality."
What makes this material so ideal for
storytelling? "Luke was a Greek Historian.
He collected eye-witness accounts. These
are eye-witness accounts strung together,
so it makes great stories." He also makes it
clear that people "are free to react to it any
way they want," and said, If s wonderful
to see people laughing at this. Jesus had a
sense of humor."
Bruce Kuhn is a Broadway actor who has
been working with the Actors Theatre of
Louisville, Kentucky, one of the top five
regional theaters in the country, and has
been touring colleges with his interpretation
of The Gospel of Luke."
the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY. APRIL 2. 1993
I-
Senior Art
By Richard Miller
orient assistant arts &
entertainment editor
Bowdoin has once again provided its
students the opportunity to showcase their
talents with the latest Senior Art Show. Alicia
Collins '93 and Daniele Merlis '93 are
displaying "A Collection of Photographs"
downstairs in the VAC outside Kresge
auditorium. Linda Lee '93 presents "Children
Crossing" in Fishbo wl Gallery I and Catherine
Ellender '93 exhibits "Scratch" in Fishbowl
Gallery II on the first floor of the VAC.
Merlis's photography includes examples
of portraiture, nude studies and studies in
light and shadow. Many of Collin's
photographs were taken in Seville, Spain,
where she studied Spanish through
Bo wdoin's study away program . The relaxed
setting gave her the freedom to be creative. "I
find it easier to take pictures when I want to
take them, not because of an assignment,"
said Collins.
Collins prefers portraits to other styles of
photography. "I like taking pictures of people,
but not set-up portraits. I prefer it when they
don't necessarily know I'm taking their
pictures," she said. Her exhibition also
includes an experimental form of
photography which she is studying in her
independent study this semester. It uses the
chemicals in photographic paper to transfer
the image of a picture onto other surfaces.
There area number of examplesof this process
in her exhibition.
Like many other senior art students, Collins
is appreciative of the chance to organize and
display her own show in her own gallery
space. Many art students will probably never
get such a chance again. "It's a great
"Art is an
important process.
It is a challenge to
see things
differently and
interpret them in
your own way
//
opportunity for us." said Collins
Lee's exhibit is provocatively titled
"Children Crossing." Sheexplainsitsmeaning
to be "similar to the road signs that warn
drivers of children running onto the road. It
tells adults tobeawareof children, to recognize
their expressions as innocent and naive." The
Donald M. Zuckert fund found helpful to the arts
Continued from page 6
Zuckert stresses, however, that the
lecturers are not to come from Academe.
He feels that the Brunswick environment
benefits from seeing artists who would not
Other than this stipulation, the College is
free to use the money as it will. "I don't
believe in selling the store and then telling
people what should be stocked in it,"
Zuckert says. He does, however, know
normally come so far north to perform or where his money is going, and plans to
speak. "I think students should get more attend the dance Event Saturday night. He
than just an academic readout on things," seems to be pleased with the result of the
he explains. "It's refreshing to experience Colleges efforts: "[Bowdoin]," he insists,
other perspectives." "h as more than lived up to my expectations."
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Charcoal Drawings by Linda I. Lee line the Fishbowl Gallery.
drawings are exclusively of children, one
portraying Lee with her twin sister when they
were younger.
For Lee, "Art is an important process. It is
a challenge to see things differently and
interpret them in your own way." Her works
are based on photographs and are translated
into charcoal drawings through distillation
down to their most essential elements.
"Charcoal is a high contrast medium,"
explained Lee. "I use no color. I work with
even tones and simple techniques." The simple
style lends itself to her theme of simplicity
and innocence in the children portrayed. The
pictures are products of her independent
study last semester.
Ellender has the most varied body of work
of the four students featured, includingprints,
photographs, pastels and sculpture. The
exhibition continues through April 9.
Dance Company in residence
Continued from page 6
"Dance is not interesting unless it provokes you, where
you say, 1 never thought of that.
- Merce Cunningham
Cunningham explored through his
various collaborations) all interact and
feed each other. It's part of an historical
context. You don't have to like it, but you
should know it."
Professor James McCalla, who teaches
a courseon music from 1 750 to the present,
became interested in Cunningham
through his knowledge of the
collaboration between Cunningham and
John Cage. Cage was a contemporary
avant-gardecomposer who worked with
silences in his music and used everyday
objects to produce sound. Their
partnership began in 1944 when Cage
composed the music to Cunningham's
first production as an independent
choreographer. Their friendship and
partnership lasted fifty years, until Cages
death last August.
McCalla saw the Dance Company a
year and a half ago in Paris at an
international dance festival. The thing
that struck him most about the
performance was the "sense of joy and
pleasure in what they [the dancers] do."
McCalla was also mesmerized by
Cunningham, who stood alone and still
in the center of the stage, dancing only
from the waste up because his age robs
him of his former agility. "All these young
dancers hurling themselves across the
stage, and I still could not take my eyes
off of Cunningham, McCalla explains.
Tomorrow night's Event will prove to
be singular. Live electronic music will be
"recomposed" on the spot, in what
McCalla descrives as a "sonic
environment, an aural stage set, audio
scenery." According to archivist David
Vaughan, the dancers do not knoe what
they will be dancing to until the night of
the performance; they rehearse in silence.
The result is a beautiful jostling of two
simultaneous pieces. A Merce
Cunningham Event is not to be missed.
"I have the same fascination with
movement that I've had all my life.
/ 1 find it all just as maddening,
mysterious and exhausting. The
point is that dance need not refer to
something else. It is what it is. "
- Merce Cunningham
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the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 2 1992
"Now's the time at Bowdoin
when we dance "
Maya Khuri/Bowdoin Orient
Touch My Monkey rehearsing for their performance debut tonight at 9:30 in the Pub.
By Tad Diemer
orient contributor
How many times does one get the chance to
hear a self-styled "rockin' rhythm and blues
band" perform at Bowdoin College? Not too
often. A campus band? Blues and jumpin'
dance tunes? Eleven pieces? Yup, and they're
playing in the Pub tonight . Touch My Monkey
is here to entertain you.
Touch My Monkey, whose name was
inspired by the Saturday Night Live skit
"Sprockets," is the brainchild of former
Smokin' Holes members John Valentine '93
and Alex Wild '95. The two decided that the
campus truly needed a band like Smokin'
Holes, so they found a few interested
musicians, held auditions to fill out the rest of
the band and got down to the dirty business
of playing rock and roll, certainly no easy task
to organize in half a semester. Not long after
the ensemble was formed, Wild headed off to
spend a semester in Ecuador, leaving the
band at its present size. C
The other band members are: Andrew
"Cooter" Droel '96 on guitar, Becky Rush '94
and Maria Garffer '93 on backup vocals, Jay
Gates '95 on bass, John Bachelor '96 on drums,
Mark Hickman '96 on keyboards, Kiesa Getz
'96 on sax, Ben Nolan '96 on trombone and
Jeff Fleischaker '96 on trumpet. The band
obviously plays to have fun and wants the
audience to do the same. "We just want people
to come out and have a good time without
having to go to some stinking fraternity
basement," says Valentine. He stresses that
dancing will be mandatory.
Touch My Monkey will appear for the first
time at the Pub tonight at 9:30, playing two
sets with an intermission. The performance
features special guest Chef Davis '93 singing
"Sledgehammer." Other songs will include
'Treat Her Right," "Freeze Frame" and a
slightly spicy version of "Real Real Gone."
Valentine explains their song selection: "We
play happy dance tunes to reveal the inner
darkness of our souls." Really, they mean it. If
the audience feeds off Touch My Monkey's
abundant enthusiasm, it promises to be one
rockin' show.
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Swell's self-produced debut "... Well? is a
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quartet. Originally released on the band's
own Psycho-Specific record labellastyear,
Def A merican picked up the album and re-
released it, deservedly bringing it to the
attention of a wider audience.
Protected on its outer shell by piercing
lead guitar lines and distorted rhythym
guitar riffs, ...Well? has a warm underbelly
of acoustic sensibilities. "Down," one of
the best tracks, resembles the murky
landscape of R.E.M.'s latest album,
although that's not a comparison that hold s
up throughout the album. "The Price,"
anchored by its repetitive, minimalist
acoustic guitar, and "Everything" (which
for some reason recalls "Friends" from Led
Zeppelin III) follow the formula that works
so well on this record; acoustic guitar-
based songs, with intelligentbut not super-
complicated drumming and vocals that
slide easily along, neither hiding behind
the other instruments nor assuming too
obtrusive a position . "Suicide Machine,"
**At Long Last" and "Tired* establish
Swell's knack for writing catchy material,
although the latter' s languid vocal doesn't
give the song the energy it deserves.
In producing .JNell? themselves, the
band has created a distinctive record that
stakes out a fairly unique stylistic territory.
In the hands of another producer, their
songs might have emerged from the studio
in a much more generic form. But Swell
manages to balance out the album's dreamy
and atmospheric qualities with the strong
focus provided by its compelling songs.
The downside of thei r sel f-prod uction is
that ...Well? has its share of filler. Of the 13
tracks listed on the sleeve, four consist of
nothing more than spoken words or random
crowd noises. Although the background
sounds give the album a certain ambiance,
too many of its 47 minutes are taken up by
useless noise instead of the quality music
that Swell has shown itself capable of
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1993
9
The Winners
Something for almost everyone, even
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"
Film: "Unforgiven"
Director: Clint Eastwood, "Unforgiven 7 '
Actress: Emma Thompson, "Howards End"
Actor: Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman"
Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, "My Cousin Vinny"
Supporting Acton Gene Hackman, "Unforgiven"
Original Screenplay: Neil Jordan, 'The Crying Game"
Foreign-Language Film: "Indochine"
Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot,
"A River Runs Through It"
Original Score and Song: "Aladdin" and
"A Whole New World"
Costume Design and Makeup: "Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Visual Effects: "Death Becomes Her"
Honarary Award: Federico Fellini
Unremarkable
Clint Eastwood and "Unforgiven" ride off with a fistful of
Oscars on an Oscarcast with few surprises
by Dave Simmons
orient arts 4 entertainment editor
I only caught the last twenty minutes of the
Oscars Monday night, just in time to catch a
long, pull-at-your-heartstrings acceptance
speech from Elizabeth Taylor, a feminist jab
from Barbra Streisand, a perturbed and stately
Jack Nicholson skipping all the BS and a
beaming Clint Eastwood in a goofy leather
clip-on bow tie, rasping about "the year of the
woman." It was all the Oscars I needed to see,
and from what I've read, I didn't miss much.
The rest of the Oscarcast was apparently
hokey, predictable, and sometimes
embarrassing.
The biggest surprise of the night came right
at the beginning, when longshot Marisa Tomei
(looking for all the world like the youthful
Audrey Hepburn) snatched Best Supporting
Actress away from all that foreign
competition. After that, the safe bets cashed
in. "Unforgiven" won four awards, including
Best Film Editing, and Eastwood walked home
with an Oscar in each fist. "The Crying Game"
won Best Original Screenplay, the traditional
consolation prize for films that win the
newspaper polls.
Only "A Few Good Men," nominated for
five awards, was shut out; other than that, it
was Oscars all around, even for one of the
worst films of the year, Francis Ford Coppola's
"Bram Stoker's Dracula." By the way, for
those who think Nicholson was robbed,
remember that the Academy Awards are not
about merit, but politics, and the Academy
knows no logic (hence Julia Roberts'
nomination for "Pretty Woman"). Besides,
Gene Hackman was the favorite all along,
and he's been waiting plenty long himself.
Nicholson will be back.
The Gilbert Gottfried "I could have a heart
attack and die from not surprise" award goes
to "Whole New World" for winning Best
Original Song. Not only were viewers
subjected to a nauseating song-and-dance
rendition of the all-too-familiar tune, but the
rest of are doomed to hear it overplayed for
the rest of the summer. Nell Carter's belting
rendition of another song from "Aladdin"
was matched by a cheesily-rhymed and badly
lip-synched number from Liza Minelli lauding
women.
I understand Billy Crystal performed
admirably, considering that the Oscarcast
strained under the weight of what the New
York Times called "the weight of its own self-
importance." The Oscar Ballad is always a
cute schtick, but by the end of the night Crystal
was reduced to simply wincing "Jack." It
seems the show was just too politicized: AIDS
was the celebrity cause du jour, but Richard
Gere went his own way by trying to get a
message about Tibet out to decrepit Chinese
dictators.
The biggest joke of the night, though, was
Oscar's tribute to the Year of the Woman in a
year when actresses like Faye Dunaway have
to go into semi-retirement because of the
paucity of substantial roles for all women, but
especially the ones past Hollywood's prime.
The men of the Academy paid mawkish,
condescending lip service to women in the
movies and then moved on to collect all their
awards. Geena Davis's cleavage made a
stronger statement than she actually did.
The biggest story in a somewhat slow and
predictable Oscar year was what people were
wearing. Ribbons of all kinds were the rage:
purple for urban violence, red for AIDS
awareness, and peach for breast cancer. Wear
your favorite, but make sure the cameras can
pick it up.
10
thebowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 2 1992
Jriday 2
Arts & Entertai
ft
12:00 m. Canterbury Qub prayer service. Chapel.
3:00-5:00 p.m. Master class by a faculty member of the Cunningham
fQ Dance Studio. Morrell Gymnasium. Sponsor: Division of Dance, Dept. of
Theatre Arts, under the auspices of the Zuckert Fund. To enroll please
call 725-3663.
Saturday 3
(a
3:30 p.m. A Celebration of the Publication of Images of. Oliver Cromwell
j* (edited by Roger C. Richardson) in honor of Roger Howell. "Roger
Howell and the Relevance of Oliver Cromwell." Roger C. Richardson,
King Alfred's College, Winchester, England. Daggett Lounge,
Wentworth Hall.
*. m
5:30 p.m. Shabbat candlelight service. Johnson House.
6:00-8:30 p.m."A Glimpse of Indonesia"
is an Indonesian arts exhibition
sponsored by the Asian Interest Group
and the Art Club to promote awareness
and understanding of Indonesia and its
diverse culture among the Bowdoin
community.
Many people probably know of Bali, but
few know what and where Indonesia is.
In fact, Bali is an island that is part of the
Indonesia archipelago. Indonesia is made
of 13,677 islands in the southwest Pacific
Ocean near Australia. Among 13,677
islands, some 6,000 are named and only
992 are permanently settled by humans.
Because of the archipelago's size and its
jungles, swamps, highlands and seas,
many areas are isolated from one another
and thus have developed their unique
customs and cultures. One can find ways
of life which are extremely different:
from modern metropolitan Jakarta to the
tribal society in Irian Jaya and
Kalimantan.
The goal of this exhibition is to capture
the sense of Indonesian culture and its
diversity. On display are various fabrics
from different parts of the country. There
are Ikat weavings from Bali, Batik from
Java and Madura, weavings from
Sumatra and sarongs from Sulawesi.
Indonesia is also famous for its shadow
puppets. There will be a collection of
Wayang Kulit (shadow puppets) and
other artifacts will also be on display.
show. Some fabrics and artifacts will be for sale. The profits will be used
for book fund to start a library of Asian countries in Johnson House.
The exhibition will open tonight and will continue through the weekend
from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Johnson House.
By Sandra Sard jono.
7:00-9:00 pjn. Exhibition reception for Linda I. Lee '93 and Cat E.
Ellender '93. Fishbowl Gallery, Visual Arts Center.
7:30 pjn. A celebration of the Publications of Images of Oliver Cromwell
(edited by Roger C. Richardson) in honor of Roger Howell. "Interpreting
the English Revolution." Mark Kishlansky, professor of history, Harvard
University. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
f I 9:3 ° P- m - Touch My Monkey, Bowdoins eleven piece band, performs
J J their premier performance. ThePub,Moul ton Union.
8:00 p jn. Women's Week performance. Sleeveless Theatre performs The
"F" Word: A Fresh and Funny Look at Feminism. Kresge Auditorium, Visual
Arts Center.
/
9:00 pjn. Film. Apocalypse Now (USA, 1979) directed by Francis Ford
Coppola and starring Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
830 a.m.-2:00 p jn. Education Symposium. For the fifth consecutive
year, educators from Maine and nearby New England, along with
undergraduates with an interest in the study of education or teaching
as a career, will meet at Bowdoin College for small group discussions
on a number of important topics related to schools and schooling. The
symposium is open to the public and students. Admission is free with
a $10.00 per person lunch charge. The luncheon speaker will be
Maurice A. Butler '74, chairman of the humanities department at
Roosevelt High School in Washington , D.C. Butler will discus the
topic Teaching the Nintendo Generation: A Holistic Approach to
Education. Registration and coffee
begins at 8:30 a.m. Daggett Lounge,
Wentworth Hall
12:00-6:00 p.m. A Glimpse of
Indonesia. Unique Indonesia art and
culture. Collection of Wayang Kulit
(shadow puppets) and Indonesian
fabrics. Tapes of Indonesian music
played during the exhibition.
Johnson House.
8:00 p.m. Merce Cunningham
Dance Company. Pickard Theatre,
Memorial Hall. Sponsor: Division of
Dance, Dept. of Theatre Arts, under
the auspices Of the Zuckert Fund.
Admission: $16.00 public; $8.00 non-
Bowdoin students and senior
citizens; free with Bowdoin I.D.
Tickets available at Amadeus Music
Portland: Macbeans Music,
Brunswick: and the Events Office,
Moulton Union.
9:00 pjn. Aguirre the Wrath of God
(replacing Echoes From A Somber
Empire). Kresge Auditorium, Visual
Arts Center.
12KJ0 pjn. The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre starring Lea therface.
It
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
This Indonesian mask is just one of the unique, traditional
artworks on display at the Johnson House this Weekend.
Sunday 4
10:00 aan. and 4:30 p.m. Mass: Palm Sunday. The Reverend W. Larch
Fidler, celebrant. Chapel.
12.-00-6:00 p.m. A Glimpse of Indonesia. Unique Indonesia art and
culture. Collection of Wayang Kulit (shadow puppets) and Indonesian
fabrics. Johnson House.
2:15 pjn. Favorite Childhood Pastimes: Depictions by Winslow
Homer reading. Alison P. Behr '95 reads descriptions of how
children spent their leisure time in nineteenth-century America.
Followed by a tour of the Winslow Homer Gallery. Limited seating.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please call 725-3275 for
reservations. Walker Art Building.
monday 5
((a £ $b 4:00 P- 11 *- "Problems of Survival: Women and Communal Violence in
India." Kalpana Kannabiran, South Indian activist and Rockefeller
Fellow, Hunter College. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
7:30 pjn. Women's Film series: Women of the World. The Year of Living
Dangerously. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt.
Introduced by Jan Phillips, program administrator, Women's Studies
Program. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
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the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 2. 1 993
11
Hfli
zlendar
tuesday 6
Y
4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and
^ Interpretation. Ruth Belchetz, poet, Brunswick, presents "Evangeline
(Eve), My Friend, At Home" and "Insomnia." Faculty Room,
Massachusetts Hall.
5:00-7:00 p jn. Africa Table discussion of Women and Work in Africa
South of the Sahara film shown on March 30. Chase Bam Chamber.
•A
7:30 pjn. Dan E. Christie Memorial Mathematics Lecture. "Math Is So
4 Much Fun Because There Are Never Any Right Answers." Rollin R.
Fessenden, director of inventory management, L.L. Bean, Inc.,
Freeport. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
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Wednesday 7
it
7:00-9:30 p.m. International
Folk Dancing. An evening of
teaching and dancing of line,
circle and couple dances
from Eastern Europe, the
Baulkans, Israel, Turkey and
Scotland. Beginners welcome
(dances will be taught from
7:00-8:00 p.m.) $3.00
donation: free for Bowdoin
Students. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
9:00 p.m. Birth of a Nation
(USA, 1915). Directed by D.
W. Griffith and starring
It
thursday 8
Y
4:00 p jn. "Recognition in the
Odyssey"(previously
scheduled for March 9).
Hanna M. Roisman, associate
professor of classics, Colby
College. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
4.-00 p.m. "Regulation of
^ Directed Cell Growth in
Clark S. Unehan
Performance artist storyteller, Alicia Quintano will present
her original monologue on Thursday.
Yeast." Douglas I. Johnson,
Dept. of Microbiology and
Molecular Genetics,
University of VermontRoom 314, Searles Science Building. Reception
at 330, Room 306. Room 314, Searles Science Building. Reception at
3-30, Room 306.
7.-00 pan. Mass: Holy Thursday. The Reverend W. Larch Fidler, celebrant.
Chapel
730 p an. Storyteller Alicia Quintano will perform an original
monologue from her one-woman show Love is Hell & Other Stories.
A native of New York City, Quintano currently resides in Gloucester,
Mass. Her writing is inspired by her personal experiences, creating
provocative and humorous monologues and characters that are
contemporary and instantly recognizable. With humor and
tenderness, Quintano's works deal with issues of love , sex, identity,
self-image and food.
Quintano trained as a professional actress with the Barter Theatre in
Abingdon, Va. She has directed plays in New York City and has
subsequently been awarded grants as both a director and performer.
Quintano has performed at various theatres, clubs and colleges
including Women's Interart Theatre (New York), Harvard University,
Dartmouth College, Middlebury College, the United Nations Women's
Guild, the Kleinert Arts Festival, First Night Boston and at storytelling
symposiums in Massachusetts and Alaska. Kresge Auditorium, Visual
Arts Center.
730 p.m. Lecture and Workshop. Brian Allen, representative from
Merrymeeting AIDS Support Services, will conduct an AIDS
awareness and safe sex workshop. Public is encouraged to attend.
Questions should be addressed to Josh or Heather at 725-3938 or 666-
3632. Psi-Upsilon, 250 Maine Street.
Bear Aids has returned to Bowdoin. This year's agenda is bigger
and more unique in comparison to previous efforts since the concert
day is held in conjunction with Thursday's AIDS educational
presentation by M.A.S.S.' Brian Allen. Renowned
across Maine as a dynamic speaker and a leader
in the fight against the spread of AIDS, Allen
will conduct a talk that addresses the serious
issues that AIDS still poses for individuals and
communities. The presentation will also include
a safe sex workshop. His talk is set for 7:30 p.m.,
April 8, at Psi Upsilon and is co-sponsored by B-
GLAD.
After a one year absence, fine music and fine
weather will once again come together to benefit
a local charitable organization. Orchestrated by
Psi Upsilon and scheduled for May 8, this year's
spring show will feature on-the-quad »
performances by Colby College and Brunswick
area bands in addition to Bowdoin talent. T-shirt
sales and raffle drawings with prizes donated by
local businesses will round out the day's
festivities, with all proceeds going to
Merrymeeting AIDS Support Services (M.A.S.S.),
the same organization Bear Aids benefitted two
years ago.
All Brunswick area residents (including
Bowdoin students) are encouraged to attend this
discussion and next month's concert. Please take
advantage of these opportunities to learn more
about this disease while helping those who have
already been stricken by it.
By Alec Thibodeau.
Campus Paperback Bestsellers
April
Compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education from information
supplied by college stores throughout the country. March 15, 1993.
1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley. (Ballantine, $5.99.) The Black Leader's
controversial life story.
2. Rising Sun, by Micheal Crichton. (Ballantine, $5.99.) A no holds-barred conflict for control of
a vital American technology.
3. The Firm, by John Grisham. (Island/ Dell, $5.99.)Young lawyer confronts the hidden workings
of his firm.
4. Jurassic Park, by Micheal Crichton. (Ballantine, $5.99) A theme park's cloned dinosaurs are
creating a world crisis.
5. The Pelican Brief, by John Grisham. (Dell, $6.99.) Law student finds herself on the run from
killers of two Supreme Court Justices.
6. Backlash, by Susan Faludi. (Anchor, $12.50.) Powerful and frightening look at the undeclared
war against American women.
7. A river runs Through It, by Norman Madean.(Univ. of Chicago Press, $9.95.) Stories of
western Montana.
8. Life's Little Instruction Book, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (Rutledge Hill, $5.95) Advise for
attaining a full life.
9. All Arouund the Town, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket, $6.50.) A college student is accused
of killing her professor.
10. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham. (Island/Dell, $5.99.)Racial tension runs high during a trial.
12
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993
Orient Sports
M e n 's Hockey
Polar Bears capture title
■ Team tops UConn
and Salem State on
their way to ECAC
Division III
championship.
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
In what has already become a remarkable
story, the 1992-93 Bowdoin men's ice hockey
team ended the year in fairy tale fashion.
After defeating the tournament favorite
Middlebury Panthers on March 2, 1993, the
Polar Bears went on to take two seemingly
inevitable wins from foes UConn and Salem
State for the 1 992-93 ECAC Division III hockey
crown.
This was Bowdoin's first title in seven years,
the last championship being the 1985-86
campaign. The championship could not have
been anymore fitting. After defeating
juggernaut Middlebury, the tournament was
unexpectedly moved to Dayton Arena, and
jubilant crowds helped propel the Bears to
the winner's circle. A grateful and proud
Coach Terry Meagher applauded the support
of the Bowdoin fans, "The class of the fans,
staff and community, with their chants and
general conduct was much appreciated and a
pleasure to play in front of."
Bowdoin's first game was the latter of two
semi-final matches played on Friday, March
5, 1993. In the afternoon, Salem State, the
number seven seed (17-6-1) and underdog
winner against the powerful Babson Beavers,
faced off with Williams College, the number
four seed (18-6-0). Salem State narrowly edged
out Williams 5-4 to advance to the finals.
Following this match, Bowdoin met the
University of Connecticut in the evening
contest. The Huskies of UConn had handled
Hamilton College in the quaterfinals by a
score of 5-3 and came into the game with a
record of 19-5-2. Although Bowdoin had not
seen action against UConn in two years, Coach
Meagher said, "We took the confidence we
had going into the Middlebury game and
used that to set ourselves up for a good
weekend at home. The best thing we did was
we never looked beyond the task at hand. We
took it one period at a time."
Truer words could not have been spoken,
as Bowdoin played a smart, methodical game
and cruised passed the Huskies by a margin
of 6-1 . It took the Bears no time to jump out in
front of UConn, scoringjust seventeen seconds
into the contest. On a pass from Captain Jim
Klapman '93, Charlie Gaffney '95 broke in
from the left-wing and snapped the puck into
the upper left corner of the net, beating the
Huskie' s goalie on the near side. The goal was
Gaffney' s nineteenth of the season.
Less than two minutes later, on a fabulous
blue line to blue line pass from Rich Maggiotto
'96, Mark McCormick '96 made a great shift
around a UConn defender and took the puck
to the net. When the UConn goalie could not
cover up the puck, it was jammed in by Rich
Dempsey '96, to make the score 2-0 in favor of
Bowdoin.
UConn got on the board at 5:19 of the first
to make the score 2-1 ; however, this was their
only tally of the evening and the Bears went
on to open up the game. At 17:26 of the first
Charlie Gaffney netted his second goal of the
game on an amazing shot from outside the
blue line. Unable to find a teammate, Gaffney
simply fired a blistering shot which was too
much for the UConn goalie, and extended
Bowdoin's lead to 3-1.
An interesting side note to this game was
the breakdown of the ice-cleaning Zamboni
machine bet ween the second and third periods
which delayed the game for over an hour. A
mechanic had to be called in, and finally an
heroic Zamboni operator cleaned the ice to
thunderous applause from the Bowdoin
faithful.
Following the break, the second and third
periods were dominated by Bowdoin at both
ends of the rink. The Bears scored three more
goals for a final score of 6-1. In net for the
Bears was Darren Hersh '93. In the course of
the game he turned back 33 Huskie shots and
gave Bowdoin's offense thebacking it needed
to wreak havoc upon the UConn defense.
Coach Meagher said after the game, "The
team really played with discipline. There were
no unnecessary penalties. The major factor in
Carey Jones/ tiowdmn Otfnf
Charlie (#21) and Joe (#23) Gaffney skating in the title match against Salem State.
Finally the ice was broken at 8:11 of the
second period. After a Salem State player was
penalized for interference, Bowdoin
capatalized on the power-play when, from
the blue line, Paul Croteau '95 fed Joe Gaffney
'95 down low for the score. Bowdoin led 1-0.
Two quick strikes during the next 2:40 gave
Bowdoin a 3-0 lead . Bo wdoin's second goal of
the game was a fantastic individual effort on
the part of Chris Coutu '93. Playing brilliantly
"Bowdoin fans swarmed over the boards,
through the doors, and onto the ice to rejoice
with the team who all surrounded goalie
Darren Hersh. It was truly a spectacle to
behold. "
this game was the intelligent hockey
demonstrated by the players."
The championship game was played the
following day, Saturday, March 6, 1993. In an
ironic match-up, the number eight seed
Bowdoin Poalr Bears squared -off against the
Salem State Vikings, seeded number seven.
The tables had been turned on the favorites,
and the two underdogs were vying for the
championship. Bowdoin, now 15-8-2, faced a
determined foe in the form of the 18-6-1
Vikings.
Before an electrified crowd, the Bears and
Vikings played the first period to a stand-off.
Salem State was not going to prove as easy an
opponent as UConn. In the early portion of
the game neither team seemed to have the
advantage. Instead there was a feeling-out
process, in which the teams chipped away at
each other but never really made serious
scoring threats. After one period there was no
score, while Salem State tallied eleven shots
to Bowdoin's four.
on Bowdoin's penalty-killing unit all night
long, Coutu, at 8:55, snuck into the Vikings
end and got off a weak shot which the goalie
saved, but while attempting to clear the puck,
banked it off his own defender and into the
net. Coutu was credited with the short-handed
goal and gave Bowdoin a 2-0 lead. Two
minutes later Charlie Gaffney scored on a
pass from Jim Klapman '93 to make it 3-0.
Gaffney netted his second of the game at 1 4:55
to give the Bears a seemingly insurmountable
4-0 lead with just one period left with which
to secure the title.
However, Salem State was not about to role
over and play dead. They made their run
starting in the third period. Salem State's
Brian O'Connor scored at 552 of the third to
make it 4-1 . At 1 0:31 the Vikings struck again
to close the gap to 4-2. Salem State began to
pour on the pressure, firing everything they
could at Hersh. However, as he had done
throughout the tournament, Hersh came up
big time and time again to keep the Bears lead
at two. Unable to watch the Salem State
onslaught any more, Coach Meagher called a
crucial and strategic time out to calm his
troops down. The time out proved critical as
Meagher said, "The one real area of concern
in the entire playoffs was the third period
versus Salem State. We did not want to sit on
our lead and play defensive; rather we wanted
to use our speed and put the pressure on
them. However, we fell back on our heels and
this just was not working. So, I called time out
and changed our coverage to an aggressive
man-to-man style which really got us going."
This strategy proved successful. Salem
State's run was stymied and all doubts were
cast aside at 1 5:06 of the third period, when
Charlie Gaffney got the puck through a maze
of players to Marcpllo Gentile '95 who was
able to wrist home a shot to make it 5-2. The
Vikings' momentum was now all but gone,
and they had no choice but to pull their goalie
with 1:40 left. Gentile got his second goal of
the game to make it 6-2 and seal the
championship for Bowdoin. Coach Meagher
said of Bowdoin's fifth goal, "Charlie's
[Gaffney], play on the fifth goal to Marcello
[Gentile] as well as Brian Crovo's goal in the
Midd lebury game, were perhaps the two most
inspirational plays of the tournament."
As time wound down and the moment of
celebration was at hand, the Bowdoin fans
swarmed over the boards, through the doors,
and onto the ice to rejoice with the team who
all surrounded goalie Darren Hersh. It was
truly a spectacle to behold. After Klapman
was presented with t hechampionship plaque,
the team took the ceremonial victory lap
around the rink, displaying their hard but
well earned prize to theappreciati ve Bowdoin
fans. In another befitting honor, Hersh was
named the tournament most valuable player.
In three games Hersh allowed but four goals
and made 97 saves. This gave him a 96% save
percentage for the tournament and really
underscored the value of his work. Hersh
Please see HOCKEY, page 13.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY. APRIL 2, 1 993
13
From the Bleachers
Final Four 'Observations t and Predictions
by Tim Smith ahd Jeff Coad
No N.C State like in 1983. No Villanova
like in 1985. No, the last hope we had for a
Cinderella ended when Temple's glass
slipper didn't quite at last Sunday in Seattle.
Intact, when college basketball's Rnal Four
convene* in New Orleans this weekend, it
will be a summit meeting of the sport's
superpowers. As Dick Vitale Would say,
It's a heavy weight bout, baby!! Tarheels
and Jayhawks on the undercard, and
Wolverines and Wildcats as the main event.
But let's turn it over to the gurus, the
basketball junkies, Smith and Coad, for the
pre-game battle. It's gonna be awesome
baby!!"
SMITH: Let's get one tiling straight from
the top, Coad. Rick Pitino's Kentucky
Wildcats have blown out every opponent
they've faced in the tournament so far by at
least twenty points. Whether he's hoisting
three-pointers from the corner or slashing
through the lane, Jamal Mashbum is on a
mission. Look for Kentucky to take a
commanding lead early over Michigan, pull
out a close victory and win the whole thing
come Monday night.
COAD: Come on, Tim. They haven't
played anyone yet!! Utah? Wake Forest?
and Florida State? Not to mention
powerhouse Rider! Rider has nobody, Utah
is from the West Coast (enough said). Wake
Forest had two players (Rogers and
Childress), and Florida State played like a
bunch of spastic eighth graders who couldn't
decide whether they were really good or
not. P.S. The Seminoles are good if only they
had some smarts on the court — which they
definitely lack!
SMITH: Give the Wildcats a little credit.
Just because each of their opponents was
blown out of thebuildingby halftimedoesn't
mean Kentucky was getting an easy ride.
The Southeast bracket was considerably
stronger than the West, labeled by most as
the weakest in the tournament. The selection
committee gave Michigan's not-so-Fab Five
a gift when it made the pairings. Arizona,
the No. 2 seed didn't last until the second
round. After pulling out a classic victory
over UCLA, the Wob/erines played just well
enough to squeak out a pair of victories over
GW and Temple.
Baseball
COAD: Luckily for Kentucky, Mkhigan
has been watching too much of Florida State
on ESPN. Except maybe I can elevate the
Wolverines to being a bunch of spastic tenth
graders. In all seriousness though, Michigan
will come to play, will beat Kentucky behind
a FABulous performance from the NBA-
bound Webber, but will lose to that other
school on Tobacco Road (Not Duke-no they
actually didn't make the Final Four): the
North Carolina Tarheels!!
SMITH: Roy Williams and the Jayhawks
can spit in the Mississippi all they want
Saturday morning. North Carolina also has
my vote to reach the finals, and they won't
need any superstition to get there. Despite
an impressive win over 1 nd iana last weekend
in which Kansas center GregOstertag played
out of his mind, the Jayhawks will finally
come backdown to earth. Eric Montross and
Carolina should win the battle in the paint,
something that Indiana, whose Alan
Henderson was nowhere near 100%, could
not. 1 was convinced that the No. 1-seeded
Tar Heels would fall to Cincinnati last
weekend. After seeing them pull out that
gutsy victory, I have more faith. They'll beat
Kansas to earn the right to lose to Kentucky.
COAD: Pitino beat the legend Dean
Smith? I don't think so! Carolina has all the
horses to hang with either Kentucky or my
pick Michigan. Montross takes up the whole
paint, George Lynch is the unsung hero, and
Donald Williams will abuse Kentucky from
theoutside with his silky-smooth three point
bombs. Plus, Brian Reese complements all
three with his slashing moves to the paint.
No one has been able to match up with either
Kentucky's or Michigan's size thus far, but
Carolina will have no problem as they have
two seven footers coming off the bench.
Dean Smith will rind a way to win, plus
make Nick Van Exel eat his words from last
week on Smith as a "good but not great
coach." OK Nick. Whatever you say! By the
way does Van Exel have a championship
ring???
SMITH: Kentucky 88 N.Carolina 83
COAD: N. Carolina 82 Michigan 79 OT
M c n '$ & W o in en 's T r a c k
Bowdoin All- Americans excel
By Pat Callahan
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
"You could definitely feel the electricity,"
noted senior Erin C Neil. "Going into the last
turn I could feel the track vibrating." The co-
captain of the women's indoor track team
was describing the atmosphere of the 1993
Division III national championships held at
the Farley Fieldhouse. CNeil, along with Ail-
Americans Andrew Yim '93 and Amy Toth
'95, represented Bowdoin after qualifying for
the prestigious meet earlier this year.
(J Neil, seeded seventh in the nation for the
400 meters, placed second in her qualifying
heat with a personal best 59.45; unfortunately
all the finalists were picked on a time-basis
leaving the senior captain one spot shy of the
final. "I didn't realize that my heat was the
slower of the two, but I'm still very pleased
with my performance. 1 came in seeded
seventh and that's where I ended up. It was
great to see Amy and Andrew do so well —
Amy was the story of the meet."
Toth definitely shook things up in her 55
Polar Bears take a
bite out of Florida
■ Team finishes with
4-3 record, outscoring
their opponents by a
margin of 53-25.
By Derek Armstrong
orient asst. sports editor
meter hurdle race. Coming into the meet
seeded twelfth, the sophomore used a quick
start and nerves of steel in order to qualify for
the finals where she earned Ail-American
honorsbyplacingfifthin853seconds. "When
I got to the track the day before the meet and
saw everyone working out, I got really
nervous, but after that I just told myself to go
out and have fun." That strategy seemed to
work quite well as Toth recorded her personsal
best in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.
"I've run all my best races at home so I think
it was a definite advantage to be hosting
nationals."
Yim benefited from the home track
advantage as well, running what he termed
"the best race of my life." The 1500 meter
specialist has been on a roll the last two weeks
of his indoor season, placing sixth at the New
England Division III Championships. After
running an impressive qualifying race, the
senior ran a stubborn final, registering a
personal-best time of 356.88, just two seconds
behind the defending Division III national
champion. This was good enough to earn him
fifth place as well as Ail-American honors.
Although this week's bad weather has
already postponed one game and has
threatened several others, the men's baseball
team should be encouraged by the start of its
1993 season. The Polar Bears' annual Spring
Break trip to Florida was very promising, as
the Bowdoin nine outscored their opponents
53-25 over seven games while holding the
opposition to a .226 batting average. The
team's 4-3 record is deceptive in that the three
losses came by only one run each while the
victories came by margins as large as 1 8 runs.
The Bears started the trip on the right note
with a pair of strong victories over New Jersey
Tech. Jay Barillaro '95 pitched well in the first
game, giving up only two runs, while
leftfielder Jeremy Gibson '95 knocked in three
runs on a triple and a two-run single. The
Bears won, 4-2. The second game against
New Jersey was a much more lopsided affair,
as the Bears went on a tear in the late innings.
The Bears scored four in the sixth, five in the
seventh and five in the eighth on their way to
an 19-1 romp. Shortstop Tony Abbiati '93 led
the way with a single, two doubles and a
triple, while several other players poured in
at least two hits. Rich Hernandez '95 gave up
only one run in six innings of work.
At this point things went slightly downhill
for the Bears, who lost their next three contests.
Upsala got on the board early with two runs
in the first and added two more to their lead
before Bowdoin could start to come back.
With two out in the sixth, Captain Brian Cro vo
'93 hit a 3-1 pitch for a three-run homer which
brought his team to within one. That was one
of only three Polar Bear hits, however, and
the comeback fell short as the Bears dropped
the game, 4-3.
After a game against Columbia was
cancelled, the Bears got back to work against
the University of Pennsylvania. Despite
outstanding games from Abbiati and Crovo,
who went 3-3 and 4-4 respectively, the Perm
squad was able to overcome an early Bo wdoin
lead to go on to victory, 8-7. The Bears were
hammered for five runs in the seventh inning
and were forced to replace their pitcher twice
as the Penn team won it in the bottom of the
last inning.
Bowdoin went to work early against Florida
Memorial, as the first two batters of the game
scored. First -baseman Tim CSullivan '95 had
a strong game, getting a double and a single
in fiveat-bats. But the native Floridians ended
up outhitting the Bears 13-5 and outscoring
them 6-5.
The Bears got back on the winning track
while striking out 12 in eight innings.
Meanwhile, the Bears supported him with
seven runs and seven hits. Crovo had a pair of
doubles and second-baseman Mark
McCormick '96 scored twice as the Bowdoin
squad mounted a 7-1 victory.
In the final game of the trip against M.I.T.,
the Bears posted an equally convincing
victory. The Bears outhit their opponents 14-
6 on their way to winning by a score of 9-3.
Right-fielder Joe Gaffney '95 had three singles,
two RBIs, and three stolen bases, while
CSullivan knocked in two runs on an eighth
inning triple which helped pad the Bowdoin
lead. The Bears scored two more insurance
runs in the eighth before Barillaro struck out
the side in the ninth on the way to his second
complete game and second victory of the
season.
In terms of pitching, Barillaro has been the
story thus far in this young season. Barillaro
(2-l)has struck out 15battersin 19 1/3 innings
while giving up only two earned runs. The
sophomore boasts an ERA of 0.93 and is
holding batters toa .145average. DEntremont
(1-1) has been impressive as well in his first
season as a Polar Bear, posting an ERA of 2.77
and striking out 15 in just 13 innings of work.
Pat Ryan '96 has been strong so far in relief,
having not given up an earned run in two
appearances.
Polar Bear hitting has been exceptional thus
far. CSullivan has been on fire, hitting 300 in
24 at-bats. Abbiati (.385) and Crovo (.346) are
also hitting very well in 26 at-bats each. Gibson
leads the team in RBIs with 10.
The Bears are scheduled to travel down to
Massachusetts this weekend to play Bra ndeis
and UMass- Boston, though these plans may
have been altered by Thursday's snowstorm.
The Bears were supposed to play Bates at
home Wednesday, but poor field conditions
postponed the game. Should conditions
improve, the first home game will now be
next Wednesday against St. Joseph's at 3:30.
Hockey takes final 5-2
Continued from page 12.
kept the other teams from getting the actual
and psychological advantages that could
have turned all three of the games around.
Also receiving post-season recognition
was Charlie Gaffney, who was named an
All-American forward. During the regular
season, Gaffney piled up 18 goals and 40
assists to lead the team with a total of 58
points. This point total broke Alan
Quintan's 1976-77 record for most points in
a season and established Gaffney as one of
Bowdoin's best-ever offensive weapons.
Looking back on the year, when Coach
Meagher was asked if he ever believed this
would be the outcome of the season he
said, "I knew we had the ability to be a
contending team. We showed this with
our impressive record even with the stong
schedule we faced. I had doubts about
adjusting some of the new people to our
program. The strong play of Tom (Sablak
'931 and Darren [Hershl helped us a lot. In
our last fourteen games we played
extremely well, and whenever you play
strong teams and have success, you can
expect to do great things."
Despite the loss of eleven seniors,
Bowdoin has a core of talented first-year
and sophomore players who will form a
good nucleus around which Bowdoin
should have another fine season. Most
importantly, the potent line of Gentile,
Charlie Gaffney and Joe Gaffney will
remain intact to terrorize the EC AC for t wo
more years to come.
As tor this season not much more can be
said that has not been already. This team
was a pleasure to watch from start to fin ish,
and the heroics o f this year's championship
make this season perhaps oneof the greatest
years of Bowdoin Hockey ever.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993
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Bowdoin competitive in preseason matches
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
During Februaury, as the snow relentlessly
pounded Maine, making any thoughts of
spring seem like wishful thinking, dozens of
aspiring male tennis players heated up the
field house with sizzling groundstrokes and
booming serves. These hard working athletes
were trying out for a spot on what is one of the
most underrated teams at Bowdoin: the varsity
men's tennis team. The team has improved
dramatically over the past few years to become
a feared opponent of any NESCAC school.
This year's team looks to be solid as well,
despite the loss of the top three players to
graduation. The new coach, Dan Hammond,
has high hopes for this season, though he
bemoans the lack of court time for practice
due to the busy field house schedule.
Hammond declared, "We have some good
players on the team. The guys just need to hit,
hit, hit." To get the team into competition
shape, work out the lineup, and gain
invaluable practice time and match play, the
men's team travelled to the Ft. Lauderdale
Tennis Qub in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, over
Spring Break.
The one week trip gave the team the chance
to practice intensively and play challenging
matches against stiff competition.
Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate
as precipitation forced the cancellation of
much court time. Nevertheless, the team
performed admirally against their more
seasoned competitors. Sophomore Mark
Slusar '95, a fierce competitor, has moved up
to the #1 position this year. Slusar, refusing to
be intimidated by his opponents, played
sensational tennis all week, an auspicious
start to what should be a great season for him.
Doubles specialistJoeGrzymski '94 showed
that he can also dominate singles matches; his
aggressive serve and volley style makes him
a dominant force at the #2 singles spot. Men's
team captain Tom Davidson '94 will contribute
leadership, experience and a well-balanced
game at the #3 singles position. He almost
pulled off a huge upset against Miami-Dade,
coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the second
set to even the score before his nationally
ranked opponent eaked out the win. At #4
singles, first-year sensation Tim Killoran '96
has already tasted victory. The wiry, athletic
lefthander blasted consistent groundstrokes
at his opponents all week, securing a win over
the Ft. Lauderdale Tennis Club's #4 player.
First -years Aaron Pratt and Matt Brown, hard
workers who combine solid groundstrokes
with mental toughness, round out the top six
slots. The youthfulness and depth of the team
is further illustrated by the strong play of
Chris Colclasure '95 and Jon Winnick '95,
who rotate into the singles lineup with regular
success.
The 1993 tennis team is vastly different
from last year's version, so Coach Hammond
had the unenviable task of figuring out the
doubles pairings from this group, many of
whom had never before played together.
Hammond stressed theimportanceof playing
good doubles, pointing out that during the
fall, the women's team had won three close
matches due to doubles victories. The men's
team, somewhat overpowered in the singles
by their Floridian opponents, rebounded in
the doubles portion of their matches to record
several victories and generally played inspired
tennis. Bowdoin's #1 doubles team of Slusar
and Grzymski was nothing short of incredible.
Slusar' s lightning-quick reflexes and tricky
angle shots complement the powerful serves
and volleys of Grzymski. This dominant duo
came within one game of knocking off the #1
team from nationally-ranked Miami-Dade
and showed their brilliant teamwork and
strategy against Barry University and the Ft.
Lauderdale tennis club in close matches. They
should destroy their New England
competition this season.
The #2 doubles team of Davidson and
Winnick, though less flashy, epitomize smart
doubles with their outstanding net games
and strategical placements of shots. They are
especially quick at the net, forcing the other
team to hit near-perfect shots to win the point.
The #3 doubles team is currently composed
of two ground stroking first-years, Killoran
and Pratt. They lost a tough three set match to
the Ft. Lauderdale Tennis Club, but more
experience playing together should lead to
many victories.
The Bowdoin men's tennis team abounds
in youth, talent and depth. The players work
hard to make the most of their practice times,
even when they are at 6:00 a.m., and such
dedication is bound to payoff when the season
officially starts. Upcoming matches include a
weekend tournament at Bates, followed by a
dual match against Middlebury. The team is
improving every day, gainingexperienceand
confidence. As Hammond said, "We have got
the tools, we just need to put it all together on
match day." Judging by the early indications,
it appears that the men's tennis team is ready
to continue their ascent to the pinnacle of
New England Division III tennis.
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How would you get David Koresh to abandon his Waco Compound?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: Unlike the Exiled Student Speak Editor, many of us fail to appreciate not only
David Koresh's poor manners but also his ability to burn tax dollars faster than even Clinton
can raise them. Up to this point, Koresh has remained impenetrable to not only swat teams, but
to everything from blinding spotlights to Tibetan monk chants being broadcast continually
over loudspeakers. Thus, we have set out to discover what Bowdoin students would propose
in order to curb the spiraling costs of this fiasco.
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ZACH HEIDEN '95
Dijbouti, Dijffioun
Offer him the tenure track position for
philosophy at Bowdoin College. I believe
he's published.
STEPHANIE ROGERS '94
MORIAH COUGHLIN '95
CATE BRAWN '95
DEB LIFSON '95
Massachusetts
But isn't he really Jesus?
CHRISTIAN SWEENEY '94
Queens, New York
Lure him out by threatening his secret
twin brother, Professor of philosophy,
Denis Corish.
JOHNDUGAN '95
South Portland, Maine
JULIA RYDHOLM '96
Chicago, Illinois
I propose the Feds go in and assassinate Send a Spin Doctors CD up in there,
him. No problem. He's crazy.
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Leave a trail of bread crumbs.
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. APRIL 2, 1993
s to Edito
College should recognize
ski team's value
To the Editor:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOWDOIN SKI TEAM
for an outstanding season! I would just like to take a second to
recognize the hard work, dedication and persistence of the
various members of both teams needed to make this season a
success. The meager funding given to the ski team— one of
Bowdoin's most successful teams — has forced the members
to take control of their own fund raising and organizational
needs. Before the College considers slashing the ski team's
budget again, I hope it takes a moment to consider the
importance of the ski team to the over 75 individuals involved
and that it looks carefully at the valuable lessons of learning
to focus, to discipline oneself and to juggle and balance the
various pursuits in one's life learned through participation in
athletics.
I realize that Bowdoin is not immune to the economic
distress each college across the country is facing and do not
hold the size of the ski team's budget against the College. In
fact, I think that struggle breeds creativity and excellence.
However, considering the team's undaunted fund raising,
training, organizational and athletic efforts, their exceptional
ski season, and their invitation to ski Division I in the 1994
season — an invitation not awarded to many teams and an
invitation the College may want to consider accepting — I
think the ski team should be proud of their accomplishments.
Their efforts paid off and I hope that the College has the
prudence and wisdom to recognize the value of the ski team
to Bowdoin as a small, liberal arts college in one of the best
skiing states in the east.
Finally, on a slightly different note, I would like to say hi to
everyone that I keep meaning to write, but can't since every
time I sit down with a piece of paper the tip breaks off my
pencil and I am forced to wait yet another day. . .
And yes it's true, Glenn Plake is getting divorced and he
and I are tying the knot and heading west to find our fortune
in the steep and deep— EXTREME SKIING. We're looking for
a few good people with big dreams and a zeal for even bigger
snow. Anyone got an iron or want to donate some hair spray?
And remember: the only difference between a dream and a
goal, is a goal is a dream in writing. Also remember always to
believe everything you read.
See you around — and "high-five" a ski team member —
preferably a PINEY!(Nordies- don't tell the Piney's that you
saw me out there skating with the best of you! Me a convert?
No way.)
Sincerely,
Lia Holden '94
College should start running
College for students
. To the Editor:
OK. Throw this in with the rest of your letters finding the
recent decision of the administration not to offer a tenureship
track position to Professor Dennis Sweet deplorable, pathetic
and devoid of logic. Let us first outline our perception of the
events surrounding Professor Sweet's non-hiring.
In the face of overwhelming support from the students and
faculty, as well as the recent publication of his scholarly work,
the Administration decided not to offer Professor Sweet the
tenureship track position, instead offering the job to an
individual without a Ph.D., any published material (a
justification of the Ad ministration last year regarding Professor
Sweet's denial of the position last year), and little experience
teaching. Keep in mind, folks, that this is a department with
all of three other professors, one of whom splits his time with
the E.S. department. Not to mention, of course, the fact that
Bowdoin broke its promise made to Mr. Sweet last year
shortly after the first miscarriage. Specifically, Professor Sweet
was personally guaranteed a recommendation this year with
the approval of the philosophy department.
Our t intention is not to reverse the decision made by the
College. Clearly, Professor Sweet had no chance from the
outset, yet was fortunate enough to find a similar position at
another institution. Rather, we hope to highlight the disparity
between its public rhetoric and private action. Initially, the
College actively encouraged student input and involvement
in the hiring process. Lectures were held, luncheons were
had, and all seemed well for the students involved in the
process. Yet when it came time to make the decision, the
Administration simply spat in the student body's face,
completely disregarding both t he act i ve support of the students
who wrote letters, expressed opinions, etc., as well as the
•passive support of the students who enjoyed his classes on a
regular basis.
Yet equally disturbing is the message sent to Bowdoin's
various academic departments by this action. For two years in
a row, the administration has ignored the sentiment of the
specific department for which the job search was initiated in
the first place. Without question, the members of the
philosophy department who fought for Professor Sweet must
be feeling impotent, at best.
Not that this is an isolated issue. The College has quite a
history of behaving in this manner. For example, last year the
Administration solicited student input regarding the single-
sex fraternity issue, only to summarily dismiss the answer
they received. '
Why does the College insist on carrying out this elaborate
rouse designed to convince everyone involved that student
opinion actually matters? Time and time again, the college
has proven that it will do whatever it wants, no matter how
many students are hurt by its actions. We know that we are
not the only two students who have benefitted from Professor
Sweet's classes. In fact, a number of students that we have
known cite Mr. Sweet's classes as a primary (if not the key)
component to their academic experience at Bowdoin. If this is
not a discriminating enough standard for hiring decisions,
what is? Furthermore, if the academic satisfaction of the
students is not the point of the College, what is?
We welcome a response to any or all of our letter from
anyone connected with this travesty. If we are unaware of key
facts in the issue, please let us know. Otherwise, we beg of
you, Bowdoin College: save the rhetoric for the prospective
students. If you are truly interested in student input, then let
your actions prove it. If, however, you are not interested in
student input, save us the hassle of showing up to "open"
forums, discussions, etc. We've got better things to do.
By the way, one more thing. If anyone actually has the
gumption to write a response, please spare us the usual
patronizing bullshit concerning the nobleand lofty intentions
of the Administration regarding this decision. Furthermore,
soliloquies about the difficulties of this decision mean nothing
to us. Please start running this College for the students.
Sincerely,
Mike Muskat '93
Eric Vinson '93
Editors Note: This letter was submitted for the publication in the
Febuary 26 issue. If the letter is somewhat dated, it is due to the
Orient, not the authors.
the mathematical d iscipline, using this stereotype in the hopes
of humor fails. OK, so you see my point, Hillary is an intelligent
woman, great, but do you really see what I am getting at? It is
not the stereotypes which so enrage me, it is the fact that I am
suppose to lighten up, be a good sport and laugh at the
expense of women. In case you have not guessed, I am not
laughing. I am fuming. I am outraged. Sexist jokes are not
acceptable. Simply put.
Women have got to keep sticking up for themselves. When
you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, leave. Do not
stick around in the hopes that things will blow over. Make a
statement. If you are not getting your point across, just walk
away. When you find something insulting and derogatory,
speak up. It is only your voice that can make a difference. The
time has come for men and women to realize that in order to
function in society, they must communicate so that everyone's
perspective can be heard and understood.
Sincerely,
Amy E, Sanford '93
No, it's only Tiska who
perpetuates sexism
Orient perpetuates
sexism
To the Editor:
I am appalled that a leading national paper has the audacity
to print a political cartoon degrading women. My outrage is
compounded by the fact that the staff of the Bowdoin Orient
reprinted The Washington Post 's cartoon in the March 5th issue
of theOrient, which cameout during Sexual Assault Awareness
Week. Why is it still acceptable to insult and degrade women?
I am sick and tired of derogatory remarks and images of
women at which I am expected to laugh along with and smile.
After all it's only a joke right? "Have a sense of humor, honey."
I am sorry , but I do not find laughter at another person's
expense funny. Am 1 expected to laugh at jokes that are
considered racist or antisemetic? Hardly, and I do not laugh
at them. The question remains: why should I put up with
sexist jokes that are only humorous at the expense of women?
I am deeply offended by the implication of this cartoon. It
is offensive to all women and especially Mrs. Hillary Rodham
Clinton . Not only is she one of the nation's top female lawyers,
but she is one of the most influential first ladies this country
has seen in a long time — jjerhaps since Eleanor Roosevelt.
This cartoon depicts President Clinton sheepishly grinning
over the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue behind closed doors.
His wife is being blockaded from the room by one of Clinton's
aids who adds insult to injury with the pun, "he is looking
over some figures." Who does this guy think he is talking to?
The immediate implication that Hillary cannot understand
math strikes at the very core of female stereotypes. Even if we
ignore the fact that Hillary Rodham Clinton is highly educated
and a gifted lawyer, who most likely has an understanding of
To the Editor:
As members of the Bowdoin Orient staff, we would like to
take this opportunity to express our views on the political
cartoon that ran in the March 5th edition of the Orient. When
we first found out this particular cartoon (enclosed for
familiarization purposes) was being considered for
publication, our reaction was immediate and forceful: we did
not want it to run. The whole basis of the cartoon — viewing
women as objects — completely contradicted the cover story
announcing Katie Koestner's upcoming three-day visit to
promote sexual assault awareness. A key aspect to the basic
psychology of sexual assault stems from the idea of seeing
women, not as individuals, but as possessions, things over
which one has power and control.
Furthermore, the publication of this cartoon showed
complete disrespect to the continuous efforts of Safe Space, a
student-run organization designed to combat exactly those
ideas the cartoon promotes. As a student-run paper, we
believe the Orient should support similarly-organized groups
who work to improve the school, not undermine their
purposes.
Because of these reasons and out of respect for our own
opinions and Safe Space's efforts, we asked that the publication
of the cartoon be postponed to a later edition, one that did not
coincide with Bowdoin's Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
This request went ignored.
Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to publicly
state that the opinions of the Orient staff do not necessarily
agree with those of the Managing/Opinion Editor, and we
express regret that our own colleague could not understand
nor respect our extremely negative reaction to the publication
of this particular cartoon at this particular time.
Sincerely,
Caroline Jones (Assistant Photo Editor) '95
Emily Kasper (Arts & Leisure Editor) '95
Maya Khuri (Photography Editor) '95
Suzanne Renaud (Copy Editor) '95
Erin Sullivan (Photo Staff) '95
Charlotte Vaughn (Assistant News Editor) V4
You decide.
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tudent Opinion
Eileen M. Hunt
Mr. Rogers and the Make-Believe
American Neighborhood
Even as a child, I was suspicious of Mr. Rogers. At the
beginning of every show, we would watch him enter his
suburban middle-class clone-home, turn to his meticulously
organized closet and, in true neurotic fashion, remove his coat
and shoes only to replace them with a sweater and a pair of
Why indeed is Mr. Rogers so
intent upon enticing us to
take the magic trolley-ride to
his imaginary neighborhood?
sneakers. As he performed this quasi-religious purification
rite to cleanse himself from his dangerous and daring venture
into the Outdoors, he hummed an annoying little tune which
revealed his deep-seated craving for the companionship and
community which he ironically shut out of his life every time
he returned to this self-imposed prison called home. "Won't
you be my
neighbor?" was
his pitiful plea to
the millions of
American
children sitting
hypnotized in
front of the
family
televi sio n,
stuffing their
well-fed faces
with wholesome
supermarket
snacks, and
wondering why
this creepy guy
wanted so
desperately to
lure them into
his Land of
Make-Believe.
Why indeed is
Mr. Rogers so
intent upon
enticing us to
take the magic
trolley-ride to
his imaginary
neighborhood? The answer is sad but clear: Mr. Rogers has
no friends. Outside of his own mind, there is no neighborhood.
Take a good look at the "neighborhood" which supposedly
lies outside his home: it is nothing but a second-grade level
diorama composed of matchbox cars and plastic toy trees and
houses. The Land of Make-Believe represents Mr. Rogers'
perverted attem pt to compensate for the lack of real community
in America with his own solipsistic Utopia. Imagine the
frustration of only fraternizing with a hand ful of ugly puppets.
Mr. McFeeley, the postman, may breeze by for a quick chat
and a speedy delivery, but he never stops and sits down for a
long talk with lonely old Fred. Mr. Rogers' only relatively
non-dysfunctional relationship, it seems, is with his fish.
Trapped in the aquarium, they are all too willing to listen to
him if food is the reward. Ironically, the Patron Saint of Self-
Esteem is lonely and alone, like all of his fellow bourgeois,
alienated American citizens. The one common bond Mr.
Rogers shares with the greater American community is the
sad, intuitive insight that there is, in fact, no greater American
community.
Mr. Rogers believes we all need boosts in our self-esteem.
His point is well-taken, yet his words are empty without a
community which fosters the positive social interactions which
cultivatea true sen seof purpose, worth, and belonging among
its members. The atomization of American society has lead to
the decline of such communities, and the rise of highways
clogged with single-passenger cars and of cities cluttered
with
Brad Bishop condominium
complexes
where one
knows nothing
about the family
next door. Even
in Aroostook
County, where
town-meetings
and coffee-shop
gossip still hold
sway,thedecline
in community
spirit is clear.
Like Mr. Rogers
seeking solace in
the Land of
Make-Believe,
we County folk
passionately
rally round our
towns' high
school basketball
teams, hoping
desperately to
regain some
senseofcommon
goals and
common values by cheering loudly amidst the crowd.
Underlying the roar of that crowd is a sad, soft echo of our
friend Fred, for as we cheer we cry, "Won't you please be my
neighbor?"
A Helping Hand
— Kidd Guerette —
I look around Bowdoin and my pity pours forth to all these
wretched humanities professors. I see their snivelling, lost
souls scampering around searching for meaning, and I weep
inside. Thus I feel that it's a matter of honor that I try to help
these miserable creatures. I have always known that the
humanities were a refuge for morons and I'm certain that
humanities professors realize this as well. It's not that
humanities necessarily require less intelligence than the
sciences, it's just that by their nature morons have a much
easier time camouflaging their stupidity in these disciplines.
Thisisthecrux of the matter. Humanities professors knowing
that their fields lack respect becauseof their high concentration
of idiots, develop inferiority complexes and try to transform
their subjects into complicated, abstract aberrations-something
which they are not meant to be. Of course, it goes without
saying that there is every likelihood that the professors
themselves are fugitive morons and whence comes the
complex. Anyway, the issue is that many misguided professors
have neurotically transformed their fields into hideous
mutations. Thus I will take three of the most common
I have always known that the
humanities were a refuge for
morons and I'm certain that
humanities professors
realize this as well.
humanities and define them concisely, and in doing so
hopefully knock some professors out of their trances.
1. English-It is a subject in which one studies a person's
writing and tries to figure out the message contained within.
Sometimes it is a deep message which one has to del ve for, but
thegreat majority of times it is beguilingly obvious. English is
NOT a subject in which one tries to figure out whether or not
the writer was being castrated at the time of the composition.
2. Philosophy-I don't know what the hell this is and I
believe firmly that nobody else does either. So philosophy
should definitely be a pass/you suck course.
3. History-This subject entails learning what happened,
how it happened and figuring out why it happened. It is NOT
a subject in which you find obscure, irrelevant parallells
between the shape of Ming Dynasty vases and the way in
which Caesar picked his ass.
I hope that I've been helpful.
Political Cartoons by Dana Summers / Washington Post Syndicate
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The Limits of Democracy
Yeltsin's latest brush with impeachment and
the possibility that Russia will sink into chaos or
hostile authoritarianism has brought forth the
cries that "democratic reform" must surge
forward if Russia is to avoid either of these
unsavory fates. While at home in America,
Perot continues his demagogic appeals for
more direct democracy (witness his latest "town
hall meeting" and the accompanying ballots
found in such popular publications as TV Guide).
Not since the Age of Jackson has there been
such a sense that if only public policy was "as
good as the American people," to borrow a
phrase from Jimmy Carter, then our most
pressing problems would be solved.
The truth is that electronic town halls, TV.
Guide ballots, politics by referendum, Motor
Voter Bills — in a word, unfettered democracy —
will do little to solve the problems facing
America and the world. Far from challenging
the American people, Perot has mastered the
flattery of the people, bringing us to
Tocqueville's conclusion that the flatterers of
American democracy out-shine even the famed
sycophants of Louis XIV. The political dialogue
here and abroad would be much improved if it
were to move from a blind and naked admiration
for "democracy and democratic reform," to a
contemplation of the ends of government and
the wisdom of the "rights" and "goods" for
citizens.
Outside our country we find that democracy
by itself remains incapable of stalling the two
greatest threats that liberalism faces in modern
times: religious fundamentalism and virulent
nationalism. Already we find in recently
emancipated Croatia a growing restriction of
individual liberties witnessed by the closing
down of newspapers that don't tow the ultra-
Croatian nationalist line. The moves are popular
and democratic — yet they fly in the face of the
rights most believe at the base of a just regime.
Last year's results in the first open elections
in Algeria are cause for further alarm. Islamic
fundamentalists, intent on implementing an
intolerant Islamic state patterned after such
repressive regimes as the one that now exists in
the Sudanese Republic, would have won the
majority power easily if the present government
hadn't intervened. There should be no doubt
that tyranny of religious and nationalistic fever
comes in a democratic package. Individuals
may be and have been as easily crushed by
democracies as they have been by oligarchies
and despotisms.
The operative question is: do the people have
a right to be wrong? Is it democracy itself which
is the end, or is it rather a means a pluralist
political community uses to ensure that certain
"inalienable" rights are protected? Fortunately
our founders struggled with these very questions
that so plague our country and our world today.
Madison, in the famous Federalist Paper #10,
answers that the people do NOT have a right to
be wrong and that the "principal task of modem
legislation" is the regulation of factional
interests. He understands faction to mean "a
number of citizens, whether amounting to a
majority or minority of the whole, who are
united and actuated by some common impulse
of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of
other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate
interests of the community."
Our constitution was written not to produce
a government that would mirror the people's
wishes at any given moment but rather one that
protected our society from the tyranny of the
majority. Those whose criticize "gridlock"
should understand that the founders set the
government up so that the balance would be
weighted towards protection from faction rather
then towards efficiency. The cost we pay in
gridlock is more than worth the avoidance of
the injustices that would quickly arise in an
efficient, Athenian/Perotian-style democracy.
Here in America we may no longer face the
fears of violent and intensely hostile
factionalism that endanger other parts of the
world. Yet a government that remains too much
in touch with the whims of the people does
however risk producing shortsighted and often
foolish policies. The prospect of an electronic
town hall enabling our uninformed opinion to
be cirquited directly onto the president's desk is
truly frightening. Environmental issues, for
example, that frequently require extensive
scientific insight should not left to up to a public
that thinks it silly to stop development and cut
off lawn sprinklers to save two little fish in a
key estuary drained by such practices. How
easy would it be to explain the intricate
complexities of the food chain of an entire
continental seaboard and interlocking
ecosystems to a rowdy, frustrated group of
normal citizens seeking an expedient solution?
On the state wide level we find voters
mindlessly pulling levers on bond issues that
remain to complex for such arbitrary measures.
It was only last year when horrendous prison
overcrowdings caused near revolt in Maine
prisons and, thanks to uniformed voters
consistently blocking the prison reform bond,
the system verges on disaster.
Americans are correct in vigilantly standing
watch against interest groups and out-of-touch
bureaucrats, yet this should not degenerate into
a democratic envy or levelling of excellence.
As Burke profoundly understood, officials
should be elected for their judgement and
wisdom t not because they always mirror our
own positions. Lest we are left with "leaders
who make themselves bidders at an auction of
popularity, their talents, in construction of the
state will be of no service. They will become
flatters instead of legislators; the instruments
not the guides of the people.
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Fear and Trembling in the Lone Star State
L Mark Schlegel
umbing through my copy of Nietzsche's The fifteen of his assorted progeny still waiting on him in his Waco
Antichrist" recently, I was again struck by the fact that compound, not to mention some forty-seven odd wives. He
Exiled Student Speak Editor
Malcontents everywhereare up in arms over the exorbitant
price of this long-distance communication, which is costing
no one has ever sought to mold their behavior in may very well sever the Koresh genealogical line altogether the taxpayers somewhere in the neighborhood of two million
response to this book. Rather than dwell on such a depressing
thought, I replaced 'The Antichrist" under my pillow and
Here, truly, is a knight of
among us.
faith
DtiBtf
turned, naturally enough, to Kirkegaard's Tear and
Trembling." Although leery of this author's kinder
and gentler intentions, I was nonetheless depressed
to realize that his call to action too has gone
unanswered. And yet it suddenly struck^me that I
was wrong, and that one man has recently delivered
Kirkegaard from the dusty shelves of theory to the
bloodstained prairies of action.
That man is David Koresh.
Perhaps it would be in order, at this point, to
revisit Kirkegaard's main conclusions for the benefit
of whatever residents of McKeen Street might still be ffl
struggling with "The Cat in the Hat." The Homeric
king Agamemnon wins big points in "Fear and
Trembling" — he sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia in
order to placate the gods who have cursed his army
of Achaeans. Yet it is Abraham, unflinchingly
obediant to God's command that he sacrifice his son
Isaac, who really cleans up in Kirkegaard's model.
The philosopher commends Abraham for
undertaking a leap of faith which completely defies
his rational instincts.
It must be obvious to all reading this that David
Koresh represents a third, and ultimate,
Kirkegaardian believer. His piety overshadows that
of Agamemnon and Abraham put together.
Measured by the sheer numbers of his potential
victims, Koresh is eager to sacrifice not one but
for no other reason than to earn the favor of God. And he is, dollars a day. Yet I can only assume that more than one of
amazingly, constructing this monument to devotion in the these self-righteous folk has, in the past, handed over their
midst of today's skeptical, and even atheistic, American paycheck to Jerry Fallwell, Jimmy Swaggart or some other
landscape. For if Abraham conducted a personal spiritual parasite unworthy of even a footnote in "Fear and
communication between himself and God, Koresh is speaking Trembling." I find it appalling that blue-haired old ladies are
on something more resembling a party line shared by millions funding Swaggart's one-hour motel expenses while this
ofoutragedL/S/4 Today and People Magazine devotees. Although government is hesitating to subsidize the most reverend
their voices of scorn and skepticism threaten to drown him theological experiment which this country has ever known,
out, he refuses to silence his appeals to God. Here, truly, is a There is something in this proposition to please political
knight of faith among us. partisans of every stripe: liberals can sleep well at night
knowing that their tax dollars are being handed
out the back door as quickly as they are being
collected in the front, while conservatives can
endorse this heartfelt attempt to raze the wall
which has so long divided church from state.
David Koresh is, finally, the fulfillment of
Kirkegaard's (inescapable) conclusion that the
man of faith is also a man of violence. Not
content to bespatter a small household altar,
Koresh instead seeks to drench an entire borough
of the Lone Star State with the blood of his
sacrifices. This is a fine example of Koresh's
ability to reconcile an ancient call to faith to the
modern potential for mass destruction.
have in David Koresh, therefore, a
man who genuinely fears and
trembles before his awesome
responsibilities to God. We have a
man who has dared, although he has probably
never read it, to submit to one of the most
impassioned philosophic manuals for behavior
the world has ever known. I cannot help but
stand in awe of his conviction. And yet I
nonetheless pray that some equally convinced
individual, fresh from a reading of "The
Antichrist," shall take it upon himself to burst
into Koresh'scompound with thealarming news
,^ ^*&&*k vtslW that Cod is dead!
Jennifer Deva Hockenbery
Every Child A Wanted Child
Over break I was watching MTV trying to get back in
touch with popular music, when the song "Cat's in
the Cradle" cameon. I guess it's been redone recently,
although it sounds exactly the same as it did when I
first heard it in elementary school and is ranking high
on the charts. As I sat on my bed watching the video I was
annoyed . I don't like songs with a message that seems obvious.
Now when I was eight, I thought it was a great song. Over
break I simply thought, "Yes, yes of course. You should spend
time with your kids, because if you don't they'll grow up and
you'll miss it." It's the theme of every Christmas special, mm
half the Sunday Comics and most Dear Abby columns.
Enough already.
But then I started to think about it. Society gives us very
mixed messages. One minute we hear a song that tells us
to relax, have a family and celebrate family values. As soon
as the song ends we see an ad that tells us to "just do it" or
"to be all that you can be." Most of us at Bowdoin College
are expected to have illustrious careers, to be "successful."
Settling down as a house wife or husband is not supposed "
to be an option for us. Illustrious careers are great. But if you
want to be successful, you probably won't have time to hang
out in the park with junior. That doesn't mean you should
give up your job to have kids. It means if you rank your job
first, you shouldn't have kids to begin with.
Unfortunately, while it is taken for granted that we, as
Bowdoin students, will "do something" with our lives, it is
also taken for granted that we, as human beings, will reproduce.
People who never have children are looked upon as different.
"Why didn't you ever have kids? Did you have a fertility
problem?" Yet haven't humans evolved to a point where we
have more important things to do on this planet than make
babies? It's not as if the species is going to die out if we slack
off a little. Quite the contrary; Our overpopulation is
threatening our existence.
It's funny, I was watching "Good Morning America" over
breakfast one morning and the topic was infertility. Their
opinion was that couples who are seeking help with fertility
problems should be covered by insurance and /or medicare
because "every human has a fundamental right to reproduce."
I personally thinkevery human being has a more fundamental
right and duty to be educated than to reproduce. When we can
afford to send every child to the college of his or her choice
with government money, than we know the population is
small enough to start helping people have more babies.
But as simple as that sounds, so many people are caught up
We are not like fruit flies with
short life spans used only
to reproduce.
in the myth that in order to be a full human being, one must
have children. Even those now aware that it does not have to
be so back-down retreating to, "Well, I'm sure I'll change my
mind when I get older. Besides, my mother wants
grandchildren." Why should you have to change your mind?
Enough people really want to be parents. Therefore, those
who don't want children should leave the job to the others.
And if your parents want grandchildren, tell them to go visit
a children's hospital, volunteer at a service center, or teach a
Sunday school. No one should be compelled to become a baby
machine so that her mother has someone to take to the park.
There are plenty of children out there who would love to have
someone to love them.
Though most of us know this rationally, the biological clock
and the Kool Aid commercials make us feel that maybe we
should all have kids anyway. I mean, after all, kids are pretty
fun and they'll carry on our name and fulfill all our dreams
that we can't achieve in our life time. But how badly do you
want that child? Phyllis Schlafely happened to say one small
thing that I agreed with in her lecture. That was, "Raising a
baby is a 24 hour job." If you are going to have a child, I think
that you have to make that child number one priority. That
means that your career, your vacations, your life, is going to
be on hold for a bit while you bring up that child.
I worked in a playschool the past two summers and I
couldn't believe the number of children raised by baby-
_ sitters. One baby-sitter hands me the kids, another takes
them out of my arms. And then I came back to Bowdoin
and read Plato's "Republic" with my Greek class and was
faced with a group of people who were appalled that Plato
proposed to take children away from their parents and
have them raised by the state. Isn't that what most people
want? It sure seems iike it. However, if all the children
were mixed together, you couldn't point to one as he hit a
home run and say, "I made that one." It's all a pride thing.
""How wonderful it would be if we could live as Plato
proposed and think of all those who are younger than us as
our children, and all those older as our parents. If we could
love everyone equally, how much more peaceful we would
be.
I will not propose that we take away everyone's
children at birth and send them off to a great
governmental boarding school. I will propose,
however, that we all begin to think about the issue of
raising a family more carefully. We are not like fruit
flies with short life spans used only to reproduce. We are
rational beings and we have many choices on how to spend
our lives. Children should be left to those who understand
that every choice we make creates limitations. Those who
wish to reap the rewards of having children should be those
willing to bear the limitations that come with responsibly
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nation's brightest and most
talented students.
By Matthew Brown
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In an era earmarked by budgetary cuts and
departmental reductions in colleges and
universities across the nation, Bowdoin
experienced one of the largest and most
competitive years in recent admissions
history.
In the wordsof Dean of Admissions Richard
Steele, 'The selection of the Class of 1997
proved to be a tough and laborious process
that both exhausted the admissions
department and worked to determine the
best candidates for admission to Bowdoin
College."
"Overall," continued Steele, "it was a
tougher year becauseof the two early-decision
(ED) dates . . . one in the fall and one in the
spring." The implementation of the two early
decision dates proved to be a positive and
worthwhile step for Bowdoin admissions.
They estimate that there was a 40 percent
increase from last year in ED applications.
The unusually high number of ED candidates
is reflected in the number of students granted
admission. Approximately 43 percent of the
class of 1997 will be comprised of ED
candidates.
Safe Space continues to revise Bowdoin s
sexual assault policy with Administration
■ Social Conduct:
Koestner's visit sparks
renewed interest in
perpetuating change.
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
As part of a continued effort to update and
revise Bowdoin's sexual assault policy, several
members of Safe Space held a meeting with
administrators, department heads and
members of the sexual assault board last
Monday. Among the administrators at the
meeting were Dean of the Collegejames Ward
and Dean of Students Ana Brown. Also
present were Bob Vilas, Head of Counseling
Services, and Security Chief Donna Loring.
The present policy was reconsidered in a
new light with the insight of Katie Koestner,
a nationally-recognized survivior of date rape assault policy is lacking many crucial aspects,
at the College of William and Mary. Koestner First, thepresent policy is simply called "Policy
spoke at Bowdoin in early March. At that on Sexual Harassment." Safe Space believes
time, she helped Safe Space formulate a series that a revised policy would need to include
of problems with the sexual assault policy, three different definitions of sexual
revised last spring by ■
The less intimidating the process is,
the more truth will come out
on this campus."
— Nhu Duong '95, Safe Space
former Dean of the
College Jane Jervis
with
recommendations
from attorney Tom
McCormick. Along
with Koestner, several
members of Safe
Space formuated a list
of those problems and
concerns with the policy and held a misconduct: one for harassment, one for
preliminary meeting with Dean Ward to assault and one for rape. Second, a new
address them. These issues were discussed in policy would need to include mandatory
more depth at the more recent Monday educational training for all members of the
meeting.
Safe Space believes that the present sexual Please see POLICY, page 4.
This year also marked an increase in the
amount of appliot i< >n>. and a decrease in the
overall amount ot si . id en ts granted admission.
Last year, with early and regular decision
included, Bowdoin received3,081 applications
and offered admission to 1,058. This year,
they received 3,351 applications and offered
admission to only 947 students. The reduction
of 111 students who were offered admission
resulted in an estimated change in the
acceptance rate from 34 percent to 28 percent.
From the pool of present prospective students,
admissions is aiming for a target class of 410.
They will have to wait until May, however, in
order to determine a definite class size.
Academically, the Class of 1997 represents
a "strong group" with a huge variety of
43 percent of the
Class of 1997 will
comprise of early-
decision candidates
interests and abilities. Admissions estimates,
of the students who submitted a class rank,
that 62 percent of the students offered
admission ranked in the top 5 percent or
better of their graduating class while 84
percent ranked in the top 10 percent or better.
Ot the students who chose to submit their
SAT scores, 41 percent scored above a 700 on
the math and 39 percent scored a 650 or
higher on the verbal. This represents a slight
increase from last year, in which only 37
percent scored 700 or higher on the math and
39 percent scored above a 650 on the verbal.
Thesenumbers, however, must bemixed with
the fact that Bowdoin still does not require the
submission of the SAT's.
The Class of 1997 also represents an increase
in racial and geographic diversity. This year,
admissions admitted 34 African-American
students, 36 Hispanic students and 92 Asian
students. This is an increase from last year
when spots were offered to 24 African-
American, 26 Hispanic students and 77 Asians.
Native American enrollment, however,
dropped one resulting in two students.
Geographically, 48 states are represented
with Massachusetts coming in first, followed
by New York, Maine, California and
Connecticut. Internationally, admissions
offered spots to students from 20 countries
including Pakistan, Iran, Ghana, Poland,
India, Belgium and Greece.
Overall, the students chosen to represent
the Class of 1997 are a diverse group of
talented, motivated individuals who will
bring an enormous range of experience and
knowledge with them to Bowdoin. Steele,
along with the rest of the admissions
department, was extremely pleased with the
increased number of applications and hopes
this trend will continue in the future.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1993
Inside This Issue . . .
Admission Numbers Are In
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Dick Steele, Dean of Admissions, has just completed signing and
mailing acceptance and rejection letters.
The F-Word
7
'The 'F-Word", a fresh and funny look at femminism evoked a positive
response.
Snowed Out!
9
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
Nietzsche Mailbag of the Week
We recently dumped out our mailbag to find two cow patties sent to us
from irate herd creatures- and the following missive from a reader we'll
call "Mr. X":
"Dear Nietzsche Editor
After diligently reading your quotes and'playing with your
Nietzsche Action Figures throughout the semester, I have finally harnessed
my own will to power. This past weekend, while participating in the
Outing Club Leadership Training, I effortlessly subjugated my weaker
peers by applying the philosophy which you have imparted to me. I owe
my body and soul to you and the Exiled Student Speak Editor, and would
be overjoyed if you could assist me in further understanding and
developing the will to power which has erupted within me.
Yours in awe,
Steve Carpenter '96"
This week's Nietzsche quote is therefore going out, along with our best
wishes for the future, to the shadowy "Mr. X."
"And do you want to know what 'the world is to me? Shall I show it to
you in my mirror?... this, my Dionysian world of the eternally self-
creating, the eternally self -destroying, this mystery world of the twofold
voluptuous delight, my *beyong good and evil', without goal, unless the
joy of the circle is itself a goal; without will, unless a ring feels good will
towards itself- do you want a name for this world? A solution for all its
riddles? A light for you, too, you best-concealed, strongest, most intrepid,
most midnightly men?- This world is the will to power- and nothing
besides! And you yourselves are this will to power' and nothing
besides!"
- "The Will to Power," 1,067 (1885)
Clinton Releases Details of five year budget plan
Government Income:
Total
Federal
outlays
for fiscal
year 1994:
$1.5
trillion
Individual income taxes
37%
Social insurance receipts
31%
Borrowing
17%
Corporate income taxes g%
Other
4%
Excise taxes
3%
Government Expenditures
Direct benefit payments for individuals
46%
National defense
\S9c
Net interest
U%
Sate and local grants
15%
Other federal operations
6%
Deposit insurance
1%
Coach Cullen and his fellow shovelers attempt to clear the snow from
the playing fields after weeks of unseasonal weather.
Weekend Weather for
Bowdoin and Vicinity
Friday: Mostly sunny with
highs in the 50s and possibly
into the lower 60s. Tonight, the
clouds will begin to roll in and
temperatures will fall into the
30s.
Saturday: The clouds will
increase and it may begin to
rain or drizzle by the
afternoon. Highs in the 60s.
Sunday: Chance of rain.
Temperatures from the 30s to
the 50s.
Monday: Chance of rain.
Temperatures from the 30s to
the 50s.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1993
Outweek raises
Two Bowdoin scholars to
consciousness about receive Watson fellowship
sexual awareness,
rights and equality
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
"Silence = Death" stickers dotted the
campus this past week courtesy of B-G LAD'S
efforts to bring the momentum of "Queer
Month" to Bowdoin. April is the
nationally-recognized month
dedicated to Gay and
Lesbian issues, and
Bowdoin took part by
organizing its own
"Outweek." Andy
Wells '93, chair of B-
GLAD, explained
that this
organization
"wanted to spend an
entire week getting
people to show their
support for gays,
lesbians and bisexuals.'
All week, letters to public
officials, petitions against
banning gays in the military, and
"Silence = Death" stickers confronted the
college community in the Moulton Union.
Wells confessed that it was "hard to get people
to go out of their way to show their support.
SILENCE=DEATH
In the present situation, it is a major statement
for many people to say It's O.K. to be gay.'"
One of the letters in the Moulton Union was
addressed to Maine's present governor, who
threatens to veto a state law which upholds
equal rights for gays and lesbians.
Wells made it clear that gays
and lesbians do not want
"special rights," they want
solidly "equal rights."
B-GLAD is planning
a roadtrip to
Washington, D.C. on
April 25 where one
million people are
expected to march on
Washington for gay
and lesbian civil rights.
Wells is in eager
anticipation of the event
because he feels it will be
an "interesting experience to
be in the majority."
Even more exciting is the possibility
that President Bill Clinton may join in with
the marchers. Wells said, "The best thing that
could happen to us would be for Clinton to
march with us."
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
Karen S. Edwards '93 and David V.
Sciarretta '93 have been awarded Thomas J.
Watson Fellowships for 1993-94. They are
among 65 graduating seniors at 44 small liberal
arts colleges to receive a $15,000 grant for a
year of independent study and travel.
Watson Fellowship grants support a year
of independent study and experience in a
field which the fellow has demonstrated
particular interest and potential for leadership.
The foundation provides the fellowships so
that the recipients may explore interests of
deep concern, test their aspirations and
abilities, and view their lives and American
society with new perspectives, according to
Mary E. Brooner, executive director of The
Watson Foundation.
"The foundation hopes the fellowship year
will enable fellows to develop their leadership
skills in areas of personal interest in ways that
will contribute to society and the global
community," Brooner said.
Edwards will study political narratives in
Calypso music and will travel to Barbados, St.
Thomas, Trinidad, and the Dominican
Republic. Sciarretta will study the effects of
persecution and relocation of Guatemalan
Refugees in Mexico. He will travel to Mexico,
Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Edwards is majoring in governmen i has a
minor in Spanish, and is a rru>mbcr of the
African American Society it Bowdoin. She
has worked for the College st ud en t newspaper
and has served as proctor, cam pus tour guide,a
and as co-coordinator of Bowdoin's peer
counselors. Edwards spent the fall semester
of her junior year studying in Mexico and has
been a volunteer in the Big Brother /Big Sister
Program in Brunswick.
Sciarretta is a dean's list student with a
double major in government and history. He
has also worked for the paper and has been a
member of the men's indoor track team.
The Thomas J. Watson Foundation was
founded in 1961 as a charitable trust by Mrs.
Thomas J. Watson, Sr., in honor of her late
husband, the founder of International
Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The
fellowship program was begun in 1968 by
their children.
Grants totalling almost $1 million were
made to 65 graduating seniors out of 184
finalists nominated from 52 small liberal arts
colleges and universities throughout the
United States.
Since the inception of the program, 1,733
fellowship awards have been made, with
stipends totaling more than $16 million.
Edwards and Sciarretta are the 41 st and 42nd
Bowdoin students to receive Watson
Fellowships.
PROFESSOR PROFILE
In this installation of the Orient's tribute to
the College's top-notch faculty, we catch up
with Bradford Bratton, a biology professor.
Professor B ratten playing with his research subjects in the lab.
Maya Khuri/ Bowdoin Orient
The "Bowdoin Experience"
was positive for prospectives
By Matthew Brown
ORIENT ASSISTANT NEWS EtHTOR
From Thursday until Sunday of last
week, 64 students from all over the nation
visited Bowdoin College, staying with
Bowdoin students, meeting faculty and
participating in student activities. In what
is know as the "Bowdoin Experience," the
admissions department hopes to bring
students of color to Bowdoin, show them
the campus and expose them to college
life.
The weekend has been going on for
nearly twenty years. It was started by the
African American Society in theearh/ 1970s
in an attempt to bring African-American
students to Bowdoin. Back then, it was
funded and organized by the African
American Society. It was only in the late
70s when admissions took it over and
began to fund the program. Today, the
Bowdoin Experience Weekend has
expanded its numbers and worked to bring
all students of color to campus.
This year, admissions brought 64
students from California, Michigan,
Florida, Massachusetts, New York and
Minnesota.
According to admissions officer Traci
Williams, "We were able, this year, to
bring students of color to Bowdoin who
otherwise would not have been able to
visit the campus."
The week included several activities
that worked to acclimate the students to
life at Bowdoin College. Events included
open house style meetings and lectures,
dinners ata professor or faculty members
houses and trips with the Outing Club.
One of the highlights of the week
included a talk by Betty Thompson that
addressed theissue of the role of a student
of color at Bowdoin College. She gave an
honest and realistic approach to looking
at Bowdoin, concluding in the statement,
"Bowdoin is the place for some of you,
and some of you might be happier
somewhere else . . . you all, however,
have earned a place in this institution."
The Bowdoin Experience was an
enlightening experience for many
prospective students and helped expose
life at Bowdoin to many applicants.
By Sarah Amell
orient contributor
Q. How long have you been at Bowdoin?
A . This is my second year. I came to replace
Cathy Dickinson, who is a physiologist. This
past year I've been, in a sense, replacing Amy
Johnson, the marine biologist. The idea was
that I would replace a physiologist one year,
butbecauseofmymarinebackground,Icould
replace someone going on sabbatical who
was a marine biologist.
Q. How long have you been teaching?
A. Three years altogether. Before I came to
Bowdoin I was at the College of William and
Mary in Virginia.
Q. How would you assess Bowdoin's
biology department?
A. I think it's a very good department for
what it has to do. With a faculty of about
seven regular professors, I think it does very
well. It's well rounded in the different subjects
that are here. It's strong in areas like
biochemistry. I think that physiology,
especially neuroscience, is very strong here,
and, for a college like this, Kent Island is a real
resource.
Q. What sort of research have you been
conducting?
A . The work that we are doing is on marine
systems. We have approximately four
hundred gallons of sea water in four different
tanks, with more than a dozen marine animal
skates. So we are doing marine biology, but
we're doing something with it — we're doing
sensory animal behavior, communication type
aspects of it.
A. Do you have any publications?
Q. Yes. My two most recent papers out are
on fresh water electric fish from the Amazon.
This is looking at the nervous system and
how that animal interprets the sensory input
that it gets from an electrical discharge that it
produces: how does it electrolocate and how
does its brain process and integrate this
information into behavior that we see.
Q. Is the skate your main interest right
now?
A. It is at the moment . . . we've been
working intensely on it for the past years.
Q. What distinctive quality do you try to
bring to your classes?
A. That's hard to answer. I always think
that it's still developing and changing, and
I'm trying out new things. Usually, when I go
into a different class, I'm going to try
something new — it's a maturing process. They
do not teach you how to teach anywhere. You
just have to see what works and we aware of
the feedback. You have to try different things
with different groups.
After the interview, Professor Bratton
showed me two of the skates he is currently
working on. He described in detail the research
involved and what he learns from it. It was
easy to see that he is dedicated and passionate
about his work, a quality we all admire in our
professors.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1 993
College Committee to consider reinvestment in South Africa
■ Investment Committee:
The College awaits policy
recommendation to end
sanctions against the
country after blacks are
fully enfranchised
Reprinted from last week's issue
By Andrew Wheeler
orient senior editor
The Subcommittee on Social Responsibility
agreed last month to d raft a policy addressing
when the College should reinvest in South
African companies.
According to Chair David Becker 70, the
major components of the policy will follow
the conditions set by the African National
Congress (ANC). The Congress in late
February said sanctions could end "on the
announcementofanagreed date for elections
and on the
establishment — — — — -^^— — — — —
of the
setting conditions to end sanctions.
If there is enough interest from the Bo wdoin
community, Becker would hold anopen forum
to discuss the components and ramifications
of the policy. Marc Janichen '95, a student
member of the Committee, said the policy
ultimately should reflect the ANC'sconditions
aflc^have strong student endorsement.
Zanele Zikalala '96 of Ladysmith, South
Africa, will lend her support to such a
reinvestment policy if "those companies
(which receive foreign investor's money) will
provide training for black people." Sheadded,
"Investors need to realize the lackof education
for blacks."
Zika lala's mother felt the repercussions from
divestment and lost her job.Zikalala, however,
feelsdivestment hasachieved what it intended
to do: create political change. "On the whole,
it has helped," she remarked.
The modern history of Bowdoin's
divestment policy began in May 1986 when
the Boards voted to reaffirm its opposition to
apartheid and its commitment to support the
end ing of apartheid. The Board s also resolved
"that if by
ANC have disagreed on when a new
representative government, popularly elected
by everyone in the country, should form, de
Klerk wanted elections to occur in March
1994; the ANC in December, 1993.
The ANC, however, changed its stance
when it became increasingly clear of the poor
economy in South Africa. Carl Niehaus, a
spokesman, told The New York Times, "It is an
acknowledgement of the crisis that our
economy is in." Becker agreed: "The economy
is definitely hurting."
A member of the ANC and the director of
Fund fora Free South Africa, Themba Vilakazi,
said the South African business community is
putting heavy pressure on deKlerk's
government to negotiate a settlement with
the ANC. Vilakazi, who has spoken at
Bowdoin, said there is a consensus among
everyone involved in the negotiations that
Nelson Mandela, the head of the ANC, is the
only figure who can bridge the races in South
Africa.
In addition to looking at reinvestment in
South Africa, the Subcommittee on Social
Committee may explore the ethical nature of
investing in tobacco companies and
corporations that hurt the environment.
transitional
executive
council."
Prior to this
artnounoernert,
the ANC
demanded
the actual
nonracial
elections
occur, before
encouraging
reinvestment.
Presently,
Bowdoin has — — ■— ■ — — — — — —
no direct
investments in South Africa in terms of
owning stocks or bonds. Becker hopes to
draft the new policy and distribute it to sub-
committee members at its next meeting in
May. Once the subcommittee agrees on the
policy, Becker will recommend it to the
Investment Committee which will discuss
and either endorse or reject the policy. Becker
hopes the full Board scan voteon reinvestment
as early as October.
Kent John Chabotar, vice president for
finance and administration and treasurer,
said the College will follow the ANC's lead in
"Investors need to
realize the lack
of education
for Blacks."
Zanele Zikalala '96
May 31,
1987,
t h
e
enfranchising
process
for
blacks
in
South Africa is
not at
an
acceptable
a n
d
substantial
level,
the
College
will
therea
fter
divest in an
orderly
and
time
i y
matter."
W h
e n
voting levels were not acceptable halfway
through 1987, the College followed the
resolution and instructed its portfolio
managers to divest from companies, which
do business in South Africa.
Today, with its country's poor economy,
the government has encouraged corporations
to resettle in South Africa . In fact, six companies
became involved, developing products in the
last year.
More will come if the ANC endorses the
end of sanctions. Over the last six months,
South African President F.W. de Klerkand the
POLICY
Continued from page 1.
board on the three separate issues of
harassment, assault and rape and on subjects
such as rape trauma syndrome and its various
physiological and psychological
repercussions. Third, Safe Space would like
to see an institutionalized position created for
a "Sexual Assault Coordinator" who would
coordinate all prevention efforts and
awareness programs on campus and who
would be well versed in national and state
laws as well as Bowddin's policy about
harassment, assault and rape. Most
importantly, Safe Space wants to make this
e%
■ HH
Erin Sullivan/ Bowdoin Orient
Nhu Duong '95 and Claudine Sol in '94 of
Safe Space will work to formulate policy.
new revised policy accessible and
understandable so that people will not feel
intimidated from using it. Co-chair of Safe
Space Nhu Duong '95 feels that "each student
should know the separate steps that need to
be taken if one wants to file a complaint and
eventually pursue a private, confidential
campus hearing." Right now, Safe Space
believes that the document which spells out
the policy is ambiguous and hard to
understand.
Forexample,thecurrent policy states: "Any
member of the College community who feels
sexually harassed by any other member of the
college community may file a complaint with
the board." The new policy proposed by Safe
Space would explain, step by step, the
reporting process and how to access the
"board," and would not generalize all forms
of sexual misconduct under the term
"harassment." AsDuongexplained, "Weneed
to give people choice about what they want to
do and confidence in the board they are
dealing with. If they do not have this choice
and confidence, then nobody will ever file
any complaints. The less intimidating the
process is, the more truth will come out on
this campus."
Right now, Safe Space is considering various
ways to communicate a revised policy to the
College community so that sexual crimes will
not remain as drastically underreported as
they are now. Possibilities include direct, easy-
to-understand, confidential report forms
similar to those used at the College of William
and Mary that would bo distributed to several
locations on campus, including proctors,
deans and counseling services. Bowdoin still
needs to explore the legal technicalities of
such an innovation.
Over the next few weeks, Safe Space will
continue its close collaboration with the
Administration, head of security, head of
counseling and membersof the sexual assault
board to perpetuate a change in the present
policy as soon as possible. Anyone who would
like more information or would like to aid
Safe Space in this process should contact Nhu
Duong at x3851.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY. APRIL 9. 1993
5
Arts & Entertainment
Kingdom of Gold discovered at Bowdoin
■ The Theater Ensemble:
Unidentified Moving
Objects, will present a
production of fantastical
buffoons. The performers
will dance, tumble and
mime a story about the
Spanish Conquistadors'
quest for "El Dorado."
By Camy Sykes-Cas'avant
orient contributor
The hallowed halls of Bowdoin have
recently been adorned by rather bizarre
advertisments. These posters herald the
arrival of Unidentified Moving Objects (U MO)
for their east coast premiere of "El Dorado."
After an invigorating 60 hour drive to Maine,
UMO's performers look forward to a
successful opening of their five-week tour
which begins at Bowdoin and ends in New
York City.
The talented performers in this ensemble
have performed in the U.S., France, Scotland
and Norway. They include Esther Edelman,
David God sey, Janet McAlpin, Steffon Moody,
Martna fcnson '84 and Kevin Joyce '86. Their
performance is enhanced by the innovative
costumes of Patricia Toovey and accompanied
by the music of Serge Gubelman.
"El Dorado" is a
performance inspired
by French dramatist
Jacques Lecoq. It tells
the story of the Spanish
conquistadors in what
Kevin Joyce describes as
a "buffoon' s-eye view
of the conquistadors'
(conquerors') search for
the kingdom of gold, El
Dorado." A great deal
of research accom-
panied the production
of "El Dorado."
Ensemble member
Janice McAlpin said
that she was "inspired
by the image of a man
killing himself in search
of gold. The craziness
of it linked immeidately
in my mind to the world
of Buffoons." In order
to recreate the world of
the Buffoons, McAlpin said, "We began to
diveintoour own insanity, our own obsessive
desires."
Buffoons are individuals that combine
characteristics of both court jesters and
outcasts. They mock what is taking place in
society almost completely objectively because
they are indifferent to it. They use what they
believe to be the lolly of others to amuse
themselves. These creatures are "deformed,
insane and evil," yet "delightful," according
to Janet McAlpin.
Charles Backus
UMO will present an evening of colorful images and dark humor tonight in Pkkard Theater at 8:00 p.m .
Early Thursday afternoon, some Bowdoin
students had the opportunity to experience
buffoon theater first-hand as UMO stepped
into June Vail's Composition and
Improvisation class.
Student reaction to the session was highly
favorable. During the two hour class, students
were asked to adapt themselves to manners
befitting Buffoons. According to one senior,
the most difficult aspect of the exercise was
speaking in the buffoon style while interacting
with other members of the class. Buffoon
theater proved to be popular with the class.
Bowdoin's departments of dance, theater,
Latin American studies and the Concert and
Lectures Committee collaborated to bring
UMO to Bowdoin. "El Dorado" is performed
to live music and incorporates many mediums
from dance to humor to entertain its aud i ence .
Not simply text and not simply dance, this
retelling of the myth of El Dorado is
guaranteed to draw you into the world of the
buffoon — "the most bizzare theater you will
ever see."
Musician/Songwriter Michael Hedges: His own man
"I can 't be Jeff Beck, and I can 't be Steve Vai, foe Satriani or Eddie Van Halen, " explains Hedges.
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
CariStudna
Michael Hedges will demonstrate his amazing versatility and
dexterity during his Saturday performance in Pkkard Theater.
This Saturday night,
acoustic guitarist
extraordinaire Michael
Hedges will perform at
Bowdoin. Hedges is
known to be an
innovative entertainer
with a surprising way of
treating his instrument.
The audience should be
warned that this artist is
renowned for hitting,
slapping, stretching and
wringing his guitar so
much that he appears to
be inflicting physical
pain on his instrument.
Michael Hedges made
his recording debut as a
guitarist, but has since
established himself as a
formidable singer and
songwriter as well. He
recorded his virtuosic
debut, an album called
"Breakfast in the Field"
with Windham Hill
recording artists. He also
recorded the Grammy-
nominated "Aerial
Boundaries" with the
same studio.
Several years and albums later, Hedges
recorded his latest, 'Taproot," which includes
his vocal and instrumental skills on guitar as
well as synthesizer and acoustic bass.
Hedges has made several nationwide
appearances and many in his homestate of
California. 77k Daily Californian describes
Hedges as "such an unusually complete
musician that his music defies a categorical
pigeonhole. His music is too engaging to call
new age, and too complex and apolitical to
call folk. His lyrics a re balladic and his melody
lines stray into light rock, but his chord
progressions are more characteristic of
contemoprary art music. Michael Hedges
takes one of the most energetic approaches to
solo guitar on record. And perhaps the most
innovative approach to solo acoustic guitar
ever."
In concert, Hedges usually performs his
original works, as well as several personalized
renditions of classic rock favorites. Although
his music is classified as "new age" or "savage
myth guitar," songs such as the Who's
"Eminence Front," the Rolling Stones'
"Gimme Shelter" and Fine Young Cannibals'
"She Drives Me Crazy" are far from
unrecognizable. No Hedges performance is
complete without some of his hits from
"Taproot," including "Ritual Dance,"
"Watching Life Go By," "The Funky Avocado"
and the e.e. cummings poem he set to music
entitled "i carry your hea;t."
Hedge's musical genius began at a very
early age while he was growing up in Enid,
Oklahoma. He began playing piano at age
four, and later added cello, clarinet, flute and
guitar to his repetoire. Hedges studied flute
and composition at Phillips University in
Oklahoma while spending his summers at
the prestigious National Music Camp in
Interlochen, Michigan. From there, He moved
to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore,
where he studied classical guitar and
electronic music and earned a degree in
composition. He includes the Beatles, steel
string guitarist Leo Kottke, jazz guitarist Pat
Martino, and 20th century composers Bartok,
Webern and Feldman among his major
inspirations. While studying at Stamford
University in 1 980, he was heard by Wind ham
Hill recording artists which lead to the 1981
release of "Breakfast in the Field." His
important role in the early tours of that record
label helped them to carve out their presently
well-respected identity.
Hedges has made live concerts a staple of
his musical life. He presents a relaxed, good-
humored confidence onstage and easily
moves from one musical style to another. He
has recieved nothing but rave reviews from
audiences; a special effort should be made to
attend this concert Saturday night, April 10,
at 8:30 p.m. in Pickard Theater. Tickets may
be purchased at the Moulton Union desk.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 9. 1993
A legend in Bowdoin f s living room
An interview with choreographer Merce Cunningham
■ The Arts: Merce
Cunningham, almost 74
years old, is still as sharp
and revolutionary as ever.
At Stowe House on Friday,
Arts & Entertainment
Editor Dave Simmons
talked with the
choreographer/dancer
about space, time,
computers and wood
stoves.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts & entertainment
EDITOR
It is said that as the universe grows older, it
continues to expand. The same is true of
Merce Cunningham's mind.
The famed choreographer, who last week
brought his amazing dance company to
Bowdoin, turns 74 this month. But although
age has diminished his former agility, it is
evident that he remains in thinking and spirit
as lively and quick as the bodies of his young
dancers.
Cunningham, dressed comfortably in
bulky, woolly earth-tones, compliments the
rustic at mosphere of the sitting room at Stowe
House. Half swallowed up by the armchair in
which he sits, he almost looks like part of the
decor. The kindness and gentleness of his
demeanor, set against the cozy, rainy-day
environment, makes it easy to forget that this
is a man who has worked closely with the
artistic giants of the 20th century.
Merce Cunni .gham is regularly mentioned
in the same breath with such dance legends as he says. "(The
Martha Graham and George Balanchine, and software] will be
throughout his career he has collaborated something that
with and befriended such artists and
composers as John Cage, David Tudor, Robert
Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Anna
Kisselgoff wrote in The New York Times
Magazine in 1982 that "By consensus, both
those who embrace and those who reject his
esthetic consider Merce Cunningham one of
the few true revolutionaries in the history of
dance." Yet for a legend, Cunningham has
such an accessibility and willingness to talk
that one could just as easily be talking to one's
own grandfather.
Dance critics routinely refer to Cu nningha m
as a maverick and a rebel. One gets the
impression, however, that these labels mean
little to him. "People are always shocked
when you do things differently than they've
been done before," he gently scoffs. "Any
artist worth his salt will break the rules."
teachers can use in a
remarkable way."
Cunningham says that
the software allows him
to choreograph with
"more complexity of
movement" and
precision. Although
sometimes
movement
combinations may be
impossible physically, he
says that this sets his mind
to work on ways to make
the impossible possible. He
also points out that the software
is still in developmental stages.
But by far the most distinctive
aspect of Cunningham's
Hence, therefore, his work with so many rule- approach to choreography
breaking artists. is his use of what is
Forever searching for something new to known as chance
stimulate him, never content with the status- processes. Inspired
quo, Cunningham broke new ground in the by the Zen
seventies working with film and video. His philosophy of the /
collaborations with filmmakers Charles Atlas
and Eliot Caplan defined the grammar for
dance on the screen.
His latest interest, however, is in the use of
computers. Since the late '80s, Cunningham
has worked extensively with software called
Cheng, this technique
involves using
randomness to
determine the sequence
of certain movements or
chains of movements.
Bill King/ The New York Times Magazine
Merce Cunningham in 1982. More than ten years later, he is
older and obviously wiser.
Life Forms, which allows choreographic Cunningham may roll
movements to be plotted and displayed on a dice, flip coins or snuffle papers to achieve the
computer screen. The software features a desired spontaneity. Chance processes are
three-dimensional figure made of spirals the reason that Cunningham's dancers move
whose movements can be seen from any
direction and a stick figure that allows
articulation right down to the toes.
Cunningham is excited about the future
possibilities for the computer in
choreography. "The soft wareat an elementary
level enlarges the way you think about how a
human goes from one movement to another,"
like no other dancers; their movements are
not determined logically by the experience or
conscious will of their choreographer.
Although his use of chance operations are
influenced by Zen concepts of the randomness
of existence, Cunningham is emphatically
opposed to improvisation in his dance. Every
movement seen on stage has been
The "Quality" of Robert Pirsig's sequel
By Stephen P. Carpenter
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR
Lila is the long awaited (seventeen years)
sequel to Robert M. Pjjsig's masterpiece
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance.""Lila,"inthecontextof H Zen
and the Art," is perhaps the most
disappointing book ever written.
In the sequel to "Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance," the narrator is
thtrfamiliar Phaedrus, about seventeen
years older than the Phaedrus of Pirsig's
original work. Phaedrus has become a
rich author
Robert M
Pirsig
LILA
An Inquiry into Morals
since his
motorcycle
trip through
his own
spiritual
being. Now,
instead of a
motorcycle
trip, he is
taking a
sailboat along
the Hudson
River as
winter approaches.
Phaedrus, against the warnings of some
acquaintances at a marina, takes Lila
aboard for his journey. Phaedrus wrestles
with Lila's own argumentative character,
her recurring psychological illness, and
her sexually promiscuous nature. The
story climaxes somewhere in New York
City as Lila has a mental breakdown and
Pirsig continues to coldly pursue his
Book Review
philosophic /spiritual questions. "Lila" is merely a novel written in the
Again, like Pirsig's original work, Phaedrus formula of "Zen and the Art." Pirsig
fills the space between narrative action with plugged in the mode of transportation
fairly abstract philosophizing. In "Zen and (not a motorcycle but a sailboat), fellow
the Art," these philosophic interludes journey goer to serve as a literary foil (not
complemented the action symbolically; not his mentally unstable son Chris but the
so in "Lila." The subtitle of the novel is "An schizophrenic Lila), same friends but with
Inquiry Into Morals," and this inquiry brings different names and exactly the same
the reader back to the same moral questions narrative style,
and answers in the first book. This time, however, the interspersed
Pirsig explored modern philosophy and philosophic passages, as I have
Eastern religion to answer his spiritual mentioned, seem to have nothing at all to
questions in the first novel; what he came up do with the action of the story,
with was the term Quality. Everyone knows symbolically or literally; they are random.
what Quality is but we cannot describe it— it is The story itself is absolutely boring and
the relationship, the exact meeting place unresolvable. I read it through only from
between the subject and object, the exact my love of "Zen and the Art," hoping that
moment in time when the perceiver and the
object being perceived are unified, the pre-
ontological instant of time before words or
other abstractions separate the viewer from
the physical world. Once one attempts to
define Quality, that Quality disappears.
That, perhaps, explains the literary Quality
of Pirsig's second novel. Here, he defines
Quality in terms of static and dynamic;
perhaps resolving Hegelian and Platonic — — ■ — — — — — — — — - —
idealist systems (static Quality) with the East something good might happen,
Asian Zen and Tao systems (dynamic something surprisingly new and original
Quality). Lila and all her woes lie in her like every turn of the road in the first
illusory image of static Quality, her inability novel. No such luck,
to realize the dynamic of the physical world. "Lila" is a terrible novel that destroys
This novel is thoroughly dissatisfying, my image of Pirsig and even causes me to
especially following up such a classic spiritual- think that the seemingly untapped wealth
quest narrative. What appeared to be a of creativity and wisdom of the first was
bottomless storeof knowledge and interesting all there was, the entire spiritual being of
literary metaphors, as well asan almost super- Pirsig. Now, Pirsig is dead as a spiritual
humanly symbolic and aesthetic novel ("Zen quester and author. To anyone who read
and the Art"), turns out to be the end of and loved "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Pirsig's creativity, originality and literary Maintenance,'' do not read "Lila." You
ability. will be very disappointed.
"Lila
An Inquiry Into Morals"
by Robert PirVig
$6.99 paperback, Bantam Books
predetermined, albeit by chance, and set
and rehearsed until the dancers remember it
"in their muscles."
"In my experience," explains
Cunningham, "the improviser winds up
relying on his or her memory," and therefore
the dance becomes repetitive and not at all
new. Ultimately, he says, "we're all creatures
of habit." He initially began using chance
operations to break away from his own
patterns as a choreographer. In 1955 he wrote
that chance "is a presence mode of freeing
my imagination from its own cliches and it is
a marvelous adventure in attention."
A great ad vocate for change, Cunningham
is sometimes discouraged by the world's
resistance to it. "It takes very long for people
to change," he says. "1 think it's sad." He
spoke briefly about the state of the
environment, remarking that greed and habit
were contributing to its pollution. But
Cunningham is not one to wallow in despair;
life is too short. "I find it just as easy to laugh
as do anything else," he says.
And yet, even at 74, Cunningham does
not feel himself solidifying into comfortable
old habits or patterns. He feels as though his
mind is still broadening; he can see things
now that he never thought of before. "It's
important to keep one's mind flexible," he
asserts. Cunningham is a wonderful role
model for young college students, who often
feel that life should be taken full advantage
of now before the opportunites of youth slip
away. Cunningham does not agree. "Life is
full of infinite possibilities at any moment in
time and space."
Cunningham's walk is a little stiff, but for
the fifty years he has been choreographing,
he has never stopped working, never stopped
dancing. Upon hearing that Bowdoin music
professor James McCalla was mesmerized
by his sparse movements on a stage full of
nubile dancers, Cunningham responded
with an impish smile and an amused twinkle
in his eye. "I'm older and I have more
experience," he simply said.
No sooner was the interview over then
something else had caught Cunningham's
attention: an old, wood-burning stove that
occupied one of the walls of the room. He
was curious to know if it were still
operational, and as he put on his coat, he
wandered over to the desk clerk to ask about
it. The clerk assured him that, much like
Cunningham himself, the old stove was still
in fine shape after all these years.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday. april 9, 1993
"The T' Word":
It's not what
you think
By Amy Welch
orient assistant copy editor
"Dorothy Gayle, are you a Feminist?" This
quote, taken from the first skit of Sleeveless
Theater's production 'The V Word: A Fresh
and Funny Look at Feminism" could be
applied to any of us. Dorothy answered no
and was informed that many college-aged
women feel the same way.
Then I started thinking, "Am I a feminist?"
Feminism was an issue I never really
considered before, and I went to the play
because I was promised by a BWA member,
"It's going to be good!"
Well, it was good, and I came out with a
new idea of exactly what feminism is. Many
people shudder at the label, feminist, thinking
that all feminists are male-bashing radicals
who refuse to shave their legs (just one of the
stereotypes parodied in the course of the
evening), but I came to realize that a feminist
is someone who believes in and fights for
women's rights. Those rights include being
treated equally to men, being treated with
respect and being able to choose what happens
to her body.
I am not as aware of women's history as I
should be, but "The V Word" provided a
brief overview of many women in history
who contributed in their own ways to the
women's movement. From the panel of Joan
of Arc, Sarah Good and Susan B. Anthony
(moderated by a condescending "Ted
Koppel") to Dorothy Gayle's trip down "The
Feminist Path" to overcome "Phyllis the
Wicked Witch of the Right," where she met
representatives from various historical eras,
famous women were profiled in a way that
even the most anti-feminist could appreciate.
There are quite a few people who could
Many people
shudder at the
label, feminist,
thinking that all
feminists are male-
bashing radicals
who refuse to shave
their legs
benefit from being gently educated as to the
historical, present and fixture condition of
women. Unfortunately, none of them were
there. Underneath the sometimes biting
humor on stage were serious messages
regarding the politics of the women's
movement. The audience was kept laughing,
but it was sobering to see the stages of the
women's movement and how its popularity
has varied depending on political and popular
opinion. It was upsetting to realize that some
of the most vocal opponents to the movement
and the Equal Rights Amendment were
women.
The play ended on a hopeful note with
"The Feminist Olympics." The women of the
Seventies and Eighties passed the baton to the
women of the Nineties to keep moving
forward and accomplish the goals of
Feminism. 'The 'F Word" helped make me a
little bit more aware of my heritage as a
woman and the responsibilities that come
from that heritage. What more can you ask of
a Friday night at Bowdoin?
To Alicia Quintano, love really is hell
By Nicole Devarenne
orient staff writer
Alicia Quintano's performance in Kresge last night was a section taken from
her one-woman show, "Love is Hell and Other Stories." It dealt with some
familiar issues: love, sex, eating self-image, self-affirmation, family relationships
and honesty. Her technique was something between comic recitation and
dramatic monologue, pantomime and rhetoric.
Her story, which she said might strike the audience as a series of chapters in
a story rather than as a single story, was punctuated by some very funny
comments and surprisingly astute observations on human psychology. At one
point she described a church service she'd gone to which, to her relief, had been
followed by coffee and donuts. "Catholics send you home with a lot of guilt and
nothing to wash it down with;" she said. Surprisingly enough, she even had
something to say about Maine. Describing a particularly unpleasant camping
trip she said, "Everybody has their limit and mine was Bangor."
Quintano's monologue followed a particularly difficult time in her life, from
adolescence to young adulthood, when she had been forced to contend with
her own passivity and negative self-image, her imprisoning role in her family,
and her confusion with the whole subject of sex and relationships. Her humor
was refreshing because she was able to laugh at herself without being self-
deprecating. Her message, as she showed her own progression from a sort of
miserable selflessness to a healthier, more assertive identity, was that'everyone
is entitled to happiness and self-affirmation.
The problem with her method is that, while it provides some wonderfully
expressive moments, it often seems staged and unnatural. At her best Quintano
was quick, lively and carried by her own momentum, but at times her narrative
was forced and uncomfortable.
Quintano is a trained actor and director hailing from New York City. Her
performance at Bowdoin was sponsored by the counseling service and the
Women's Resource Center.
Maya Khun/ Howdom Unent
Actor/director Alicia Quintano performed in Kresge.
We, cm toyet/w Ixf choice.
Peace Corps recruiters will be on the Bowdoin campus April 14 and 15
Find out how your degree in chemistry, biology, math, or education
can qualify you for the experience of a lifetime.
INFO TABLE
- Wed., April 14
10:00-3:00
Moulton Union Lobby
FILM SESSION
Wed . April 14
6:30 pm
Lancaster Lounge
Call the Peace Corps
617-565-5555 or 800-648-8052 ext. 103
INTERVIEWS
Thurs.. April 15
9:00 - 3:00
Moulton Union
2nd Floor
Peace^Corps
A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY ■
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, april 9, 1993
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
friday 9
^^_ 12:00 p.m. Canterbury Club prayer service. Chapel.
^^ S 5:30 p.m. Shabbat candlelighting service. Johnson House.
7:00-9:00 p.m. Reception for the opening of Senior Art Exhibitions.
Featuring Tobias Ostrander, Rebecca Andrews and Jill Rosenfield.
Visual Arts Center.
8:00 p.m. UMO (Unidentified Moving Objects) Ensemble, a
movement theatre company, presents "El Dorado," a buffoon's-eye
view of the conquistador's search for the kingdom of gold in the
Americas. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
9:00 p.m. Gunga Din (USA, 1939). Directed by George Stevens and
starring Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks.
9:30 p.m. NOD, a "folksy" rock group. The Pub, Moulton Union.
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rr
830 p.m. Michael Hedges, new age
guitarist. Pickard Theater, Memorial
Hall. Admission: $12.00 public,
$5.00 with Bowdoin I.D.
9:00 p.m. The Man Who Would Be
King (USA, 1975). Directed by John
Huston and starring Sean Connery
and Michael Caine.
Sunday 11
monday 12
10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mass: Easter
Day. The Reverend W. Larch Fidler,
celebrant. Chapel.
%
7:00 p.m. "The Political Transition in
■)% Central Asia /Uzbekistan." Dilbar
Turabekova, associate professor in
comparative literature, Tashkent
State University, Uzbekistan. Main
Lounge, Moulton Union.
i
7:00 p jn. The Gospel of Luke. Bible
Discussion Group. Room 14,
Coleman Hall.
7:30 p.m. Women's Week film series:
Women of the World. The Germans
and Their Men. Introduced by
Kathleen OConner, assistant
professor of German. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
tuesday 13
5:00-7:00 p.m. African Film Festival: Angano...Angano. A film
about life in contemporary Madagascar. Discussion follows.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall.
6:15 p jn. "Cashing in on Kids? A Discussion of Chris Whittle's
Channel One." Theodora Penny Martin, assistant professor of
education. Open dinner at 5:30. Delta Sigma, Main Street.
Is commercial TV in schools a mutually beneficial
relationship or a violation of public trust? Is Channel One
"Whittling" away at education? Should schools be arenas where
business can compete for profits?
After a brief overview of Channel One, two Channel One
programs will be shown. In addition to a discussion of the above
questions, you will have an opportunity to decide whether your
hometown high school should begin the day with Nike
commercials.
7:00 p.m. "A Satellite View of Ancient Greece." D. Neel Smith,
assistant professor of classics. Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
730 p jn. "Elevator Music" by Elliott Schwartz performed by
faculty and students. Coles Tower elevator, Coles Tower.
730 p jn. New Music Concert
performed by faculty and
students. Kresge Auditorium,
Visual Arts Center.
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10:00 a.m.-3:00 p ml Peace
Corps information table.
Moulton Union lobby.
6:15 p ml Peace Corps film
seminar. Lancaster Lounge,
Moulton Union.
9:00 p jn. High and Low (Japan,
1963). Directed by Akira
Kurosawa and starring
Toshioro Mifune.
thursday 15
fejM
Charles Backus
El Dorado, a combination of Puppetry, Mime, Martial Arts and Dance,
will be performed by UMO tonight at 8:00 in Pickard Theater.
g A 4:00 p jn. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and
Interpretation. "The Gnostic Torah." Harry Z. Sky, rabbi emeritus.
Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
'f
4*0 p Jn. "The New
Environmentalism: Prospects
and Challenges for Plants and
People of the Amazonian Rain
Forest." Brian Boom, with the
New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx, New York. Reception
follows. Room 214, Searles
Science Building.
8:00 p jn. John Brown * 2
Russworm Lecture. "Race
Matters." Cornel West,
professor of religion and
director of the Afro- American studies program, Princeton
University.
West has been published in publications such as
Artforum, Christianity and Crisis, Le Monde Diplomatique, The
Nation, The New York Times Magazine, The Yale Law Journal, The
Village Voice and Z. His works address topics such as Marxism,
Afro- American thought, prophetic Christianity and American
pragmatism. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center..
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1993
9
Orient Sports
Spring sports buried by winter snow
■ Frustration builds as
game after game is
postponed due to poor
field conditions.
■^™^^^— ^— '— - ■ » ■ ■ ■■■— ■ ■ II. II I ■■ I — — -■
By Derek Armstrong
orient asst. sports editor
Practice is looking pretty weird these days.
Softball players carry shovels instead of
bats. Baseball players run around
gymnasiums instead of basepaths. Lacrosse
players toss snowballs instead of lacrosse
balls. And runners are trying to warm up a
track last used by Mel Gibson.
Winter simply refuses to die.
When the players returned from Spring
Break, they knew they couldn'texpect Florida-
like weather conditions. Still, even though
the fields were a bit squishy, the seven official
spring sports teams were prepared to get
underway in their first week back at school.
April Fool!
Queen of practical jokers, Mother Nature
blanketed the region with over a foot of snow
last Thursday, indefinitely postponing the
first weekend of the season for four of the
seven varsity teams, and making outdoor
play at Bowdoin over the next few weeks
quite d if f icult. A week of warm days later, the
filthiest, crustiest snow still remains, caked
into the athletes' cleats along with the
traditional spring mud.
The snow itself, however, is only the
immediate problem. The water it leaves
behind is what could provide the major
setback, what could prove deadliest to the
conditions of the fields. The reason for this is
that spikes, be they plastic, rubber or metal,
tend to tear up the wet grass and dirt of the
marshy ground and effectively ruin the
playing surface on a long-term basis. Not to
mention that wetness makes footing tricky
and increases the chance of injury.
In fact, the combined delaying effect of the
snow and water has generated rumors around
the Athletics Department that the fields may
not be suitable for play until as late as April
24, by which time more than half of most
spring sports seasons will already have
elapsed.
*1 don't ever recall having to postpone
games because of snow on the field this late in
the year," says Head Athletic Trainer Mike
Linkovich. This is significant, considering that
Linkovich has been at Bowdoin since 1954.
Women's lacrosse coach Mo Flaherty has
not been here quite as long, but she knows a
bad winter when she sees one. It's frustrating
coming back from Florida and having to be
inside with no games in the near future," says
Flaherty. Women's lacrosse is just one of
several teams vying for practice space inside
Farley Field House. Continues Flaherty, "I've
had to be creative as far as practices go."
On Tuesday, the team held an optional
shovelling practice attended by nine
determined shovellers. The idea was to cut
strips along the field in order to help draining
and to allow the sun access to more of the
field. But when they got out there, the
shovellers found that not only was the field
covered by a top layer of two to three inches
of snow, but by a good two inches of ice
Kelsey Ziegler '95 and Kelsey Albanese '95 shovel off the field with other members of the sof tball team.
Dan Bourque/Th* Time Record
underneath. 'That was shocking," says
Flaherty. "I didn't realize how bad our
situation was." After being out there, Flaherty
now realizes that getting on the field by April
19 is wishful thinking. She now believes that
the following Saturday, April 24, is a more
realistic date.
"I'm hoping we'll be on the fields in ten
days," says men's lacrosse coach Tom
McCabe, slightly more optimistic than his
counterpart. "We're keeping our fingers
crossed, hoping for a little sun and maybe
some rain." Although rain would create some
problems of its own, it would at least help
solve the most immediate problem of breaking
away the unwanted -■*■■ — — — — —
snow.
McCabe' s team has
engaged in some
creative practicing of
its own. Yesterday
the team received
permission to
practice in the St.
Charles Church
Winter
refuses
that her team will probably be on its field
April 17 at the earliest.
Meanwhile, the team has been in Hyde
Cage and Sargeant Gym doing hitting and
fielding. In an effort to keep as much as
possible of the season schedule intact, the
team has tried to relocate its game against the
University of New England this weekend to
Tufts or Exeter. Apparently, the field
conditions farther south are a little bit better.
Whether or not they will be truly prepared
for the game is another matter. "We have
done absolutely nothing," says Collins. "We
haven't even been on the field together, and
what you can do inside is limited." This is
— — — — — ^— especially difficult for
first-years like
Collins, who have no
field experience with
their older
I t • teammates.
TO Ul6. CharlieCaffney'95
and the baseball team
have been confined to
Sargeant Gym as
simply
parking lot on McKeen Street. Most days,
however, the team throws practices in the
Farley Field House. So far, men's lacrosse has
managed to postpone all of its missed games
and avoid permanent cancellation. Should
the snow persist, however, the team may
have to start cutting games from its schedule.
Both lacrosse teams are fortunate, at least,
in that they have gotten in several 1 993 games
from their trips to Florida. Softball, the only
team not to go south for spring break, did not
benefit from such luxury. Consequently, the
players worked extra hard in the first week
back to get their own season underway.
"We dug trenches," says Erin Collins '96.
"One on the right side and one on the left side
of the field." This allowed the field to drain
for all of a day . Then it snowed, wiping out all
their work.
"It's hard because since we're in NESCAC,
we play mostly Maine teams, and our field,
which is a mess, is supposed to be the best-
draining field," said Collins. Collins has heard
well. "It's like being caged," says Gaffney.
"You can't move around, hit or do anything.
It's like we're not really playing baseball."
The winter of discontent continues. Clearly,
Gaffney's coach feels similar frustration. On
the way upstairs to practice, Coach Harvey
Shapiro quipped, "Have you seen those fields?
There's snow on those fields." The baseball
team is also relocating its weekend games to
Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
By the nature of the sport, the men's and
women's track teams have gone about their
business relatively unbothered. The snow-
covered outdoor track is not really necessary
for running practice, and a discus can be
thrown pretty much wherever there is space.
But should Mother Nature surprise us again,
poor conditions could postpone the meet to
be held here April 19 and 20.
"I think the problem is that you can't really
plow the track because it would ruin the
surface," says Tori Garten '95. Thus, the track
remains submerged in snow along with the
other playing fields.
Although the Farley Field House contains
adequate facilities for some of the spring track
events, Garten explains that such events as
the javelin throw, discus throw, 110 hurdles
and 100 yard dash would likely prevent an
indoor relocation of the upcoming meet.
The true beneficiaries of Farley's facilities
have been the men's tennis players. Although
men's tennis is technically supposed to play
outdoors, the weather has necessitated the
use of the four indoor courts in lieu of
cancelling matches.
This seems to be the norm, however . "We're
probably not going to play outside at home at
all," says Coach Daniel Hammond. 'They
didn't play any matches outside at home last
year, because of the clay — the ground is still
frozen, and the clay can't be watered."
The crowding of Farley has at least had its
effects on the team's practice schedule,
however. Such crowding wasoneof the factors
which led the team to change its practice time
from theafternoon to the grueling time-slot of
6a.m. to 8 a.m. each morning.
Finally, the club sports have been affected
by the Winter of '93. Sadly, the crew team has
been unable to practice this spring due to the
fact that many of its boats were crushed when
the roof of its winter shelter collapsed from
the weight of the snow. And the ultimate
players, relegated to throwing on the quad,
have been seen regularly diving into snowy
mounds to catch an errant throw.
Perhaps the only spring sport, club or
otherwise, to emerge from the Winter of '93
enrirley unscathed is the water polo team.
They weren't planning to swim in outdoor
pools anyway.
So will this be the year that the Softball team
goes undefeated at 2-0? The year that icing
becomes a violation in both hockey and track?
The year that aSunday morning church service
is disrupted by the crashingof a wildly-thrown
lacrosse ball through a stained -glass window?
Only Mother Nature knows for sure, and
for the first time this year, she's remaining
silent.
10
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1993
1
Men's Lacrosse
Polar Bears struggle on the road
■ Despite strong
performances from Tom
Ryan and David Ames, the
team falls to 1-4.
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
The 1993 Bowdoin men's lacrosse team
began their season with five away games,
the first four of which were played during
spring vacation. On March 20, the team
traveled to Philadelphia to participate in the
Haverford College Tournament which was
actually held at Villanova due to adverse
field conditions. The Bears triumphed in
their season opener, pullingout a dominating
victory over Babson, with a score of 17 — 3,
led by co-captain attackman Tom Ryan '93,
who notched 4 goals and 4 assists to his
credit. To help compliment Ryan was senior
stand-out forward Dave Ames, who
pounded the net with 4 goals and 2 assists.
The third attackman, Marx Bowens '93, did
not go unheralded, finishing off the Babson
team with 3 additional goals and 1 assist.
Bowdoin's next opponent was Denison, a
team with a very reputable program. The
Bears gave it their all, but were unfortunately
stopped short as Ames' five goals and
another two goals from Ryan were not
enough to beat them. Denison finished out
thegamewithal3-9victory to hand Bowdoin
its first loss of the year.
Asked about the game, Head Coach
McCabehad some insightful thoughts. The
team cameto Villanova without ninedaysof
practice and I think that hurt us a bit. Also, as
the field conditions improve here, I believe
the outdoor, full field practices ought to get
us into the swing of things for the rest of the
season." The Villanova playing field was
a rtificial turf and the Bears had to adapt to the
new playing conditions as well as the
inclement weather, which punished the
players with regular 20-degree temperatures.
The lacrosse team took to the road again to
compete against Washington College in
Chestertown, Maryland on March 24. Again
the field conditions were anything but
spectacular as the Bears had to run and shoot
in a "giant mud-pit," as described by Coach
McCabe. Washington College outscored
Bowdoin that day by a 17-10 margin. The
leading Bowdoin scorer was Ames with 4
goals and 1 assist. March 26 marked a meeting
with University of Vermont and was originally
planned to be played at Cheshire, Connecticut,
but again, because of the field conditions, the
game was moved to West Haven. Bowdoin
came up short against UVM by a score of 16-
13 despite the five goals and two assists of
Justin Schuetz '94 and Ryan's two goals and
three assists.
The lacrosse team finished off their five-
game series on the road at Connecticut College
on April 3. Although the Bears yet again came
up just short with a score of 14-11, the game
was highlighted by Ryan's double record-
breaking performance. Ryan, who needed
only two additional goals to break the school
record, easily accomplished this and brought
his career record-breaking tally to a soaring
121. Ryan also broke the school record for
total career assists with 118. All together, the
number of points Ryan has ammassed is a
lofty 239.
The record for the lacrosse team is now 1-4,
but the numbers do not reflect the talent of
this group. "This may be one of the most
talented group of players we've had in a
while," said Coach McCabe. Although the
1993 team did lose stand-out seniors such as
Peter Gheagan '92 and Chris Roy '92 who
together accumulated 1 04 goals in one season,
Coach McCabe is very confident that the 1 993
team has the necessary personnel to easily
replace these stars. "There are thirteen seniors
on the team now, which is healthy for any
team to have. Their experience will be the key
to our success." In order to make the team as
efficient as possible, Coach McCabe had Adam
Rand '95 and Steve Popeo '93, both
midfielders, switch to defense. "They are
playing remarkably well in their new
positions," noted McCabe
In addition to the large contingent of
upperclassmen, the Bowdoin lacrosse team
has welcomed two talented first-years,
midfielder Tom Sheehy and defenseman
Jeremy Lake.
The team's next game brings them home
for the first time this season to play against
Wesleyan on April 10, field conditions
permitting. "If we've got a field to play on,
this will be one important game for us. I
think that in order to beat a team like
Wesleyan, the players are going to have to
work on their ball-handling skills, the riding
and clearing and their shooting. We had
more shots than Connecticut College, yet
they still beat us," said Coach McCabe.
Team Scoring
•
Plaver
Goals
Assists
Points
Tom Ryan
David Ames
8
13
13
6
21
19
Justin Schuetz
Marx Bowens
6
7
4
1
10
8
Chet Hinds
1
5
6
Tom Muldoon
3
2
5
Nate Bride
Henry Boeckmann
Steve Popeo
Eric Haley
Chris Keyes
4
3
1
1
1
4
3
1
1
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W omen 's Lacrosse
Bowdoin splits Florida matches
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
Men's tennis destroys Colby, USM
On Tuesday, the men's tennis team picked
up a key victory over Colby by a score of 7-
2. In the rescheduled match, #1 player Mark
Slusar '95 picked up his first victory of the
season by handily defeating his opponent
two sets to none.
The Polar Bears continued their modest
winning streak by trouncing the University
of Southern Maine, 9-0. Highlighting this
win was the performance of Tom Davidson
'94, who battled his way back to victory after
falling behind 5-1 in the third set.
Upcoming matches for Bowdoin include
an away game against Clark on Saturday
following by a meeting with Salem State next
Wednesday at home.
Under new leadership and an aura of
optimism, the 1993 Bowdoin women's
lacrosse squad is preparing itself for a
competitive season. Last year, the team
compiled a less than impressive record of 3-7,
which included a five-game losing streak to
close out the year. However, the Polar Bears
now have a new head coach and hope the
infusion of new blood will make the 1993
season a success. The new coach, Maureen
Flaherty, guided the 1992 women's field
hockey team to the semi-finals of the ECAC
Division III tournament in one of the best
performances by a Bears squad ever.
Another plus for Bowdoin is the youthful
character of the team. With only three seniors,
the Bears have young talent which is bursting
with potential. Coach Flaherty said, "Last
year we were 3-7 and now we are 1-1. The
team has a lot of potential. We have great
speed and athleticism and we are working
hard . We started to come together as a team in
the pre-season, although it was a long and
hard process. The team is more disciplined in
passing and play both on and off the ball than
at the outset of the year."
Returning to the Bears line-up is last year's
leading scorer, Maggie Mitchell '95, who
garnered 25 points for Bowdoin in the 1992
campaign. Other returning strong performers
for Bowdoin include: Jennifer Ahrens '94 (15
pts.), Sarah Buchanan '95 (12 pts.), Aileen
Daversa '94 (11 pts.) and Sara Poor '95 (10
pts.). A critical loss for the Bears is Karen
McCann '92, Bowdoin's sole goalie last year
and all-time save leader. Stepping in to take
her place are the first-year duo of Sasha Ballen
and Liz Kelton. Coach Flaherty said of her
team, "It is too early to tell who will lead this
team. No one stands out. We've only played
two games, and once the season really gets
underway, someone will probably step to the
forefront. As of now, I can say that all the
players are well-rounded and I'm waiting for
them to show me what they have."
In pre-season action from Orlando, Florida,
the Bears compiled a record of 1-1 against
Wittenberg and Williams Colleges. On March
23, the Bears met Wittenberg in a lopsided
affair with the Polar Bears trouncing
Wittenberg by a score of 24-2. On March 26,
Bowdoin ran into a much tougher opponent
in the form of Williams College. The Bears
were defeated 11-4 and now stand at .500 for
the season. Coach Flaherty commented on
the Williams loss: "Against Williams we
made too many mental mistakes. They were
the better team that day. We committed thirty
turnovers which translated into thirty
possessions for them. We have to work on the
basics and must improve our catching and
throwing, both under pressure and alone."
Playing impressively for the Bears in both
games was Mitchell, who netted eight goals
and one assist for an excellent start to the
season.
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1993
11
W o m e n 's Tennis
Bowdoin upsets nationally-ranked Barry University
■ The team tops Division II
opponent after dropping
their first match against
Broward Junior College.
By Tracy Boulter
orient staff writer
In the competitive world of New England
women's tennis, those teams which continue
to practice all year rather than exclusively
during the fall season have risen to the top of
the rankings. With this in mind, the women's
tennis team is playing an unofficial spring
season consisting of self-run practices,
scrimmages, a week-long trip to Ft.
Lauderdale and two weekend tournaments
in April.
The women's team is coming off of its most
successful season ever in the fall, when the
players achieved a 12-2 record, including late-
season wins over nationally-ranked Tufts and
Wesleyan and a stellar sixth place finish in the
New England championships.
The women had been practicing in the field
house since February in preparation for their
Spring Break trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Tennis
Club. The team that traveled to Florida was
extremely young and inexperienced, with Co-
captains Allison Vargas '93 and Marti
Champion '93 not making the trip and
Captain-elect and #1 player Alison Burke '94
away this semester. However, the team played
well, scoring a surprising upset victory over
nationally-ranked Division II team Barry
University.
The team is bolstered by a strong group of
sophomores, including #2 player Emily Lubin,
Captain-elect and #4 player Theresa Oaf fey,
Amy Brockelman at fifth singes and Renata
Merino at sixth singles. Returning study-
away junior Tracy Boulter plays #3 singles,
and first-year sensation Kristi LeBlanc stands
out at the #1 position. First-years Lisa Klapper
and Melanie Herald round out the singles
lineup and form a strong #4 doubles team.
The other doubles teams are LeBlanc and
Lubin, nationally ranked in Division III, at #1,
Claffey and Brockelman at #2 and Boulter
and Merino at #3.
The rainy weather forced the cancellation
of court time in Florida, so the Bowdoin
women were thrown into their first match
with little practice. Despite this, they played
admirably against the seasoned tennis-
scholarship playersof Broward Junior College.
Two players, Boulter and Brockelman,
extended their opponents to three sets before
finally succumbing. Both singles matches were
three-hour battles that could have gone either
way.
On the doubles side, the #2 team of Claffey
and Brockelman stormed to a 5-2 lead in their
match before the more experienced Broward
team pulled away for the win, 7-5, 6-3. Even
the nationally-ranked #1 doubles team of
LeBlanc and Lubin were overwhelmed by
their tough opponents. Still, the players
remained confident and they looked forward
to their match against Barry University of
Miami.
March 23, 1993, will be a date that Bowdoin
tennis players and fans will remember fondly.
In an incredible performance, the women's
team upset the #3 ranked Division II team in
the nation by a score of 5-4. This stunning
victory against Barry provided irrefutable
proof that the Polar Bears are for real.
The story of the match was Emily Lubin.
After losing a heartbreaking three-set singles
match in which she failed to convert four
match points, she had to return to the court to
play the deciding doubles match against her
elated singles opponent. In a clutch
performance that redefined the sweetness of
revenge, Lubin and LeBlanc clinched the
Emily Lubin '95 returns a backhaand in recent competition
Erin Sullivan/Bowrfom Orient
victory for Bowdoin with an 6-4 triumph. The
brilliant teamwork and great individual play
of this pair should ensure their dominance
over New England women's tennis for several
years to come.
The team victory over Barry was made
possible by some great singles efforts as well.
Boulter fought back from a huge deficit to
record a 0-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 upset victory over
her opponent at #3. Brockelman also won a
tough three setter, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Claffey
dominated at #4 singles, and the first-year
doubles team of Herald and Klapper had a
successful debut, falling just short.
Coach Dan Hammond was pleased with
the play of the team over spring break and
elated by their win over Barry University,
saying, "We took a team of young players
down and beat a great team that is nationally
ranked in Division II. That is nails!"
The Bowdoin women's tennis team looks
to continueits winning waysin two upcoming
tournaments, April 15-17 at Middlebury and
April 24-25 at Bowdoin.
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The presidents of the New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)
have voted to lift a prohibition against
NESCAC teams participating in NCAA
Division HI tournaments. Being
implemented during the fall season of 1993
on a trial basis for a three-year period, the
new standard will permit NESCAC
institutions to send their teams, should they
qualify, to NCAA championships. Football
remains the one exception.
At present, only individual athletes in
sports such as cross country, tennis,
wrestling, swimming & diving, track &
field, skiing and golf were permitted to
compete in NCAA championships . Though
sent as individuals, NESCAC athletes still
collected team points during the NCAA
championships and occasionally fared very
well, as demonstrated by the fifth-place
finish of the Williams College women's
swimming team at the 1993 NCAA Division
III meet.
Founded in 1971, NESCAC is a governing
body administered by the presidents with
collaboration by the athletic directors whose
basic philosophy is to maintain harmony
between academics and athletics at the
member institutions. Its tenets are usually
more restrictive than those of the NCAA
Division HI with regard to starting dates of
seasons, number of contests in a season,
out-of-season practices and post-season
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. APRIL 9, 1993
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Would you feel comfortable coming "out of the closet" at Bowdoin?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Sara Schoolwerth
Background: Last weekend many prospective students were on campus getting their final
impression of Bowdoin before deciding whether or not to attend. One prospective student
stated that she is bisexual and wants to come "out of the closet" in college. At the end of her visit,
she related that she would not feel comfortable declaring her sexuality in this atmosphere.
Being that it was "National Out Week," we sought to find out whether present Bowdoin
students would feel comfortable being known as a gay or a lesbian on Bowdoin's campus.
HOYT PECKHAM '95
West Bath, Maine
Judging from the violence of the
homophobic remarks scrawled all over
the second stall of the
Hawthorne -Longfellow bathroom, if I
were gay I would not feel safe, let alone
comfortable, announcing my
homosexuality to the Bowdoin
Community.
HEATHER STANDLEY '95
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Yes, I would feel comfortable. Maybe I am
not a good judge, not being a homosexual
and not being aware of the predjudices they
face here, but from what I can see, the
Bowdoin community is fairly receptive, or
actually indifferent.
HANS LAPPING '93
Manhattan, Kansas
Despite the efforts of B -GLAD and other
groups on campus, I do not think I would
... I'm not sure if it's my problem, or if it
is indicative of the Bowdoin community.
RENATA MERINO '95
Needham, Massachusetts
No, I feel that Bowdoin College would
not accept anyone socially if they were to
come out of the closet. One's views and
opinions may be accepted; however, many
people feel uncomfortable with
homosexuals because they fear that it is a
threat to their own sexuality.
PETER DE STAEBLER '93
Portola Valley, California
No. I think that in such a closed environment
as this one, where everyone knows at least
some insignificant fact about everyone else,
that this new facet of a person's character
couldn't be well integrated into, or accepted
by, the community at large.
RACHEL HUMPHREY '96
Sun Valley, Idaho
Probably not, because of the small size of
Bowdoin and the amount of gossiping
that goes'on.
BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1 993
13
s to Edito
College should value
"class" diversity
To the Editor
I would like to address the impact of the proposed 1993-94
budget on the future of Bowdoin College. Specifically, I
would like to express my great concern about Bowdoin's low
priority for financial aid, which was revealed in this budget.
During the past two years, Bowdoin has rejected several
students simply because they could not pay $23,000 per year.
The newest budget proposal virtually guarantees that Bowdoin
will continue to reject several non-rich students every year. At
the same time, as part of its bicentennial celebration, Bowdoin
will spend next year congratulating itself for its commitment
to the Common Good. This situation smacks of hypocrisy.
The admissions office is currently working very hard to
make the future student body of Bowdoin College more
racially, ethnically and geographically diverse. Ironically,
these efforts may yield a student body nailing from Shawnee
Mission, KS, Lake Forest, IL, and Beverly Hills, CA. Somehow,
I feel that an important element of diversity, class diversity,
would be lacking in such a student body. The efforts of the
admissions staff, then, would have been made in vain.
Unfortunately, I do not know to whom I should direct an
appeal for class diversity at Bowdoin.
The Administration, sadly, has developed a severe case of
budgetary myopia. They have a rigid view of Bowdoin's
financial priorities for the present and the future, and financial
aid is not high on the list. Furthermore, if the Administration
was to solicit the opinion of the student body in order to
refigure its priority for class diversity at Bowdoin, it is likely
that the students' voice would be disregarded . Clearly, I have
lost faith in student-Adminstration dialogue.
At the same time, though, I worry that the student body
itself would not be sympathetic to the necessity of class
diversity at Bowdoin. Tragically, many students who receive
financial aid fear to bite the hand that feeds them. They fear to
criticize the Administration (and especially the Aministration's
financial aid policy), because that Administration has made it
possible for them to attend Bowdoin. To criticize that
Administration, they feel, would be rude. Wrongly, these
students regard financial aid as a gift. If they believed that that
Bowdoin was truly committed to the Common Good, they
would regard financial aid as a right.
On the other hand, many students who do not receive
financial aid also regard it as a gift. Unfortunately, these
students do not understand the concept of financial aid. For
the record, students who receive financial aid pay as much, if
not more, than they can possibly afford. But many students
at Bowdoin College have never confronted the reality of this
phrase: "as much as they can possibly afford." For lack of
exposure, then, these students remain unable to understand
the reality of financial limitations. To correct their ignorance,
they must be exposed to non-rich students.
Yet, the most recent budget proposal, which will reduce the
number of Bowdoin students receiving financial aid, promises
to withhold the necessary exposure. If Bowdoin claims to
serve the Common Good, if Bowdoin wants intellectual
diversity, and if Bowdoin hopes to educate its students for life
in this economically-polarized world, then Bowdoin must
commit itself to financial aid. Only then can Bowdoin remain
an elite college without becoming an elitist college.
Concerned,
Matt J. Nelson '93
P.S. Perhaps the Orient could run a Student Speak column
that actually addresses an important issue for once. For
example, it could pose a question like "Of what importance is
class diversity at Bowdoin?" or "In light of necessary cuts and
sacrifices, would you prefer to see financial aid budget cutsor
athletic budget cuts, and why?"
members from the Bowdoin Women's Association, Latin
American Students Organization, Asian Interest Group,
Bowdoin Jewish Organization, Bisexual Gay Lesbian Alliance
for Diversity, African American Society and ADAPT. More
than anything the Panel provided an audience for the
representatives to express their feelings and frustrations that .
they experience at Bowdoin. Some of the problems that got
discussed were the lack of first-years involving themselves in
the groups; the lack of minority students identifying with a
particular group; the lack of mentoring; the lack of
communication between the Administration, faculty and
students; and the lack of communication between the minority
groups themselves. The undercurrent of what was discussed
made evident the general dearth of awareness that exists on
this campus.
What came out of this discussion was the decision to
maintain open lines of communication both formally and
informally as well as to acknowledge each other's
responsibilities both to raise consciousness and to provide
support for those who need it. We encourage anyone and
everyone to take part in what these groups have to offer; the
groups exist for the benefit of the campus in general as well as
the benefit of the minority students. We thank everyone for
their support.
Sincerely,
Melissa Koch '95
Amy Cohen '95
Katie Koestner's open letter
to the Bowdoin Community
which fail to account for error or bias in judgement: if there
were procedural errors during the deliberation or upon the
discovery of new evidence.
Concerning the first element, one can be expelled by the
board for much less than cheating. Technically, as the proposal
last stood two weeks ago (talk to an Exec. Board member for
an update), anybody can be expelled for drinking in an open
area or playing music too loud . It all depends on the judgement
of four students who will review your case completely
independent of any faculty or administrational regulation or
involvement.
With respect to the appeals process, the system gives no
oppurtunity for the defendant's case to be reconsidered in
cases where there was possible error or bias in judgement. In
fact, the defendant will only be allowed to suggest the
temporary removal of one single board member (out of a total
of six) on the grounds of bias before the hearings, regardless
of how many other members(s) he may feel are prejudiced
against him/her at the time.
With these things in mind, the J-Board problem's solution
is really not as simple as some have argued ("If you don't
wan't to get expelled, don't cheat."), but is worthy of a much
more thorough and rational analysis. I suggest referring to the
February 26 Orient's "Student Opinion" section or speaking
to somebody who is actively involved in the student
government.
Sincerely,
Tom Leung '96
To the Editor:
I would like to thank you all again for allowing me to come
to Bowdoin. I certainly did not anticipate becoming so involved
with your school and your community, but I was overwhelmed
by the interest, energy and enthusiasm I found. I fully expect
that the Bowdoin campus(especially the Administration) will
never be the same. I hope that all of you carry on with the
mission of ending date and acquaintance rape through
awareness and understanding. Remember: 0% RAPES is not
a realistic number, and in order to change that, you will all
need to work together.
NO does mean NO, and date rape is a serious problem.
Only with clear communication between men and women
will date rape end. Men — remember, the right and the passion
aren't ruined by three little words, "Is this ok?" Know that you
can always stop; it's just a matter of choosing to do so.
Women— be straight-forward about what you want from a
relationship, and have the self-confidence to stand up for
yourselves.
I'd like to add that I saw the political cartoon depicting Bill
Clinton looking at Sports Illustrated s Swimsuit Issue in the
March 5 issue of the Orient. My reaction is one of frustration:
the objectification of women is part of the problem. When men
start thinking of women as objects, they start dehumanizing
them and are less likely to ask those three little words that
make a sexual experience human.
Finally, I will leave you all with the encouragement to be
crusaders. Each and every one of you can make a difference by
starting with your own behavior and lives. Have the guts to
stand up for what you believe in in the faces of your peers.
Peer pressure and alcohol are powerful forces, but not excuses.
So, I say to you all . . . Go and crusade!
If anyone would like to write to me with questions or
concerns, my address is:
Katie Koestner
209 1/2 Harrison Ave. #4
Williamsburg, Va. 23185
Sincerely,
Katie Koestner
Homophobia at home
in Brunswick
To the Editor:
Last Saturday, as I was crossing Maine Street, a car passed
by and the driver, whom I wasn't able to identify, yelled
"faggot!" at me. Yes, brother, I am a faggot, and I hopethat one
day you'll be able to know who you are, too.
Sincerely,
Frank Le Gac,
teaching fellow in French- rl]
Beta corrects Schlegel on
philosophy and spelling
Panel for the Status of
Minority Groups a success
Leung clarifies J-Board's
role
To the Editor
On behalf of those who sat on the Panel for the Status of
Minority Groups on Campus, we would like to take this time
to both thank those who came and inform those who didn't.
For those of us who participated, the occasion was momentus
in that we have finally had the opportunity to really get to
know one another and establish the networking we need to
support each other in our commitments to our groups.
For those who could not attend, the panel consisted of
To the Editor
Two pivotal facts were ignored in a letter appearing in your
March 5 issue concerning proposed revisions to the J-Board.
These key components arecrucial to understanding the gravity
and complex nature of next year's judiciary board.
1) The J-Board will deliberate on infractions of the Honor
and the Social Code (e.g. excessive dormatory noise, d isorder hy
behavior, underaged drinking, etc.), not just academic
violations.
2) A sentence can be appealed for two reasons only, both of
To the Editor:
It's not that we don't have a sense of humor and can't take
a knee-jerk comic device for any simple-minded would-be
humorist looking for an easy laugh. We are referring to the
slew of f rat boy, football player, Beta jokes that have pervaded
the Boivdoin Orient this year. The ultimate blow was in the
April 2 issue. This issue, which contained such puerile and
anti-intellectual pieces as Kidd Guerette's "A Helping Hand,"
proved that the intellectually inferior are not necessarily
fraternity members. But that d id n't stop the notoriously holier-
than-thou exiled "Student Speak" editor (who was exiled
because of his juvenile sense of humor) from making the oh-
so- witty, if patronizing explanation for his summary of "Fear
and Trembling": "For the benefit of whatever residents of
Mckeen street might still be struggling with The Cat and the
Hat."' This joke might have worked better if Mr. Schlegel
hadn't himself misspelled Kierkegaard all the way through
his article. It might have worked better if he hadn't made the
ridiculous and blatantly wrong interpretation that Kierkegaard
believed the man of faith to also be a man of violence. Such a
statement makes us wonder if Mr. Schlegel himself was
confusing Dr. Seuss with his Dr. Kierkegaard.
It has always been a source of wonder to us that Mr.
Schlegel has such a vendetta against the football team. As a
classicist and a Nietzschean, one would expect him to believe
in the Homeric ideal of physical as well as intellectual
excellence. We have found the time to challenge ourselves
physically even as we challenge ourselves mentally. I'm not
sure how Mr. Schlegel uses his time, but it doesn't seem to be
on careful readings of Kierkegaard.
We can only hope that Mr. Schlegel will be re-exiled, this
time with a good dictionary and perhaps a good, "Coppleston
Guide to Philosophy."
Sincerely,
The residents of McKeen Street
(Exiled Student Speak Editor's note: "Great perceptive
criticisms — right down to your insistence on that pesky "e"! I
applaud your recent decision to supplement physical steeroids
with intellectual ones.")
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Scmtinizing Bowdoin's Date-Rape Policy
When Katie Koestner visited Bowdoin last
month, she spoke of her personal trauma of
being date raped during her first year at William
and Mary and her subsequent efforts to obtain
justice. Her experience has awakened the
Bowdoin campus from a dangerous slumber.
In the wake of her visit the Administration has
begun to aggressively address the problem of
sexual assault and date rape.
How widespread this problem is at Bowdoin
remains in fact part of the problem. No one
really knows its extent. Although no instances
have been reported thus far, many estimate
that the actual number is closer to two per
weekend. Perhaps the greatest task in
confronting the problem is to create an
atmosphere where those who have been
sexually assaulted (rape being included under
this definition) will feel comfortable in coming
forward, if not to press charges then at least to
give those attempting to eradicate this crime
some idea of its nature and scope.
The challenge for Bowdoin is to create a
policy which will be both widely known and
sympathetic to the concerns of a person who
has been either sexually assaulted or harassed.
At this point, Bowdoin's policies, or lack
thereof, are a complicated piecemeal tangle
that give little indication to a victim of sexual
assault of what he/she can expect in terms of
confidentiality, procedure and direction.
Bowdoin's policies must become accessible to
the students they are created to protect. Colleges
that have created policies that coordinate the
efforts of security, health services, counseling
and the Dean's office while being accessible to
students have found that the number of victims
coming forward has increased as much as six
fold. The Administration, spurred by the
vigilance and cooperation of Safe Space,
appears ready to rise to the challenge.
The parties at this point are considering a
provisional update of the policy that was
drafted under Dean Jervis in January of 1992.
Many of the suggestions found in this proposed
policy are sensible and would go far in
clarifying and codifying Bowdoin's position
on sexual assault. Leaving aside certain
procedural and institutional suggestions,
including the composition of the Board and its
training, there remain three central and
troubling Components to this suggested policy
that should be carefully considered.
First, the definition of rape as "sexual
intercourse without consent" is a poor one. It
does not echo the Maine state law, under which
sexual assault is defined as engaging in a sexual
act with another person where, "The other
person submits as a result of compulsion."
Compulsion is defined as "use of force or
threat of force." Furthermore, even if the
College wants a stricter definition which may
encompass more than simply those acts which
take place "as a result of compulsion," "without
consent" remains extremely unclear. Surely
this does not mean expressed "consent" since
so much sex takes place with little or no verbal
dialogue? If it instead means tacit consent, one
is left wondering what suffices as tacit consent.
This definition along with the expansion of
sexual assault to include acts more than
intercourse remain a chief task in the revision
of the working draft.
Secondly, the part of the policy that deals
with sexual harassment has a proposed
addition in which "Employees are prohibited
from engaging in activities that give rise to
actual, potential, or apparent conflicts of
interest, including intimate relationships
between two people who have an
institutionally conferred difference in status
(e.g.student/teacher,employee/supervisor)."
In a attempt to guard against the dangers of
sexual harassment that can emerge from such
relationships, this prohibition goes too far,
infringing on the freedom of association of
adults; their right to engage in intimate
relationships according to their choice is
heavily circumscribed. Many healthy
relationships, and in fact marriages, have
emerged from just the kind of conduct this
policy would prohibit. This part of the policy
is comparable to banning driving after 10:00
P.M. in an attempt to stop drunk driving.
What is needed is not an abolition of such
relationships, but a kind of careful regulation.
The problem is the abuse of power in that kind
of a relationship. This kind of behavior needs
to be clearly identified and punished.
Finally, there is a third proposed change
which is deeply worrisome. The policy in the
case of a campus trial allows for previous
sexual history to be admitted "only if the
history is with the accused person ... and if the
complainant first brings up the history." This
means that the complainant's sexual history
can be brought into the case if they consider it
to be advantageous. Facts move from being a
means to finding the truth to a tool used to
empower the complainant regardless of guilt
or innocence. The policy's silence over the
history of the accused indicates that it probably
could be admitted.
Safe Space has taken the position that neither
the accused nor the complainant's history
should be considered. It makes sense that
history that does not concern both parties
should not be admitted since it is rarely
relevant. Previous sexual history between the
two parties, however uncomfortable and
unpleasant, is pertinent and important to a fair
outcome. If a board, attempting to discern
what communication or lack thereof existed,
can be aided in gaining some insight into the
relationship, then it should admitted,
regardless of who brings it up. Justice must
not be restrained, even if it may tread on ugly
ground.
Those involved in this process, while
understanding the urgency of creating a salient
policy, must also keep in mind that this urgency
should not be allowed to trample the
requirements that it also be a just and wise
policy.
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15
Student Opinion
In the March 5 issue of the Orient, there
appeared an essay entitled "Liberal
Fairness" written by Jason Caron. It
was a fine piece of work with a well-
presented argument with specific references
to its subject material and well- thought logic.
It was essentially a response to an article I had
written one week earlier entitled "Clinton's
Fairness." The analysis of my article as being
vague and at times unfounded was right on
target. My article was a horrible excuse for an
intellectual analysis, based mostly on my
frustration with what I perceived as an
inappropriate use of the word "fair" on the
part of the President and his Administration.
I must apologize for presenting such a pitiful
article. Moreover, I must thank Mr. Caron for
being vigilant and alerting me of my
carelessness.
However, this does not mean that I agree
with Mr. Caron's assessment of our our
President's plan . Nor does it mean that I agree
that the plan promotes "fairness."
Mr. Caron begins his analysis with a
description of the goals of liberalism. These
goals are defense of the individual's liberty
and the promotion of a meritocracy of
individuals based on their abilities, ingenuity
and efforts. He claims that "it is most often the
fiercest opponents of liberalism who falsely
claim to triumph the individual.
Apologetic . . . But Unrepentant
— Justin Ziegler
Washington Post Syndicate
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say the least. Certainly, liberals do ascribe to
those goals, but so do conservatives. Modern
conservatism is neither against the individual
nor against what some describe as "a level
playing field.'
This notion that these goals are applicable ideologies are not the goals, but rather the
only to liberalism is somewhat off -base, to approach to achieving them.
American conservatives do defend the
individual and the meritorious achievement
by individuals. After all, belief in these ideals
made this country great. Still, conservatives
What distinguishes the two believe that government spending and
Fightin' Words Tom Leung
Disorientation
Welcome to the wonderful world of the ofthelastissues,mostoftheOrienthasturned
Bowdoin Orient! Where the StudentSpeak into a journal of obscure text disappointing
section publishes collegiate scholars in the act students, shocking perspectives, wasting
of trying to outdo each other with moronic paper and misrepresenting the interests and
quotations perplexingly spewing from their intellect of Bowdoin College,
immortalized photographs. Where Last week's Nietzsche quote took about 30
mysterious Nietzsche quotes are printed for lines to make a relatively esoteric point,
audiences amounting to numbers in the single Philosophy is an exciting and enlightening
digits. Where Maine Facts inform captivated area for many students. But alas, the Orient is
audiences of statistics on the Vacationland's not a paper for many students. The contents,
daily blueberry consumption. Where half of or the sum of them, should appeal to most of
the Student Opinion articles require a the student body. Some will argue that an
philosophy 101 prerequisite. article does not have to interest every single
The time has long since come for serious person who reads it. And they're right. The
— problem lies in the fact that it behooves the
The Orient has turned into a st aff to first attempt to serve as many people
i r i . . as possible before catering to the obscure
pumal Of Obscure text „£££ ^gent on campus. If you can
disappointing Students, Shocking honestly say that every target audience larger
prospective*, masting paper and S^^^^ SS
misrepresenting the interests and StudentSpeak has a column that
intellect Of Bowdoin College. accommodates them as specifically as the
i g these do, so be it.
^^— — — — — — — — — — — ■ But unfortunately, that's not thecase. There
introspection by Bowdoin's newspaper staff, are a lot of things that the Orient could do that
It wasn't too long ago when I used to watch would please a significantly larger reading
people flock to freshly printed stacks of aggregate. Suggestions? 1 . "Bowdoin Facts"
Orients, whisking away every issue until there where we can learn more about our college's
was little more than a few twisted strips of interesting history (Did you know Jefferson
plastic remaining. Times have changed. Davis, president of the Confederacy had an
"Socks" has viciously evicted an innocent honorary degree from here?). 2. An "Alumni
doggy named Millie from her White House Achievements" column charting recent Polar
residence. To everyone's bewilderment, the Bear accomplishments. 3. An. "Executive
middle class tax cut was a hoax. Most Board Update," where we can learn about
disappointing of all, recent Orients lay engaging issues like the tumultuous J-Board
dormant, begging to be glanced at as they revisions, the chartering of a Bowdoin Men's
barely gasp for dear life. Association and next year's state of the art
The problem with this newspaper is that it campus-wide phone/computer system. 4. A
has seriously lost touch with what the majority renewal of the sports section's "Athlete of the
of Bowdoin students expect in a competent Week" write-ups. 5. A weekly question/
paper. They don't care what Zarathustra said answer interview with people of current
about ladders and their relation to phallic interest like Professor Sweet or one of his
mountains in the Nietzsche quotes of the supportersacoupleofweeksago, Dean Brown
week. They have little interest in Maine's about the J-Board thing last week, or a
annual strawberry crop. They have grown prospective student this week,
tired of imbecile Student Speak sections. And My point is this: the Nietzsche stuff,
despite the pretty graphics splashed over the StudentSpeak, Philosophy essays and Maine
text, many really don't understand a lot Facts are great if that appeals to somebody and
Student Opinion articles which digress on there's nothing more pertinent to cover, but
Santa Claus and his sociological indictment the fact is most of us don't find it very
of abstraction. interesting and there are a lot of other areas
What most people want is a dynamic, that the Orient could spend time and staff on
intelligent, practical, applicable newspaper instead. Until the Orient has exhausted all of
that entertains, informs, questions and its more encompassing journalistic elements,
accurately represents the College, it should put special interests and mundane
Unfortunately, from what I've seen in several columns on hold .
programs are not the answers with which to
achieve these goals. Big money programs are
not as important as the quality of the program
instituted to make people better off. In the
minds of conservatives, more money does
not mean better quality. Indeed, quality can
beobtained without hugespending increases.
Take education for example. Recent studies
by the Brookings Institute and the Heritage
Foundation have shown that increased
spending does not at all improve student
performance. Rather, what matters more is
thequalityoftheteachersand the curriculum.
Often times, improving these two factors can
be done without the use of much money.
Simply focusing the curriculum on improving
basic mathematical, science and verbal skills
and bringing effective d iscipline back into the
students' lives can improve student
performance. This is not necessarily bound
by social factors or location either. The Rand
Corporation did a study showing that
transferring poor inner-city New York
students from public to Catholic schools in
low-income neighborhoods improved the
performance of the transferred students
compared to their public school peers. (It
should be pointed out that these students'
parents did not pay for the Catholic education,
but were assisted by private individuals).
Moreover, ridding our public schools of
incompetent teachers (currently protected by
unions) can bring in those more skilled at
teaching children the basic skills needed to
succeed. Of course, this brings up the
argument that we cannot get better teachers
because we do not pay them enough to begin
with. Unfortunately, this does not hold up
against the fact that private schools, whose
performance, on average, is better than our
public schools, pay their teachers lower
salaries then most public school systems do.
(All of this information can be found in
Thomas Sowell's new book, Inside American
Education.)
With this taken into account, it seems that
increased government spending is not the
cure for improving the educational system's
woes and that it certainly is not helping to
better individuals. Moreover, it points to the
possibility that initial wealth may not be the
determinant for the chances of success. Rather,
it appears that the values and skills learned,
no matter what environment one is born into,
can lead to greater success. All the money in
the world cannot create these factors.
Now back to Clinton's program. Mr. Caron
cites numerous programs in which revenue
will be spent in order to better the
circumstances for the less fortunate in our
nation. Among those mentioned are programs
for the urban poor, crime, unemployment,
AIDS and education. The fact that the
Administration has recognized these as areas
of concern is noble. However, somequestions
regarding this proposal remain: what
precisely is money being appropriated for,
are the programs effective for the long run,
and is it really necessary to spenckthat much
after reviewing the first two concerns?
Regarding assistance to the urban pt k >r, is
the expenditure going to help them to set up
thriving businesses and encourage the
community solidarity that will truly allow
the residents to take pride in what they do, or
is it just a "beautification" project that can
easily be torn do wn by vandals or go unused?
Will the crime bill allow the police to do the
job they are there to do? An important question
that has emerged in the Senate is the bill
regarding jobs. Do programs that give youths
jobs really help them in the long run? Does
granting more compensation to the currently
unemployed greatly enhance their chances in
the long run jobs market? Are the retraining
programs going to be effective and will they
get the older displaced workers into the job
market? As for AIDS, how much money is
directed at pure research? Is the education
being provided to warn against AIDS going
to be honest and unbiased?In terms of
education, Mr. Caron's citation of such
expenditure is itself fairly vague, especially
by stating that the President "invests directly
in people ... through a $9.2 billion increase in
education funds." The question is: which
people? Unfortunately, much of that money
will not go to the students, but will probably
be tied up along the way in the politically
motivated teachers' unions and school system
administrations.
As it turns out, many of the problems that
the Administration tries to solve with
increased funding could be solved with
institutional reform (as with the case of
education mentioned above).
Finally, there is the problem of
financing this proposal. The Clinton
Administration proposes raising
taxes in order to do so. Part of this is
a 40% jump in the marginal tax rate tor tne
wealthy. This has been projected to raise the
revenue for the programs. Revenue from this
particular increase is projected to raise $25
billion in revenue for the government, taking
what littlethey consider behavioral responses
into account. However, a recent study by the
National Bureauof Economic Research found
that such a jump in the marginal tax rate will
generate $26 billion in revenue without taking
behavior into account. I fall of the reactions by
the taxpayer areassumed,thestudy finds, the
revenue decreases to a mere $7 billion, nearly
one quarter of what has been projected by the
Administration. This is quite a difference. It
would be foolish to assume that there would
not be such a sharp reaction to such a large
i ncrease. The NBER takes i n to accou nt a m uch
more realistic response by the tax payer to
such an increase in the tax rate.
Thus, Mr Clinton's proposal to make the
rich, "pay their fair share," does not really do
the job. Indeed, if the President wasn't so
intent on having the rich pay so much, perhaps
what they have earned could go to better use
through increased private investment that
could help the entire nation's economy.
Moreover, just when the public seems to be
clamoring for less government spending, Mr.
Clinton refuses to end the pork and begin real
spending cuts. The spending cuts proposed
by the Ad ministration are not truecuts. Rather,
they are decreases in proposed increases for
the future. That is, they will increase spending
from $5 billion to $6 billion, instead of the
original plan to increase to $7 billion. The
cuts, therefore, are just more spending. Say
goodbye to deficit reduction.
I am no policy expert. I am just a sophomore
undergraduate still learning the ways of the
world. However, Mr. Caron's article sparked
me to re-evaluate the Clinton propc/sal, of
which I was so ignorant before. Still, from
what I have seen, the increased spending of
Clinton's plan is not the answer. Therefore, I
am apologetic, but in no way am I repentant
of my position.
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energizes packed auditorium
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
NUMBER 20
■ Lecture: Princeton
Professor speaks to
Bowdoin crowd about race,
politics and history.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
Mixing verbal force and an charismatic
stance with a pointed sense of humor and a
masterful grasp of religion, philosophy and through ordinary peoples lives." We can no
literature, Cornel West, professor of religion longer allow presidents and rulers to wield
Russworm. Graduating in 1826, Russworm
was the first African American graduate of
Bowdoin. He went on to found a black edited
newspaper and worked in Liberia. Bowdoin
has brought lecturers and scholars of world-
class caliber to the college in honor of
Russworm.
West began the lecture with his definition
of what he terms the "radical democratic
tradition." It encompasses the notion that
people should be allowed to live decently and
that "Promethean energies should be shot
and the
director of the
African/
American
studies
program at
P r i c e t o n
University,
broke the
tradition of
"lecturer"-
"lecturee" .
relationship and brought his energetic
presence to Kresge Auditorium on Thursday
night.
In a lecture entitled "Race Matters," West
defined what it is to be a communicator, a
moral philosopher, and a thinking human
being.
Professor West was brought to Bowdoin
through the lecture fund of John Brown
It's tough to be on fire
in an ice age. "
— Cornel West
power
without
checks and
balances on
power.
According to
West,
ordinary
people should
be at the
__^_______^^_ center of the
— — — — — — — — — — decision
making process including "the way we
distribute our resources, spend our money,
etc."
"We are," as Professor West says "all born
between urine and feces." Speaking to the
ultimate notion of equality, he stresses the
importance of the ordinary people to correct
the "clogged and hemorrhaged system."
West preaches a philosophy that extends
Cornel West of Princeton University argues
beyond the logjam of the liberal and
conservative perspective, a perspective which
he believes leads to social anarchy. For
example, in Los Angeles, Chicago, Harlem
and, yes, even Maine, there are what West
calls, "quiet riots" happening all the time.
They have been made invisible, however, by
that "Race Matters/
College Relations
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the white supremacist tradition of oppression
or, what West terms a slippery slope that
leads to further suppression and exploitation
of the African Americans.
The trend towards the constant
bombardmentof the African American society
has been going on, as West claims, for the past
15 to 20 years. There has been a pronounced
movement to silence the culture and heritage
of the African Americans; it has been an "ice-
age" in which people have been silenced and
denied the right to speak their mind, and, in
a sense, expel their inner "fire." In quite
possibly the most profound and explanatory
phrase of the night, West says, "It's hard to be
on fire in an ice age."
West suggests that the necessary action to
bring about radical democratic change is to
havea profound sense of history . Condemning
Henry Ford and others for their negligence in
looking to the past. West believes that there
can be no serious struggle for radical
democracy without a defined sense of history .
West supports T.S. Elliot's idea thai; "A
tradition must be obtained by means of great
labor," (West notes, however, that Elliot's
version of tradition was somewhat different
than his).
West continues to speaks on history saying
thatitisabout "freedom and necessity." Based
on these two notions, any history taken from
the radical-democratic perspective is tragic.
Xenophobia, racism and violence are all the
defining aspects of history for any radical
democrat. To change the utter tragedy and
despair of humanity, West believes that one
must "push the limits of democracy and
acknowledge ambiguous legacies."
One of the great tragedies of history
affecting the present day is the bombardment
against the African Americans by the white
Please see WEST, page 4.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1 993
Inside This Issue . .
Renewed Interest In Recycling
Ethan Winter '96 and Vic Mukhija '96 start a recycling program.
Telling Youthful Tales
Barbara Cooney, a local children's book author, will exhibit her
illustrations in Walker Art Museum beginning April 15.
Men's Lacrosse
li
Men's lacrosse rebounds from a slow start by destroying a strong
Wesleyan squad 19-7 on April 10.
Life's Little Instruction Book"
Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
Compiled fronV'Life's Little Instruction Book"
Before throwing open the gates of Tom Leung's Neighborhood, the
Exiled Student Speak Editor and I would like to offer the olive branch
of apology to our good friend Stephen Carpenter, the subject of last
week's Nietzsche quote, whose letter was, in fact, our own apocryphal
invention.
And, in this spirit of domestication, we would like to announce our
recent descent to Tom Leung's Neighborhood . His profound editorial
has convinced us that although "philosophy is a voluntary living in
ice and high mountains," the inviting lowlands of butter and honey
are perhaps better suited to pandering discourse. It is now all too
obvious that our mountain companion of days past, Friedrich
Nietzsche, had been sapping the intellectualism and virility of our
readers. Upon descending, therefore, our first thought was to remove
Nietzsche's books from the Neighborhood library and replace them
with a work to gladden the hearts and minds of these intellectually
challenged students: "Life's Little Instruction Book." One of its most
ringing aphorisms has been captured below. If only Nietzsche, too,
had forsaken the mountains for Tom Leung's Neighborhood, he
might have striven to write in a similarly benign fashion.
"Whenever someone gives you a hug,
let them be the first to let go." (321)
Overheard on a road trip with the Clintons
While recently travelling through the backwoods of
Arkansas, Bill and Hillary Clinton came to a stop at a
pair of crossroads right next to an old gas station.
Hillary pointed to the attendant pumping gas into a
1957 Chevrolet and said to Bill, "I used to date that guy
in high school."
Bill replied, "See, if you would have married him,
you would be pumping gas right now."
"No," Hillary abrutly replied,"If I married him, he
would be President of the United States."
Weather for Brunswick and Vicinity
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fog are likely with
temperatures in the
40s. Tonight, showers
and fog will prevail.
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and fog prevailing for
most of the/ day.
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showers north, fair in the upper 20s to mid-
the south, low in the 30s.
30s, high in the 40s.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
Over half the Class of '95 to study away next year,
students seek to relax and experience new cultures
//
■ Off-campus study: 229
out of approximately 400
current sophomores will be
travelling the world to
"broaden the boundaries of
academic opportunity/
By Seth Jones
orient staff writer
The release of data shows once again, off-
campus study is a popular choice among
students.
According to the latest figures, 229 students
have been granted permission to study away
for at least one semester next year — including
48 students studying away only in the fall
semester, 82 in the spring semester, and 99 for
the entire year. This year's figure of 229 marks
a slight decrease from last year's total of 233
students from the Class of '94 choosing to
study abroad.
Contrary to popular opinion, no students
were denied request for off-campus study
permission.
In light of the relatively high number of
students wishing to study abroad, many
individuals — including students, faculty and
members of the administration — point to this
Ottesemester away
is worth seven
semesters here. "
—Anonymous '95
as a sign of significant student discontent
with the College. However, student
sentiments suggest something quite different.
Sharon Turner, off-campus study
coordinator, felt mat student reasons for going
abroad were generally commendable: "I was
extremely impressed with the seriousness and
though tfulness of the students."
While students certainly had different
reasons for studying off-
campus, most expressed
relative contentment with
Bowdoin. It is evident that
many students simply
wanted to experience a new
and different culture and
society.
"It would be nice to try
something different from
Bowdoin for a semester," said
Chris Aidone '95, who is
planning to study in Spain
next spring.
In a world that is steadily
becoming both politically and
economically intertwined,
the importance of
Sharon Turner allowed every sophomore the
for studying abroad. As a small liberal arts
college that is respected for its academics,
Bowdoin can be both a stressful and an intense
place. Hence, students often want to getaway
from the pressure.
"I want to relax, go to Spanish nightclubs
and see a lot of beautiful country," said Kevin
Petrie '95, an English major who will be in
C6rdoba, Spain, for his entire junior year.
"It would be nice to have an experience that
is less academic and more educational about
the world itself."
While it is true that most off-campus study
programs are less academically demanding
than Bowdoin academics, much learning can
also be done outside of the classroom. The
opportunity to experience another culture
can be both enriching and rewarding. As the
geographical distribution graph exemplifies,
students are choosing to study throughout
Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, North
America and Australia.
However, the large number of students
Erin Sullivan/ Bowdom Orient
chance to study away next year.
choosing to study away does bring up some
important concerns. For many, Bowdoin lacks
not only cultural diversity but academic
diversity.
"The high number of students [studying
away] reflects that Bowdoin is a small college
environment which, after you've been here
for two years, you need to take a break for a
bit. Bowdoin needs more interesting and
diverse classes. The Administration needs to
look at thatand get somecultural excitement —
itneeds an injection of culture," said Christine
Holt '95, a government major who will be
studying in Denmark for the year.
Yet there a re still students who are generally
discontent with Bowdoin as a whole,
including both academic and social aspects.
"One semester away is worth seven
semesters here," said another sophomore who
wished to remain anonymous.
Jonathan E. Trejid '95, a mathematics and
economics double major decided not to study
away because of various academic reasons.
He said, "I don't speak a foreign language
and I have no reason to study away. But let it
not be assumed that I would not enjoy
spending time away from Bowdoin."
Another criticism lies in the off-campus
program itself. Turner, who was only hired to
work part-time, was overwhelmed by the
large number of students desiring to study
away.
"She wasn't available very often," said
Malin. "I once called her office for an
appointment, and they couldn't take me for
"I want to relax, go to
Spanish nightclubs
and see a lot of
beautiful country."
—Kevin Petrie '95
two weeks."
It is apparent that with so many students
choosing to study away, Turner found herself
working overtime quite frequently . Moreover,
considering that it was her first year as
coordinator of off-ca mpus study and that she
wasn't even hired until October 1992, Turner
had to adjust to her new position very quickly .
Despite such obstacles, Turner is extremely
//
//
multiculturalism - is
increasingly apparent.
"I like Bowdoin, butl want
to enhance the things that I
have learned about the French
language already. I think it
would be fun to live with a
family and immerse myself
in theirway of life," saidHolly
Malin '95, who was approved
to study away in France next
spring.
However, seeking a cross-
cultural experience is
certainly not the only reason
Geographic Distribution
1993-94 Off-Campus Study
SjJlO
Africa
Asia
D Australia
LJ Europe
North America
Q Central America
DO South America
Carribean
Studying away loses its
meaning if you forget it
when you come back.
— Sharon Turner,
Off-campus study
coordinator
positive about theoff-campus study program.
She stresses the importanceof a cross-cultural
experience and an opportunity to see the
world.
However, in looking toward the future,
Turner strongly feels that there is a need to
reintegrate students once they
have returned to Bowdoin.
"Studying away loses its
meaning if you forget it when
you come back," she said.
In stressing "reintegration,"
Turner feels that students
would benefit if they
coordinated an honors
project, an independent study
or a general area of interest
with their off-campus study.
Thus, students could bring
their experiences back to
Bowdoin and utilize them in
an academic atmosphere.
As the Bowdoin viewbook
points out, the study away
program has enriched the
Bowdoin curriculum for
many years. Indeed, Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow was
sent to Europe in 1825 to bring
back a wealth of new
knowledge to broaden the
boundaries of academic
opportunity.
With the recent tendency of
many students to study away,
off-campus study appears to
be an important part of the
Bowdoin experience in the
near future.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
Students work with College to formulate recycling policy
■ Campus Issues: Students
to submit a proposal for
College recycling policy
effective fiscal year 1994;
Administration highly
supportive of their efforts.
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
Four dedicated environmentalists have
spearheaded a campaign to revamp
Bowdoin's virtually non-existent recycling
program . Ethan Winter '96, Vaughn Kaiser^S,
Vic Mukhija '96 and Jen Bowdoin '96 are
trying to create an institutionalized recycling
program at Bowdoin.
The group feels that such a program needs
to be part of "official College policy." As of
now, the group has written a letter to the
Administration (Deanof Students Ana Brown
and Dean of the College Jim Ward) outlining
their proposals and strategies for revamping
the recycling program at Bowdoin.
Their main objective is to prepare and
submit a proposal for a recycling policy for
fiscal year 1994. The group hopes to finish the Erin Sullivan/ Bowdoin Orient
policy by May "Bowdoin lacks any sort of Ethan Winter '96 discards recycable paper products in their proper receptacle, showing how easy it really is to "do the right thing"
sufficient recycing program. On a good day,
we may recycle 35 percent of recyclable
materials," said Winter. "Currently, we don't
even compare to Bates or University of
Maine."
This group of students is also setting up a
Waste Reduction Commi ttee, whose members
will represent several areas of the campus
including dining service, academic
computing, the registrar's office, and the
Administration. The group feels that is of
upmost importance that the recycling
program addresses the whole campus so the
different recycling needs can be met.
The student group has found much support
from physical plant, especially Ann
"On a good day, we may recycle 35
percent of recyclable materials.
Currently we don't even compare to
Bates or University of Maine."
—Ethan Winter '96
Goodenow and Tim Carr. These two
administrators of Physical Plant showed
interest in an institutionalized recycling
program, and have "embraced thepolicy we
are now formulating," Winter said. "It is
absolutely necessary that our program gets
support from the top down, since most
grassroots programs do not end up being
very successful." So far, it seems, these
students have succeeded in getting the
necessary attention to get their ideas off the
ground.
The group was inspired last semester by
Environmental Studies 101, taught by
Professor Lane, in which students worked on
several environmental projects that dealt with
Bowdoin's environmental problems. While
working on this hands-on project, several
inadequacies with Bowdoin's recycling
program were identified.
As Mukhija said, "There are no universal
recycling bins, participation is all voluntary
and inconsistent, and most materials are
contaminated because no one knows what
should go into the bins. It is clear that the
College community needs to be educated
about which materials are recyclable and
which are not."
Education is one important way to make
the recycling innovations possibleat Bowdoin.
Making people aware that the process exists
and that they can take part in it is the first step.
Possible education methods include
promoting a universal symbol for campus
recycling which would appear on Bowdoin
mugs, orientation week lectures by speakers
from the National Recycling Coalition, and
outreaches through the residence halls.
Generally most people need to be "taught"
the proper way to recycle. "It takes a little bit
of effort to
"""■^ — — mmm ^~ ~—~ remove that
staple from a
piece of paper
or the sticky
label from a
piece of
campus mail,
but if people
take the time,
t h e
appropriate
bins will not be
contaminated,"
Mukhija said.
^ Proper
sorting is one of
the most important aspects of recycling and
with that idea in mind, the group hopes to
start a system of color-coded bins to take the
guesswork out of the sorting process. The
four main categories of recyclable materials
include highgrade paper, newspaper,
aluminum and glass. It is currently Maine
state law to recycle high grade paper and
corrugated paper.
"Bowdoin's position on recycling does not
carefullyabide by this state law right now . . .
we could do a lot better and be more efficient,"
Winter said.
Mukjika agreed: "In order for our
suggestions to be successful, everyone must
feel that they are a part of the process.
Recycling is participatory in nature, and
everyone can do their part. It is not just
restricted to gung-ho environmentalists."
Another important aspect to their program
is what Kaizer called "closing the loop." He
said, 'It makes no sense to recycle certain
materials when the College is using materials
that cannot be recycled at the same time.
There are definite environmental benefits to
t h e
discontinued
use of
individually
packaged
butter, cream
and sugar."
Dining
service and
other parts of
the College
communityare
slowly
recognizing
their crucial ~^-— ■ — ^— ■ — —
role in the
recycling process. For example, starting May
1, the Environmental Studies program will no
longer use paper to send messages. All their
correspondence will be accomplished through
e-mail.
Awareness, education and a small
It is clear that the College community
needs to be educated about
which materials are recyclable
and which are not. "
—Vic Mukhija '96
commitment by every individual is all that is
needed for a successful recycling program.
The currently-forming Waste Reduction
Committee awaits input from all members of
the College community who can contribute
this kind of effort.
WEST
Continued from page 1.
supremacist. They force the African
Americans to change their appearances, their
lifestyles and constantly impound upon them
the idea that they are inferior. West believes
that we live in a society in which every form
of communication and understanding tells
"the blacks that they are inferior." Society is
constantly extinguishing any hopes of self-
love and self-respect for the African
Americans. The destruction of the character
of the blacks has """^~—^"^— "■
resulted in what West
calls "black
invisibility." Grand
historic figures like
Josephine Baker have
tried to break the trend
of black invisibility,
only to flee the country
in utter horror against "
the brutality and
practices of mainstream, American society.
Self-love, much like Baker, has become an
exiled entity.
The extreme dearth of brotherly behavior
and "moral embrace" is another major
believes that this type of uncaring behavior
has resulted in "spiritual despotism" in which
there is a grand struggle over the sense of
human being. Responding to Socrates
"unexamined life" dialogue, West concludes
that "the examined life is pain for the majority
of of African Americans today."
One of the final problems mentioned by
West is the tendency for people to place
African Americans into one, homogeneous
blob. The idea that a black student in a
classroom in Maine could accurately comment
upon the condition of the youths in central
Los Angles is a misguided notion. Each
"^ "" ~~ African American
youth is an
individual,
thinking being
that demands
respect and
courtesy from all
races and creeds in
society.
~~"~"^^~~~^^^^ The lecture
ended with an
almost mystic incantation of divine hope and
spirituality for the future. Whatever the
ending was it was pure West: "This is a dark
moment in this country. . .but it is almost dawn-
somewhere on the eastern horizon the sun is
'We are all born
between urine
and feces."
problem in race relations today. Society seems about to peak. Keep your head to the sky and
to refuse to keep track of the humanity and the eyes on the prize. History is incomplete,
understanding of other individuals. West What you do can make a difference."
m
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993 !
Pre-registrationfor classes causes distress for many students
■ Course Selection: Concerned with filling requirements ^^^^
Course Selection: Concerned with filling requirements
and working towards a major, students are finding it
difficult to plan for the next semester.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
they are still uncertain as to who will be
teaching that course in the fall. Compounded
with the fact that the College has eliminated
sixty positions in the last two years, the
registrar's office must work to ensure that the
Frustration is mounting and tempers are classes are not overflowing with people and
running short as many students encounter
mass discrepancies between the courses
offered in the course book and the classes
listed on the schedule. With the fall pre-
registration forms due today, many students
are having to change their entire course
mat professors are content with their class
size.
"The market today for professors is
extremely competitive," said Bernard,
"because it is becoming increasing difficult to
attract new professors and establish firm
schedules and class plans because of the positions when they are constantly offered
removalof many classes from thecurriculum jobs from other institutions."
The cutting of courses and the changing of Two problems that may possibly account
the College Catalogue is nothing new. In the for much of the student angst is the College's
past two years, the-fall semester has brought distribution requirements. It seems that many
about new classes and cut others from the
course schedule. Even though their have been
many courses removed from the curriculum
for the fall of 1993, the Office of the Registrar
has managed to keep the number of classes
offered to approximately 250, the same
number of courses offered last fall.
student schedules revolves around the
"elusive and narrowly defined" non-
Eurocentric courses. A new subcommitee was
recently drawn created to discuss and possibly
re-evaluate the definition of a non-Eurocentric
course.
I II II 111 II I II II II If
I
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Registrar Sarah J. Bernard to revamp pre-registration system for next year.
9:30 until 2:00."
Last year, in an attempt to reduce their class
size, some professors artifically lowered their
Another major problem of course selection
Registrar Susan Bernard said, "The cutting is the fact that many courses students want to limit. These professors asked students to leave
of courses [in the fall] seems to result from the take often conflict with other courses the the class when, in fact, the maximum number
separate departments trying to project into student must take (e.g. distribution ofstudentsdesignatedbytheregistrar'soffice
future semesters without knowing
what professors will be on leave."
This fall, it seems that many
departments will have an unusual
amount of professors on leave. The
history department was forced to bring
in four new professors while
philosophy and government each had
to fill open spots. For next fall, the
economics department expects to offer
only three, 300-level courses with only ■■*
one course outside of the core requirement.
This will create major problems both in class
size and ability for many economics students
to complete their major.
Many other departments have designated
the professor as "Professor X" to show that
The registrar advises that any student
who has trouble getting into a class to
come and speak with her
requirements).
As Bernard said, "Students are often
knocked out of courses because they are being
offered at the same time as others . . . the
popular time slots for next year [seem to be]
Tuesday and Thursday classes anywhere from
had not been reached.
According to
Bernard, it is
extremely difficultfor
her office to monitor
the individual actions
of a professor. She
advised that any
student who has
trouble getting into a
^^^^"■^^^^"^ class to come and
speak with her.
In the next few months the Registrar, along
with several other departments on Bowdoin's
campus, will be working to alleviate some of
the problems of registration.
First of all, they are going to try and make
students take pre-registration seriously. Too
often, students will write down courses they
are not interested in taking simply to hand the
card in on time. If people would take time to
consider the courses they are signing up for,
the registrar believes that pre-registration
would run a lot smoother.
Secondly, theoff ice will be making a survey
in the fall of the introductory and studio
courses. With this survey, they hope to be
able to tell which students are and are not
getting into the studio courses.
Dean of Academic Affairs Charles Beitz
worked at Wellesley with the problems of
registration, and, combined with these ideas,
hopes to come up with a logical and realitively
helpful pre-registration procedure.
In all, a lot of the difficulty from pre-
registration is rooted in the fact that so many
sources are involved. With each department
working independently, it is not surprising
that so many classes are scheduled at the
same time.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april i6, 1993
Arts & Entertainment
Grammy-winning vocalist
Shawn Colvin performs in
Morrell Gym tonight
E.J. Camp
Shawn Colvin will be filling Morrell Gym with her "ice water voice and gravel guitar"
tonight at 8:30 p.m.
■ Music: Shawn Colvin
hit the big time in 1989
when she won two
Grammies. Tonight she
hits Bowdoin in the wake
of the success of her latest
album Fat City.
By Nicole Devarenne
orient staff writer
Tonight at 8:30 p.m. Shawn Colvin will
be performing in Morrell Gymnasium.
Colvin has released two Columbia albums,
Steady On and Fat City, both of which have
done very well. Steady On won a Grammy
after its release. Colvin, who had already
been given the New York Music Award as
"Best New Vocalist" in 1988, was awarded
"Best Debut Female Vocalist" in 1989.
Colvin, whose influences include Bob
Dylan and Joni Mitchell, has toured the
U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and the
UK since October 1989. She has made
appearances on, among others, Late Night
with David Letterman, The Tonight Show and
CBS ThisMorning. She hasperformed with
artists such as Bruce Hornsby, Suzanne
Vega, Rickie Lee Jones and the Indigo
Girls, and she is renowned for her ice-water
voice and gravel guitar.
The tracks on Fat City include "Polaroids,"
the opening song; "Climb On (A Back that's
Strong)," which features Bruce Hornsby on
keyboard; and "I Don't Know Why," a lullaby
Colvin wrote on a subway ride. She described
Fat City's atmosphere as a twilight feeling,
comparing it with Terence Malik's Days of
Heaven. "They filmed almost exclusively in
that time right after the sun had set..." she
said. "I wanted to capture some of that."
Colvin was born in Vermillion, South
Dakota, the second oldest of four brothers
and sisters. Her career began when she was
ten and she picked up her brother's 4-string
tenor guitar. Later, she took over her mother's
classical guitar as well. She liked the Beatles,
Simon and Garfunkel, the Association and
the Who. When she discovered Joni Mitchell,
"All else changed."
She played solo for a while, before forming
her own band when she was 20. After that she
moved to Austin, then to San Francisco and
then to New York. Colvin was finally
"discovered" by the Fast Folk collective, who
featured her first version of "I Don't Know
Why" on one of their albums. But it was with
her first appearances at Passim in Cambridge
that her career really took off.
In the three years since Steady Oris release,
Shawn Colvin hasn't rested much, touring
extensively and playing at a variety of festivals
and showcases. The concert on Friday
promises to be a good one.
Children's book author tells stories at Museum
By Bruce Speight
orient contributor
Barbara Cooney, one of the most respected
illustrators of children's books, has loaned
the Bowdoin College Museum of Art her
personal collection of illustrations from three
of her works. The exhibition, titled "Pa intings
by Barbara Cooney for Her Trilogy: Miss
Rumphius,' Island Boy' and 'Hattie and the
Wild Waves'" will be on view in the Temporary
Exhibition Gallery from April 1 8 through June
6, 1993
The works were first loaned to the Museum
in 1990 after Cooney had worked with Jose
Ribas, Museum of Art technician/prepara tor,
at an exhibition of hers at the Brunswick
Library. Upon consideration of the offer, the
Museum of Art decided to house and exhibit
the works even though it is unusual for the
Museum of Art to show children's
illustrations.
According to Helen Dube, education
program director, the Cooney exhibition will
be an attempt to "reach out to different age
levels and to bring more families to the
museum from the Brunswick area . " The works
also have local significance since many of the
illustrations depict areas in Maine. In fact, the
works are about characters who live in New
England, and "Island Boy" concerns a boy
who lives on an island off the coast of Maine.
Even though the illustrations are from
children's books, Lorena Coffin, secretary to
thedirector,pointsoutthatCooney considers
her works "for children and adults alike."
Although Cooney was born in Brooklyn,
New York, she spent many summers in Maine
with her family when she was young. After
she graduated from Smith College in 1938,
Cooney began her career as a pen-and-ink
illustrator. She also attended the Arts Students
League in New York City. Since then, she has
worked as an illustrator and author for over
fifty years, with more than 100 books to her
credit. In the span of her career, she has
received numerous awards, including the
American Book Award and the Caldecott
Medal. She now lives in Maineand has worked
closely with the Museum staff to provide for
visitors' insight into her way of creating
images.
The three works included in the exhibit are
all written and illustrated by Cooney. Only
the illustrations, however, will appear in the
exhibition. The works, "Miss Rumphius,"
Island Boy" and "Hattie and the Wild Waves"
are all, to a certain extent, autobiographical.
All of the illustrations from the books will be
on display.
There will be many other events
surrounding the exhibition itself. On Sunday,
April 18, at 2:00 p.m., Cooney will present a
slide talk, "The Making of the Picture Book
'Island Boy'" in Kresge Auditorium. Thisevent
is free of charge, but those interested must
arrive early in order to get a ticket since most
of the tickets have already been handed
out. After the slide talk at the Museum of
Art, there will be a reception and exhibition
opening which is open to the public free of
charge and does not require a ticket.
Also, April 20 to 23 at 2:00 p.m., Bowdoin
studen ts will conduct the readings of Cooney's
books which will be followed by tours of the
exhibition. Lastly, Cooney will be present at
the Museum of Art on Saturday, May 15, from
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. to autograph her books,
which may be purchased at the museum shop.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
An illustration from ''island Boy" by Ba rbara Cooney, now on exhibition at the
Museum. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking Penguin.
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the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, aprii:i6. 1993
Rachmaninoff rediscovered
Antolini documentary uncovers a long-forgotten masterpiece
■ Classical Music: In 1984,
Bowdoin alum and current
director of the Bowdoin
Chorus Anthony Antolini
found a Rachmaninoff
manuscript in an Orthodox
seminary in New York that
the world had not heard or
seen since 1911. Subsequent
performances of the Liturgy
of St. John Chrysostom
brought the Russian
composer's work back to
the country of its origin.
Now the piece that changed
Antolini's life will be
performed at his own Alma
Mater.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts ac entertainment
EDITOR
Anthony Antolini, director of the Bowdoin
Chorus, will be presenting a lecture this
evening on Russian composer Sergei
Rachmaninoff's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,
a work that had been lost until discovered by
Antolini himself in 1984. The lecture, held in
Kresge Auditorium of the Visual Arts Center,
will be given in conjunction with a 58-minute
documentary produced by PBS called
Rediscovering Rachmaninoff.
The story behind the Rachmaninoff piece
begins with its discovery in an Orthodox
seminary in New York State. Antolini, a
Bowdoin graduate (Class of '63) who majored
in music with a minor in Russian, found a
photocopy of the manuscript for the Liturgy of
St. John in 1984. He described the find as "a
life-changing and career-changing
experience," although he initially met with
frustration. Despite the fact that the
manuscript was not an original, officials at
the seminary in New York would not allow
him to photocopy it. "I was unknown to them,"
Antolini explains.
Fortunately, original editions of the voice
books for the piece existed at Saint Tikhon's
Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
The voice parts were subsequently copied at
the monastery's expense and sent to Antolini .
"Each of the part books was taken out [of
Russia] sometime after the revolution," he
said, but he is sure that Rachmaninoff himself
did not do it. How the work got from Russia
to Pennsylvania remains a mystery.
Much, however, is known about the work
itself. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom first
appeared in 1910-11. Originally intended to
be performed in the Orthodox Church, it was
only played two or three
times in concert and then
abandoned.
The Liturgy was
"considered too
modernistic by the
church authorities,"
explains Antolini.
"Rachmaninoff failed to
make the piece
conservative enough to
meet their demands. He
put too much of himself
in it." The Church
authorities wanted a
piece heavy with ancient
chants that called little
attention to itself.
Ultimately, it was
rejected for what
Antolini calls its "spirit
of modernism."
In the spirit of
modernism,
Rachmaninoff included
melodic passages that
Antolini describes as
"sensuous," even
Shmuel Thaler
The Lyres 9 latest is luke-warm
CD Review
The Lyres: Happy Now...
(Taang! Records)
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
The Lyres, a venerable and durable
Boston institution, follow in the footsteps
of 60's garage-rock groups like ? and the
Mysterians, the Kingsmen and the Zombies,
practicing a highly-stylized brand of low-
tech, organ-driven retro-rock. Headed by
singer/organist Jeff Conolly, a rocker of
legendary purity who refuses to acknowledge
any pop-music genre created after 1970, the
Lyres have gone through numerous
incarnations (a total of thirteen different line-
ups between their founding in 1980 and the
release of A Promise Is a Promise in 1988) in
their quest to fufill their leader's fanatical
mission.
Happy Now. . . suffers from a general lapse in
Conolly's usual genius for breathing life into
V-
Lyi
res
happy mn%...
"sexy.' One passage was Bowdoin Chorus director Anthony Antolini '63, who brought
written in5/8 time, with the ^ ost Rachmaninoff to the world, is now bringing the work
which Rachmaninoff to Bowdoin.
hoped to mimic the rhythms of the language,
but Antolini hypothesizes that authorities It w « Stravinsky who was breaking fresh
considered it too "jazzy." It was this passage ground." The Russian Orthodox Church was
in particular that firstattracted Antolini to the a traditional and ultra-conservative institution
piece. "Ironically," he says, "Rachmaninoff's at this time.
reputation was not that of a great innovator. In 1 986, Antolini reworked the manuscript
and finally conducted a performance of the
Liturgy of St. John with an amateur ensemble
of 120 voices in Santa Cruz, California, where
he had been teaching at Cabrillo College. It
was the first presentation of the work
anywhere in the world since 1911. The
performance was broadcast in what was then
the Soviet Union by Voice of America, only
days after the nuclear power plant disaster at
Chernobyl. The broadcast wasso well received
that Antolini was invited to present the
forgotten workof one of Russia's most popular
composers in the country of its origin.
Antolini's subsequent tour of Washington,
New York, Boston, Leningrad, Moscow and
Kiev in the winter of 1987-88 is the subject of
the PBS documentary to be shown this
evening. Filmed almost exclusively in Russia,
it documents Antolini's reconstruction of the
Liturgy and the wonderful response of the
Russians to its performance. "[Theaudiences]
had never heard this piece before," Antolini
points out. "Remember, too, that people in
the Soviet Union were used to hearing music
that glorified Marxism. Sacred music had
been banned in concert for decades."
In the coming weeks, the Bowdoin Chorus,
augmen ted by the 80-voice Down East Singers,
a community chorus based in Thomaston
which Antolini also directs, will perform the
Liturgy (check the Arts & Entertainment
Calendar next week for details). Antolini
hopes that the lecture tonight will be well
attended, since the historical background the
lecture and the documentary will provide
(such as deta ils of Rachmaninoff's life and the
millenial anniversary of the Russian Orthodox
Church) are necessary for the full appreciation
of the Liturgy.
Antolini returned to Bowdoin as a member
of the faculty last year, creating the 60-voice
Chorus from a talented group of students,
faculty and community singers. His next
project will be forming and directing a chorus
for the Bowdoin Music Festival this summer.
The chorus will be singing Schubert's Mass in
G, one of Schubert's simpler masses, with the
Summer Festival Orchestra on Friday, July
16. Weekly rehearsals begin in Gibson Hall
Thursday, June 24. Antolini is "interested in
getting as many singers as we can " Interested
singers should contact Antolini himself at
725-3347.
this Neanderthal rock format. The disc
starts with an especially weak opening
track, "Baby (I Still Need Your LovinO,"
distinguished largely by Conolly's vocal
impersonation of the Animals' Eric Burdon.
Unfortunately, that song's deficiencies — a
sub-par performance by the band,
uninspired vocals — recur frequently
throughout the album.
Long appreciated for their
unimpeachable taste in covers, the Lyres
come up with a stupendous version of the
Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me," a rare
bright spot on the disc. With the Vox organ
kicking the song into gear and the band's
enthusiastic yells in response to Conolly's
exhortations, "Nobody" represents the
Lyres at their retro-finest. But most of the
other covers — including two early Rolling
Stones' instrumentals, "Now I've Got a
Witness" and the truly ancient (and
marginal) "Stoned" — fail to distinguish
themselves.
In fact, the album contains only two
originals, "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and
"100 cc's." The former has promise, but its
sound quality is noticably inferior to that
of the other songs; the latter (a "bootleg
version") likewise suffers in comparison
because of its rough sound, giving the
impression that Happy Now..., hke some of
the Lyres previous releases, was culled
together from a variety of sources. This
sort of unevenness is wha t makes the Lyres'
earlier discs so charming, but the
performance of the band on this disc lacks
the tightness and cohesion that made such
sloppiness an asset in the past.
I'll add one small caveat to any potential
purchasers: Happy Now... runs only 36
minutes, which is a bit short considering
how much one has topay for it. Quality is
always better than quantity, but for the
price of most CDs today, one might expect
a somewhat longer album.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april w. 1993
Deirdre Manning to play solo
flute works chosen by students
By Cara Janko
Christina Pelletier
orient contributors
Department of Music
Deirdre Manning, professor of music, will play in the
Chapel Sunday.
Concert Review
On Sunday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m.,
Deirdre Manning, a member of the
applied music faculty at Bowdoin,
will perform a flute recital
accompanied by Martin Perry
(piano) and John Johnstone (guitar).
The program, to be held in the
chapel, includes solo flute works
chosen by her students.
Elise Juska '95, member of the
Bowdoin Flute Ensemble, said, "It
allows us to hear the pieces we have
played, enjoyed and requested
performed by Deirdre in a formal
setting." Also featured will be the
world premiere of Professor Elliott
Schwartz's composition "Aerie,"
played by the Bowdoin Flute
Ensemble: Jennifer Beaudin '94, Jen
Hand '94, Christina Pelletier '94,
Kirsten Manville '95, Cara Janko '95
and Elise Juska '95.
The piece, written for six flutes,
alto flute and piccolo will provide a
unique combination of musical
textures. Professor Schwartz
comments, "The piece is specifically
intended for premiere performance
at this concert; it is dedicated to
Deirdre Manning and the Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra, the Choral
Perry, a graduate of the Juillard
School, joined the piano faculty at
Bowdoin in 1984 and has served as
pianist for the Portland Symphony
Orchestra. In addition to his
extensive performances throughout
New England, Perry has recorded
the songs of Stephen Sondheim for
RCA Red Seal Records.
Johnstone recieved his
performance degree in classical
guitar from the University of
Southern Maine. He has also
performed with the Portland
College flutists who study with her
Prior to teaching at Bowdoin,
Manning coached flute and chamber
music at the Manhattan School of
Music, her alma mater. Among her
many honors and achievements, she
has performed at the Royal Festival
Hall Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln
Center. She has received the
International Leaders in
Achievement award for career
excellence, and has been elected to
Who's Who in America and Who's
Who in Music.
Arts Society at the Maine State
Festival, and at Bates and Bowdoin
recitals.
Various prominant orchestras
have performed the works of
Schwartz, including the Cincinatti,
Houston and Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestras. Swartz's
pieces have also been heard at the
Berkshire Festival at Tanglewood.
In August, "Aerie" will be
performed by Manning and her
students at the National Flute
Convention in Boston.
Michael Hedges concert considered "awe-inspiring"
By John Wall Wright
orient contributor
The Michael Hedges show last Friday Night
in Pickard Theater was awe-inspiring, at the
very least. The man who Playboy magazine
said had "so many moves on the acoustic
guitar tha t he makes electricity seem obsolete"
stunned the packed house and earned
standing ovations and shortened breaths.
The show was sometimes brilliant,
sometimes merely good, sometimes rough
and sometimes polished . Hedges is the sort of
performer where only people who have
already seen him really know what to expect,
but he disappointed no one as he played
songs from his early days as well as new
material he is working on for his forthcoming
album.
This was the second show of his spring
tour, giving him only one day to work out the
kinks. Michael Hedges has built up quite a
national cult following and has sold-out
several shows in Maine before Friday night,
and the audience contained many old fans to
judge by the response they gave the tunes.
This allowed him to build an instant rapport
with the crowd, once the initial cheers died
down.
Any problems with the sound, lights or set
gave Hedges a chance to talk and bond with
the audience and in the end made them really
feel a part of the show. Hedges was
particularly concerned with the sound he and
the house were hearing, which was natural,
considering tha t Hedges plays subtle nuances
rather than just chords.
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Hedges' link to his
listeners lasted on after
the show when he
made a point of talking
to everyone who
stayed, discussing old
shows and new
tunings. The tour was
still young enough that
he sometimes could
not tell where his
sound was coming from or where his frappe(?)
wasgoing,andfreshnesscarriedhim through.
Hedges opened the show with an
instrumental, which accounted fornearly two-
thirds of his songs during the night. Covers
have been a mainstay Hedges live
appearences, altering classic and modem hits
to his own unique style. Songs like The Who's
"Pinball Wizard" and the Beatle's "Come
Together" have frequented his concerts, as
well as tunes like Prince/Sheila E.'s "A Love
Bizarre."
Hedges kept up this fine tradition by putting
on a black bowler hat with microphone
attached and prancing around the stage
singing Madonna's classic junior high cheese
song, "Lucky Star." Other blasts from the
pasts included Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo
Stance" and a techinically breathtaking and
eerie rendition of the Rolling Stones "Gimme
Shelter," which relied more on guitar ability
man vocal feeling.
But certainly most of his finest gutiar work
came from the music he penned himself.
Hedges spoke a bit about his first meeting
with ex-Byrd and gun-toting folk rock staple
David Crosby (whom he toured with in 1989
while helping him with his first non-drug-
induced album) before breaking into "i carry
your heart," an e. e. cummings poem mat
Hedges sang with Crosby on his most recent
album "Taproot"
Hedges picked the best songs off "Taproot"
to play, delving into the 1990 album to play
"Ritual Dance" and "The Rootwitch," which
Hedges explained was dedicated to his
chiropractor. Other songs which brought
cheers from Hedges groupies were "Silent
Anticipations" and "Breakfast in the Field,"
both from his 1981 debut album.
Two surprises of the night happened when
The man who Playboy magazine said had
"so many moves on the acoustic guitar
that he makes electricity seem obsolete"
stunned the packed house.
Two surprises of the night happened when
Hedges decided to switch instruments and
turned to first the keyboards and then later to
flute. The result was listenable, but no one
was sorry that he did not return to the
keyboard. He revealed more of his general
music capability when he took out his flute
and played a tune he wrote while still at the
Peabody Conservatory.
During intermission someone told me they
were impressed with his guitar, but that his
lyrics fell a little flat. I said to wait till he
played Dylan, realizing that his lyrics are
often too forced to really speak to the listener
the way his fingers can. My words came true
during the encore when he chose "All Along
the Watchtower" from the Dylan Cannon,
which Hedges had first done on Watching My
life Go By and a couple years later on live on
the Double Planet.
But by the time the second set had ended
the songwriting on some of Hedges' brand
new pieces made me nearly as happy as his
guitar did. Songs like "Soul Sister" had much
better meter than his older works, being less
like poetry in front of music and more lyrics
singing with a guitar. On bom the new and
the old instrumentals he demonstrated how
he earned his reputation, playing his guitar
from all angles imaginable; he alternated from
beating the music out of the guitar to caressing
his instrument like a loved one.
The strengths and weaknesses of the show
came from his dedication to music as an art
form. Sometimes the music was so well -crafted
it became static, but for the most part, he ,
brought vibrant life into the theater, putting I
an entire symphony into a small man who
spun around the stage, in his star-studded
underwear, wearing boxing shorts and
swinging his finely braided hair.
the bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, april 9, 1993
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
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7:30 p.m. "Rediscovering Rachmaninoff" by Anthony Antolini, directorof the
Bowdoin Chorus. Kresge Auditorium, VAC.
8:30 p.m. Performance by Shawn Colvin, folk singer. Morrell Gymnasium.
Admission: $12 public; $5 with Bowdoin I.D. Tickets available at the Information
Desk, Moulton Union.
9:00 pjn. The Conversation directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene
Hackman and Robert Duvall. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Saturday 17
9:00 pjn. 2002 directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
9:00 pjn. Performance by Sonabo, Latin American band. Dinning Room, Moultor
Union.
9:30 pjn. Ste. Marine, campus band. The Pub, Moulton Union.
10:30 pjn. Touch My Monkey, campus band. Chi Delta Phi, 14 College St.
5:00-7:00 pjn. Africa Table dinner, Chase Bam Chamber.
7:00 pjn. Lecture: Shen Tong, Chinese dissident and student
leader in Tiananmen Square, talks about his experiences in
China. Kresge Auditorium, VAC.
Shen Tong was a driving force behind the Chinese pro-
democracy movement which electrified the world in the spring
of 1989. On July 29, 1992, he returned to China, the first
prominent Tiananmen Square leader to take this step. On
September 1, 1992, along with two other Chinese and two
Western journalists, Shen Tong was arrested in Beijing at the
home of his mother. Chinese authorities released him 54 days
later, apparently following the substantial international protest
which followed his detention.
Since 1986, Shen Tong was involved in the pro-democracy
movement on the national level.
Margaret Lampert
Shen Tong.
Sunday 18
9:00 a.m. Camden hike and rock climbing trip and Merrymeeting Bay canoe trip
in honor of Earth Week. BOC office. Prior registration needed.
1:00 p.m. Yom Ha Shoah Holocaust Remembrance Day memorial service. Meet at
Johnson House to leave at 1:30 p.m. for a memorial service in Augusta. Speech to
be given by survivor Rochelle Slivka.
2:00 p.m. "The Making of the Picture Book Island Boy" by Barbara Coqney, artist
and children's book illustrator. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Exhibition preview to follow talk. Free tickets available at the Museum of Art
Shop.
3:00 p.m. Mellow bike tour in honor of Earth Week. Leader Heather Nelson. BOC
office.
3:00 p.m. Flute Recital by Deirdre Manning, flute; Martin Perry, piano; and John
Johnstone, guitar. Program includes works of Eugene Bozza, Jacques Ibert, J.S.
Bach and Albert Franz Doppler. World premiere performance of "Aerie" for
seven flute students by Elliott S. Schwartz, professor of music. Chapel.
4:00-6:00 p.m. Earth Week cleanup trip to Mt. Ararat. Meet outside the Moulton
Union.
7:00 p.m. Yom Ha Shoah Holocaust Remembrance Day film Au Revoir les Enftmts.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall.
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4.00 pjn. "The BATF, the Branch Davidians and the Bill of Rights." Don B. Kates,
Jr., attorney. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
7 JO pjn. "Premenstrual Syndrome: A Case Study in the Construction of Scientific
Knowledge." Mary Brown Parlee, visiting professor of women's studies. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 pjn. Lecture by Antonio Silva, Hispanic lawyer, on discrimination by the
FBI. Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
tuesday 20
12 J0 p.m. Computing brown bag lunch. "Archie, Veronica and Their Gopher:
Searching the Internet." Stephen T. Rsk, professor of mathematics Mitchell East,
Wentworth Hall.
4:00 pjn. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and Interpretation.
Jeff Parker '95 presents the poem "The Celebration of Our Life." Faculty Room,
Massachusetts* Hall.
7:00-9:00 p.m. "Starting Your Own Socially and Environmentally Responsible
Business." Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
7:30 pjn. "Maintaining a Landscape Journal" by Marguerite Robichaux, artist.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
The Art Club is sponsoring Marguerite Robichaux, a Maine artist, who
is presenting a slide lecture about her work. The artist is known for her
evocative landscapes and her devotion to landscape.
Her artwork is mostly oil paintings on gessoed paper. She uses the
technique of thinning her paints with turpentine to achieve an effect similar to
watercolor in both their fluidity and luminous color. In her mature style,
Robichaux reduced landscape images into major forms and lines. Edgar Allen
Beem, in his book " Maine in Art Now," describes Ms. Robichaux paintings as "a
muted impression of the earth which speak of a place of thoughtful and tranquil
repose." By Sandra Sardjono
Wednesday 21
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7:00-9:30 p.m. International Folk Dancing. $3 donation; free for Bowdoin
students. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
7:30 p.m. 17th Annual Mathematics Film Festival. Mathematics of the Honeycomb,
Points of View: Perspective and Projection and Space Filling Curves. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
| ,-J5) 7:30 p.m. Introductory talk and overview of David Gelernter's Linda by David K.
Garnick, assistant professor of computer science. Room 302, Adams Hall.
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7:30-9:00 p.m. "Archaeology in Antarctica."
Dr. Noel Broadbent of National Science Foundation Office of Polar
Programs will present slides in Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Broadbent's archaeological work at East Base, Antarctica, was featured
in the March 1993 issue of National Geographic. He headed the Center for Arctic
Cultural Research at Umea University in Sweden before becoming the Social
Science Program Director for NSF's Office of Polar Programs.
9:00 p.m. Gates of Heaven directed by Errol Morris.
All night. Earth Week forth annual sleep out on the Quad. Rise with the sun on
Earth Day.
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4:00 p.m. "Industrial Chemical/Biochemical Research: A Case History of the
Development of the Herbicide Round-Up" by Robert Bragdon '43. Room 123,
Clea veland Hall.
7:00 pjn. Reception for the Kenneth V. Santagata Memorial Lecture speaker,
David Gelemter. Kresge Foyer, Visual Arts Center.
7 JO pjn. Earth Week coffee house. Food, movies, live music, and information.
Wellness House, 238 Maine Street.
8:00 pjn. "Computers in Society: Cleaning Up the Mess." David Gelemter,
associate professor of computer science at Yale University. Kresge Auditorium,
Visual Arts Center.
Gelenter, described by The New York Times as "one of the seminal
thinkers in the field known as parallel, or distributed computing," will discuss
his views on the future of computer technology.
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As part of the Orient's continued effort to bring the arts to the
forefront of the Bqwdoin community, A8lE presents a sampling of
innovative student portraits. These pencil drawings represent the vast
array of style^utilized in Professor Mark Wethli's Drawing I class. The
images are but a small hint of the wealth of artistic talent flourishing on
the Bowdoin campus.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
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Orient Sports
Men's Lacrosse
Polar Bears destroy Wesley an
■ Co-captains Ryan and
Ames lead Bowdoin past
stunned Wesleyan by the
score of 19-7.
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
After some frustrating losses at the start of
the season, the men's lacrosse team pulled
together for one of their biggest games mis
year. On April 10, the Bears once again
gathered on the field at Exeter to do battle
with a strong contender in the division,
Wesleyan. Before the game, the team knew
that they needed to win. Last week, Wesleyan
had beaten UConn, a team who had previosly
topped Bowdoin 14-11. But the Bears came
out strong and at the end of the game, the
scoreboard read 19-7 in favor of Bowdoin.
The huge win over Wesleyan was mainly
due to the players. With a more settled offense
and accurate passes and shots, the once-
frustrated team rallied to rout their opponent
off the field. Co-captain Tom Ryan '93
contributed to the victory, tallying four goals,
three of which came in the first quarter to
boost Bowdoin to an amazing eight-goal lead.
His first goal was made during a Wesleyan
dear in which the attack managed to intercept
the ball. Making himself open from 40 feet
out, Ryan blazed a shot past the goalie.
His second goal started from behind the
crease where he was double-teamed by
Wesleyan defensemen. "It was a little tricky
since I had no real place to turn and a couple
of times I started to lose my balance," said
Ryan. He did manage to break through the
tight checks to score. Ryan tallied his third
goal of the match on the man-advantage from
a Wesleyan penalty. Working the ball around
the perimeter, the attack and m id f i eld initiated
a play to produce an open man for the shot.
Co-captain Dave Ames '93, an attackman,
found a wide-open Ryan who quickly
crammed the ball into the net. "I mink the
team was really fired up for this game. We
knew we had lost some games before, so we
were determined to do what it took to win a
game. It was a great game for us," said Ryan.
In the first quarter, Bowdoin had an amazing
8-0 advantage over their opponents.
Ames also had a stellar game, adding two
goals to the score as well as four crucial assists.
In the second quarter, one of his goals
originated from behind the Wesleyan net.
Using fellow attackman Ryan for a pick, Ames
slid past his defender around the crease just
enough for a good angle and took the shot for
the goal. By the end of the half, the score was
13-2.
"Wesleyan was supposed to be a good
team and I don't know what happened to
mem, but all I can say is that we crushed them .
The team just wanted to go out mere and play
hard, and that's exactly what we did," said
Ames. "Justin Shuetz had an incredible day.
All of his shots were right on, so now we call
him 'Shooter/"
The leading scorer for the day was, in fact,
Justin Shuetz '94 who accumulated six goals.
Asked how he managed to tally six, Shuetz
Maya Khun / bowdoin Urtent
The men's lacrosse team works out in preparation for five games in the next week, including Middlebury and Tufts.
credited the unselfish play of his teammates
"The team as a whole was passing the ball
really well," he said. "None of my goals were
solo shots. All of them came from assists from
around the field and I think that's where our
strength lies. By not being selfish, the team
passed the ball a lot, and I just seemed to be
open at the right times." He also added that
the biggest problem they faced during the
earlier rough road trip was that their offense
was not patient in waiting for good, well-
calculated shots. Asked about his new name,
"Shooter," Shuetz said, "I, uh, really don't
know how I got that name."
Captains Ryan and Ames said that team
patience was definitely lacking previous to
the Wesleyan match. The ball would be rushed
downfield without much strategy, often
leading to unwanted turnovers or poor shot
selections. Wesleyan seemed to have been the
team which turned things upside down. Co-
captain Chet Hinds '93, a midfielder, moved
the ball well around the playing field as he
finished with three assists and one goal. Other
crucial members of the squad such as Henry
Boeckman '93 tallied three unanswered goals.
Chris Keyes '93, Nate Bride '93 and Tom
Muldoon '93 each had one goal in the game.
Rounding out the scoring with assists were
Chris Coutu '93 with two and Shuetz, Steve
Popeo '93 and Marshall Felix '94 each with
one.
Another factor in the win was Bo wdom's
solid defense led by Todd Hamblet '93 and
goalie Ben Cohen '93. "Hamblet has been
playing really well," said Ames. The team's
defense shut down the Wesleyan offense to a
standstill, as only seven goals total were
allowed — two goals in the second quarter,
four goals in the third, and only one goal in
the fourth. Goalie Cohen had an astounding
13 saves during the game, completely closing
off the Wesleyan shot perimeter. "It seemed
that after the first half, the Wesleyan team just
gave up," said Ames.
The men's lacrosse team's next game is
against Middlebury, a long-standing rival for
quite a number of years. In last season's
championship game, Middlebury just barely
slid by with a victory in overtime by a margin
of just one goal. The Bowdoin team plans to
put memories aside and drive Middlebury
into the turf. "With this win against Wesleyan,
the team has formed into a machine. There's
no stopping us because we're going to be
incredibly fired up," said Shuetz. The
Middlebury lacrosse team has lost some key
players from graduating seniors, opening the
door to Bowdoin . "We're definitely not going
to underestimate them. They are a strong
team, no doubt about it. They've got a new
first-year goalie who is supposed to be pretty
good, and their defense is pretty much solid.
If we play as we did against Wesleyan or even
better, we've got a good chance of winning,"
said Ryan.
Looking even further ahead into their
schedule, the men's lacrosse team faces an
intimidating week. In the span of 11 days, the
team has five grueling matches, starting with
Middlebury on April 1 7, then Tufts, Amherst,
Bates and finally New England College on
April 28. "It's a really tight schedule, but I
think we can keep the pace. We have to if we
want to win the ECACs. Even though it's
pretty far in advance, our goal of winning the
championship is on our minds. But one game
at a time," said Ames.
Team Scoring
Player
Goals
Assists
Points
Tom Ryan
14
17
31
David Ames
15
12
27
Justin Schuetz
15
5
20
Chet Hinds
3
9
12
Marx Bowens
10
1
11
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
M c n 's T e n n i $
Bowdoin rolls over Salem State
■ Versatility, depth and
doubles play are the keys
to the team's five-game
winning streak.
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
A fter starting the yea r wi th two consecutive
losses, the Bowdoin men's tennis team has
churned out five straight wins for an
impressive 5-2 record. With the five victories
the Bea rs have almost doubled last year's win
total of three. The most recent victims of
Bowdoin's rampage have been Clark
University and Salem State.
On April 10, the Bears travelled to Clark
University to take on a team that crushed
them last year. The Bears were not to suffer
the same fate as last year against Clark. The 3-
2 Bears eked out a 5-4 win over Clark with
clutch play from three Bowdoin players. After
losing ma tches at fi rst and second singles, the
Bears needed to fare better in the 3 through 6
positions to afford the victory. The story of
this match was number three singles player,
Tom Davidson '94, who defeated his opponent
in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. What made this
match especially thrilling was the fact that
just one year before Davidson's opponent
had esaily defeated him. The victory was the
resultof relentless practice and determination
and is a tribute to the Bears' work ethic this
season. First year coach Dan Hammond said,
"The guys have been working real hard and
the practices, despite being at six in the
morning, have really paid off."
The rest of the Bowdoin singles players
went on to win; however, the first and second
doubles teams lost, and the victory was up to
the third doubles team of John Winnick '95
and Chris Colclasure '95. The pair has been
unbeaten as a duo this season, sporting a
record of 5-0. After losing the first set 6-1 , they
bounced back, taking the next two sets 6-2
and 6-3. The win clinched the match 5-4 for
the Bears and upped their record to 4-2.
Reflecting on the win Winnick said, "Winning
5-4 versus Clark gave the whole team a real
boost. It was a very big win, and there is no
looking back for us now."
After that thrilling win, the Bears came
home on April 14 to face Salem State at the
Farley Field House. Salem State, also a victor
over the Bears last year, had been playing .500
tennis. However, the Viking's netmen were
no match for the Bears this year. After the
smoke cleared in this lopsided battle, Bowdoin
had trounced Salem State 9-0.
Doubles was the first order of the day. First
doubles saw Mark Slusar '95 and Joe
Grzymski '94 squaring off against weak
opponents. Thepairwasoverpowering, using
crisp volleys and firm groundstrokes to
overwhelm their foes. Grzymski displayed
great control at the net with touch volleys and
precise direction of his shots. Meanwhile,
Slusar played with an air of cool confidence,
parrying every shot that his opponents could
throw at him. Slusar and Gryzmski went on
to a 6-2, 6-1 win. At second doubles Tom
Davidson and Aaron Pratt '96 saw similar
results. The two played great at the net,
exchanging volleys with their foes, each time
putting them on the defensive and forcing
them to make the errors. The duo cruised in a
6-1, 6-0 victory. Finally at third doubles, the
undefeated pair of Winnick and Colclasure
were up against two inferior players. Both
players returned serve in clinical fashion,
firing shots at their opponents' feet and never
allowing them into the point. They triumphed
6-1, 6-1 . All three matches took less than fifty
minutes to complete and put Bowdoin ahead
3-0. Coach Hammond has stressed doubles
play in practices: "We have been working
really hard on doubles, and that's what these
matches come down to. Our number 3-10
players a re all versatile and can jump in at any
time ... Winnick and Colclasure have been
huge this year, and I am proud of their
performance."
The story was not much different at singles.
Bowdoin took all six matches. The only close
match was between Bowdoin's Chris Long
'93 and his Salem State opponent. After
dropping the first set 6-7, he showed real grir
Please see MEN'S TENNIS, page 14.
Maya Khuri/ Bowdoin Orient
The women's lacrosse squad practicing after their 7-5 victory over Wesleyan.
Last Saturday, the women's varsity lacrosse team upped their
record to 2-1 with a 7-5 victory over Wesleyan. Bowdoin won with
a great overall team effort which was reflected in the balanced
scoring. Co-captain Elizabeth Coughlin '93, Maggie Mitchell '95
and Sara Poor '95 each netted two goals apiece. Bowdoin looks to
continue their winning streak Saturday at Wheaton and Monday
against Colby. The team's first home game is scheduled for next
Wednesday against Tufts. By Tracy Boulter.
*
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Maya Khuri /Bowdoin Orient
Tom Davidson '94 and Joe Grzymski '94 play doubles in the Farley Field House.
From the Bleachers
2993 Baseball Preview
by Tim Smith
The second week of the 1993 baseball
season has come to an end, and all twenty-
eight teams have dreams, realistic or not, of
winning the World Series in October. Therein
lies the beauty of professional baseball. For
one brief day, the Florida Marlins were in
firstplace. After eight games, the Boston Red
Sox are tops in the AL East. No team is more
than a few back no matter how they have
fared thus far. Spring is here. October is a
lifetime away. Everything is fine.
Nevertheless, the baseball prognosticator
searches for clues. On paper, at least, the
Atlanta Braves are the best team in baseball.
The starting rotation of Tom Glavine, Greg
Maddux, John Smoltz, Steve Avery and Pete
Smith is one of the strongest ever. The Braves
have speed and power. Although the bullpen
is a bit suspect, it won't hurt the team as long
as the starters produce. The next best team in
baseball — the Cincinnati Reds — will be
breathing down Atlanta's neck all summer
long. The Reds made some important off-
season acquisitions. The addition of John
Smiley to a rotation that already includes
Jose Rijo, Tom Browning and Tim Belcher
will make the pitching staff at least as strong
as last year's. The Reds rounded out an
impressive lineup by adding power in the
form of Kevin Mitchell and Roberto Kelly.
Figure in Bip Roberts and Reggie Sanders
and the Reds' lineup is as potent as any in
baseball.
The other divisional races should prove
just as interesting, if only because mere are
no clear-cut favorites to win. The National
League East is, without a doubt, the weakest
in the majors, but should feature an exciting
pennant race next fall. At least three teams —
the Mets, Expos and Cardinals — seem to ha ve
a good shot at the title, but it would be foolish
to discount the Cubs, Phillies, or even Jim
Leyland's Pirates in such a free-for-all. With
the off-season signings of two former Cy
Young winners (Maddux and Doug Drabek)
by Western teams, the division has witnessed
a major decline in quality starting pitching.
Look for a revitalized Mets squad to emerge
out of the mediocrity. If Dwight Gooden,
Bret Saberhagen and Sid Fernandez regain
their form, the starting staff is the best in the
division. The Mets have a quality closer in
John Franco, power in Bobby Bonilla and
Howard Johnson, speed in Vince Coleman,
and improved defense with the addition of
Tony Fernandez at shortstop.
The AL East has more talent than its NL
counterpart, and should be equally
competitive. Despite signing Paul Molitor
and Dave Stewart (who starts the season on
the DL) over the winter, the Toronto Bluejays
lost more than they gained in the offseason.
Among those departing were David Cone,
Dave Winfield, Tom Henke, Kelly Gruber,
Manny Lee and Candy Maldonado. Thus,
the World Champs are vulnerable, but will
likely win the division anyway. They'll need
another banner year out of Joe Carter, who
will miss Winfield's presence in the lineup
more than anyone, as well as a lot of wins
from the likes of Jack Morris, Juan Guzman,
and Stewart. Both the Orioles and the much-
improved Yankees have the potential to win
90 games. Meanwhile, the Red Sox will finish
no worse than fourth place.
After several years of dominating the
American League, the AL West is at best no
stronger than the East this season. The
Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins
are my early season favorites. While neither
team is complete, they feature the best
combinations of quality hitting and pitching
in the division. Give the Twins a slight edge
down the stretch. Their starting rotation is
not what it was in 1990 or even last year for
mat matter. But Kevin Tapani and Scott
Erickson could win 20 games apiece, and
closer Rick Aguilera is one of the best in the
league. Offensively, the addition of Winfield
and the resigning of KirbyPuckett guarantees
Minnesota a lineup with more punch man
Chicago's.
AL: Toronto over Minnesota
NL: Atlanta over New York
World Series: Atlanta over Toronto
(finally!)
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
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B a s c ball
Athlete of the Week: Brian Crovo
Despite the fact that his team has been
limited by cold weather, Captain Brian Crovo
'93 has been hot this season, his fourth varsity
season with the baseball team. In his third
year as the starting catcher, Crovo is hitting
.333 with a slugging percentage of .700 in 30
at-bats. His two home runs, five doubles and
11 RBIs lead the team in all three categories.
Crovo also experienced athletic glory this
year with the championship men's hockey
team. His first career goal proved to be the
decisive score in the 2-1 Polar Bear upset over
Middlebury, which paved the way for the
team's dominance in the semi-finals and finals.
In addition to his four years of varsity
service to the baseball team and three varsity
years with thehockey team, Crovoalso earned
a varsity letter for his contributions to the golf
team his sophomore year. An economics and
government double major, Crovo is planning
to take next year off before going to graduate
school to become teacher certified. He hopes
to teach and get into coaching before becoming
an athletic director in the long run.
Orient: What part of your game do you hope to
improve upon this season? What's your goal for
this season?
Crovo: I'd like to hit over .400 for the first
time here. I've been close for a few years, and
I'd like to get over .400. And around 30 RBIs,
I guess.
Orient: What is your best memory or what was
your greatest moment in all of your Bowdoin
sports career?
Crovo: It would have to be this past year's
hockey season when we won it all.
Orient: What has been the most frustrating
aspect of baseball for you, in general or here at
Bowdoin?
Crovo: It would have to be not being able to
make the playoffs my sophomore year. We
were 17-8, and they didn't think we played a
strong enough schedule, so they negged us
from the playoffs and they took a couple of
teams with worse records. So that was pretty
frustrating.
Orient: How long have you been playing
baseball, and how did you get started originally in
your life?
Crovo:Iwaspretty young. Probably around
four, I'd say. I started playing catch with my
older brothers, and I used to always go to
their games. It just intrigued me, I guess.
Orien t: What wouldyou say your favorite thing
about the sport of baseball is? along. I mink it's the best mix of individual
Crovo: For me it's being a catcher because and team sports,
you're in charge of the whole game. You get Orient: Describe what the role of sports is in
to call all the pitches; if you give up a home your life here at Bowdoin.
run,it'sprobablyyourfaultbecauseyoucalled Crovo: It's a major factor, but ... let me
Brian Crovo '93 relaxes at his Pine Street apartment
the pitch, but you're in charge of everything,
you get total control, you can position the
players where you want, according to each
pitch. It's a team sport, but yet it's also an
individual sport because you have to perform
at the plate; it's an individual battle with the
pitcher, but yet you have to move runners
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think. It's definitely something I wanted to
continue, but I didn't want to dedicate 100%
of my time to one sport. I chose Bowdoin
because it's the best mix of academics and
athletics, and because I can play more than
one sport here. If I went to a better school in
baseball or whatever, I would have had to be
totally dedicated and not enjoyed the rest of
college life.
Orient: Do you follow professional baseball?
Crovo: Yeah.
Orient: What's your favorite team?
Crovo: The Red Sox.
Orient: Who do you pick to go all the way this
year?
Crovo: I would say Minnesota for the
American League will win it, and I want to
say Atlanta again, though that's not really
going out [on a limb), but I'll say Atlanta. I
think Montreal's going to sneak up on people
too.
Orient: What do you think about the present
state of baseball?
Crovo: I think there's going to be a lot of
high-scoring games this year with the
expansion. There's not a lot of pitching left.
Orient: Describe the difficulty this year of having
to miss so much of the season so far because of the
fields.
Crovo: We're going nuts inside. We'vebeen
inside for three weeks. We were inside for
three weeks before we went down South. We
got on a roll down South . We were 4-2 coming
back, we were starting to play good ball, we
were getting our at-bats, and then to have
come back and sit for three weeks, it's like
starting up all over again. We just faced the
number two team in New England, who has
been playing. We're playing pretty well, but
we have a lot to improve upon. Mentally, it's
horrible. Our minds are not in the game.
Orient: Great, Brian, thank you. I really
appreciate it.
Crovo. No problem.
Although the baseball team's present record
is 4-4, the .500 winning percentage is not
indicative of its level of play this season. The
Bears' three losses in Florida came in one-run
games, while their four winscameby as many
as 18 runs. And their one loss since coming
back, a 6-2 defeat at the hands of Brandeis,
came against one of the toughest teams in
New England.
Weather permitting, the Bears play atColby
today at home tomorrow in a double-header
against Husson, and on Sunday at home
against UMaine Farmington. Regardless of
what happens, Brian Crovo will be at the
center of it the action, calling the shots from
behind the plate.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
W o in c ii 's O it t d o o r T r a c k
Track's "Big Five" continue to control team's fate
1
By Darcy Storin
orient staff writer
Last Saturday the women's track and field
team traveled to Tufts University to compete
in the first meet of the spring season. Bowdoin
failed to bum up the track however, placing
fourth among the eight competing schools.
The lackluster performances were typical of
of the ea rly sea son and were further ha mpered
by the cold rain.
The Bears amassed a total of 86 points,
finishing behind Colby (183), Tufts (117) and
Bates (98). Wins over Connecticut College,
Fitchburg State, UMass- Lowell and Norwich
University were consolations, but Bowdoin
hopes to score closer to their competitors in
future meets this season.
The top scorers of the day stacked up the
points in familiar fashion. Bowdoin's "Big 5"
of Erin O'Neill '93, Sara Soule '95, Staci Bell
'95, Eileen Hunt '93 and Amy Toth '95
continued the tradition they perfected in the
indoor season by combining to gain 71 of
Bowdoin's 86 points. O'Neill, the top scorer
of the indoor track team, placed an easy first
in the long jump and also took the 400m
hurdles, edging her competition from Tufts
with an explosive surge over the last four
hurdles. Soule ran two impressive races,
capturing second in bou\the 100m and 200m
sprints. Soule and CNeilffcombined with the
powers of Toth and Gina Coding '96 to take
second in the 400m relay.
Toth, barely down from the high of her All-
American indoor performance, seized second
in the high jump with a leap of five feet.
Captain Hunt's victory and first-year Janet
Mulcahy's strong sixth place finish in the
3000m gathered more valuable points.
Despite the muddy fields, strength in
throwing events continued to be Bowdoin's
backbone as Staci Bell '95 and Becky Rush '95
placed in all three events. Bell took fourth in
the ha mmer and tossed the shot 34.03ft., good
enough for second place. Rush took fourth in
the javelin and fifth in the shot.
Rachel Cleaves '95 had the race of the day
as she placed seventh in an extremely
competitive field of the 1500m. Her personal
record of 5:04 came as a surprise to Cleaves
who remembers "hating" the 1500m in high
school.
This Saturday the team travels to Colby to
try to run right over the Mules.
Week
in Sports
Date
Team
Opponent
Time
4/16
Baseball
@ Colby
TBA
4/17
Men's Lacrosse
@ Middlebury
1:00 p.m.
Men's Track
@ Colby
11:00 a.m.
Women's Lacrosse
@ Wheaton
2:00 p.m.
Baseball
Husson (2)
1:00 p.m.
Men's Tennis
@ Babson
12:00 p.m.
Softball
@ Wheaton (2)
1:00 p.m.
Women's Track
@ Colby
12:00 p.m.
4/18
Baseball
UMaine-Farmington
1:00 p.m.
4/19
Men's Lacrosse
Springfield
4:00 p.m.
Softball
Thomas
3:30 p.m.
Men's Track
Castle Decathlon
3:30 p.m.
4/20
Men's Track
Castle Decathlon
3:30 p.m.
Baseball
@USM
3:00 p.m.
Men's Tennis
@UNH
3:30 p.m.
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The women's track team gears up for their Colby match on Saturday.
Men 's tennis victorious
Continued from page 12.
and fought back with steady play to take
the final two sets 6-2, 6-2. The win upped
the Bears record to 5-2. Special mention
should go to first-year player Aaron Pratt,
who has gone undefea ted in all his ma tches,
both in singles and doubles. Coach
Hammond said of the match, "I was really
concerned about Salem State. Last year
they crushed us and had a 7-2 record while
only losing only two players.. .However,
we were terrific and I was pleasantly
surprised with our performance."
Looking at the year in general Coach
Hammond said, "I believed this year would
be very bad for us. We lost our 1 -2-3 players.
We had only two returners in Davidson
and Slusar and the exact same schedule.
Our strongest point is our depth. We have
eight players who can play at any position.
This depth gives us a real advantage in
terms of injuries. When anyone goes down
we can shuffle the line-up with virtually no
effect. All the players are hungry and ready
to contribute. I also have to give credit to
Mark Slusar who is playing number one
singles. He is up against the toughest
competion and is holding his own. The
team's performance has really surprised
me and I could not be happier."
The next three matches are crucial for
Bowdoin. The Bears are slated to face
Babson on April 17, the University of New
Hampshire on April 20 and perennial giant
in the NESCAC, Middlebury on April 24.
These three matches should test Bowdoin's
mettle and fundamentaly shape the course
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
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tuclent Opi
Szr
What priority do you think financial aid should have in the budget process?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: Last week Matt Nelson wrote a letter suggesting that we, here at the
Orient ask a serious question, one perhaps dealing with a weighty topic such as
need-blind admissions and financial aid. We apologize to the throngs of fans who
read Student Speak primarily for its sensationalistic qualities. (Perhaps you might
want pass directly to the letters section.) This one's for you Matt.
JOBI ORMON '96
Quincy, New Mexico
I think financial aid should be one of the
very top priorities with the Administration.
ALLISON AYER '95
MlDDLEBURY, VERMONT
The old policy of guaranteed financial
aid upon acceptance should be re-instated.
A friend of mine last year was given only
three hundred dollars — what the hell
difference will that make? Realistic
measures need to be taken for the in-
between class, whose parents' income on
paper appears as if tuition is quite feasible,
and really it is not. My friend was going
to have to leave school last year — the
insurance from her totalled car (not her
fault) paid tuition.
CAMERON WOBUS '95
WlLLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
Financial aid shouldn't be considered in
admitting students. We should be able to
find the funds (or reallocate them) to re-
institute need-blind admissions.
DAVE STEGMAN '96
Freeport, Maine
Financial aid is a high priority to me because
it is a shame that there is a lot of wasted
potential in the form of high school seniors
who are accepted but can't attend because of
Bowdoin's high tuition. The Administration
should be more generous in most cases and
less concerned with athletics and building
projects, etc.
ANDY CARMONE '93
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Financial aid should share top priority
with academics. Need-blind admissions
is something that would distinguish
Bowdoin College, not something that
would lessen its competitiveness.
MOYA R. GIBSON 96
Brockton, Massachusetts
Let's face it, if Bowdoin wants to become
the Utopian institution that it advertises
itself to be, it should give importance to
helping students come here without having
to go into enormous debt until they are
thirty-five years old.
/
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to ICdito
Budget Chair corrects
Orient on College Budget
To the Editor:
The article on the College budget in your April 2 issue
contains many factual errors and inaccurate statements. In
order to keep this letter reasonably brief, I shall comment on
only two important matters and not try to correct every
misstatement made within the article.
The first important issue is the budget for financial aid.
Your headline screams that there has been, "... a reduction in
financial aid." In fact, the budget line for scholarships and
fellowships has increased from $6.65 million in FY 92-93 to
$6.90 million in FY 1993-94. As a percentage of the income
from the comprehensive fee, it is stable at 20.3 percent. Thus
the budget increase in financial aid roughly parallels the
increase in the comprehensive fee which in turn has been
closely tied to inflation. How this increase affects individual
awards and whether it is sufficient to fund a "need blind"
admissions policy remains to be seen, but the intent of the
financial aid allotment for next year is to maintain current
policy. The present policy is under review by a subcommittee
of the StrategicTask Force. The Budget Committee awaits that
report before considering any significant changes in the
financial aid budget. It is my perception, however, that
members of the Governing Boards and members of the senior
administrativestaffallhaveastrongcommitmenttoagenerous
financial aid policy in order to maintain the quality of the
student body and to provide access to a Bowdoin education
for talented individuals regardless of their circumstances.
The second important issue is that of the endowment. Your
article implies that Bowdoin's endowment is shrinking and
that next year we shall spend over 90 percent of it to support
the budget. Fortunately, both these statements are false; if
either were close to being true, Bowdoin's would be a very
different institution from what it is now. Bowdoin's
endowment is somewhere between $165 million and $185
million, depending upon which assets you wish to include. It
has been growing slowly but steadily over the years. This
money is invested, and a portion of the return is used each
year to support College operations. The present policy of the
Governing Boards is to fix this amount at roughly $10 million
until the endowment reaches the $200 million level, thus
lowering the spending from the endowment to about 5 percent.
This policy, together with the requirement that our budgets
be balanced, is intended to ensure that the endowment will
continue to provide a sound financial base for the College in
the future and thus maintain its quality for coming generations.
It is also intended to reassure capital donors that their gifts to
the College will have the desired long-term effect.
Over the past two years, the Budget Committee has asked
all segments of the community for its input into the budgetary
process as we make the transition to a balanced budget. In
order for this process to succeed, members of the community
need to be correctly informed on both the financial condition
of the College and current policies affecting the budget. The
Orient can contribute to this process by reporting these matters
accurately and thoroughly so that we can then all face these
difficult decisions with as much understanding as possible.
Sincerely,
Wells Johnson
Chair Budget and
Financial Priorities Committee
(Editor's Note: The attempt to deal with the financial aid
question pointed directly to the fact that a students ability to pay
will be a deciding factor in admissions, not towards monetary
reductions. We apologize for the misleading headlines and any
monetary implications made in the article.)
Windy City Heterosexuals
Banner Torn Down
To the Editor:
Upon entering the M.U early Friday afternoon, amidst
throngs of prospective students and their parents, I noticed
a large banner adorning the staircase wall. The banner was
titled "Famous Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Lesbians" and
included just about everyone from Jim Nabors to Sherman
Helmsley. Now I personally could care less what someone
wishes to put up on the walls qf their college campus; after
all, there's such a thing as freedom of speech. However, after
spending perhaps four seconds contemplating the compelling
message and considerable relevance inherent in this banner
( in much the same way mat I marvel at the profundity of
plastering "Queer Nation" all over campus sidewalks while
nobly protecting the library from evil studentsnin search cf
books) I resigned myself to making a personal statement just
as relevant. Thus, in honor of our greatest golf tournament,
"The Masters," and our greatest city, Chicago, I composed a
magnifkant banner entitled, "Famous Heterosexuals Who
Have Played Golf With Michael Keller Ditka"— that's Mike
Ditka for those of you who remain unfamiliar with the bashful
Pittsburg native who once coached the greatest football
dynasty ever assembled.
In any case, I spent seven laborious hours painstakingly
inscribing yhe names of some of our most famous Windy City
heterosexuals who have been blessed with the opportunity of
accompanying theoft-inebria ted Coach on his frequentcharity
golf excursions . The list wa s a veritable Who's Who of f amoius
Chicagoland heterosexuals who golf: Walter Payton, Bill
Murray, Michael Jorden, Scottie Pippen, Jay Hilgenberg, Harry
Caray, Jim McMahon, Andre Dawson, George Wendt, Jim
Belushi, the charming and beautiful Diane Ditka and of
course, Mick Jagger, who being English rather than Scottish,
has often been sighted back at the clubhouse discotheque
dirty dancing with David Bowie. Well, to make a stupid story
stupider, I returned to the Union after dinner, and lo and
behold, my banner had vanished — thought the admitttedly
more impressive, "Famous Homosexuals, Bisexuals and
Lesbians" banner remained.
Perhaps my relatively insignificant banner had simply
fallen down arts some conscientious soul had deposited it in
the nearest receptacle. Or perhaps a spiteful Patriots fan (can
you say blowout!) wrenched it down in an unthinking act of
football sacrilege. Nevertheless, in my initial state of
disbelieving indignance, horrified at the infringement of my
constitutional right to free speech, I wrongly suspected that
the demure, thoughtful bench who had put up the first banner
might have removed mine due to its clear thematic inferiority
and aesthetic bad taste. Yet my momentary lapse of reason
quickly passed and I removed these heinous impressions
from my clearly politically incorrect mind.
In conclusion, my fellow students, B-GLAD that your
freedom of speech is protected at such a fine institution of
higher learning and liberal disposition as Bowdoin. All I can
say is thank the Greek Gods and our dearly departed Miss
Jervis that we still have our right to freedom of assembly. Thus
in the immortal words of that famous bisexual Freddie
Mercury, "Goodbye everybody, I've got to go." Aloha.
Sincerely,
I Eric Kurlander '94
are letting your friendship ruin your own personal integrity
and this is a matter of poor responsibility. Also, I advise you
to prevent Mr. Schlegel from using the Orient as the arena for
his pseudo-philosophical games at the expense of the rest of
the student body. You should not let your social (i.e. herd)
instincts effect your personal responsibilities as an editor of a
school publication.
Sincerely,
Stephen Patrick Carpenter "96
Crew Team Falls Prey To
Blizzard
Nietzche Editors Victimize
Carpenter
To the Editor:
The Blizzard of '93 has claimed yet another 1 victim: the
Bowdoin crew team!
Upon returning from basking in the spring sun, we were
notified of the disaster. Arriving at the scene, we came across
the mangled hulls lying beneath the collapsed frame of the
boat-house. Damage: $4,000.
Now we are faced with an abbreviated season and the
ominous task of raising the funds for the repairs.
Not being recognized as a varsity sport by the
Administra tion, Bowdoin Crew must rely primarily on outside
support as well as seasonal dues from each rower. Coming
out of a successful fall season, which included racing at the
prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston on October
18, the team had high hopes for an even more successful
spring season. With an early start to the season training in the
erg room and with membership reaching an unprecedented
high of sixty men and women, we were headed for a rewarding
spring. We had planned to not only continue the fierce riva lries
with Colby and Bates, but also participate in the New England
Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, the collapse of our boat-house under the
weight of the snow, and the subsequent destruction of the
hulls, has left us with four boats being repaired by the
manufacturer, and a season comprised only of fund-raising.
Our first step is holding an "Erg-A-Thon." It will take place on
the Quad this Saturday, April 17, from 12:00-5:00 p.m. Each
rower will row for thirty minutes continuously. The team is
asking for members of the College community, students and
faculty to pledge the rowers in order to help us out with the
challenge that lies before us. We greatly appreciate any support.
Sincerely,
Sara Schoolwerth '96
Will Havemeyer '96
and the entire Bowdoin Crew Team
To the Editor:
I would like to bring to your attention an egregious libel in
your paper last week. In the "Nietzsche Quotes of the Week,"
a letter appeared with my name on it. I did not write this letter
nor did I express any views at any point in time resembling the
views in the letter. The people responsible for this libel are
Mark Schlegel and Jeff Munroe, usually known as the Exiled
Student Speak Editor and the Nietzsche Editor respectively.
I would like to remind you, the editor of the school paper, that
libel is illegal. This is not the first time that your paper has been
criticized as lacking integrity. Mr. Schlegel seems to thrive off
of these games he plays. He is responsible for the puerile name
calling toward the Betas who defended themselves adequately
and in a mature manner (if we are to believe the legitimacy of
their own defense in the paper last week-rumor has it that
none of the Betas are claiming authorship of the defense) . Mr.
Schlegel had no right to add the short pejorative comment to
the Beta defense.
Now, the "Nietzsche Quotes of the Week" were never
meant for the general amusement of the Bowdoin student
body. They are for the private pleasure of a group of students
which surprisingly includes Mr. Schlegel, Mr. Munroe, and
you, the editor. The Nietzsche Quotes were intended to
alienate the greater populace of the Bowdoin students
intellectually. I understand Nietzsche as a philosopher in
perhaps a different way than you. Nietzsche espouses a
worthy enemy theory — if Mr. Schlegel and the others are the
superiors of the Beta Fraternity and the general school
populace, they, as alleged Nietzscheans, should not lord their
vast superiority. There is no honor in an all too easily won
trophy, and there is no humor in dragging the dead body of
Hector through the streets of Troy.
If you have any academic integrity, Mr. Editor, you will get
rid of the "Nietzsche Quotes of the Week." You have said to
me in conversation that not all parts of a newspaper are meant
to interest everyone; this is not the point and you know it. You
Leung: Follow Your Own
Advice
To the Editor:
For the first time in my recollection, Tom Leung actually
made a good point in his weekly column, "Fightin'
Words." His view that mundane features should be
eliminated from a legitimate periodical such as \heOrient is
worth investigating further. Truly, if the Orient were shed
of its less valuable contributions, there is no doubt that it
would be a far better paper. And so, I wonder whether
Tom Leung will judge the quality (or lack thereof) or" his
own column and act on his initiative. I wonder if he will be
the first to do what is the only honorable tiling to do — to
extricate himself from the staff of the once noteworthy
Bowdoin Orient.
Sincerely,
Brian Curtis '96
Nietzche Quotes Foster
Human Evolution
To the Editor
I would like to thank the Nietzsche Editor for helping me in
my ongoing evolution as a human being. As Walter
Kaufmann said in regards to Nietzsche, "He challenges the
reader not so much to agree or disagree as to grow."
Sincerely,
Daniel Houser '93
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1993
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Keep him in Exile
Over Spring Break, ages ago it seems, I was battleground for people, not an open forum
home, and there was a front page article in the for criticism, support and ideas. How many
local paper about a doctor who had had seven "Leung responds to..." headings on letters
"Kidd" enjoys puerile
beverages
patients die from complications in surgery.
Due to mis fact, the medical board of the area
had suspended the doctor until further
investigation. Now, I read the article and
thought that it was good that the powers that
be had caught this guy before he sliced up
someone else.
That night, I mentioned the doctor's name
to my parents and was greeted with silence. It
turns out that the doctor in question was a
have we seen? How many angry retorts,
emotional and irrational, have we read?
Actually they are kind of fun to read, but it
isn't what a newspaper's letters section is
supposed to be — the letters are an open forum
to express an opinion, not a section of the
paper where you carry on "I got the last word
in" for a few weeks.
The Exiled Student Speak Editor has
blatantly misused the resources he has with
friend of my mother's, and his situation was iheOrient. He is probably the main reason
much more complicated than that which the
paper reported. First, the seven patients'
average age was close to seventy-nine. Next,
the surgery was similar in all instances — it
was a last ditch attempt to save their lives,
and the surgery had a success rate around 15
percent. This doctor had performed around
twenty of these operations. Get a calculator
and figure out his success rate. So why did mis
doctor get this treatment? He and the chief of
staff of his hospital had a falling out, and the
chief of staff instigated the "inquiry." Thus,
the information given to the paper was from
a hospital press release. The doctor was going
to sue, but his lawyer said it would cost over
$200,000, so the doctor bowed his head and
took the hit.
The point? Well, obviously this shows that
politics can ruin one's life, but the bigger
picture makes us ask why the paper didn't
cover all the angles on this situation. The
paper just splashed a headline without
following up. Yes, it was based on a press
release and the conference the hospital ran, so
it's not all the paper's fault. But when the facts
came out about the doctor, the follow-up
article which showed the doctor's situation in
a clearer light was buried in the paper. Is that section to place an addendum to a letter last
fair? Is that the role of journalists to report the week. Is this right? No.
sensational, while being unfair? That would A newspaper has certain responsibilities to
explain why so many hate journalists. So, its readership. They do not include falsifying
what is the role of a newspaper and a writer information and using the paper as your
for a paper? personal playground. The Orient has a lot
The Orient has been under a lot of fire this going for it, and it's a shame that people have
semester, but a lot of the criticism has been stopped reading it. My hometown paper has
blanketcritirism.TheArtsandEntertainment chosen sensationalism over facts and
and Sports sections have been stellar, the responsibility, and a very good doctor has
News has been solid, and the Opinion, with been lost due to that. Trie Orient is being
its new format, has given many a chance to sacrificed by tiyo flaws. One isn't thatbad, for
express their views. The two problems seem if people really do feel that strongly about
to be the letters sections and a certain "Exiled something it may be good to let the campus
Student Speak Editor." know about it. The other flaw may be
First, the letters section has become a sacrificing a damn good paper.
why the paper has been ridiculed almost as
A newspaper has certain
responsibilities to its readership.
They do not include falsifying
information and using the paper
as your personal playground.
The Orient has a lot going for
it, and it's a shame that people
have stopped reading it.
badly as the Bills were in the Super Bowl. He
published an unsaid quote to have some fun
with a friend of his. Problem is, a paper
shouldn't do that. A newspaper is not a place
to carry on charades with your friends,
especially when a joke backfires on you( see
Steve Carpenter's letter). He took a widely
read section of the paper, "StudentSpeak,"
and made a joke of it and an ass of himself. He
somehow got into the "Letters to the Editor"
Dear anonymous residents of McKeen
Street:
What does a Kidd have to do to get a little
respect around here? There I was, innocently
going about my business of attacking legal
prey, and I get ambushed by a band of
overeager belligerents who hide behind the
address of their fraternity. I don't appreciate
being used as fodder in your squabble with
Schlegel.
And for that matter, my close personal
friend Chris Butler didn't appreciate it either.
When I asked him about the incident, he
turned crimson with rage and indignation
that some of his fraternity brothers would
stoop to such low levels as calling The Kidd
"puerile." Then he screamed, "I'm gonna find
out who wrote it and kill'em!" and ran down
the hall muttering "Puerile my ass! He's The
Kidd!"
Now just to be fair that's not exactly what
happened, but from the way that Chris
laughed at me, I used my finely honed
inferential skills to deduce that these were his
basic feelings.
And while we're on the subject,my
associates, John Gotti, Sho Kosugi and the
Royal British Navy weren't too pleased that
their mentor, The Kidd, had been slighted in
such a odious fashion. So all I'm saying is that
perhaps the authors of last week's article
should write me an apology in next week's
Orient and maybe buy me a YooHoo or
something (I thoroughly enjoy puerile
beverages). Then I'll let the issue slide and I
won't have to bring out the big guns.
Sincerely,
Kidd Guerette
Nietzsche fan chokes back
tears of pity for Leung
To the Editor:
I choked back tears of human pity last
week as I read Tom Leung's impassioned
plea for a movement towards anti-
intellectualism. ("Disorientation" 4/9).
Obviously, Mr. Leung feels that the Orient
should be placid tea-time reading that
challenged neither the Intellect nor the Will. If
the Orient should acquiesce and pander to the
mediocre aspirations of the intellectually
unwilling, then it will have lost its integrity as
an academic publication.
Perhaps thedisgruntlement stems from the
fact that a more than passive perusal of a
Nietzsche quote (or the like) is necessary to
extract its essence. To understand such a
passage is to incorporate it into and thus
expand the totality of the self, allowing for the
birth of new ideas and the reevaluation of all
values. But if Mr. Leung's sentiment reflects
the human condition, then we are not yet
ready for this expansion. Perhaps this is why
Nietzsche said, "Every profound thinker is
more afraid of being understood than of being
misunderstood." (BGE, 290)
I beseech you, Mr. Editor, let not the rabble
dissuade you from your intellectual
journalistic endeavors. Such an apostasy of
the Orient's present practice of publishing for
the betterment of the student body might be
a small victory for the likes of Tom Leung, but
it would be an apocalyptic defeat for
educational journalism.
Sincerely,
DerekJ.Calzini'93
Horizons broadened
by Guess Who
To the Editor:
Reading the Orient last Friday, I was
shocked to find sharp criticism leveled at my
favorite vehicle for personal empowerment.
The Nietzsche Quote of the Week has forcibly
broadened my horizons and overturned the
boundary stones of my existence throughout
this semester. Do not be too quick to criticize
such abstruse philosophy for, as Nietzsche
himself said, "The higher we soar, the smaller
we appear to those who cannot fly." (The
Dawn, aphorism 574)
Sincerely,
Jason Rand '94
Political Cartoons by Dana Summers/ Washington Post Syndicate
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Cornel West: The Fire and the Ice
Cornel West
Last night the Bowdoin Community was
treated to one of the foremost contemporary
intellectuals in America: Cornel West. Readers
of the Wednesday edition of the New York
Times had been prepared for the lecture by an
Op/Ed piece he wrote on Black/Jewish relations.
In front of a packed Kresge Auditorium, West
filled the air with
unprecedented energy and
conviction. His gift for
conveying the power of his
ideas was manifest in his
fiery and moving
presentation. With the soft
and swift tap of his fingers
on the side of the lectern
and a voice which ranged
from a riveting whisper to
a pounding shout, West
introduced many and treated all to a first class
example of the disappearing art of oration. His
dramatic delivery was surpassed only by his
intellect — a fact which became quickly apparent
as he traversed effortlessly from Sophocles to
Dubois, frequently quoting from memory.
West was able forcefully and lucidly to
characterize many dangerous and persistent
trends, yet he failed to link them coherently.
Several of the themes of his lecture in fact
were in tension. Many of his comments echoed
the communitarian critique of American society,
which argues that we are losing the virtues
needed to sustain a democratic polity . The bonds
that keep people interested and responsibly
involved in the "public sphere" are being eroded.
West refers to this erosion as the "spiritual
impoverishment associated with the market
culture" and attributes it to "cultural anarchy"
and "social chaos." One of results of this
breakdown in mores is the "gangsterization" of
American society in which individuals from the
ghettos to Wall Street are using more and more
brutal and immoral tactics to secure wealth and
power. His observations seemed to emanate
from a tradition of political thought which insists
that the best society is the morally centered one
which instills virtue in its denizens.
At the same time he voiced fears and
fundamental disagreement about certain
majoritarian ideologies (such as white
supremacy and patriarchy) that have dominated
the American sphere. This places him squarely
in line with the modern notion of tolerance and
neutrality towards the many distinct and diverse
peoples and conceptions of the good that fill a
place like America. Freedom here is
preeminently important.
One questions whether the "common good"
and "all embracing moral vision" that West
spoke of, where moral citizens would be thrust
back into in the public sphere, could be quarried
from a such a diverse and divergent society
which places a high premium on neutrality
among divergent lifestyles. Although
considering ourselves as part of a "human
family", "sympathetic " to the plight of others
remains a pleasant and appealing notion, one
wonders whether such a thin and ethereal
conception could provide the ground on which
to reunite America.
And if it were thick enough, and the common
good could be defined, West is ambiguous as to
which institutions would be involved in
inculcating the needed bonds. Would he approve
of the government being active in fostering
such a conception of the good? It seems so.
West' s overall relation to governmental power
seemed to waver between extreme distrust on
one hand and a view that it would be the key to
salvation on the other. Though he spoke of one
his main concerns being that those in power be
vigilantly watched and held responsible, he
conversely implied that they needed to expand
their boundaries and powers if they were to
achieve equality through redistribution. One
wonders how he would respond to interlocutors
such as Thomas Sowell who have argued that
this centralized bureaucracy that undertakes
massive national social programs has not helped
solve the problems of poverty and inequality in
America but rather perpetuated and worsened
them.
West concluded that he held an "audacious
hope" that the plaguing problems of racism and
inequality could be solved in America. He
described his position in distinction to optimism-
which rested on empirical evidence that things
were going to improve. We discover that his
"audacious hope" is a kind of Kirkegaardian
leap of faith that springs more from a spiritual
conviction than from evidence of things seen.
One could say that although West's lecture
turned out to be "audaciously" provocative and
raised urgent questions, ultimately the careful
listener left less then "optimistic" that West
provided an avenue to address them. His mistake
was in failing to define where the tradeoffs
would occur in the attainment of equality,
freedom and virtue. As fully realized ends,
these noble goals are mutually exclusive, and
thus fateful choices must be made about the
relative importance of each. The great debates
of our time center precisely on how the tradeoffs
are made, and the great individuals are those
who make a convincing case for one over
another. In failing to do this, Cornel West's
lecture provided a brilliantly delivered
presentation of the central questions of modem
times without providing many useful answers.
BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 1 6, 1 993
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tudent Opini
Is it "Diversity"
Some Really Want?
Russ Crandall
The controversy over faculty diversity is
an issue that has deeply divided and forever
changed our nations colleges and universities.
In the 1990s faculty diversity, or at least the
resemblanceofit, is whatalmostall university
administrations strive to achieve. Yet I believe
before we can call for diversity we must define
what we mean by it. Specifically, do we want
diversity of race, gender and class or do we
want diversity of opinion and ideology?
Maybe we want both?
Recently I visited a university where I saw
signs dispersed all over the trees and buildings
of the campus demanding "Faculty Diversity
On Campus ... Now!" Was this sign calling
for more African American and women
faculty members, or did it want diversity of
ideologies? I assumed the former thinking
that usually a demand for faculty diversity is
a mandate for more physical minority
representation within the various
Would those calling for
faculty diversity at Bowdoin
want Clarence Thomas to
teach Constitutional Law or
Phyllis Schlafly to head the
Women Studies Department?
departments. But I am not sure that this is all
that these people want. I believe that many
who call for more minorities want a specific
political ideology to come with that hiring.
For instance, would those calling for faculty
diversity at Bowdoin want Clarence Thomas
to teach Constitutional LaworPhyllisSchlafly
to head the Women's Studies department?
Probably not.
If this is true one could conclude that if
minority faculty members are to be acceptable
by the groups demanding diversity they must
usually have a certain political ideology.
They must have one that does not differ
substantially from those who are calling for
their hiring. Thus, if we placate those calling
for this type of diversity we run the risk of
having all of these new faculty members
having more or less the same ideologies. Is
this real diversity? Not really, especially when
academia is already accused of being too
biased to one side of the political spectrum.
The point of this column is not to create the
impression that minority faculty hiring is not
important or to condone an academic system
that has favored and courted white male
society for centuries. Personally, I believe
that an increased numberof minorities within
the faculty is essential if we are to receive a
balanced and diversified education. This is
especially true at •Bowdoin where, due to a
serious shortage of minorities in both the
faculty and studen t body, a distortion of reabty
can often prevail . But what I am saying is that
if we are to call for diversity we must lay out
exactly what we mean by it and, more
importantly, what we want once we get it.
Thus, when a minority applicant is considered
for a position let's look at his/her aptitude
and ability to teach in a coherent and concise
manner. We should strive to create a diverse
faculty from diverse backgrounds (e.g. inner
cities, foreign countries), but we should not
impose a political litmus test that ensures a
certain ideology.
TheBrunswick Naval AirStation held
a hearing last week at a local school
to talk about their environmental
mishaps and buffoonery. The
meeting had been scheduled for several
months to talk about a couple of the toxic
landfills BNAS has been harboring and their
plans for cleaning them up. But very few of
the thirty to fourty people who came really
wanted to discuss it. Most came to raise
questions on BNAS' envirnomental present
and were probably surprised to hear the
horrors of its environmental past. Captain
Rachor, commander of the base, apologized
profusely to the townsfolk for the spill and
assured us that there would henceforth be
much greater review of all potential
environmental hazards on the base. I asked
the Cap'n if this new commitment would
spread to other naval bases and across the
armed services. He said this would wake up
the navy and similar reviews would happen
across the country. But I'm afraid the spill
only awakened everyone downwind of the
base and down rank from Rachor.
In the last few decades, with more and
more corporations and individuals being
made responsible for their environmental
record, people have only very slowly turned
to risk aversion rather than cleanup, despite
its economic and ecologic benefits; the stance
of most corporations and many citizens is one
of reaction and not action. Too often the EPA
and the DEP have inadequate enforcment
powers, monies and politcal sway to make
these companies clean up their act. They give
token slaps on the wrists, often making
ignoring pollution cheaper than doing
anything to avoid it or fix it.
So the guilty parties must realize for
Something Rotten in the state of Maine
John Waugh Wright
3
themselves the benefits of environmentally and better catastrophes,
logical design. But companies tend not to The fuel farm St^which the spill occurred
think of risk aversion until they themselves was a brand new, $4.3 million facility and yet
have made a mistake; Exxon initial response was planned so that falling snow could release
to the Valdez disaster was to be extremely tens of thousands of gallons of jet fuel or so
befuddled. Presumably Exxon has since Captain Rachorputforth. Thedesignallowed
implanted environmental safeguard valves, without any lock-and-key mechanism,
without any monitoring system
mechanisms but have these
spread to other oil companies,
much less across the
businessworld?
Environmentalists had given
repeated warnings of the danger
of steering oil tankers through
narrow channels in the North
Sea but few listened and last year
another gargantuan oil spill
occurred.
The Brunswick Naval Air
Station is a perfect example that
some parties can not even
awaken themselves. Since its
conception, BNAS has created
many landfills on its grounds,
many of them full of toxic
materials and dangerous to the
community around them, both
human and indigenous. BNAS
was made a federal superfund
site and for the past several years
has been devising plans to clean
up about fifteen of the worst of
these landfills. Yet even while
the navy is being forced into paying millions
Pacillo
to be about eight feet from an
open sewer and without any
catch basin except beaver dams
a mile away. A stupid mistake,
one that they admit to making
so maybe now they'll wake up.
Unfortunately, it was less than
a week before they revealed
that not wanting a spill does
not mean anything. Even after
the spill was discovered ( about
fivedaysafter it started), BNAS
did not notice about fifty
gallons of highly -concentrated
fire-fighting foam down
another sewer at the base.
Which again was another
stupid mistake that was not
prepared for. Their real crime
is that they did not even bother
to tell the Brunswick Sewer
Treatment Plant (where they
supply 25 percent of the
sewage) who found out when
they noticed that the
processsing tanks looked "like a bubble ba th,"
of dollars to clean up its past mistakes, it is according to the supervisor at the plant. So
designing new equipment to create newer ————— ^— — — ^— ^-— — ^____>
A Modest Proposal
Jennifer Deva Hockenbery
It has come to of our Attention that this
College which we attend is struggling with
financial Woes. Have we not all witnessed
some of the most Dedicated of the College's
Employees wandering about the Campus,
their paid Hours cut from Forty to Ten? Have
we not all witnessed the Sickly, the Injured,
the Hypochondriacs lying in the Gutters
around the Dudley Coe during the Hours of
the Evening when the School can no longer
afford to keep the Doors open? Have we not
all witnessed the Athletes, in their tattered
Bowdoin Uniforms, huddled in Doorways in
far away Cities, since the College has
drastically cut their overnight expense
Accounts? And most horrible of all, have we
not all witnessed Students tortured and finally
exiled by the financial aid Office, which
promised them Money and then broke that
Promise?
Such detestable Sights have become
common place upon these Grounds, and our
Leaders propose that fewer Students from
that Class of Society, which can not pay 25,000
Dollars a Year per Child, should beallowed to
attend the College. This is a Solution, that we
can see as not morally compromising, for we
have never once proposed that we do not
discriminate against Students for their
financial Status and/or social Class. We
acknowledge that it is morally unjust and,
therefore, unethical to discriminate on the
Basis of Color or Sex or Creed or Physical
Handicap, for these things are given to one by
God and therefore not chosen. But as we all
know, as the Idea that our great Society is
based upon decrees, Everyone could be
wealthy if he merely put his Mind to it. Even
those who have only reached the Age of
Eighteen, must surely have had Opportunity
to acquire enormous Wealth for themselves.
If they have not done so, how can they blame
Bowdoin College for not handing them an
Education.
But despite the Guiltlessness of the Decision
to admit Fewer of the Underprivileged, I have
here to offer an additional modest Proposal.
TheDiningServiceofthisCollegehasdeclared
that the Theft of Flatware, along with other
edible and inedible Things, may result in an
Increase in board Rates. I propose an Idea
that would cut the Expenses of our dining
Facilities greatly by providing them with free
Meat.
I propose that the College accept the
Underprivileged who apply and use them for
the Foodstuffs of the more privileged
Students. I hear that the Flesh of First- Years is
especially appealing in a sweet-and sour
Sauce. Also, the Meat makes a satisfying Meal
when roasted with Potatoes and Carrots, or
put in a Stew . The internal Organs, such as the
Liver or Kidneys make a particularly nice
Pate, I hear. I believe there would be no End
to the Variety of ways these Students could be
prepared.
Until the time of their Serving, the
underprivileged Students would be, of course,
invited to attend Classes. In this way the
College would be making it clear that it is still
dedicated to Education despite its financial
Difficulties. However, because some of the
more Sensitive of the privileged Students
might have Difficulty in consuming their
Friends, it would be imperative that the
Students admitted only to be eaten be kept fa r
away from the Rest of the student Population,
perhaps in Copeland House.
If the College deems that it might have
enough Money to send a little recompense to
the Parents of the financially Inferior, perhaps
that money could be saved and used so that
the Siblings of these unfortunate Students
might enter the School as privileged Students.
This would increase Incentive for Families to
give their Children to the dining Service of
the School.
We have come on hard Times, and so must
resort to Measures, commonly not deemed
necessary. I invite the Administration to
reevaluate some of its recent budget cut
proposals and perhaps adopt my far more
modest Proposal instead.
what can be done to
stop these disasters
what can be done to stop these disasters and
cease the actions of radical industrialists and
their stooges who occupy all levels of our
society?
The first thing we should do is make
everyone responsible for their actions, no
ma tterwhotheyare. Secondly, every potential
environmental hazard should have to go
through exhaustive review, especially at the
local level. The navy should not be exempt
from this rule but should instead be especially
responsive to the needs of the local community
who they are pledged to protect from foreign
invaders or whatever they do. The next step
is to set up environmental reviews and make
disasters plans in all companies, corporations,
institutes, and towns.
We should start right here at Bowdoin
College. During the winter months, oil trucks
arecon tin uallyemptying their load at Physical
Plant. Do we havea plan if there isan accident?
I was walking by the truck on Tuesday and
noticed that it appeared to have been struck
repeatedly by a large sledgehammer Are we
supposed to be reassured by a Physical Plant
that needs students walking by to alert them
of their own leaks and who then tell us how
fortunate we were that most of the spill went
down the drain? A Physical Plant whose
machinery spends much of its time belching
forth dark gruesome smoke into the air,
polluting the quad with its nausea ting odors?
To find the true culprit we have to go back to
(as usual) the Administration. They have
placed little emphasis on the environment,
gleefully cutting down trees while reducing
the power of the already token Environmental
Impact Committee; despite the fact that the
BOC is the largest group on campus and over
200 students have or are going to declare an
ES major, the Powers that Be do not seem to
want the planet to get in the way of a liberal
arts education. Well, if we want to change the
world, we are going to have to start at home.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
pinion
I would like to thank Justin Ziegler for
his thoughtful and intelligent
response to my essay, "Liberal
Fairness. His article accurately
encapsulated many of the criticisms and
concerns which conservatives across the
country have voiced in response to Clinton's
proposed budget. If he offered few answers,
he at least asked the important questions.
Between Ziegler's article and my own, I believe
we have presented a fair depiction of the
scope of the political debate which has
surrounded the budget process.
The True Conservative
Jason Caron
Liberals defend the right to privacy.
Conservatives want more and more arbitrary
power given to law enforcement. Liberal
defend the procedural rights of prosecution,
guaranteed to individuals by the Bill of Rights
(regardless of skin color). Conservatives seek
to prohibit abortion. Liberals consider the
woman's right to choose to be fundamental,
guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Surely these legitimate and traditionally
conservative goals are more than simply means
to liberal ends. After all, they are in conflict
with liberal goals in almost every way
I would very much like to have left it at this, imaginable. I disagree with the conservative
Unfortunately, I have been placed in an
awkward position. I find myself compelled to
defend American conservatives, against
whom Ziegler has levelled a serious and
unwarranted charge. His rather astonishing
claim is that the primary goals of liberalism,
individual liberty and economic equality of
opportunity, are also those fully embraced by
who, of all people? Conservatives! "What
distinguishes the two ideologies are not the
goals, but rather the approach to achieving
them." Personally, I found this to be quite a
revelation. Imagine my surprise! All this time
I thought conservatives had their own
ideological basis, only now to be informed by
Justin Ziegler that the conservative movement
amounts to nothing more than a bunch of
liberals who think they know a bit more about
economics than the rest of us.
If only this were true. If all so-called
conservatives agreed with liberal goals and if
they were merely advocating an alternative
solution, then half the battle for individual
liberty would already be won. The debate of
whether to fell the tree would end; we could
sit back and compare who has the sharpest
axe. So long as we have common aims,
frequentdebateanddiscussionscanonlylead
to more effective solutions. Sustained grid-
lock, like the kind we saw in Washington
under the pastadministration,isnot the result
of such debate.
Alas, the conservative position is much
position on a number of points, but even I
give it more respect than this! By equating the
goalsof conservatism with those of liberalism,
Ziegler has done American conservatives a
great injustice, relegating them
philosophically to a mere faction within the
liberal camp.
Liberal that I am, one would expect me to
be delighted by such a derogatory
misrepresentation of American conservatism.
In one sense, I am delighted. An intelligent,
eloquent, self-described conservative has
championed the liberal cause. This speaks, in
my opinion, to the deep appeal of liberal
principles, and also to how fa r "conservative"
thought has been forced to evolve in response
to the triumph of these principles in the past
election year. I couldaskforno better evidence
that liberalism is ascendant than that its
principles are increasingly embraced by
moderate conservatives.
Yet I find it troubling, given Justin Ziegler's
acceptance of liberal goals, that he insists
upon traditional Reagan /Bush policy as the
best way to achieve them. As a catch-all
solution to every social and economic problem
I dealt with in my essay, Ziegler echoes an all-
too-familiar Republican refrain: "Many of the
problems that the Administration tries to solve
with increased funding could be solved with
institutional reform. This notion, that we can
miraculously solve all our problems without
spending a dime, is certainly not new to our
deeper than Justin Ziegler has chosen to generation; we have been weaned upon it,
portray it. Conservatism has goals which are through twelve years of Republican
quite its own, and which inform and shape "leadership. "Only in the wake of those twelve
conservative political agenda. I am frankly years have we come to realize what a
amazed that one of Bowdoin's leading dangerousandpreposterouspipe-dreamthis
"conservative" thinkers was unable, in an really is
otherwise
Ziegler 's ra ther as ton ishing
claim is that the primary
goals of liberalism, individual
liberty and economic equality
of opportunity, are also those
fully embraced by who, of all
people? - conservatives!
It is hardly an
inspired proposal that
money needs to be
wisely spent, or that
money should not be
spent where reform or
re-allocation could
better serve our
interests. But if we
have learned nothing
else from the Reagan/
Bush years, we have
learned that
"institutional reform,"
—————— ^^ without the support of
government funding ,has serious limitations.
I would challenge anyone to cite an area in
which "institutional reform" during the
Reagan/Bush years resulted in significant
benefits in the absence of increased funding.
Urban development? Crime? Drugs? AIDS?
Education? The fact is, these Republican
of private enterprise? This is the back-bone of administrations accomplished virtually
de-regulation, anti-unionism and minimal nothing in solving the most critical problems
corporate taxation. Whataboutadministrative of our society, while at the same time they
decentralization? What about the protection managed to pile up a debt that our generation
of state and municipal liberties? will be paying off for the rest of our lives.
It is in tiie attempt to further these goals These are the ones who now lecture us about
commendable essay,
to present any
distinctly conservative
political goals. What
about protecting our
common values? This
goal has led
conservatives to
advocate government
control over
pornography,
"obscene" speech and
lyrics, "harmful
substances", homo- — —■ "■" —— "■"■ —
sexual and bi-sexual relationships and —
perhaps most prominently — abortion. What
about preserving the family? This goal has
led conservatives to preach — and legislate —
against sexual freedom and the emergence of
so-called "untraditional" (single-parent)
families? What about defending the freedom
that conservatives meet with liberal
opposition. Conservatives advocate
censorship of everything from pornography
fiscal responsibility! Never have any done so
little with so much.
Shall we talk about education? Ziegler has
to Shakespeare to rap lyrics to books about focused upon education to illustrate the magic
socialist chocolate factories. Liberals defend
the right to freedom of speech and expression .
Conservatives attempt to legislate against
"deviant" sexual practices; they distinguish
between families according to whether they
fit a "traditional" (i.e. conservative) mold.
of conservative-sponsored "reform." For
anyone who is interested in the state of
American education today (i.e. to where this
"magic" has taken us), or who is simply
interested in the extent to which Thomas
Sowell is able to He with statistics, I would
advise the following Takeatourof thepublic This is a common trend. In education, as in
high schools in Brunswick and Portland, and law enforcement, urban development, family
subsidization, morality, and virtually any
other area of public policy, the conservative
measures of the Reagan/ Bush administration
have continually placed greater importance
on community and family then they have on
the individual. What we now realize, after
twelve long years, is what America's founding
fathers knew all along. Our communities and
families are founded upon a deep and reverent
respect for the individual. This respect is what
sets us apart from fascism and Marxist/
Leninism. It is something in which we take
great pride. It is the "glue" which binds us
together in a community, as free and equal
human beings. When we undermine that
respect — when we violate the rights of the
individual in the name of "community",
"family" or "excellence" — we undermine the
common principles on which our community
rests. It is this demeaning attitude toward the
individual, not a vague notion of "social
relativism," which continues to disrupt and
atomize the American community . ("The True
'Liberals,'" The Bowdoin Patriot, April 1993)
he disunity and factionalism of
our society today,the"usversus
them" mentality which we saw
in all its ugliness at the 1992
Republican convention, has not the result of
the failure of conservative policies. These
policies achieved conservative goals quite
successfully, degrading the individual and
The answer is that it achieves a conservative elevating a set of "moral" values and
goal, championed by Republicans. About a communities at the expense of others. This is
then of those in the wealthier communities of
Cape Elizabeth and Kennebunk. Because the
funding for these schools comes largely from
local property taxes, what you will find is a
striking disparity in quality between the
schools in richer and poorer areas. This
disparity is accordingly reflected in SAT scores
and college admissions. In short, those
children born into rich families, in rich
communities, are receiving better and more
thorough educations then their less fortunate
counterparts. The right of the individual to
When we undermine that
respect - when we violate the
rights of the individual in the
name of "community",
"family" or "excellence" - we
undermine the common
principles on which our
community rests.
equality of opportunity has been seriously
compromised, and because of this liberals are
understandably outraged.
Why has equality of opportunity been
compromised? What goal does this achieve?
iberals,'" '
T
decade ago, the Reagan Administration
decided that the federal government should
take a very limited role in funding primary
and secondary school education. This was
part of its campaign to restore freedom and
autonomy to states and municipalities.
Predictably enough, the burden of this
"freedom" fell on individuals, who soon saw
their property taxes skyrocket. The
conservative goal was served quite well, but
at great cost to individual freedom (not to
mention individual pocketbooks).
what conservatives mean when they say
"Conservatives seek excellence"("The True
'Liberals'"). But what kind of excellence is
this? Certainly it is not the excellence of free
and autonomous individuals; this is what we
liberals hold to be truly excellent.
It is for us to decide whether we will
embrace conservative or liberal goals as our
own. I, and a great many of you, voted for
individual freedom and equality of
opportunity. We voted for President Clinton.
Phrenchy Speaks
Auto Advice by
Dave Stegman
Dear Phrenchy, in the Dudley Coe Health Center.
I have a 1987 Ford Escort, and sometimes Now, believe it or not Judd, this is the first
when I'm driving, it just dies and won't start time I've heard of this kind of problem. I can't
again. It's an automatic and when the stall believe I'm hearing this from you. In fact, it's
occurs, it won't even change into another about as likely as a rope occurring at Bowdoin.
gear. I'm afraid to drive it on the highways. Now that's pretty ludicrous! I find it hard to
What's wrong with my car? believe that — a Honda was it? — can have a
problem like this when they're so reliable and
Joe Knowles, Brunswick well engineered. Of course, the stupid student
panel cla ims tha t problems 1 ike these are rather
Well Jon, I'm really concerned about this common but go unreported.
problem of yours. It sounds pretty serious, so They think they know so much more than
let me tell you what I did when I got your me just because they work with cars everyday
letter. Instead of just writing you back and whenlrideabicycletowork.Ijustfindithard
telling you the obvious answer of a faulty to believe that this kind of thing could happen
battery wire, just for you, Jack my friend, I in a Buick, Jonah, if that's even your real
arrangedapanelofexpertstoqualiryasecond name. I doubt it is, even though I don't
opinion. Notonly arethey automotive experts, understand what you've got to be afraid of by
but a group of student peers as well. All this coming forth with your problem. I think if
simply because I care about the people who
write in and their problems. I want them to
know I'm there for them and for you, Jeff.
After all, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't even
be here.
You know Jim, I'm a student here at
Bowdoin and I know what it's like to get
you would have told me right away after it
had first happened, this wouldn't be so messy.
You heard me, it's your fault.
Now the student panel said it doesn't make
a difference when you come forward, they're
just glad you did so that they can help you. I
know they're just trying to make me look
ignored. I've noticed that the general mood of insensitive and ill-informed. They went as far
certain upper-class people, is that the as to dig up some obscure law that says schools
Administration isn't as receptive as would be have to have a policy about brake failure. So,
expected. That's why I go out of my way to you can see that this panel was formed in
make sure that you, Jason, get what you your best interest, Jeremiah, but proved to be
expected when you wrote to me. After all, entirely useless. The bottom line is — your car
you didn't pay 25000 monkeys a year so that
you could write to me and be ignored or just
blown off. That's why I asked some experts
about this tire problem of yours to get you the
most current, up-to-date information possible,
unlike the AIDS pamphlets that are from 1985
is fine. Nothing needs to be fixed.
Having troubles with your car? Phrenchy
to the rescue. MU 472. What are you waiting
for?
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Interest groups promote diversity on campus
■ Campus Issues: Four
minority groups have
begun discussions to
acheive greater diversity in
the student body.
D. Holton Hunter
orient contributor
Zebediah Rice
orient editor-in-chief
The face of America is changing and
Bowdoin College wants to reflect these
changes. Discussion has begun in faculty
meetings, in the admissions office, and at
many other levels of the College, and action
has been taken to acheive greater diversity in
the student body, course offerings, faculty
and Administration. Many groups are not
satisfied with what has been done. This first
of a series of articles explores the objectives
and concerns of the minority groups on
campus and their relation to national trends.
Campus minority groups have expressed
frustration at what they see as a continued
failure to increase diversity at Bowdoin.
Furthermore, many groups see apathy,
ignorance and, at times, insidious forms of
racism at Bowdoin and in Brunswick, and
each group in one way or another seeks to
increase awareness and tolerance.
Panel Discussion
On March 31, 1993, in Daggett Lounge the
leaders of African American Society, the La tin
American
Students
Organization
(LASO), the
Bowdoin Jewish
Organization
(BJO), the Asian
Interest Group,
the Bowdoin
Women's
Association
(BWA) and
Bisexual Gay and
Lesbian Alliance
for Diversity (B-
GLAD) held a
panel discussion covering their role within
the Bowdoin community. One of the objectives
was to allow students, faculty and staff to
voice any questions or concerns they might
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Series
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have with regard to these groups.
The panel discussion quickly turned into
an informal talk due to weak attendance.
According to Nelson Rodriguez, president of
LASO, the meeting was not a success because
there was a "poor turnout." On the other
hand, Amy Cohen, a leader ofthe BJO,
regarded the "meeting a success in the respect
that people from each group came together to
discuss issues," and that "we [the groups]
were all talking about the same things and
[realised that we) have similar needs " Ms
Cohen came away from the panel discussion
with a sense of "solidarity" with the other
groups. Thomas Glave also noted that Ana
Brown, the dean of students, attended the
meeting and that her presence as an
administrator was a welcome surprise.
Student Apathy
The shared opinion among the members of
these groups is mat there has been a significant
lack of student participation in events that
these organizations, mostly minority groups,
have hosted or sponsored. Mr. Rodriguez
expressed frustration that "people almost
never show up to events such as [the panel
discussion], and people who criticize budgets
and aims really should show up ... otherwise
they are commenting without sufficient
information." For the most part there was
poor representation from all of the classes at
the College, though Ms. Cohen noted that
there "seems to be a noticeable lack of
participation among first-year students on
campus."
Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Alliance for
Diversity
Mr. Glave spoke of the purpose of B-GLAD
as being "to raise awareness of homophobia,
the chief motivation in
organizing the panel was
"to recognize and connect
commonalities such as
anti-Semitism, sexism and
racism with other groups
and bring them to
the forefront
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lesbianism, [and] bisexuality and to spark
education." He stressed that all of their
meetings are open and thatoneneed not be "a
gay, lesbian or bisexual to attend." When
asked about membership Mr. Glave stated
that he was "pleased to see some new faces,
and that there were some first-years."
However, he expressed a degree of frustration
and bluntly stated that he feels that "by and
large people don't really care about minority,
gay and lesbian students at Bowdoin."
Bowdoin Jewish Organization
Amy Cohen highlighted three objectives
for BJO. The first goal was to provide "a social
community; second, to raise awareness about
Jewish concerns on campus; and third, to
discuss and confront issues of religious and
Please see DIVERSITY, page 5.
Mellon intern
acquires major
Whistler print
for museum
■ Museum of Art: Mellon
Curatorial Intern Isabel
Taube '92 has no trouble at
all keeping herself very
busy. She has managed to
purchase for the Museum
one of its biggest
acquisitions in recent years,
a pivotal Whistler etching,
while preparing her
upcoming exhibition.
By David Simmons
orient arts & entertainment
EDITOR
Isabel Taube '92, Curatorial Intern at the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, has recently
acquired an etching by James Macneill
Whistler for the Museum. The purchase was
made in conjunction with her exhibition,
"Whistler as Printmaker: His Sources and
Influence on his Followers," which opens
April 27 in the Twentieth Century Gallery.
Taube, the first Bowdoin graduate to be named
Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Intern since
the program was created last year, was
responsible for the acquistion as part of her
many duties in that position.
The etching, entitled The Palaces, is an
impression taken from the largest plate
Whistler ever produced. Completed in 1879,
The Palaces is part of a set of etchings Whistler
was commissioned to produce in Vienna by
the Fine Arts Society of London. Originally
given leave to remain in Vienna for six months
to make 12 etchings, Whistler stayed longer
than a year and ultimately produced over 50
etchings in addition to pastels and
watercolors.
A product of this creative burst. The Palaces
is considered a benchmark in Whistler's
career, marking the transition from his earlier
style to his later, more experimental etching
technique. The wispy lines and use of plate
tone, according to Taube, became standard
techniques in his Venetian prints.
The purchase of the print marks the end of
an exhaustive process that has lasted months.
Taube and Catherine Watson, director of the
Museum, began by travelling to New York
City to see what Whistler prints were on the
market, making inquiries with art dealers
who had connections as far away as London.
Please see WHISTLER, page 8.
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1993
Inside This Issue . . .
Earth Day Celebrated
bowdoin College embraces fcarth Week with a plethora of activities.
Leaping Into Spring
7
The 22nd Annual Spring Performance by the Bowdoin Dance
Group will take place this weekend in Pickard Theatre. .
Men's Baseball
14
The men's baseball team swept University of Maine at
Farmington 5-2 and 12-3 in a solid doubleheader.
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Compiled By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Munroe
The Exiled Student Speak Editor and I would like to extend
sincere thanks to those warriors — higher men and others — who
resolved to give war a chance in the pages of last week's Orient. We
love the smell of Nietzsche's napalm — philosophy, hanging in the
Dawn air.
And, in this martial spirit, we would like to announce that Uncle
Nietzsche wants you — for the war against Protectors of Mankind.
Yes, "a declaration of war on the mediocre by the higher men is needed" (Will
To Power 861). The Domino Effect is indeed real — so smoke out the
Charlie who sits at your table, showers in your dorm and sleeps in
your bedroom before you find yourself imprisoned in his banal new
world. Send word of your confirmed kills to the letter pages of the
Orient- for truly, our Editors love life when pens are crossed like red-
flecked serpents.
" What is good? To be brave is good. It is a good war which hallows any cause.
Zarathustra, at such words the blood of our fathers stirred in our bodies: it
was likespringspeakingtooldwinecasks. Ourfatherslovedlifewhenswords
were crossed like red-flecked serpents! They though all suns of peace faint and
feeble, but the long peace made them ashamed. How they sighed, our fathers,
when they saw their parched set high upon the wall! Like them, they thirsted
for war. For a sword wants to drink blood and glistens with desire."
Thus Spake Zarathustra,
Conversation With the Kings, Part IV
Overheard in Divorce Court
Bonnette and Ronald Askew of Santa Ana,
California, were the normal American couple filled
with the dreams and aspirations of every average
citizen. Then, one day, Bonnette told Ronald, her
husband of seven years, that she had never been
sexually attracted to him. Feeling that she had
destroyed his male ego, Ronald divorced Bonnette
and won $242,000 in damages. The Los Angeles Times
reports that Bonnette Askew withheld her admission
simply because "I didn't want to hurt his male ego."
The moral to this story? Sometimes you are the bird,
other times you are the statue.
Weather for Brunswick and Vicinity
Today: Showers and
fog are likely with a
high of 55. Tonight,
chance of scattered
showers.
Tomorrow: Clearing
with continual winds.
High in low 60s.
Sunday: Chance of Tuesday: Fair, low in
showers, lows in the the 30s, highs from
30s, high 45 to 55. 40 north to 55 south.
Clearing skies at night
and morning.
Monday: Chance of
showers.Low 35 to 45,
highs in the 50s.
Maine Ski conditions phone
number 773-7669
Source: National Weather Service
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1993
Survivor of Tiananmen Square massacre enlightens Bowdoin to
horrors of communism and China' s rough road to democracy
■ Lecture: Shen Tong,
exiled Chinese dissident
and student leader brought
stories of despondency and
hope from the masses.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
Images of students in peaceful protest being
gunned down by macabre troops and visions
of one man standing in front of a convoy of
Chinese tanks haunted the TV screens of
millions of Americans during the Tiananmen
Square massacre in the Spring of 1989. In
what has become almost a testament to the
horrific nature of man, the heinous crime
commited at Tiananmen Square was indeed
one of the most brutal of the twentieth century.
Amongst the pandemonium and carnage,
one individual avoided one suppression of
the Chinese government and lived to tell
about the terror of 1989. Shen Tong, a student
leader during the Tiananmen protest, came to
Bowdoin Tuesday night to tell about his
experiences before, during and after the brutal
slayings.
Shen Tong was bom July 30, 1968, and
attended Beijing University. He received his
bachelor's degree from Brandeis University
in 1991 and isnow a Ph.D. candidateat Boston
University studying political science.
As early as 1986,
Shen was involved ■*■■■ ™— "™— — —
in the pro-
democracy
movement on the
national level in
China. By 1988, he
emerged as a top
leader of the
movement, having
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Committee of
Action, a human rights organization rapidly
suppressed by the Chinese government.
In 1989, Shen established the Olympic
Institute, which became a cornerstone of the
On the night
and morning of
the June 3-4
massacre, Shen
was on Beijing's
Chang-An
(Eternal Peace)
Avenue, now
know as "Blood
R o w , "
attempting to
reason with the
advancing troops
by showing them
the bodies of
innocent citizens
already killed.
His life was saved
by civilians who
pulled him away
from troops and
secretly hid him
in several
locations. He
escaped China
one week later
and arrived in the _. _
US. on June 11, Shen Ton * *M««»8 *
1989 — the first student leader to come to the
United States.
During his speech on Tuesday, Shen
analyzed and explained to a packed
auditorium the gross misunderstandings of
the massacre that were portrayed by the
China's best and brightest students are
in jail ... enduring horrendous living
conditions and torture."
American reporters. Many reporters were
already in Beijing, not for the student protests,
but for the summit meetings between China's
leaders and Gorbechev. At the time, China
Tiananmen Square demonstrations. The was experiencing great economic success but
Institute, under Shen's guidance, established deep political crisis. While the reporters were
the first news center of the 1989 movement, there, they felt mat the student politics in the
publishing an independent newspaper and streets would make a good "footnote" to their
operating an independent news service. stories. In an ironic twist of fate, Gorbechev's
Erin Sullivan/ Bowdom Orient
packed Kresge Auditorium.
visit became the footnote.
During that horrific June night, the students
in the Square reserved a small place for the
western reporters to take pictures and record
what they considered to be a profound
movement. The students also believed that if
they wanted to make an appeal to the West,
they had to have the reporters accurately
report upon the gross crimes and brutality of
the troops.
Shen suggests that this economic success
was one of the motivating reasons behind
Washington's cover-up of the social injustice
mat coincided with economic success. This
cover-up is further seen in the fact that the
demonstrations leading to the massacre in
Tiananmen Square caught most Americans
off-guard.
The United States has, for the past twenty
years, had both a positive and a negative
affect on China. In 1989, it was, according to
Shen, a negative effect that cost many students
their lives. The Bush Administration's
granting of Most Favored Nation trading
status to China was the "lethal message" that
gave the students a sense of hopelessness and
the government permission to suppress the
student revolutionaries. Twenty-four hours
after Bush had renewed the status, students
in Tiananmen Square were slaughtered.
Shen, accompanied by a film crew from the
U.S., returned to China in July. With his crew,
he filmed the conditions of many Chinese
prisons and the subsequent fate of many of
China's student leaders.
"It is the sad truth," said Shen, "that China's
best and brightest students are in jail ...
enduring horrendous living conditions and
torture."
The prisoners receive one or two sets of
doming a year. The food is terrible and the
portions are meager. The Chinese spend an
equivalent of four U.S dollars on each prisoner
each year. The prisoners' arms and legs are
covered with scars of torture and infections,
and they are confined in one room for
sometimes as long as 16 months. After they
serve time in prison, they must work for two
years in a state-owned factory. These factories
are extremely dangerous and many prisoners
lose limbs in the gears of the machines.
While he was in China, he interviewed a
prison guard who had worked in prisons in
China for over three years. The prison guard
reported that it was expected for each prison
official to, on a daily basis, beat the prisoners.
If they forgot to beat a prisoner on a certain
day, they would be ridiculed by the rest of the
prison officials.
Shen also interviewed a family whose son
was in jail for "revoultionary activities." When
he arrived, it was necessary for the family to
pull all the shades in the house and lock all the
doors for fear that they might seen by someone
who would turn them in to the authorities.
Once inside, the family cried for almost two
hours, telling Shen about the injustice and
brutality of the Chinese government. This
kind of existence, the sort of Orwellian fear of
Big Brother, will no longer be tolerated by the
Chinese people, conveyed Shen.
"If change is going to happen," said Shen,
"it will come from the people."
Shen concluded the night with a note of
reminiscence and an overtone of hope. He
said, "No matter where my colleagues are, in
jail, in exile or in universities, we are together.
Back in '89 we had a taste of freedom, but the
movement was crushed down. All we need
now is one drop of rain to clean away the
bitterness from the people."
College energy use will decrease with recommended efficiency increase
By Bryan Ferro
orient contributor
Last semester, students in environmental
studies 101 were given the opportunity to
undertake the task of researching, analyzing
and formulating possible solutions to a variety
of environmental problems which directly
affect the Bowdom College community.
In conjunction with Earth Week, the
environmental studies department seized the
opportunity to provide the Bowdoin
community with a sense of what last
semester's environmental studies students
accomplished One group, led by Samantha
Coyne *%, Stefan Gutow '96, Chad Mills '95
and Adam Van der Water '95, studied heat
and energy use and management and possible
solutions.
With the help of David Barbour, director of
the Physical Plant, the heat and energy group
was able to obtain information regarding the
College's heat and energy facilities, their
processes and problems which .the College
has already corrected, as well as the problems
which still exist and are in need of solutions.
The heating plant, located on the south side
of the Hatch Science Library, is responsible
for all heating operations on campus and is exceeds sixty-five degrees. The problem with
equipped with four boilers. Said Barbour, this system is that the thermostats may be
"These four boilers in the Physical Plant would affected by things such as open windows or
supply twice the capacity Bowdoin needs for hot objects such as lights. This inefficiency
heating purposes." It costs approximately suggests that Bowdoin should either improve
$1,000 per day to operate the heating plant. or replace this system in the future.
The plant generally
starts up in late
September and requires
approximately 48 hours
to become fully
operational. Once the
plant has been activated,
it operates continuously
until the end of the
school year, including
vacations when the
College is practically
deserted. The steam
created by the boilers is
transferred
underground through
networks of six eight-inch insulated steel
pipes. After the steam has been transferred, it
is pumped to radiators within the buildings.
The heating of residence halls is controlled
by one thermosta t on each side of the build ing .
These thermostatsa re connected to a computer
network at the Physical Plant which shuts
down the heating when the temperature
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environmentalism
Although the
College has been
environmentally aware
the process of
adapting its heating
and energy systems,
there are still a number
alternative poss-
ibilities that should be
considered for the
future. For example, the
best alternative for the
College's heating
system may be to heat
buildings using hot
water. Coleman Hall is
currently the only residence hall with a hot
water heating system. A water tank with coils
connecting the tank to the underground pipes
from the heating plant is located in the
basement. Benefits from hot water are less
maintenance, less frequent failure and
constant comfort levels. Although hot water
would require renovation of campus
buildings, it would be efficient in the long
run. Another possibility for improvement
would be the installation of thermostats in
residence hall rooms.
Another energy-saving suggestion is the
possibility of a shorter winter vacation and a
longersummer break. This would saveenergy
because students would be using the heat
normally wasted during breaks, and the
heating plant could be shut down much
earlier. Better insulation and sealed indoor
environments would also provide more
efficient containers for heat. Even the smallest
cracks in a building can account for a
substantial percentage of the winter heat load.
These small cracks can be found in the form of
uncaulked and poorly maintained windows.
All of the previously-mentioned options to
conserve energy would be expensive but are
economically feasible. No major renovations
would be necessary, with the possible
exception of the i m piemen tation of a hot water
system. Although it is evident that changes
are being made, it seems that discoveries of
inefficiency on campus are surfacing faster
than the solutions to previously existing
conditions. Projects like this and others
conducted in environmental studies should
inspire others to join in the pursuit of efficiency
and expedite change.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1993
Eight seniors nominated to Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society
■ Scholars: The College
has offered membership in
the national honor society
to eight seniors, in
recognition of their
academic achievement.
By Ben Machin
orient staff writer
The Bowdoin chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, in
its second nominating session of the academic
year, has nominated eight seniors to become
members of the na tiona 1 honor society, which
recognizes academic distinction. Seniors
nominated are Johnathan Briggs, Jill
DeTemple, Christina Freeman, Zachary
Liebhaber, Christopher Long, Meredith
Lozier, Anthony Pisani and MacKenzie
Stezter.
According to Professor James Turner,
secretary of the Bowdoin Phi Beta Kappa
chapter, selection is made on the basis of
"good grades. We usually go through the
academic record, both here at Bowdoin and
studying away, and get the students who
have the A's."
The group of eight nominated recently
brings the total number nominated to thirteen
for the year, and there will be a final
nomination group in May.
As Turner said, this year's nominees, who
have only to accept nomination to become
members, are "all excellent students; the
committee was highly selective this year, and
the number of nominated students is lower
than usual."
Of the eight nominees, only six could be
contacted . Among these six the most frequent
future plan mentioned was graduate school
for further study in their field of expertise,
with four of the six mentioning plans for
further schooling within the next three years.
Jill M. DeTemple, of Pullman, Washington,
holds a major in Asian Studies and a minor in
religion. DeTemple is a nominee for the Peace
Corps and will "probably go to a Spanish-
speaking country, doing agricultural work."
Christina M. Freeman, of Reagan,
Tennessee, holds a double major in math and
economics. Freeman plans to take a year off
Jill DeTemple
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Christopher Long
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Meredith Lozier
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Anthony Pisani
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from school and then go to graduate school
for a joint progran in law and economics.
"The committee was highly
selective this year, and the
number of nominated students is
lower than usual. "
— Prof. Turner
Christopher M. Long, of Boxford,
Massachusetts, holds a double major in
chemistry and environmental studies and
plans to go to graduate school at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
environmental engineering.
Meredith H. Lozier, of Pownal, Maine,holds
a double major in English and anthropology
with a minor in education. She plans to split
her time between caring for her children,
working as teacher at the 7-12 grade levels
and writing.
Anthony R. Pisani, of Chappaqua, New
York, holds a double major in history and
Spanish, with a minor in Latin American
studies. He plans to enter graduate school in
the field of psychotherapy.
MacKenzie R. Stetzer, of Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, holds a major in physics with a
minor in English, and plans to enter a five
year doctorate program in physics at
University of Pennsylvania.
Briggs is presently studying at California
Institute of Technology, and Liebhaber was
unavailable for comment.
MacKenzie Stetzer
Erin Sullivan/ Bowdoin Orient
This is an advertisement
Sexual harassment vigilantes
Charles Geshekter
Chico, Calif.
Sexual harassment vigilantes
are turning social tensions into a
moral panic. Anti-harassment
groups resemble people who
hunted
wilches or believed in Satanic
conspiracies. They demand
action against a threat mat looms
everywhere. As guardians of
public virtue, they are ready to
reconfigure evidence and ignore
all presumption of innocence.
Modem witch hunts date from
the 16th century, when
churchmen turned customs like
muttering spells or using herbal
medicines into the mental
"crime" of witchcraft. Their
guidebooks proved the witches'
handiwork was everywhere.
If your house burned down,
cattle died or milk spoiled, men
witches caused it. Children were
taught by their parents to report
"offensive" comments uttered
by neighbors they disliked. With
unimpeachable gifts of
detection, witch-finders blamed the
devil's work for any "discomfort"
from toothaches to miscarriages.
When courts admitted "spectral"
evidence (visible only to the accuser)
and allowed torture to obtain
confessions, the witch hunts
intensified.
With few legal restraints applied
to the accusers, it was nearly
impossible to "prove" innocence.
In most cases, an accused witch was
a convicted witch. The craze was
over as soon as torture and spectral
evidence were declared
inadmissible.
Witch hysteria reflected the
collapse of medieval society and
uncertainty ahout the future.
Panicky people longed for social
stability in an "age of melancholy."
The witch hunt became a
community campaign to restore
order by identifying scapegoats.
In our current age of anxiety
people who take advantage of their
authority by pressuring
subordinates for sex must be dealt
with severely. Sexual harassment
is a real problem, but how extensive
is it?
The latest rash of accusations
recalls the 1980s paranoia when
social workers and fundamentalists
fanta sized a Sa tan ist conspiracy that
abused children. Legitimate
concerns for children's safety
became an unquestioning,
unsubstantiated belief in
underground networks of
kidnappers, pornographers and
devil worshippers.
Overzealous police, evangelists
and feminists exploited working
parents worried about inadequate
childcare facilities. Gossip and
rumor were manufactured into
"facts." Child-protection advocates
insisted that everyone uncritically
"believe the children."
Coaxed by anxious parents,
children "remembered" fictitious
incidents of ritual abuse. Many
times the presumed-guilty suspect
was uncomfortably close - the
adversary in a divorce or child
custody dispute.
Evangelism posed as
criminology. A cottage industry of
fear hurt innocent people.
When Maryland investigators
found no trace of alleged Satanic
rituals, Baltimore policeman
Donald Thompson was not
surprised: "A true Satanic cult
skillfully covers things up."
In other words, no evidence is
evidence.
In a 1989 sexual abuse case, the
prosecutor ignored compelling
proof of innocence, claiming, "Just
because we can't find evidence that
this man molested tha t child doesn 't
mean that he is not guilty."
Sexual harassment now covers a
kaleidoscope of behavior from leers
or sexual jokes to blocking one's
path or standing too close. A
national expert, Dr. Bemice Sanders,
agrees mat "sexual harassment is in
the eye of the beholder."
This elastic definition perpetuates
an essentially Victorian view of
women that denies them
responsibility and paints mem as
innocent victims.
Investigators find sexual
misconduct so pervasive that
nothing is beyond scrutiny. They
will discover exactly what their
sexual conduct codes ("detection
manuals") expect them to find. Each
accusation becomes the "tip of the
iceberg." It demands more
surveillance and swifter prosecution
to fight the epidemic.
With 16,000 students and 900
faculty, my university, Chico State -
America's No. 1 Party School,
according to Playboy magazine -
averaged four sexual harassment
complaints per year from 1987 to
1991 . Yet, according to one faculty
zealot, harassment on our campus
is pandemic .
Women accusers may blame
job dissatisfaction or petty,
personal resentment.
Like witch-hunters looking for
witches, these watchdogs seek
signs of male misbehavior. They'll
surely find it Demands for precise
gender etiquette in the workplace
recreate a medieval village
atmosphere where everyone is on
edge - either waiting
to be charged or looking for
opportunities to accuse others.
This trivializes sexual
harassment into what writer
Ishmael Reed calls "reckless
eyeballing ." Beware, a careless
da yd reamer could be charged
with "eye-rape."
The harassment watchdogs
must be brought to heel. We must
all open our eyes and see this
hysterical witch hunt for what it
is - a blind fury.
Charles Geshekter is a professor
of history at California State
University, Chico, where he
teaches a course on Witchcraft in
history.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1 993
Room draw begins next Monday
By Amy Welch
orient assistant copy editor
It's that time of year again, and students
planning on living in campus housing next
year are anxiously awaiting room draw. The
process of room draw has raised some
questions, and Joan Fortin, area coordinator,
and Faith Perry, assistant dean of students,
are ready to answer them.
Fortin said mat all students who have paid
their continuation deposit or received a waiver
for mat deposit are eligible to participate and
have been assigned lottery numbers.
Room draw will begin on Monday, April
26. At that time, students wishing to live in
houses such as Wellness, International (30
College Street) and Asian Interest (formerly
Copeland) will have the opportunity to choose
rooms.
General room draw begins on Tuesday,
April 27 at 6 p.m. for all rising seniors. Fortin,
Perry and Doug Ebeling, area coordinator,
will be in the Donors Lounge of the Moulton
Union. Chalkboards listing every available
room will be set up in the Main Lounge.
Starting with number 1, Fortin said that
students will "pick a room, sign a contract,
and they're gone." Rising juniors will choose
rooms on Wednesday, April 28, and rising
sophomores on Thursday, April 29. Students
planning on studying away next semester
may choose a student to act a s proxy for them.
For example, if students choose a quad in
Coles Tower on a "good" number, but the
person owning that number backs out before
the Fall semester, all students in that quad
would also be asked to move.
It is also impossible for students to sign up
for a room without a roommate. A current
listing on students seeking roommates is
available on the third floor of Hawthorne-
Longfellow.
Additional information concerning room
draw is available in an informational memo
sent to all students by the Dean of Students'
office.
Fortin stressed mat students are not allowed
to "sell" their numbers.
DIVERSITY
Continued from page 1.
cultural tolerance on campus." Like B-GLAD,
Ms. Cohen stressed that the BJO's meetings
were open to all interested in attending.
When asked about acts of racism on campus,
Ms. Cohen responded that she and other
members of the group "experience a lot of
subtle anti-Semitic activity through
in the organization have experienced
discrimination and it commonly occurs in
town. There is usually name calling such as
'nigger' and 'nigger bitch.' " For the most part
"there is little open racism on campus; it is
more subtle ignorance on the part of other
students." When asked what is one of the
main topics of concern at meetings. Nelson
responded "the lack of minorities on faculty.
Other students don't understand there is a
need for black and Latino role models in the
form of professors. This really bothers us [the
stereotypes and ignorance." With regard to organization], because it is one of the biggest
the increased overt anti-Semitic activity mat
has surfaced on college and university
campuses across the nation, she added that
"because we [at Bowdoin] do not have a
strong Arab group, which on most campuses
would be the source of anti-Semitic activity,
we do not have visible anti-Semitic activity."
Latin American Student Organization
Mr. Rodriguez
stated that
LASO's objectives ^^ ^^— ^— — ^^—
as a minority
organization are
to "create a
deeper and
broader
understanding of
Latinos within
American
society." Like the
other groups on
campus, LASO's
group meetings
are open to all
students on
"We are living in a very
, diverse world and
Bowdoin, as an institution
of higher education, is not
reflective of this."
— Kolu Stanley '93
campus. Though LASO's budget was only
$50 three years ago, LASO has been very
active on campus mis year, and with its $1 2,000
budget has brought a one-man play, a one-
woman play, a Latino comedian, two very was, "poor turnout on the part of Bowdoin
topics that we have to deal with on campus
with other students who are not in the
organization. They just don't understand."
Women and Asians at Bowdoin
Sarah Curry is a co-coordinator of the
Bowdoin Women's Association, Melissa Koch,
the organizer of the panel discussion, is the
president of BWA. Ms. Currry explained that
Ms. Koch's chief
motivation in
^^^^^^™~" organizing the
panel was, "to
recognize and
connect
commonalities such
as anti-semitism,
sexism and racism
with other groups
and bring them to
the forefront."
Tom Nguyen , the
head of the Asian
Interest Group, felt
the meeting was
"productive due to
the fact that all the special interest groups
came and discussed issues that all groups
seemed to be concerned about." However, he
felt somewhat disappointed because there
successful dance nights, the music group
Bonabo, and other forms of traditional Latin
American music to campus mis year.
However, in contrast to the experience of
BJO members, members of LASO have
experienced overt forms of racism in Maine.
Mr. Rodriguez explained mat "most members
students and faculty.'
African Americans at Bowdoin
H. Kolu Stanley has been a very
active member of the African American
Society for four years. She is a senior and has
been president of the organization for the
past two years. She stated that the Society's
EarthlWeek 1993
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— #■ ■
Maya Khuri/Bowdom Orient
After spending the night in tents on the Quad, students woke up to Earth Day.
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
This is our world, so let's take care of it,"
said Paul McCartney in a distinct Liverpoolian
accent to a crowd of thousands of screaming
fansattherecentEarth Day concert last Friday
in Los Angeles.
In a concert that included performances by
Steve Miller and 10,000 Maniacs, musicians
and environmentalists alike garnered at the
annual Earth Day concert to celebrate the
Earth and promote environmental awareness.
This past week, also known as "Earth Week,"
students from around the nation worked to
recycle, clean-up, reduce and contain any
threats to the Earth's precious environment.
Bowdoin College was no exception.
For the past week, the Druids, along with
the Bowdoin Outing Cub, have worked to
bring environmen talis m to thecampus. Events
included hikes and canoe trips over the
weekend, a clean-up of Mt. Ararat and a
biking trip. One of the highlights of the week
was the campout on the Quad, Wednesday
night, which proved successful.
With a helping hand from Ian Stewart '96,
who has worked prodigiously in petitioning
for local environmental legislation, Earth
Week raised awareness and proved mat we,
as Chief Seattle put it, "are all part of the
land."
objectives are to "promote awareness of
African American culture and contributions
to this society and the world." Ms. Stanley
continued, saying, that "the Society is trying
to promote a better and increased
understanding between people of color and
white students on campus."
Continuing the trend of other organizations
on campus, the Society has open meetings.
Ms. Stanley also mentioned that "prior to her
four years there was a white president" and
the Society does not restrict members in good
standing to run for office. When asked what
she would like to read if she could only be
quoted once in the article, her response after
a moment of careful thought was: "Theef forts
of the African American Society are not just
for the betterment of students of color but for
the College. We are not living in a monolithic
world. We are living in a very diverse world
and Bowdoin, as an institution of higher
education, is not reflective of this."
Overview of interviews conducted by D. Holton
Hunter, written with Zebediah Rice
In a conversation with Thomas Clave, a
member of both the African American
Society and B-GLAD, a recent survey was
discussed. The Chronicle for Higher Education,
in the March 10, 1993 edition, presented
nation-wide statistics concerning attitudes
of in-coming college students who would
graduate in the class of 1996 towards
homosexuals. Conducted by the Higher
Education Research Institute at UCLA last
fall, the survey of 213,000 incoming first-
year students showed that 38 percent of all
students and 49 percent of the men
supported laws prohibiting homosexuality.
Mr. Glave's response to this statistic was
one of little surprise. He stated that these
students a re "pa rt of the Reagan generation,"
and went on to characterize the Reagan
years as repressive. As proof, Glave
mentioned the muddle at the National
Endowment for the Arts where some of the
money that was given to the Endowment
was asked to be returned on the basis that
there were homosexuals in theorganizations
that received funds.
Amy Cohen of BJO expressed that one of
the group's sources of frustration is the
removal of the weekly column in the Orient
titled "Don't Edit My Voice." "I think it
should be put back in. The biggest
frustration is the feeling that we don't have
a voice, and this was one of our chief
vehicles for voicing our concerns." It should
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BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1993
Executive Board revises
honor and social codes
Tom Leung '96,
Member of the Executive Board
After months of painstaking deliberation,
the Student Discipline Review Group (SDRG)
of the Executive Board has completed an
expansion and revision of the entire honor
and social codes. The SDRG student
committee was formed so that the students
could understand Bowdoin's disciplinary
process more thoroughly .The codes have been
re-worked, resulting in thirteen typewritten
pages of meticulously detailed legal
procedures and violations.
Other than being much more thorough and
explicit than Bowdoin's previous codes, the
new text will also contain the restructured J-
Board, an expanded penalty range, single-sex
fraternity prohibition and College hazing
regulations.
One of the most important changes deals
with the J-Board's composition and
sovereignty. Next year's J-Board will be
composed of two offshoots of a common
nucleus (depending on the type of violation).
If the defendant is charged with an honor
code violation such as cheating, plagiarism,
etc., the Board will be consist of two seniors,
two juniors and two faculty members. These
faculty members will serve on the traditiona 11 y
student-run board for two reasons.
First, the SDRG feels the presence of paid
academic employees of the College on the J-
Board would lend a greater sense of
"legitimacy and fairness" to the disciplinary
procedures of the Board in an attempt to
encourage greater student participation in
code enforcement. Another result of the
faculty membership will be the
disempowering of the Dean of Students'
former autocratic right to proscribe sanctions
and the resulting transfer of this prerogative
totheJ-Board.
The SDRG considered using the same policy
for social code violations, but questionsarising
from the issue of faculty being privy to
compromising information created certain
difficulties with respect to the defendant's
privacy.
The J-Board members will now be
appointed by the Executive Board pending
the approval of the students at the campus
wide referendum held today. If all goes well,
the Executive Board will be interviewing
applicants shortly in an intensive three-step
selection process for positions available next
year.
In all, the newly-revised code is far more
complete and explicit. With such provocative
changes as the redefinition of the J-Board and
its newly empowered efficacy, the placement
of hazing regulations under J-Board
jurisdiction and the more diverse range of
penalties available to the Board, next year
promises to be a fair and professional one in
terms of student disciplinary violations.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april23. 1993
Arts & Entertainment
Spring dance performance: "surprising and impressive"
By Hugh Graham
orient contributor
Erin Sullivan/ Bowdoin Orient
The Bowdoin Dance Group will present its 22nd Annual Spring Performance tonight
and Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Tonight and Saturday are the nights for
Bowdoin Dance! The 22nd Annual Bowdoin
Spring Dance Performance is stepping onto
form both nights at 8:00 p.m. A tradition for
several years, the Spring Performance exhibits
the efforts of Bowdoin students who have
studied dance — in classes or independently
— this semester.
With fourteen pieces choreographed by
both students and dance professors, the show
offers a variety of styles and movement
expressions. Among these are works from
repertory and technique classes, a work from
the Bowdoin student dance group VAGUE,
solo/duo/trio dances, senior students'
independent studies and an African American
Studies honors project piece. In all, there are
50 to 60 Bowdoin students dancing in the
show, some long-time performers and others
who have just begun this semester.
Lasting about an hour and a half, the
performance has something to offer to
everyone in its expressions of humor, terror
and love or just simply through the attention
given to pure movement form. The dances
run the gamut in style, from traditional to
pop, abstract to representational. With the
use of a computer-controlled lighting system,
the behind-the-scenes artists (lights and tech
people) have worked hard to make the
technical aspects of the performance accent
and complement each dance.
The music and sound accompanying each
work also varies from piece to piece: the
ticking of a clock, classical piano
accompaniment, a song from the musical Cats
and the music of such artists as Taj Mahal,
Sting and Madonna. In the Bowdoin Step
Bite's piece, the dancers themselves produce
their own musical rhythm through uncanny
routines of stomping, slapping and chant. In
"Closing Doors, " choreographed and danced
by Michele Cobb '93, spoken text accompanies
original music composed specifically for the
piece.
As one of the dancers in the show, I had a lot
of funpreparing for the performances. During
rehearsals, I had a chance to see the other
dancers perform. I was very impressed, even
a little surprised, at the skill and creativity of
the students here at Bowdoin. Anyone going
to the Bowdoin Spring Dance Performance
will enjoy what they experience. It is definitely
going to be a fun show, for both the dancers
and the audience, so be sure to make one of
the two performances.
Spande's "Nine Cityscapes"
is a remarkable achievement
By Dave Simmons
orient arts k entertainment
EDITOR
Tuesday, April 20, marked the
Museum of Art's opening of "Nine
Cityscapes: A Meditation on
Piranesi's Prisons," an exhibition
created by Thomas Spande '94.
Spande was one of two Bowdoin
students to receive undergraduate
research fellowships from the
Mellon Foundation in 1992 to
engage in an independent project
involving a piece from the Museum
of Art's permanent collection.
The nine nocturnal etchings of
views of New York City that
comprise the exhibition were
inspired, according to Spande's
accompanying explanation, by Plate
VI in a series of etchings by Giovanni
Battista Piranesi, which is part of
the Museum of Arfs permanent
collection The series, called "Carceri
D'Invenzione, 'Prisons of the
Imagination,"' is a dark depiction of
imaginary prisons based on
Piranesi's architectural studies of
tine ruins of ancient Rome. The
Piranesi work and Spande's
charcoal studies of the series are
both on display.
Spande says he was drawn to the
"psychological power of Piranesi's
prisons to evoke a sense of
claustrophobia and anonymity, of
being caught within a dark design
of towers and arches." The series'
"architectural forms and bold
hatching marks appealed strongly"
to Spande's "own artistic
inclinations."
Piranesi's Plate VI is a rendering
of a gothic prison where the use of
shadow, light and huge, vaulted
archways evokes an ominous and
disturbing mood. Multiple planes
suggest the labyrinth and alienation,
and ropes and pulleys hint a t torture
and the machinery of death. Tiny,
anonymous figures toil below,
lending the etching a sense of
enormity, but the many walls of the
prison assert a contradictory feeling
of claustrophobia.
Spande brilliantly applies
Piranesi's themes and techniques in
his own work while succeeding a
remaining original . More than mere
copies, Spande's etchings are
stunningly original. Mark Wethli,
prof essor of studio art and Spande's
faculty advisor for the project, says
that the series ends up "being a very
original expression. [Spande] really
makes a creative leap." "The
Station" is perhaps the most
reminiscent of Piranesi, although
"Rubble Tube" and "The Bridge"
also employ many of the same
elements. The rest, though visually
different, remain faithful to the spirit
of the "Carceri," and make a
powerful statement in that context.
"In my 'Nine Cityscapes,'" says
Spande, "I used a graphic language
derived in part from the "Carceri" to
convey my own sense of the
darkness and drama of the modem
city, a sense of the despair and
exhilaration. One element of this
graphic language is oblique
perspective, which I find adds to
the impersonal psychology of the
image ... The viewer is made less
comfortable, confronting a deeper
matrix in which all the planes turn
away."
Wethli said that it was
"particularly apt that [Spande]
should fuse Piranesi's vision with
views of New York City," since
"Piranesi's works have often been
considered as strangely modem."
Indeed, bom artists' works evoke
the impersonal, monolithic, strange,
gothic sets of movies such as Batman
and Brazil, which were both inspired
by Orwellian visions and Fritz
Lang's film noir Metropolis.
Although Piranesi's other, more
conservative architectural
renderings were well received, the
disturbing "Carceri" were not
acknowledged until this century as
being Piranesi's most inspired and
original work. Wethli considers
Piranesi a "visionary."
Wethli said that Spande already
shows a great deal of maturity as an
artist. 'It is really extraordinary,"
he said, "that an undergraduate
would get a chance to do a one-man
exhibition at the Museum."
Although Spande asked Wethli to
advise him, Wethli said, "the
initiatives largely were his ... Tom's
step was to use that money for a
creative project." Spande is
currently studying away in Paris,
so he completed the project last
summer. "This is basically a
sophomore project," said Wethli. He
One of Thorn j
Maya Khuri/ Bowdoin Orient
Spande's charcoal studies of "Carceri d' Invenzione."
is impressed that Spande was able
to sustain his vision through an
entire series. He said the exhibition
is "very uniform, very integrated."
The first step of the project,
according to Wethli, "was going to
New York to gather images, then
reproducing the 'Carceri' series to
really get a feeling of the space and
graphic quality of Piranesi." The
etchings were done in metal,
consistent with Pirasani's technique.
The works were printed here in
Bowdoin's own print shop by
Spande himself. Wethli points out
that in Piranesi's day, before the
advent of photography,
printmaking was the only way of
making multiple images of
anything, thus making it "a very
democratic medium."
The ultimate result of Spande's
efforts is quite remarkable and
certainly well worth taking the time
to get over to the Museum of Art to
see. The exhibition will be on view
in the John A. and Helen P. Becker
Gallery through June 6.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday. april23, 1993
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
James Macneill Whistler's etching The Palaces, 1879, is the newest acquisition to enhance the
Museum of Art's permanent collection.
Whistler
Continued from page 1.
collection. Once a tentative deal was
made with an art dealer in New
York, Taube presented a proposal
to the Collections Committee based
on the artistic and educational value
of the work. Once the Committee
agreed to the acquisition, President
Edwards approved the purchase.
The acquisition is a major one for
the Museum, but Taube feels that
the print was worth the price.
Careful to compare the impression
with those of museums elsewhere,
Taube made sure that the print was
excellent condition. Taube surmises
from its quality that the work
belongs to a "second generation'' of
prints that Whistler himself had a
hand in producing. Theprintis now
the only impression of The Palaces
in Maine.
Taube is currently hard at work
in preparation for the opening of
"Whistler as Printmaker," which
she will have conceived, planned,
organized and hung entirely on her
own. She is scheduled to give the first of two
gallery talks about the exhibition on May 5
and has just completed a brochure to
accompany the exhibition. This week, the last
of three lectures about Whistler by experts in
the art world will be held.
Katherine A. Lochnan, curator of prints
and drawings at The Art Gallery of Ontario in
Toronto, presents a slide lecture called "The
Gentle Art of Persecution: The Creative
Rivalry of Whistler and Haden" in Beam
Classroom of the VAC on Thursday, April 29,
at 7:30 p.m. Lochnan one of the most
prominent Whistler scholars in the world and
has written her dissertation and conducted
extensive research on the man and his art.
The lecture traces the relationship between
Whistler and his brother-in-law Francis
Seymour Haden during the course of
Whistler's career. Initially, Whistler and
Haden worked together etching landscapes
until repressed resentment and an ppen
conflict caused Whistler to throw Haden
through the plate-glass window of a
restaurant. Whistler remained rivals with the
better-received traditionalist Haden, who was
a doctor by profession, for the rest of his
career.
Taube's exhibition, which investigates
Whistler's pivotal role in the history of
printmaking, runs through June 6.
Colvin conquers threat of ff Kum Ba Ya"
■ Folk singer: Shawn
Colvin charmed 1700
appreciative fans last
Friday night as she
returned to the arena of
live performance.
By Andy Droel
orient contributor
Over the years, the popular music world
has generated an overwhelming array of solo
singer/ songwriters. The listener must
approach this styleof music with some caution
and skepticism. Too often, these performers
are just good singers who drone endlessly
through boring, feel-good lyrics or worse,
angry protests Itisarareandpleasantsurpn.se
to discover meaningful solo acoustic
performers who capture their listeners for
more than just a few songs.
Shawn Colvin's performance last Friday
proved truly engaging and memorable. When
Colvin took the stage in "Morrell Hall" (the
newly-rechristened gymnasium), the near-
capacity audience of over 1700 listened
carefully throughout her set of songs about
life, love and other related topics. The concert
was sponsored in part by the Bowdoin
Women's Association and, fittingly, her lvrics
R J. Camp
Colvin's latest release, Fat City.
often took a feminist tone.
But never did Colvin alienate her male
listeners. Her songs, after all, are much more
than simple angst-ridden protest songs. The
lyrics reveal Colvin's honest feelings about
her life, using rich, imaginative symbols that
all listeners can relate to. And she
accomplishes this without eyer nearing
triteness. Her song, "Orion," explored
meanings behind the constellation, using
many engaging images. On another level,
Colvin explained, the song described how the
mythical figure Orion "was a real jerk."
Other high ligh ts were "Pola roids, " with its
hauntine melodv; "Tennessee"; and a
stunning, delicate version of The Band'sclassk
"It Makes No Difference." And it made no
The lyrics reveal Colvin's
honest feelings about her
life, using rich, imaginative
symbols that all listeners
can relate to.
difference what Colvin sang; her strong,
Bonnie Raitt-like voice amazed the audience
throughout the show.
In comparison to her recent album, Fat City,
Colvin's solo performance offered much more
intimacy with the listener Several songs from
Fat City proved much more worthwhile in the
solo format. On the album, the cast of backup
musicians often rob Colvin of her true essence.
Colvin herself joked about the dangers of
working with a band, describing mem as "a
lot of noise." Also, her short, often humorous
anecdotes between songs provided useful
insights into her thinking.
Many concert-goers noted after the show
that the real-life Colvin looks nothing like the
photographed Shawn Colvin that was
promoted on posters around campus. Her
hair was messy, she wore heavy "Mary
Poppins" style boots and, interestingly, she
seemed much more genuine in real life.
Local opening act Don Campbell, with the
help of an energetic bass player/backup
vocalist did an adequate job of warming up
the audience with a short, livery set of originals
and covers. Campbell and sidekick pulled off
an interesting bluegrass version of Bruce
Homsby's "Valley Road" that showcased
Campbell's flatpicking guitar skills. The two
have opened for many national acoustic acts
in Maine, including John Gorka last October.
Alums return with "TheGardenProject"
By Nicole Devarenne
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
This Friday and Saturday night The
Garden Project," a play written, directed
and produced by Bowdoin graduates Jason
Brown and Michael Libonati, will be
performed in Moulton Union.
The play, which has already appeared
at Portland Stage, is set in a cabin in the
Maine woods. It centers around two
brothers who were separated when they
were young and now. in their thirties and
forties, run into each other by accident in a
cabin owned by their mother. The play's
concern is with their meeting and the
difficult process that follows as me brothers
search for a reason for their childhood
separation.
Brown '91 describes the play as a "sort
of tragicomedy." He says it's partially
realistic in terms of its plot, but that if s
unusual because it mixes genres. He and
libonati '91 have added "a little life-sized
puppetry," making use of "big masks with
ropes around the sides" that come into the
play during dream sequences.
Brown graduated from Bowdoin with a
major in religion and has been living in
Portland and writing short stories. Libonati
graduated with a double major in
anthropology and history and is presently
a directing intern at Portland Stage. While
at Bowdoin, Libonati directed two of his
own one-act plays and one of Brown's as
well.
Brown considers the play "a very
ambitious project" and says mat if s very
different from other plays they have
written, which have tended to be more
humorous and absurd in nature. This is
an attempt at serious drama," he says.
The Garden Project" is sponsored by
Portland Stage. Some of the actors have
worked there as well as at Madhorse. It's a
"no-money show" produced entirely on
volunteer work. According to Brown, This
is where the exciting things are really
happening in arts and entertainment A lot
of the stuff thaf s happening on Portland
stages is stale. We've written, directed and
put this on ourselves."
Brown says that the difference between
writing short stories and writing plays is
mat "what sounds good in fiction doesn't
always sound good in dialogue." For mis
reason he has enjoyed working with
Libonati "Mike has a good idea of what
sounds natural and realistic on stage," he
says. "I love writing short stories," headds,
but, "mere's nothing like the feeling of
seeing your words come to life on stage."
The Garden Project" will be performed
Friday and Saturday night, at 8:00 p.m. in
Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
Donate Blood Wednesday
Blood to be spilled in inter-fraternity fight
By Emily A. Kasper
ARTS k ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Recalling Maine's unusually snowy March
conjures up images of snowflakes, frozen
noses and snowball fights, but for hundreds
of hospitalized patients the inclement weather
could have posed a more serious dilemma.
Collections last month were down over 900
donations due to cancelled blood drives.
Bowdoin's final '92-'93 Blood Drive will be
held this Wednesday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. in
Sargent Gymnasium. All students, faculty
and staff are strongly urged to attend. In an
effort to encourage attendance, the Bowdoin
Blood Drive Comm ittee is sponsoring an inter-
fraternity Blood Drive Competition with the
assistance of the IFC Each fraternity has
pledged a certain monetary amount in
order to accrue a substantial cash prize.
The money will be subsequently won by
the fraternity with the highest percentage
of members who donate or participate on
Wednesday.
Maine's campuses are responsible for
collecting 25 % of the state's 62,600 yearly
total units of blood. In a comparison with
rival colleges Bates and Colby, Bowdoin's
blood donation collection rate has been
substantially higher. In acknowledgement
of our outstanding achievement, Bowdoin
has been selected to receive an award at
the American Red Cross Blood Services
Northeast Region's Sponsor Recognition
Event on May 5, in Portland.
bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 23, 1993
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Singer/activist Nancy Day to give a
benefit concert for Rape Crisis Center
■ Innovative artist: Day
celebrates the spirit of
healing with a mixture of
jazz, ragtime, folk and
pop. Most simply, her
music has been described
as "honest and strong."
Concert band presents international program
By Charlotte Vaughn
orient assistant news editor
Nancy Day, a prolific composer whose
pieces range from classical to country to pop /
rock to blues, will perform in Kresge mis
Saturday night. Day, who recorded her first
album while still in college, incorporates a
plethora of instruments into herperformances,
including piano, strings, woodwinds and
fiddle. Her lyrics are famous for the way they
articulately convey familiar human
experiences. Most simply, her music has been
described as "honest and strong."
Music has been a part of Day's life from a
very early age. Her performance debut was in
1976 in a talent show where she won first
prize. She graduated in 1980 from Otterbien
College in Ohio where she majored in creative
arts, with an emphasis on music, dance and
theater. Her first album, Nancy, was released
before her graduation.
Day has used her musical talent in several
unique ways. She has written music for
children's musicals, worked with preschoolers
as a music and movement teacher and taught
composition workshops for junior high and
high school students. She has also worked
with a variety of other musicians and visual
artists in concert and on special projects.
Day is most widely known for her solo
performances. She has toured throughout the
U.S. and Canada performing in concert, in
arts and music festivals and in nightclubs. In
addition, Day has been commissioned to
compose music for videos, conferences,
telethons, special events and recitals.
Day also has quite an extensive recording
history. Most recently, she has completed an
album full of songs to help those who are in
the process of recovering from the traumatic
experience of sexual assault. This album,
entitled Survivor, was released in July, 1989.
"Nancy Day has recorded [an album] of pop,
jazz and blues tha t could be hea rd on a Top 40
station, with lyrics that tell of emotional pain
and recovery from experiences seldom talked
about publicly," writes 77k Pittsburg Press.
"Survivor is a collection of songs she has
composed through recent years as she
struggled in her own recovery from sexual
abuse and assault. It's her attempt to spread a
message of hope and strength." In 1990, Day
was bestowed with an honor from the Sexual
Abuse and PreventionEducation Network for
the album.
Survivor not only demonstrates Day's
sensitive writing style, but also highlights her
vocal and compositional abilities and her
talents in arranging and producing high
quality music. She sequences and performes
all of the instrumentation on the recording,
including the percussion tracks, strings,
keyboards and horns.
Other Day recordings include By Request
Only, released inl988, Daylightin 1987, Destiny
in 1986, Lavender in 1983 and her first college
recording in 1980 entitled Nancy. In addition
to the honor for her work on Destiny, she was
recognized by the Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Rape for her contribution to anti-
violence work as an artist in 1989. Day was
also awarded Most Promising Performance
Artist at Otterbien College in 1980.
Day will appear in Kresge Auditorium in
the Visual Arts Center on Saturday, April 24,
at 8:00 p.m. Students can buy tickets at the
Moulton Union Information Desk for $5.00.
Try not to miss what is sure to be an
outstanding performance!
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
Concert Band rehearses for their upcoming Sunday performance.
for his composition "Orpheus in the
Underworld" which gave the world the
infamous "Can-Can." The Overture is
followed by "Suite in B flat" by Gordon Jacob,
and "Manhattan Beach March" by John Philip
Sousa. Sousa composed mis march in honor
of a resort that he and his band visited
frequently. The concert ends with a medley of
popular songs by Irving Berlin called "A
Tribute to Irving Berlin." It incorporates songs
such as "There's No Business Like Show
Business," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and
"White Christmas" into a fast-paced tribute
to an extremely talented man.
Community members sitting in on this
performance are Margery Land is on french
horn, and Russell Quinn, Nancy Laite, Sarah
Kwantz and Kevin Reiling on percussion.
Quinn is a professional musician, and Laite is
a music educator at Camden-Rockport High
School and a member of the Bangor Symphony
Orchestra . Kwantz and Reiling are high school
students from the area.
The Concert Band's spring concert in
Pickard Thea ter is free and open to the public .
It will begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp, so come and
bring a friend for an enjoyable evening of
musical entertainment that only Bowdoin can
provide.
By Amy E. Welch
ORIENT ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR
On Sunday evening, April 25, the Bowdoin
College Concert Band will present their spring
concert. The band, consisting of students and
community members, will present a program
that contains several pieces that are easily
recognizable, as well as music which will be
new to the audience.
The 23-member ensemble, directed by John
P. Morneau, will open their program wiih
"Chester Overture" by William Schuman.
Next, "Canticle of the Creatures" provides a
musical interpretation of nature with
movements such as "Brother Sun," "Sister
Moon and Stars" and "Mother Earth," which
will be followed by "Fantasy on American
Sailing Songs" by Clare Grundman. "Ye Banks
and Braes O'Bonnie Doon" comes from
composer Percy Grainger's journey through
the British Isles collecting folk melodies in
order to arrange them for bands. The first half
of the concert will conclude with "Floren finer
March" by Julius Fucik.
After a short intermission, the band will
return with "La Belle Helene Overture" by
Jacques Offenbach. Offenbach is best known
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Friday, April 30 8:00 p.m.
at the First Parish Church
Tix: $10 general admission,
$8 for students and senior citizens
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 23. 1993
Mad Dog brings back that taste of metal
Maya KJuin/ tiowamn Unent
The n.embers of Mad Dog, who will perform in the Pub Thursday
night (left to right): drummer Josh Sprague '93, bassist Olivier
Spencer '95, lead vocalist Uwe Juras and guitarists Mark Ikauniks '96
and Eric Vinson '93.
By Dave Simmons
orient arts * entertainment
EDITOR
M" ad Dog, the newest
band to assault the stage at
the Pub (Thursday, April
29, at 10:00 p.m.) may change your
mind about campus bands. With a
tendency toward alternative rock
and metal, Mad Dog is not your
typical Bowdoin basement band.
The band's secret weapon is lead
vocalist Uwe Juras (pronounced
"Ooh-veh Your-ahss"), the 25-year-
old teaching fellow in German. Juras
hails from a professional metal band
with a penchant for black leather in
Mainz, Germany, called Fracture.
Fracture is one of the "top two or
three" best bands in the area of
Mainz (a city a bit bigger than
Albany). The band is large enough
to have its own technical director, a
pyrotechnics engineer who rigs
show-stopping explosions, and a
security detail (hired after Juras was
actually struck by a hurled beer
bottle). Juras' band in Germany is
doing so well that a German record
label wants to produce mem.
But for now, Juras is living the
rugged Bowdoin campusexistence,
continuing his studies in English
and Latin to finish up a teaching
degree as part of an exchange
Bowdoin has with the Johann
Gutenberg University in Mainz. The
core of the band got together last
semester when Josh Sprague '93,
the group's drummer, responded
to Juras' poster indicating that he
was looking for a decent band so
that his ample vocal skills wouldn't
atrophy. Sprague knew of a
guitarist, Eric Vinson '93, who was
interested in playing in a band.
Although Juras had by far the most
experience, Sprague and Vinson had
both played in bands earlier.
Pulled together by fate, the band
started getting together in the
middle of last semester, but Juras
admits the rehearsals were "totally
random. We had no discipline.
Everyone had conflicting opinions,
we weren't organized." After a little
recruitment, Juras picked up bass
player Olivier Spencer '95, a current
Chica goan who was born in France,
from across the hall, and Mark
Ikauniks '96, a guitarist who also
plays in a Boston-area band.
After die two joined this semester,
practices ran more smoothly. The
group started to get more serious
about rehearsals, which grew more
intensive: three to four hours at a
time a few times a week. They came
up with the name Mad Dog and
started sniffing around for places to
play. The Pub, looking for a gig on
Senior Pub Night, was more than
happy to accommodate.
Last week Mad Dog made its
first appearance at Burnett
House for a practice concert.
Juras says that the response great.
"There were more about a hundred
people there, from all classes," he
says. "The first floor of Burnett was
packed. It was a surprise because
we didn't announce it at all. We told
a few people, but we weren't sure
how it would turn out." Juras also
says that the band played well with
few errors, despite their lack of stage
experience.
The band essentially plays rock
from a very wide range: Pink Floyd,
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Motley Criie,
GNR, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Judas
Priest and the Gult. Juras attributes
the disparity to the different tastes
within the band. Vinson, Sprague
and Spencer favor alternative rock,
wheras Juras remains loyal to the
heavy metal and hard rock of the
early '80s.
Student reactions to the band's
rehearsal concert were positive.
Carrie Curtis '96 guesses that this is
because the room was filled with
people who really wanted to hear
Mad Dog jam, but she admits that
the band is "really good." She likes
the fact that the band plays songs
from a wide variety of artists. She
says Mad Dog is "a lot more like a
metal band, more exciting than the
other campus bands I've seen. Most
of tine bands here are pretty mellow . "
Peter Van Dyke '93 also caught
the set at Burnett. He characterizes
the band as "Busy, but not
precocious. That just about sums it
up." He says also that the band has
"good concept" and that they are
"very receptive to the crowd. That
relationship breeds good music.
And they got kickin' drums."
Mad Dog will be looking to play
at more campus parties in the near
future. They hope that the exposure
they get from the Pub will increase
their visibility on campus. Be sure
not to miss mem Thursday night,
April 29, at 10 p.m. in the Pub.
New Treepeople album lacks adventure if not pleasure
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Straight outta Seattle! It hardly seems possible to hardened
indy-rock hipsters, but the paradox tha t is the not-cool-because-
it's-too-cool Seattle scene continues to sire album after album
of plaid-clad angst. At this point (i.e. when a "scene" becomes
so marketable that it reaches the epitome of obviousness via
MTV, Rolling Stone, etc.) the music industry takes on the
embarrassing self-mortification of an aging show-biz
personality who shamelessly flogs whatever remains of his or
her star-power in some cheesy and reprehensible Las Vegas
revue in the face of the bald truth that he or she is merely
bilking the public with sub-par entertainment.
Enter (or rather re-enter) Treepeople, who are hardly the
sort of late-comers deserving of the above tirade. But the
undistinguished vanilla-grunge ethos of Just Kidding doesn't
exactly gain them entry to the penetralia of the alternative
rock temple. Treepeople's nods to 70s heavy metal aren't as
deft as those of, say, Dinosaur Jr.; their instrumental
proficiency, while admirable, falls short of Helmet; the requisite
anguish-filled howls aren't as blood-curdling as those of
Buffalo Tom
Just Kidding is a solid outing with its share of hooks. "Neil's
Down" shines on the first listen, and the opener, "Today,"
likewise plays up their ability to write relatively catchy
material. The fact that the band knows when to kick a song
into overdrive helps immensely, especially on the hardcorish
"Clouds and Faces" and the refreshingly brief "Anything's
Impossible." There are few missteps: the guitar riff that leads
off 'In C" more or less fails, and the acoustic start to "Outside
In," a close relation to one of those late- '80s glam-metal
acoustic hits, wins this album's award for Contractual
Obligation Ballad.
If you love this type of music and buy Nirvana records by
the gross, Just Kidding will not disappoint. The album is a
pleasurable, if none too adventurous, excursion into
» omfortable terra cognita . But if you only purchase one grunge-
rock album this year, maybe look around a little more and find
one that shows a bit more innovation and individuality. There
are plenty out there.
CD Review
Treepeople
Just Kidding
(C/Z Records)
The undistinguished vanilla-grunge
ethos o/Just Kidding doesn't exactly
gain them entry to the penetralia of the
alternative rock temple.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, april 23, 1993
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
friday 23
monday 26
r=i 1 7:00-9:00 pjn Exhibition opening for Rachel C. Shuder '93 and Melissa A.
™ ■ Schulenburg '93. Kresge Foyer, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 p.m. 22nd Annual Spring Performance by the Bowdoin Dance Croup. Pieces
by the repertory classes and independent creations. Pickard Theater, Memorial
Hall.
►8:00 pjn. "The Garden Project." Co-written by Jason Brown '91 and Michael
Libonari '91. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
9:00 p.m. The Last Picture Show. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Jeff
Bridges and Cybil Shepherd. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
9:30 p.m. Casino and Latino Night. Dancing to salsa and merengue music (there's
a disco ball!) in the Pub. Gambling and auction in the dinning room. Moulton
Union.
4:00 pjn. 'Post-Feminist American Women Poets." Richard Howard,
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
7:00 pjn. Poetry reading. Richard Howard, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Chase Barn Chamber, Johnson House.
7:30 pjn. Women's Week film series: Women of the World ~amila. Maria
Luisa Bemberg's true story of forbidden love between a wealthy young
woman and a Jesuit priest. Setting is Buenos Aires in the mid-1 800s. Smith
Auditorium, Sills Hall.
7:30 pjn. "Day After the Russian Referendum: Who Won and What It
S8 Means." Vladimir Voina, editor and columnist, joumalist-in-residence,
Foundation for American Communications. Daggett Lounge, Moulton
Union.
Saturday 24
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tuesday 27
7:00 p.m. -12:00 ajn. Game room free with Bowdoin I.D. Moulton Union.
8:00 pjn. 22nd Annual Spring Performance by the Bowdoin Dance Group. Same
as Friday. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
8:00 p.m. Benefit Concert for Bath-Brunswick Rape Crisis Center. Nancy Day, folk
singer. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
8:00 pjn. "The Garden Project." Co-written by Jason Brown '91 and Michael
Libnati '91. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
9:00 p.m. Honnie and Clyde. Directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty
and Faye Dunaway. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
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, 4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and Interpre-
™ tation. "The Art of Dream Translation." Hannah Seymour, editor and dream
columnist, Central Maine Morning Sentinel and co-publisher of the newsletter
Dreams Journal. Faculty Room, Massachusetts Hall.
7:30 p.m. Jasper Jacob Stahl Lectership in the Humanities. "Historicizing the
Sexual Body." David M. Halperin, professor of literature, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center
7:30 p.m. African Film Festival. Mapantsula, a film about petty crime and
rebellion in contemporary South Africa. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts
Center.
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2:15 p.m. Gallery Talk. "The Upshams of Brunswick: Portraits
from the Permanent Collection." Linda J. Docherty, assistant
professor of art; Alfred H. Fuchs, professor of psychology;
and Laura K. Mills '93, art history major and Andrew W.
Mellon Fellow. Walker Art Building.
3:00 p.m. Symposium. "The Self at Work in the
Community: The Contribution of Heinz Westman to
Jungian Psychology." Panelists: Peter B. Harris, professor
of English, Colby College; Mark A. Lutz, professor of
economics, University of Maine; Chandler D. Brown,
director, Centerpoint Foundation; and Daniel E. Wathen,
chief justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Kresge Audito-
rium, Visual Arts Center.
4:00 pjn. Rachmaninoff's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Bowdoin Chorus and die Down East Singers, directed by
Anthony Antohni, with Andre Papkov, bass soloist. St.
John's Church, Brunswick.
Reviews of Antolinis earlier performances of
the Rachmaninoff piece include: "When An tolini
decides to do it again — I will be first in line..."
(Marilyn Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle.) The
piece is spellbinding in its beauty, so engrossing
that the 20 movements seemed to end too soon ...
(Karen Smith, Peninsula Times Tribune.) "High-
lights include, a rising 'Alleluia' sequence that
almost lifted the audience out of its seat at the
end of the Cherubic Hymn..." (Judith Green,
San Jose Mercur^ "The Liturgy turned out to
be a lovely Christmas present to Musco-
vites..." (V. Pavlova in Moscow's Sovietskaya
Kultura.)
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7:30 pjn. Concert Band, conducted by John
Momeau. Program includes works of
William Schuman, Percy Grainger, John
Philip Sousa and Irving Berlin. Pickard
Theater, Memorial Hall.
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Wednesday 28
12:00 p.m. Faculty seminar. "The Cleaveland
»t)) Cabinet: Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Collec-
tions." Arthur M. Hussey, professor of
geology. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
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3:00-8:00 p.m. Red Cross Blood Drive. Sargent
Gymnasium.
9:00 p.m. //. Directed by Lindsay Anderson
and starring Malcolm McDowell. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
thursday 29
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St. John Chrysostom, the subject of
performed by the Bowdoin Chorus
Holy Transfiguration Monastery/ Rrooklmr, MA
Rachmaninoff's Liturgy will be
and Down East Singers this Sunday.
4:00 p.m. "NMR Study of the Effects of
Glycosylation on Peptide Secondary Struc-
ture." Amy Hamilton Andreotti '89, Princeton
University. Refreshments at 3:30. Room 123,
Cleaveland Hall.
5:00-7:00 p.m. Just Like Home Night dinner.
Menus prepared from the winners and
runners-up of the Parents Weekend recipe
contest. Dining Rooms, Moulton Union and
Wentworth Hall.
7:30 p.m "The Gentle Art of
Persecution: The Creative Rivalry of
Whistler and Haden." Katharine A.
Lochnan, curator of prints and
drawings The Art Gallery of
Ontario, Toronto. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
7:30 p.m. Joseph D. Litvak, profes-
>>)) so r of English, speaks on pedagogy
in the classroom. Lancaster Lounge,
Moulton Union.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FVJDAY, APRIL 23. 1993
Orient Sports
Women 's Lacrosse
Lacrosse rallies past Colby
■ The Polar Bears top
Colby for the first time in
three years, then fall just
short against Tufts.
By Erik Bartenhacen
orient sports editor
After jumping out to an auspicious 2-1
start, the women's lacrosse team continued
their strong play last week with a 9-4 drubbing
of Colby followed by a close 10-7 loss to a
powerful Tufts squad. Despite the home loss
to the Jumbos which brought their record to
3-2, the team is optimistic heading into
weekend matches against Middlebury and
Plymouth State. -
Last Monday, the Polar Bears travelled to
Colby, a team which has had little trouble
disposing of the Polar Bears in recent years. In
fact, the game was the final chance for the
Bowdoin seniors on the squad to beat the
Mules. Seizing their chance, the team pulled
away in the second half to grab a 9-4 victory.
Bowdoin'9 3-2 halftime lead was anything
bu t secure a f ter a defensive first half in which
the Polar Bears seemed tentative and unsure
on offense. "The play went back and forth in
the first half," said Head Coach Maureen
Flaherty. "We seemed a bit tense and uptight
from the start, but we were able to shake it off
and pull away in the second half."
Pull away they did, as four unanswered
goals early in the second half pushed the
Bowdoin lead up to five at 7-2. At that point,
the Polar Bears concentrated on defense and
coasted to victory, their first over Colby in ,
more than three years. On offense, Maggie
Mitchell '95 notched four goals and Nan
Gorton '96 contributed two goals and two
assists. On the defensive end, both Coopta in
Alicia Collins '93 and newcomer Jen Bogue
'94 had great games, shutting down the Colby
offense.
"It was really beautiful the way the team
took over the second half," said Flaherty. "We
got great shots and passes on offense and the
defense came through with someoutstanding
play. It was a well-fought game."
On April 21, the Polar Bears returned home
for a tough match against Tufts, who had a 7-
1 record and had been beating their opponents
by wide margins. "Coming into the game, we
knew we would have a tough time," said Co-
captain Elizabeth Couglin '93. "Tufts was
blowing out almost every team they played,
and they didn't have much trouble with us
last year."
However, the team seemed undaunted by
Tufts as they jumped out to a surprising 4-1
lead at the end of the first period on goals by
Mitchell and Sara Poor '95. Bowdoin was
playing tough on the defensive end and
getting clutch goals to boost the Polar Bears to
their early three-goal lead.
At that point, the tide began to turn against
the Polar Bears. Tufts stormed back, tying the
game with three quick goals in the second
quarter due in part to sloppy ballhandling
and turnovers . After briefly grabbing the lead
at 5-4, Bowdoin once again let it slip away as
Tufts scored three more times to take a 7-5
halftime lead. "The game was in our grasp
and we let it slip out of our hands," said
Coach Flaherty of her team's second period
slide. "The team lost the momentum after
Tufts came back to tie the game. We became
frantic offensively, and we had some
unfortunate turnovers." Despite playing Tufts
fairly even in the second half, the two-goal
lead was too much to overcome and the squad
finally succumbed by the final score of 10-7.
Even though the Polar Bears came up on
the short end of the score, both coach and
players alike were happy with the team's
play against the powerful Tufts squad.
"Actually, I thought it was a great game on
our part," said Coughlin. "Compared to last
year, when we lost big, we played much
stronger and more intensely." Coach Flaherty
agreed with the co-captain in her view of the
Tufts match. "I'm very encouraged by the
team's play on Wednesday. If it weren't for a
few mental errors and giveaways, the score
could have been much closer."
Coming up for the Polar Bears are two
away matches, Middlebury on Saturday and
Plymouth State on Sunday. Middlebury, one
of the top schools in the ECAC, will be yet
another test for Bowdoin on their road toward
the postseason. Plymouth State will provide
the team with some respite from their tough
schedule, although Coach Flaherty is not
overlooking the squad she describes as "a
young, athletic team capable of pulling off the
upset." These two weekend matches will go a
long way in determining the tournament fate
of the Polar Bears, who have high hopes of
ending their long ECAC postseason drought.
Team Leaders
(Not including Wednesday's game)
Plaver Goals Assists
Points
Maggie Mitchell 10 „ 1
11
Sara Poor 4 3
7
Liz Coughlin 5 1
6
JenAhrens 4 1
5
Alicia Collins 3
3
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
Senior co-captain Alicia Collins streaks upf ield in pursuit of her Tufts opponent.
W o m e n 's Track
Polar Bears improve
against Bates, Colby
By Darcy Storin
orient staff writer
Last Saturday, the women's track and
field team fared the bad weather again to
compete against Colby and Bates at Bates.
Despite the absence of some key runners,
Bowdoin vastly improved its performance
against these schools compared to the
previous Saturday. Bowdoin narrowed the
point gap that separated it from Colby the
week before to a ten point deficit and avenged
its loss to Bates with an easy victory. It
ended satisfactorily: Colby 77 1 /2, Bowdoin
67 1/2, Bates 45.
Captain Erin O'Neill '93 was a triple
individual winner taking the long jump, the
triple jump and the 400m hurdles. O'Neill
also anchored the winning 400m relay team
of Danielle Young '96, Amy Toth '95 and
Sara Soul*? '95. Soule continued to control
the competition, seizing both the 100m and
200m sprints.
The unfortunate absences of Captain
Eileen Hunt *93 and Janet Mulcahy *%,
showcased the depth of Bowdoin's long
distance team as Jen Champagne '96 ran an
impressive 19:53 in the 5000m, good enough
for second place, followed by teammate
Darcie McElwee '95, who took third. Toth,
out of hurdling and possibly long jumping
for the season because of knee trouble,
managed a college personal record in the
high jump with a clearing of 5'4". Gina
Coding '96, despite tight hamstrings, filled
Toth 's spot nicely with a victory in the 1 00m
hurdles.
The throwers also experienced some
personal records as Staci Bell '95 and Moya
Gibson '96 threw their best distances in the
hammer throw. Bell intimidated the
competition in her usual style, capturing
first in the shot, third in the hammer and
fourth in the discus. Becky Rush '95 similarly
demonstrated her strength and versatility,
seizing second in the javelin and third in
bom the shot and the discus.
Today, Bell, O'Neill and Hunt are
competing at UPenn at the Penn Relays.
Tomorrow the team will be competing at
home in the Aloha Meet as they try to
continue their recent improvement.
bowdoin ORffiwr SPORTS Friday, april 23, 1 993
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W in e n '$ L a c r s s c
Athlete of the Week: Alicia Collins
Even though she spent the spring semester
last year in Spain, Alicia Collins '93 was
deemed important and influential enough to
the women's lacrosse team to be named co-
captain for the 1993 season, her third as a
member of the varsity team. Despite the fact
that she missed a season, Collins still leads the
team in career points (43) and career assists
(13). She is second in career goals (30) only to
sophomore Maggie Mitchell , who has netted
an amazing 10 mis year to wrest the lead from
Collins. With her move to defense mis year,
Collins has scored only three goals, but she
has since taken control of a new stat - she
leads the team with three of the team's four
interceptions.
As co-captain of the women's soccer team,
Collins started off her senior year on a great
note by leading the team to a championship
year. The fall soccer season was her fourth
varsity-letter winning year with that team.
Her leadership abilities have been singled out
by both of her varsity sports, and her
teammates enjoy her friendliness and
effervescence. As her lacrosse co-captain
Elizabeth Coughlin '93 points out simply,
"She's just great." An English and Spanish
double major, Collins is considering doing an
internship in New York next year with a
photography magazine. Part of her wants to
teach and coach, however, so she will just
experiment and see what happens.
Orient: What would you say your best memory
or best moment has been in your Bowdoin sports
career?
Collins: It was definitely in soccer winning
ECACs in the fall. We beat Williams 1 -0 in the
final at Williams, and it was really exciting
because Williams was hosting three
tournaments — the men's soccer, the field
hockey and the women's soccer — and they
lost it all, so we were all pretty psyched! So
mat was the best. Because we've come so
close every year in soccer - we've lost in the
semis or the finals every year - so it was nice
to finally win it.
Orient: Whatwouldyou say the most frustrating
aspect of lacrosse has been for you ?
Collins: Well, we've been kind of notorious
for losing by one or two goals for the past few
years, and last spring I heard that it was the
same way. We've come really close and had
bad records for the past couple years, just
because we've lost by one or two goals, and
it's just sad that your record looks so bad even
though you came close to being a much better
team man that or having a much better record.
So that's been frustrating.
Orient: What would you say your favorite thing
is about lacrosse?
Collins: I like how quick it is. It's a lot
quicker, I think, than soccer. My favorite part
team get-togethers, like we'll watch movies
together, or things like that. We're actually
trying to do a lot more, because I mink we
need a lot more on the lacrosse team. In soccer
— it's easier in a fall sport because everyone's
coming from the summer, and it's the first
thing of the year, and the freshmen are all new
and they don't know each other, so the friends
Alicia Collins '93 takes time out from her busy sports schedule.
Carey Jones/ bowdoin Orient
this year has been - I've moved to defense, I
played offense before - so my favorite part
now is interceptions. It's just the greatest
feeling when you intercept! Unfortunately
sometimes I go for interceptions and miss
them, and then I'm in big trouble. But mat's
definitely a fulfilling thing in lacrosse.
Orient: What would you say you do as captain
to increase the spirit of the team and help the play
of the younger players?
Collins: Well, we have team dinners and
they make are usually the ones mat they play
with. But by the springtime everyone's
established their own friends among the
freshman class, and a lot of people have
dropped fraternities so that also can cause
some little groups on the tea m . But we do a lot
of fun things in practices and games, and kind
of stupid competitions against each other to
get people together.
Orient: Describe therole of sports in yourlifeat
Bowdoin.
Collins: It's been extremely important. I
don't know, it seems like everything pretty
much goes better when I'm playing. You just
can take your frustrations out from the day
and get them out on the field or whatever. I've
made a lot of my closest friends through the
teams, so that's been extremely important.
Orient: How long have you been involved in
lacrosse, and how did you get started?
Collins: I started in high school because I
didn't play a spring sport and all my friends
played lacrosse. I just decided to try out
because I thought all the cool people were
playing lacrosse. (Laughs).
Orient: What is your goal for this season and
what do you hope to improve upon, in your game
or for the team in general?
Collins: I mink our goal is to make the
ECACs. We haven't done it in the past three
years I've been here - 1 don't know when the
last time die women's lacrosse team did make
it. But I think if we keep playing well against
the tougher teams, even if we don 't necessa rily
win, we'll have a good chance. We lost to
Tufts yesterday, but it was close, and so I
think that'll make us look good for seeding,
and hopefully well slip in there as one of the
last seeds.
Orient: What would your advice be to someone
trying to get started in the sport of lacrosse, here at
Bowdoin or in general?
Collins: Definitely do it. Because I know a
lot of — there's about double the amount of JV
players as there are varsity, just beginners
coming out with their friends who've never
played before. And they have so much fun.
It's casual and it's easier. I think the JV
program in lacrosse is an easy way to get
involved in it because you don't feel like you
have to go every day ; and you just kind of - it's
just fun. I would say that next winter, when
people start playing indoors, come throw
around a little bit and see if you like it, and
then definitely come out after Spring Break
for JV, cause it's just fun. (Laughs).
The lacrosse team (3-2) is off to its best start
in several years, hinting that the team might
be able to break out of its losing ways of the
past. The Bears travel this weekend to face
always-tough Middlebury today and
Plymouth State tomorrow. Alicia Collins is
sure to bring to the team her enthusiasm, and
if all goes well, maybe an interception or two.
Interview by Derek Armstrong
Following in Joan Benoit's footsteps
By Mori ah Coughlin
orient contributor
Five minutes until the start of the race.
Oh, God. This is really happening. I am
really about to run the Boston Marathon. My
heart is pounding against my chest. I haven't
even begin to run yet, and already I can feel
sweat dripping down my forehead. I have
been waiting my whole life for mis moment,
and yet I never really thought I would be
motivated, or masochistic, enough to run
twenty-six point two miles. Can I do it or will
I die in the process? I already have to go to me
bathroom again. One minute until the start
of the race.
I feel numb, but completely aware of what
is around me. The guy next to me asks me for
some gum. I don't want to give out my last
pieceCwhatiflneedaboostatmileeighteen?),
but he's running this thing too, so I give it to
him. He smiles and tells me something good
will happen to me because of my generosity.
I laugh and wonder if it is his first marathon.
He doesn't look like the marathon type:
receding hair line, beer gut, stocky build. But
if he can do it, so can 1. 1 hope. I look at Caitlin.
We have been training together since
February. I mink back to two hours ago when
we were sitting in the van with the other
people running from Bowdoin. We never
thought we'd make it to the starting line, the
traffic on the highway was so backed up.
Nervous and giddy, not knowing what to do,
we all began to load our bodies with skin lube
to prevent blisters and chaffing. That seems
so long ago now. I think my skin lube has
already worn off.
Thirty seconds until the start of the race.
We are told it is the hottest marathon in ten
years. Is it too late to turn around? I
contemplate it, but am too wedged into my
place in the mass of runners that I can't move.
Caitlin and I vow to stick together until mile
five. There's a bang: the start. There are so
many people mat it takes us ten minutes to
even reach the starting line. I am constantly
being hit with elbows and feet. I have never
been in a crowd this big before. Trying to run
is virtually impossible. But eventually the
crowd picks up the pace, and I let myself slip
into a slow, bouncy run. I see an opening
ahead of me, I grab Caitlin's hand, and we
jump ahead. For the first few miles we are
overwhelmed with passing people and
listening to the cheering crowds. Little
children stand on the grass with their hands
out in position to be slapped. Music is blared
out of radios I can't see. I almost trip some old
man in front of me by accident.
I still don't feel like I am running. I am too
wrapped up in the moment but I keep
reminding myself that this is the Boston
marathon, mat Joanie Benoit is somewhere
ahead of me. Caitlin and I split up. I am
running too fast but don't want to slow down.
The miles keep coming. I feel good, but at
mile thirteen my legs begin to cramp.
Dehydration, I think to myself, I am going to
pass out and die from it. I already feel dizzy.
I am running past Wellesley College. The
women are loud, their cheers are uplifting. I
notice the men are slowing down and moving
closer to the crowd. I forget the pain in my
legs. I don't mink I can do this for thirteen
more. Should I drop out? It's so hot, but I can't
give up now. I don't want to.
As the miles continue, I become intoxicated
by a runner's high. I feel invincible and
elated. I know my legs hurt but their pain is
numbing. In the back of my head I can hear
the crowd but slowly they begin to fade. I
enter a tunnel of nothingness. I mink I'm
dead. Oh Cod, I died before I reached the
finish line. Heartbreak Hill jolts me back into
conciousness. I stumble up it and curse the
whole way. I'll never run again. I hate it. This
is what I live for? How stupid.
I blank out at the top of the Hill. I can feel
pain, but I don't feel attached to it. I am not
sure how my legs are moving . The Citgo sign
is in sight. I know the finish is close to that. I
stare at the sign which gets farther away
instead of closer. I won't make it. I am going
to pass out. A woman next to me drops. I
can't even think to help her. I don't think I
can stop running. Ever. And then all I can
hear is the dull roar of human cheers. I can
see the finish line. It is the most beautiful
thing I have ever seen in my life. I keep
running, unaware of my body, the pain, the
heat, but I am aware of one thing: this won't
be my last marathon.
^
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1993
M e // 's L a c r o s s c
Bowdoin rolls by Springfield and Tufts
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
The long awaited day finally came as April
17 marked yet another gruelling face-off
between the men's lacrosse team and
Middlebury. Last year's match was anything
but a distant memory for Bowdoin, who lost
the ECAC championship game 17-16 in
overtime to this long-standing rival, so the
Polar Bears were fired up as ever going into
this rematch, which they lost 13-11.
In the first quarter, Bowdoin made nine
shots, but only two were able to get past the
goalie and into the net. The first goal came on
an assist by Chris Coutu '93 to Dave Ames '93,
who was able to get the shot off in time to
score. The second goal was an unassisted shot
by Coutu with 4.09 left in the period.
Fortunately for Bowdoin, Middlebury was
also having trouble scoring, as they only had
one goal in nine shots to bring the score at the
end of the first quarter to a 2-1 Bowdoin
advantage.
In the second period, a number of penalties
were made by Bowdoin, two slashes and a
loose ball push, giving Middlebury three
crucial advantages for man-up scoring. The
Bowdoin defense, however, remained strong,
as only one of these man-up opportunities led
to a Middlebury goal . Middlebury heightened
the tension in the second period when they
scored two more goals to bring the lead to 4-
2.
However, these goals did not go
unanswered as Justin Sheutz '94 gavea perfect
pass to Ames for a score to bring Bowdoin
within one at the half, 4-3. One factor that held
Bowdoin to within striking distance of
Middlebury was goalie Ben Cohen '93. In the
firsthalf, Cohen had a remarkable seven saves
with the help of the solid defense in front of
him. The third quarter wasa standoff for both
teams as they each scored four goals. Marshall
Felix '94, Henry Boeckmann '93, Ames and
Chris Keyes '93 all had one goal for the Polar
Bears. Going into the final quarter, Bowdoin
was still down by one goal with the score 8-7.
Determined not to give up, Bowdoin gave
it everything they had in the final quarter.
Shuetz came alive as he tallied three goals
with crucial assists from Nate Bride '93, Ames
and Co-captain midfielder Chet Hinds '93,
who had two in the game. Co-captain Tom
Ryan '93 also had a goal and an assist with
four minutes left in the game. But despite the
pounding that was being inflicted by
Bowdoin, Middlebury slowly came up with
the goals to win the game. The final score was
13-11.
Regarding the statistics of the game,
Bowdoin had the advantage as the Bears
picked up 63 groundballs to Middlebury 's 30.
The Bears also took more shots on goal with
49 to Middlebury's 33. Moreover, Bowdoin
had a remarkable 83% success rate in clearing
the ball as Middlebury accomplished a mere
14%. The problem was in the Bowdoin man-
up opportunities. Middlebury accumulated
seven penalties throughout the game, giving
the Bears seven chances to score. Of the seven,
only one goal was scored.
Asked how he felt about the game, Ryan
said, "I think that everyone was playing all
right individually, but we weren't playing as
a team. And with the man-up situations, I
think we were throwing the ball away and
making mental errors." Hinds added, "Marx
Bowens ['93]had something wrong with his
wrist and the coach didn't put him in, probably
because hedidn't think he was ready. Bowens'
position is really important in the man-up's."
The next game was against a talented
Springfield squad at home on April 19. The
final score was 18-4 in favor of Bowdoin,
revealing a very productive day in the field.
Bowens led the team in scoring with five
goals. Ryan and Tom Muldoon '93 also had
an excellent outing as they rolled over
Springfield with two and three goals
respectively. Ryan led the team in assists with
four. Ames and Coutu each had two goals of
their own and Eric Haley '94, Shuetz, Bride
and Keyes each had one. Co-captain Hinds
came up big by assisting three goals. Ryan
said, "I think for one reason or another the
team was really fired up to play. We knew
that Springfield was ranked #1 "
With a record of 3-5, Bowdoin's next
opponent was at home against Tufts on
Wednesday. The game began with a quick
goal by Bride from an assist by Ryan in the
first minute of the period. It seemed mat the
Bowdoin team was up to the challenge that
day as two minutes later, Ryan stole a pass
from the Tufts goalie as he was attempting to
clear and gave a perfect feed to Bowens for
another early score. Soon after, it appeared
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Chris Coutu '93 slips one past die Springfield goalie in Bowdoin's 18-4 win.
mat Tufts had gotten one back, but the goal
was waved off as one of the Tufts attackman
was found in the crease. During the last
remaining minutes of the first quarter, Shuetz
took the ball from behind the crease and, with
several dodges, found all net with another
goal to make the score 3-1 in favor of Bowdoin.
Hinds said, "I think we came out a little flat.
We were pretty much in control, but there
were a lot of shots that should have been
goals." The second quarter saw a marked
improvement in Bowdoin's play as they
increased their lead. Ryan, from behind the
left side of the net, saw that his defender was
a little slack in his checks and made a quick
face dodge to get past him and score a goal.
Bowens and Ryan each scored another goal,
making the score at the half 6-3.
The second half turned into a field day for
the Bowdoin offense. In the third quarter, the
Bears outscored Tufts 6-3. Bowens had three
more goals to his credit in this period as Ryan
contributed two and Muldoon added one.
The fourth quarter saw a strong comeback
attempt by Tufts which fell short as the final
score read 16-11 in favor of Bowdoin. "On
offense, their defenders played us pretty far
out, so wehad trouble controlling the ball and
keeping possession," Hinds said. "Because
they were playing us so far out, it was tempting
to go one on one or force the passes. But we
kept trying to slow the ball down."
The lacrosse team's next game is away at
Amherst on April 24. Hinds had some
thoughts about the upcoming game: "I expect
Amherst's team to be the same as Tufts. I
mink they're having a better season than in
the past, so it should be a tough game."
Immediately following the Amherst game,
the men's team travels to Bates for a game on
April 25. With a tight schedule ahead of mem,
Bowdoin has a chance to improve their record
by getting some important wins away from
home.
Baseball
Polar Bears squeak by St. Joseph's
By Derek Armstrong
orient assistant sports editor
After two-and-a-half weeks of inaction
following its return from Spring Break, the
baseball team has played six games in the last
ten days in an attempt to jumpstart its 1993
season. The Polar Bears have gone 3-2-1 in
that stretch, with the rare tie coming in last
Friday's game at Colby, which was called due
to lack of light after 14 innings with the score
tied 5-5. A 4-3 victory over St. Joseph's on
Wednesday brought the season record to 7-5-
1 with a doubleheader scheduled tomorrow
afternoon at home against Tufts.
On Tuesday, the team travelled to USM
after sweeping a doubleheader from UMF..
Drawing the start, Rick Toothaker '96 gave
up a two-run homer to the second batter of
the game. He settled down and pitched well
over the next two innings, but was pulled in
the fourth after giving up a walk, a single and
a double. Although Dave Kolojay "93 got
Toothaker out of the jam and pitched fairly
well over four innings, neither he nor Pat
Ryan '96, who came on later in the game, had
much luck against the offensively dominant
USM squad. One of the toughest teams in
New England, the home team belted five
extra-base hits and scored 10 runs.
Meanwhile, the USM starter scattered four
Polar Bear hits over the seven innings he
worked. The visitors managed to score once
in the third when Seeley and Flaherty strung
together a single and a double, and again in
the sixth when the first baseman misplayed a
throw to first, allowing Captain Brian Crovo
93 to come in from second. That was all they
could manage, however, as USM won by a
score of 10-2.
Wednesday's game against St. Joseph's was
probably the most exciting to watch as it
provided the best mix of offense and defense.
Despite three home runs in the first four
innings, the game boiled down to a pitching
duel between the starters.
Jay Barillaro '95 (3-0), who entered the
game with an ERA just over 1.00, seemed to
be in trouble when the first batter of the game
hit a 1-2 pitch for a wind-helped home run
over the right field fence. The Bowdoin starter
bore down on the next three batters, however,
to get a pop-out and two ground-outs.
Crovo seemed eager to answer the first-
inning St. Joseph blast when he hit the first
pitch he saw over the right field fence in about
just the same spot. Crovo's third round-tripper
of the season also plated Charlie Gaffney '95,
who had been hit by a pitch. Jeremy Gibson
'95 followed with some fireworks of his own
as he scorched a double to center off of visiting
starter Scott Jones. Gibson proceeded to score
on an error by the shortstop which would
have been the third out.
A two-run lead has often been enough for
Barillaro this season, but he was greeted by a
second home run in the fourth, this one to
right field. Again he came back to get the side
and would have been out of the inning were
it not for an error by the Bowdoin third
baseman. The St. Joseph's squad capitalized
by connecting on back to back singles, which
brought home the third run.
After going down quickly in the second
and third, the Bears mounted a threat in the
fourth when they loaded the bases on a walk,
a hit batsman and an error. Jones escaped,
however, on a ground ball to second which
ended the inning. The Bears tried to get things
going with lead-off singles in each of the next
three innings, but each time Jones stymied the
rally. Barillaro had a considerably easier time,
settling down to pitch quick, effective innings
in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.
In the Bowdoin eighth, the Bears finally
broke the tie. Crovo hit the team's fourth
straight lead-off single down the right field
line. After a fly-out to left, Joe Gaffney '95
reached base on an error by the shortstop
which allowed Crovo to make it into scoring
position at third. Ryan, playing right field
today, smacked a ground ball through the
hole in shortstop for his first hit of the day and
the game- winning RBI.
Barillaro pitched a flawless ninth, retiring
the visitors on a ground-out to the pitcher, a
pop to second and a called strike three to end
the game. Barillaro went the distance for the
third time this season to pick up his third win.
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1 993
15
Softball
Softball struggles to regain championship form
■ The team starts off 1-3
as they try to recover from
a lack of outdoor play
By Tracy Boulter
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
Oneof the most unknown teams at Bowdoin
is women's Softball, the 1992 NESCAC
champions. The team has suffered in their
early season games due to the inclement
weather, and their opponents have had the
advantage of more practice time. However,
the Bowdoin team looks strong and is rapidly
moving into midseason form.
The team is composed of many of the same
players who led the team to the NESCAC
championship last year. Captains Camy
Schuler '94 and Angela Merryman '94 are
joined by a strong group of sophomores,
including Kelsey Zeigler, Kelsey Albanese
and Jessica Beadnell. The young team has
also been bolstered by the solid play of first-
years Jenn Flynn, Erin Collins and Jenn
Bowdoin. The team is coached by John Cullen,
no stranger to winning New England
championships. The national "Soccer Coach
,of the Year" expressed confidence about the
play of his softball team, stating, "We are
playing better and improving each day. That
has to be the goal when you are playing
softball in Maine in April."
The Bears' first games were a doubleheader
against Husson on April 14. Bowdoin had
only practiced once outside, while Husson
was already halfway through their season,
having played 10 games. Inexperience caught
up with Bowdoin, as errors led to several
unearned runs for the strong Husson team,
who took bom ends of the doubleheader, 6-1
and 11-4.
As the weather heated up, so did the play of
the the softball team, as the squad from
Thomas found out. Bowdoin welcomed them
to Brunswick by pounding out 4 runs in the
bottom of the first and another 3 in the bottom
of the fourth. The offense continued to
dominate, racking up 5 more runs for a 12-0
blowout victory. In an incredible performance,
Beadnell almost singlehandedly destroyed
the Thomas tea m . On the mound, she pi tched
a two-hit shutout, striking out 4 and lowering
her ERA to 1.30. She helped herself at the
plate by going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a
single and 3 runs batted in. She leads the team
with a .571 batting average and a slugging
percentage of .785. Albanese, Schuler and
Flynn paced Bowdoin's hit barrage with 2
RBI's apiece. The offense showed power at
the plate as well as great hussle on the
basepaths. The speedy Bears stole 10 bases,
including 4 steals by Fran Infantine '95.
In addition to their aggressive offense,
Bowdoin was superior defensively. Coach
Cullen commented, "We played better
defensively, making the plays we needed to
in the field. The defense was the key to the
game."
The outstanding defense of Bowdoin was
exemplified by a sparkling defensive play,
worthy of highlight films, made by Ziegler in
the fourth inning. With a runner at first, the
Thomas batter sent a rocketing line drive out
towards left field. Ziegler made a great
running grab, then came up throwing to nail
the runner at first in a rapid-fire double play
that ended the inning. In addition, Merryman,
playing right field, made two outstanding
diving catches, taking away sure extra-base
Go U Bears
hits.
With the lopsided win, Bowdoin upped its
record to 1-3 and looked forward to a meeting
with traditional New England softball
powerhouse University of Southern Maine
on April 20. The Bears played a great game,
staying within one run most of the way before
eventually succumbing 9-6. The game came
down to the wire, as Bowdoin, after giving up
5 runs in the 6th, rallied in the 7th before the
USM pitcher squelched the comeback effort.
Merryman was pleased by the team's
valliant effort, saying, "We played a great
game, staying close the entire way until we
made some mistakes in the 6th. However, we
didn 't get down on ourselves, but came out in
the 7th and al most pulled of a huge comeback.
USM is a strong team, so the close game will
be a confidence builder for us." Key
performances for Bowdoin were the pitching
of Erin Collins 96 and the defensive play of
Albanese at second base. Once again, the
Bears' offense showed great hussle and
scrappiness by their many steals and singles.
Now that they are outside and their
schedule more definite, the softball team is
coming together and looking stronger each
day. A test of just how strong this year's team
is will be Saturday's homegameagainst Tufts,
the team Bowdoin beat in the finals of the
NESCAC tournament last year. A win over
Tuftson Saturday could put the Polar Bears in
good position to repeat as NESCAC
champions this year.
Week
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Team
Opponent
Time
4/24
Men's Tennis
Middlebury
2:00 p.m.
Softball
Tufts (2)
1:00 p.m.
Women's Track
Aloha Relays
1:00 p.m.
Baseball
Tufts (2)
1:00 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse
@ Amherst
2:00 p.m.
Men's Track
@ UMaine
11:00 a.m.
Women's Lacrosse
@ Middlebury
2:00 p.m.
4/25
Men's Lacrosse
@ Bates
2:00 p.m.
Women's Lacrosse
@ Plymouth State
12:00 p.m.
4/27
Baseball
@ Bates
3:30 p.m.
Softball
@ Bates (2)
3:30 p.m.
4/28
Men's Lacrosse
@ N.E. College
4:00 p.m.
Softball
@ St. Joseph's
4:00 p.m.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY. APRIL 23, 1993
tudent O pinion
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Should faculty be allowed to have sexual relations with students?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: In recent years, fears of sexual harrassment have escalated at many
colleges, and in a effort to head the problem off at the pass, some have prohibited
faculty from engaging in "intimate" relations with students. Bowdoin is one of the
schools considering this hotly debated proposal. Thus, we hit the beat to find out
how "extended office hours" are viewed by students.
STEPHEN TOOTHACKER '96
West Bath, Maine
Let's get Sting's opinion.
CAROL THOMAS '93
York Beach, Maine
If it doesn't interfere, and if it promotes
happiness here at Bowdoin, go for it.
/
MINDY ABRAMS '93
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
At least there would be some social
interaction on this campus.
JOHN PIAZZA '97
Long Island, New York
No, because I believe it would
compromise the student/teacher
relationship, not only with the student
involved in the affair, but with all
students.
FRED COBEY f 9j
Washington, D.C.
Why the hell not? It would certainly
add to the presently too dull spice of
Bowdoin gossip — if it didn't effect
your grades.
MORGAN LONG '96
Boxford, Massachusetts
Yes. As long as both parties in the
relationship are consenting adults,
why not? /
/
BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1993
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Student d>i>i
The Clash Continues
On Being Conservative
Justin Ziegler
Once again, Jason Caron has struck back with a formidable of funding and Republican incompetence,
challenge to my most recent assertions with his article "The First, the Republicans in the White House, throughout the
True Conservative" (Orient, April 16,1993). Still, just as he felt twelve years, faced a Congress controlled by the Democrats,
uneasy leaving me debate with my previous article, I, too, feel who were hostile to any plan the executive put forth. The
awkward by allowing Mr. Caron's statements to go without power of legislation was not on their side. With this in mind,
a rebuttal. one cannot blame Reagan and Bush's agendas for failing to
Most recently, Mr. Caron put forth that my presentation of cure some of our country's woes. After all, they were never
conservatism was not true to the actual ideology. He states fully put in place.
mat my belief that conservatism and liberalism share the
common goal of equality of opportunity and the freedom of
the individual is false. Instead, conservatism has goals far
different and more sinister than the above "liberal" goal.
More importantly, institutional reform is not guaranteed
simply because the president or the secretary of a department
wishes such action. The president only appoints the heads of
such institutions. As William Bennett recalled in a recent
Indeed, he provides the reader of the many supposedly speech to freshmen congressmen, the department that he
tyrannical "goals" that conservatives have in mind for America headed (education) was full of bureaucrats whohad a different
Unfortunately, Mr. Caron, in his citation of the many agenda than theirbossproposed.Suchisthenormratherthan
conservative aims, fails to distinguish between short range theexception. No matter who runs the place, it is the presence
goals (or stepping stones) and the ultimate purpose of those of the entrenched bureaucrats who really operate things
preliminary goals. In addition, he presents these stepping They have the protection of their unions, so getting rid of them
stones in a partisan light, making them to make way for a new staff is made
out to be actions with no purpose other " *^~
man to oppress.
Alas, this is not the case.
Conservatives are frequently portrayed
in such a dubious light. Often, however,
mis is not because of actual state of
things, but rather, due to ignorance of
the conservative position.
Mr. Caron is correct in defining
conservative aims regarding such
things as pornography, substance
abuse, abortion and censorship.
However, he mentions them only in
thecontextof his idea that conservative
goals amount to little more than
repression of the individual. I could
(Conservativism) is not
based on an 'anything
goes mentality for the
individual, but rather
On a disciplined grOWth location the better"the school. Again this
t ir * s to ° s > m pl e ot an explanation.
that nurtures self-
difficult. Increased funding cannot cure
this central problem.
Mr. Caron again brought education
into the debate, citing the conditions of
local Maine schools in regards to their
location as the effect that funding can
have on education. He still insists that
money is the key determinant of quality
in schools, stating that the richer the
reliance.
Regardless of what one believes about
the statistics that I previously put forth
showing the negligible effect of increased
funding (though I must say it is rather
presumptuous for Mr. Caron to state
launch a similar diatribe against similar liberal goals such as mat Thomas Sow ell lies with his statistics), one cannot simply
the censorship of the Political Correctness movement, the say that money is the answer. Other questions must be posed
movement to remove the "evil" of religion from schools and before Mr. Caron's assumption on community wealth is
publicoffice,andattemptstoprohibitparentaldecisionmaking accepted. For example, to what extent do the families in the
in their child's education, among other things. (These would poorer areas participate in their school system? What are the
illustrate that censorship and repression of the individual are family conditions that students face when they return home
not solely applicable to conservatives.) However, such a to study every day? What values (such as hard work) are
listing is misleading to the true reasoning behind the positions, encouraged in that community? What kind of teachers are
as I am sure Mr. Caron would agree in regards to my list of teaching the children? These and many other questions go
liberal aims. unanswered by Mr. Caron. Interestingly enough, however,
The true reasoning behind such aims lies not in the repression many of them have little to do with government funding,
of individual liberty or of opportunity. Rather, it lies in the I must bring into this essay an analogy that was used in my
notion such things are harmful to the to society as a whole and
that they ultimately encroach on the rights of the individual.
Patriot article from April 1993. It is based on a parent-child
relationship. Bom conservatives and liberals play the role of
The most prominent example of this lies in the debate the two different parents in the relationship, while the
surrounding abortion. What is described as a "rightof privacy"
for the woman may indeed violate the rights of others, namely
the fetus and the father. The child's right to live outside the
womb is given little attention to in such an exercise and,
sometimes, in cases other than rape or incest, even the right
of the father in determining the future of the fetus is violated
(after all, without him the woman may not have been in such
a situation).
Underlying mis reasoning are the ideas that there exists a
higher order, be it natural, metaphysical, rational or otherwise,
that humans must necessarily live by, and that the tradition
individual plays the role of their child. Both want the best for
their child. The liberal parent spoils his or her child, giving
him anything he wants no matter what his behavior. The child
becomes accustomed to this generosity but is never taught
any responsibility or self-reliance. Thus, when it comes time
to enter the real world, the child finds that he is enslaved by
his dependency on his parents. The conservative parent on
the other hand, does not give the child all he wants, but rather
enforces strict rule and guidelines for the child. This nurtures
responsibility and self-reliance in the child, forcing the child
to grow and instilling the discipline needed to become a
and heritage of the years past must not be disposed of on a productive individual. This seems harsh, but it actually is
whim. These are vital to the conservative concept of values.
At first glance, this may seem as though conservatives do
wish to control people's lives and curb liberty However,
without the above ideas in force in a particular society, each
individual is free to go about and do what he or she pleases on
the premise that what they desire is the only thing that
matters. This leaves the field open for the violation of the
liberty of others. Thus, the laws and mores of the higher order
and of tradition ensure that all follow the same standards,
preventing one from violating another's rights, thus
more beneficial in the long run.
This illustrates the conservative approach to liberty and
individualism. It is not based on an "anything goes" mentality
for the individual, but rather on a disciplined growth that
nurtures self-reliance. Being self-reliant is perhaps the grea test
liberty one can achieve.
All of this would not have to be explained if Mr. Caron did
not insist mat liberty and opportunity for the individual were
solely liberal goals. He assumes that the ultimate goal of
conservatism is the repression of the individual. Indeed, there
maximizing liberty for all without making anyone worse off. are several goals that seem restrictive, but these are only
These are the ideas behind my criticism of social relativism in necessary stepping stones to the greater goal individual liberty,
the Patriot article of April, 1993 (The True' Liberals"). Liberals and conservatives do share the same long range goal
However, such is the stuff of political philosophy classes, of liberty and opportunity for the individual. After all, these
Mr. Caron also continues to insist that, on the economic side, are the ideals which were sought by our founding fathers in
increased government spending will cure the woes of our the spirit of the revolution and theConsritution Isitsoabsurd
nation. He rapidly dismisses the idea mat I put forth that to believe that both groups could share the same ultimate
institutional malaise is theca use for much of today's problems goal? The means and not the ends are what separates the two
He states mat, "If we have learned nothing else from the groups (and this difference does not simply amount to the fact
Reagan/ Bush years, we have learned that 'institutional that we a re better economists). Mr. Caron continually asserts
reform,'' without the support of government funding, has the unfounded idea that this end is reserved for liberals; this
serious limitations." He then goes on to challenge anyone to is the basis of his claim that I am a liberal in conservative
cite such a reform that was successful with decreased funding doming. This desire for liberty and equality is not a goal
Unfortunately, there are very few such examples. However, it sought just by those who elected Bill Clinton (a mere 43%). It
is a false assertion to claim that this failure is due solely to lack is an aspiration of all Americans.
FIGHTIN' WORDS
TOM LEUNG
Frat Bashing
Before I ever stepped foot onto the Bowdoin campus, I had
a lot of presuppositions about fraternities. After being exposed
to movwsMke Animal House, tour guides at places like Williams
(proudly touting their Greek-less institution) and fictitious
second-hand images of social structures dominated by white,
elitist, Neanderthal athletes, I thought I knew what my position
was on fraternity life. Now I'm actually a member of one, part
of the greater group of organizations I opposed only months
ago. I guess the difference between my prior opposition to
and my present support of our frats is that I never really
understood them to the degree by which I could really make
an accurate judgement until recently. And when I finally did,
I saw them for what they were, essentially mere groups of
people who enjoy each other's company and choose to
accentuate this fact by coming under a common name.
I guess if you're not a member of one, it's hard to understand .
Even after I arrived at Bowdoin, I initially thought of frats as
being nothing more than drinking holes, replete with sticky
floors and crowded belligerent parties. But I've since learned
that the proverbial campus wide is an infinitesimal part of
what fraternity life is really about. I've discovered that pledge
period is a constructive and irreplaceable aspect of fraternal
unity (those of us who have been through it understand). I've
learned that most frat members are not at all what their
stereotypes ruggest. I've learned what its like to have a place
on campus you can call home. I've learned what its like to
have a group of people you can always find who share a
common bond of friendship. I've learned that my lighter
drinking habits don't necessarily impede me from becoming
an active and happy member of my house. Finally, I've
learned that with all of the negatives aspects of fraternities
being constantly emphasized by some elements on campus,
the positive traits have been all but ignored.
It's a shame many people still think of two superficial
things when they hear the word fraternity: beer and boot.
We've all heard, or possibly answered to a frat member,
It's a shame many people still
think of two superficial
things when they hear the
word fraternity: beer and
boot.
"I'm just not the fraternity type, I don't drink that much." The
problem is that those very people don't really understand
what the "fraternity type" is. For the most part, frat members
at Bowdoin are not racist, sexist, or alcoholics. Obviously I'd
be a liar if I said no members are like that — many Greeks you
know may very well fit this description, as there are a lot of
independents that do too. My point is that most of us aren't that
way at all. In fact, most Greeks I know and are just like
anybody else on campus. For all intents and purposes, the frat
scene is empirically identical to the current cliquish
independent scene already in existence.
If you have a close circle of friends whom you eat regularly
with, you exhibit "fraternal qualities." If you like to socialize
with a common nucleus of friends, than you exhibit "fraternal
qualities." If you often hang out in a particular room or dorm,
you exhibit "fraternal qualities." If you look out for your
friends and expect them to do the same for you, then you
exhibit "fraternal qualities."
That, to me, is what frats at Bowdoin are all about. Partying
in a superficial sense is one aspect, but what is the cornerstone
of Bowdoin frats is camaraderie.
A lot of people may feel very offended because I've said
such rudimentary tilings about the basis and other side of
Greek life. And if so, I don't mean to sound patronizing, but
after seeing somecomments in the Orient, volumes of scribbled
frat-bashing epithets in the downstairs Hawthorne/
Longfellow bathroom and on scores of classroom desks, and
overhearing frat bashing slang like "frat boys" and "steroid
men" — I've come to realize that mere were a significant
number of people who needed to be confronted on the issue.
My request to them is this: If you hate frats, so be it. But
make sure it is the true fraternity system at Bowdoin that you
hate, and not misconceptions, generalizationsorassumptions
about them.
I.
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Making the Honor Code Work
Approval of the revisions made in the remain a dusty document unless President
Social and Honor Code by students this Edwards requires — not encourage but
Friday marks a important step in making requires — faculty to turn in anyone that
academic integrity a priority at Bowdoin they have reasonable suspicion of having
College. These revisions were the result of violated the honor code,
a thorough and painstaking process forged The practice of allowing faculty the
by the Executive Board with the aid of the discretion of choosing when they do or do
EJean of Students, faculty and concerned not want to bring honor code violators
students. The main thrust of this revised before the Judicial Board has undermined
document is to clarify the procedure of the the very value of a codified honor system.
Judicial and Social Boards and their One need only remember the recent case of
responsibilities. the students who, when caught cheating
The Executive Board sensed that many by their professor, were given the slap on
faculty members did not feel comfortable the wrist of being excluded from
coming forward to report violations because extracurricular activities for a semester,
they were unclear as to what the alleged For an Honor Code to work, there cannot
offender would be subjected to. It was also be competing scales of justice which leave
supposed that the penalties were to be arbitrary and discretionary power in the
applied so rigidly that a confused student hands of the faculty. Faculty members who
who had misused sources would be handed have varying bonds and relations with
the same punishment as a student who had students are not, nor should they be, put in
blatantly copied another's exam. The new the position to disinterestedly attempt to
code would address these concerns by serve justice.
allowing flexibility in punishments and Violations of the honor code are not only
adding two faculty members to the Judicial transgressions against a specific faculty
Board. This, along with many other member or class, but are in fact against the
procedural changes, have created a clear entire Bowdoin community. When the trust
and potent code that is to be welcomed on of the entire community has been breached,
a campus that has suffered from a endemic serving justice becomes the responsibility
cheating and scarce prosecutions. not of solitary faculty members, but of the
Yet there is a danger that the code will community embodied in Judicial Board.
Hillary-ous Health Care
For weeks on end, cadres of unknown
experts have worked secretly on a plan
which, if passed, is likely to be the most
influential accomplishment of the Clinton
presidency and one of the most important
and wide-ranging pieces of legislation
passed in recent history. We now know
what the potential components of the plan
are, and it has quickly become apparent
that, even as the scope is unprecedented,
the cost is astronomical.
The plan is likely to include guaranteed
insurance coverage for prescription drugs,
mental health care and long term care at a
cost of $50 to $70 billion dollars a year.
Adding the requirement that employers
provide health benefits to employees,and
the subsidies that would go along with
them, amounts to an additional $20 billion
in the equation. Critics contend that
utilization and cost escalations will rapidly
inflate this cost.
$90 billion a year in new revenues is a
sizable amount of money. To put it in
perspective, Clinton's budget plan, the
deficit reducing part of which has recently
passed the House and Senate, has already
raised taxes $50 billion a year .To raise them
another $90 billion is a too obscene a thought
even to contemplate.
The only option the Administration has
currently formulated to raise the bulk of
this sum, is the addition of a Value Added
Tax. This tax, since it is added on at each
stage of a good's production process, is
hidden in the final price of the good. The
consumer never sees it; hence it is an easy
target for a revenue-hungry government.
Given the success that Clinton's spending
package has had in Congress, it hardly
seems likely that any new taxes will pass.
If Clinton can't get congressmen to spend
money in their own districts, it is highly
improbable that he will be able to get them
to take more from their constituents
through extra taxes.
The secrecy surrounding the
development of this proposal, coupled with
its unusually great importance and the
unprecedented placement of Clinton's wife
Hillary Clinton as Health Care Czarina,
could collectively lead one to think one
was watching a badly scripted version of
the Manchurian Candidate (handsome Frank
Sinatra playing Bill, puppeteered by Angela
Landsbury respectively casted as Hillary),
praying desperately that fiction does not
become fact.
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Student <Z>j3
Last weekend I was asked what
Bowdoin's greatest priority
should be in admitting students.
I was interviewing for a position
on the Admissions Student Advisory
Committee. Before the interview, I had
thought about various admissions criteria,
like grades, recommendations, and
interviews, and how I would like the
admissions staff to prioritize them when
considering applications. But when the
interviewer asked me this expected question,
something far different than what I had
planned slipped out. Vitality, I said, is what
the admissions staff should look for in
Bowdoin candidates.
I look to vitality as the opposite of the
paralysis I perceive on this campus. By
paralysis I mean the sort of political inactivity
at Bowdoin mat John Waugh Wright (Orient,
Feb. 12) has repeatedly written about. He
reports a marked decline in involvement in
student political groups, and as a Druid, an
astounding disinterest in me ecological effects
of a disaster as immediate and pertinent as
the Brunswick Naval Air Station's oil spill.
I find Allison Ayer's lament of the dearth of
creative energy here at Bowdoin (Orient,
March 5) even more troubling. Creativity,
experimentation and exploration are perhaps
our responsibility as youthful students. I join
in the lament: curiosity and questioning by us
is ultimately the key to development and
innovation. Now, when we are students, is
the time when we should most rigorously
and doubtfully be asking and challenging.
Yet the perceived paralysis defies such
notions of progress and development. The
para lysis undoubtedly includes the social and
intellectual sides of Bowdoin, along with the
political and creative. Various prospective
students emphasized this to me a couple of
Hoyt Peckham
Vapid Pasture S tines Vitality
week-ends ago. They perceived a "numbness"
on the Bowdoin campus, both in the
classrooms and at the parties. One of them
wondered if the cold (it snowed heavily that
weekend) had caused Bowdoin students to
become "dormant."
I do not wish to align myself in any way
with Schlegel, the infamously Exiled Student
Speak Editor, but I cannot help but stumble
over the aptness of his characterization of
much of the Bowdoin community as "herd
creatures." I would not limit Schlegel's charge
to the residents of McKeen Street, but apply it
generally to the whole Bowdoin community.
Indeed, herd creatures, unconsciously milling
about, numbly satisfying their immediate
physiological needs by eating, drinking and
occasionally appearing before their ranchers,
provide the perfect metaphor for many of us
Bowdoin students.
According to "The Purpose of the College, "
(see page one of your course catalog), a
Bowdoin liberal arts education encourages
"the development of a characteristic style of
thought that is informed, questioning and
marked by the possession of intellectual
courage." This reads as the very opposite of
the perceived unconscious, unproductive,
ultimately bovine state of Bowdoin College.
Perhaps we should, in the spirit of "The
Purpose," consider what we want out of
Bowdoin. I look to Bowdoin as a bastion of
intellect, a place where I can remove myself
from the desensitization and confusion of the
real world and thus enable myself to study
and reflect in a more productive manner. By
consciously sheltering ourselves from the
greater flux of life, we, as Bowdoin students,
Echoes from a Somber Emperor
Michael Tiska
Perhaps Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie
should have relied on the
cautious and Machiavellian instincts that had
always been his compass in domestic affairs.
Yet his faith that the international community
would prevent Mussolini from overrunning
his country should not be remembered as
entirely quixotic. As head of the only
independent African state, Haile Selassie had
fought hard to gain a seat in the League of
Nations — the organization started after the
war to end all wars, founded to secure
international harmony. Furthermore, he was
following in the great tradition of strong
Ethiopian monarchs including Menilek II,
who had proved Ethiopia's prowess by
defeating the imperialist Italian
army at Adowa in 18%. >
It was mat humiliating defeat
of Adowa, saddled with the raw ^Sj-CVEMr.
repercussions of this naive act, or as was more
likely, acting within their own interests, the
result was the same: Ethiopia was
disproportionately afflicted by the embargo.
On September 15, Haile Selassie protested,
"Italy has been supplied with arms and
munitions by powers that have denied them
to our country — which has never
manufactured war materials and desperately
needs them for self defense — Italy is seeking
to discredit our government and our people
in the eyes of the world by asserting that we
are savages whom it is her duty to civilize.
The attitude that Italy has seen fit to assume
will be judged by history . " His protests echoed
hollowly through the chambers of the League
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1
"Does collective
security consist only
in making platonic
protests against the
aggressor and in
addressing words of
compassion to his
victim?"
— Haile Selassie
desire for conquest and
expansion, that drove Mussolini
to invade Ethiopia in 1935. The
European powers of the time
had been long aware that
Mussolini had sights on African
expansion. France and England
banned arms sales to both Italy
and Ethiopia in May of 1935.
Whether they were simply
choosing to ignore the
of Nations.
On October 3, 1935, Italian troops rolled
over the Eritrean border into Ethiopia.
Mussolini's invaders were ruthless —
employing mustard gas to kill both
combatants and civilians. Mussolini engaged
in wholesale massacre of towns and villages
as part of whathe described the "totalitarian"
solution to the Ethiopian problem. The
international community billowed streams
of protestations. Yet the only action they could
muster was a flaccid embargo. The embargo
exempted oil, the one commodity thatwould
have seriously paralyzed Italy. Mussolini
pressed his campaign as quickly as possible
— understanding the fait accompli of his
conquest would only make
action against him more and
more improbable.
The European powers,
though vocally sympathetic
with Ethiopia, were not
prepared to sacrifice other
strategic and national interests
info a or risk upsetting members of
the international community
sympathetic with Italy. The
solitary Haile Selassie was left
inquiring, "Does collective
security consist only in making
platonic protests against the
aggressor and in addressing
Hi^^ 1 ^ words of compassion to his
victim?"
Italy, unencumbered by the
League of Nations went on to
vanquish the valiant yet
overwhelmed Ethiopians. The
seeds of "appeasement" had
been planted, nourished by the
blood of Ethiopia. Japan and
Germany taking careful note,
were soon to embark on their
own brutal conquests. The
League, having proven a feeble
bulwark against aggression,
stood fated to be consumed by
another World War.
can selectively examine and consider our
interests, temporarily freeing ourselves from
many of life's obligations, in an attempt to
best prepare ourselves for their inevitable
onslaught. We look to Bowdoin as a test tube,
a space to experiment and observe under
controlled and specifically limited conditions.
We can hopefully then apply our newly
acquired knowledge or wisdom to the rest of
the world. Thus we seek a thought-fostering
A yet greener pasture, in the
form of a plush new student
center, can only effect the
opposite of the enhancement
of our academic and
intellectual purpose.
enclave, not a vapid pasture.
But in order for any of this to occur, aga in in
the words of "The Purpose," the College must
foster a "flexibility and concern for humanity
. . . that . . . offer[s] us a hope of surmounting
the increasing depersonalization and
dehumanization of our world." But the
Bowdoin environment itself seems to have
depersonalized and dehumanized us. How
else can we explain our bovine (lack of)
pursuits?
Indeed, the efforts of our community seem
only to encourage this dangerously anti-
intellectual trend. Students say they're bored
and demand more "things to do." The
Administration and Governing Boards
respond by designing a new student center.
But what is that but a greener field with
sweeter clover for us to chew our cuds in? Is
that the answer to our lack of vitality? No! We
already have one of the most attractive
pastures around. Our food is the best, our
exercise areas are idyllic, and our bedding
ground is amazing (ski-chalets, colonial dorms
and even an ultra-modern high-rise?). A yet
greener pasture, in the form of a plush new
student center, can only effect the opposite of
the enhancement of our academic and
intellectual purpose.
However, I think it is less the case that
Bowdoin has nourished our bovine
consciousness and more that we ourselves
are responsible. I am not going to join Allison
and Waugh in an attempt to invigorate us.
Apparently, one could jump up and down
and shout "Stop the madness," and get little
more than a fearful glance, in addition to the
expected abundance of vacant stares. No,
rather, I am turning to the admissions
department. Our ivory tower philosophy
collapses if there is nothing but painfully
homogeneous sand in our test tube.
Evidently, the way to change Bowdoin, to
invigorate the students and to enhance the
environment, is not to pour money into
buildings but into the incoming classes. The
first sort of diversity that comes to mind, in
light of the proposed Hyde Cage
modifications, is economic. Will Bowdoin
attract a more diverse group of students with
a new student center? Probably not. After all,
it's only a building. But what if we channelled
those funds into a scholarship fund? We must
establish a more diverse foundation by
offering scholarships in order to build an
increasingly diverse Bowdoin community.
At the risk of sounding revolutionary, we
might even hire a couple of more professors.
If Bowdoin is to survive, indeed, to prosper,
our student body and faculty must be
composed of a much greater variety of
backgrounds, ideologies, concerns, and hopes.
But, in accordance with Russ Crandall's point
last week, the process of diversification must
be carefully planned. He called for a
thoughtful definition of diversity. I suppose
tha 1 1 am only adding another equally abstract
and unquantifiable term, but I cannot help
insisting that the admissions staff should look,
as the indicator of the sort of diversity that we
need, not first to the numbers and facts, but
for vitality in our incoming students.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1993
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to the
dito
Dining Service is
Green
To the Editor:
I am confused by last week's Orient article about recycling
which states, "Dining Service and other parts of the College
community are slowly recognizing their crucial role in the
recycling process." I can not speak for "other parts of the
College community," bat I can speak for Dining Service.
Initially, one might assume that Dining Service has been slow
in adopting an environmental program; However, I must
clarify that we have been participating in reduce/reuse/
recycle efforts for many years. This is not to say we couldn't
do more, but I must state that we are currently doing many
things which went unmentioned in the article. Some of the
things we do include: distributing reusable mugs and cotton
bags; recycling cardboard, glass and paper; reusing plastic
and cardboard containers; operating energy efficient dish
washing machines, using plastic curtains in walk-in
refrigerators; buying locally grown produce in the summer;
encouraging the consumption of foods low on the food chain;
purchasing recycled paper products when they are available;
and participating in compositing projects.
Unfortunately, students seem to criticize dining service's
environmental role by focusing on our use of individually
packaged butter, cream and sugar, which are only a small part
of ourwaste stream 1 assure you issues such as these are being
examined and alternatives developed. Might students assist
us by targeting waste issues more directly controlled by
individuals, like educating the Bowdoin community to carry
their own bandannas or napkins to meals rather than use
paper napkins or encouraging the use of glassware or mugs
rather than paper cups?
Recognizing that environmental education is one important
step toward making recycling innovations possible at
Bowdoin, we have recently hired two student Environmental
Coordinators. The creation of two new student positions in
dining service will help us address environmental issues
currently facing us and provide environmental education to
our staff and board students. Dining Service Environmental
Coordinators Heather Young '94 and Ian Stewart '96 are
already hard at work assisting us with the Earth Day celebration
plans.
While on the student's side of the cafeteria counter it may
appear that little is being done, stepping behind that counter
reveals a different perspective. The Bowdoin dining team is
continually evaluatingareas which need improvement and as
previously mentioned, they have implemented a number of
programs. Hopefully, with heightened awareness, more
people will support and participate in continued dining service
environmental efforts.
I remind you to use those mugs and cloth lunch bags; They
will help reduce a great deal of unnecessary paper
consumption.
Sincerely,
Mary Lou Kennedy
Dining Service Director
In Defense of Fightin'
Words
To the Editor:
Last week's Orient provided an interesting forum for debate.
The subject at hand was "Who hates Tom Leung the Most?"
Without having to search, I counted a total of five different
entries that either slandered Tom Leung directly or mocked
and criticized his efforts in the Orient. Three of these entries
were letters to the editor, one was a student opinion column
and the other was the weekly "Nietzsche quote" section, this
week from Life's Little Instruction Book.
Since arnving at Bowdoin in the fall, I have been particularly
surprised at- the existing mentality of the student body. I
applied to a school that has produced such liberal minds as
Hawthorne, Longfellow, Oliver Otis Howard and John Brown
Kusswo rm, but what I found was a student body that at many
levels scorns nonconformity. The conclusion mat I was forced
to make was mat contrary to its claim; Bowdoin is in fact a
"conservative" liberal arts school. Many students act like
liberals on the surface, seemingly because it is fashionable at
such a setting, when in actuality they cannot bring themselves
to accept the opinions of one outspoken journalist.
I f libera 1 -minded views are being expressed and represented,
why is it that the only thing many students can find to do is to
criticize one of the few students who not only admits he is
conservative but has the guts to endorse his views in our
newspaper? A true liberal would respect what Leung has to
say simply because he has the courage to say it. I myself am
liberal to the point of having been dubbed a communist at
times, but I respect Tom as much as any liberal I know because
he dares to go against the tide at a college that sometimes
seems about as politically oriented as your average high
school.
A perfect example of this was last weeks Orient that
distinguished itself with not just one "Leung Basher," but
five. What was surprising about this was what they chose to
respond to. Leung's article "Disorientation" was one of the
most constructive articles that has been printed this year. If
one can endure the overly dramatic introduction (which is the
way Leung always begins), one will note that he makes some
very thoughtful and valid suggestions concerning the
restructuring of our newspaper. Yet the only thing that was
said concerning Leung's suggestions was a call for him to
"remove himself," made by Brian Curtis '96, whose article
was nothing more than an attack that could have been
regurgitated from any first semester issue of the Orient.
This letter, however, was only the the tip of the iceberg. The
Nietzsche column, which is defended elsewhere in the paper
as one of the few things left in the Orient that is intellectually
challenging, devoted its space last week to a "Leung bashing
session." In addition to providing a childish personal attack
on Leung, it endorses the Exiled Student Speak Editor. Seeing
as the page devoted to Student Speak is an insult to the
intelligence of the student body and a waste of space and its
Exiled Editor himself has consistently behaved both
immaturely and unprofessionally, I am more than a little
apprehensive to give credence to any thing the Nietzsche
column says. Derek Calzini's article reiterates what the
Nietzsche column says. In his condescending letter he states
that heeding Tom Leung's suggestions would be "an
apocalyptic defeat for educational journalism" and that doing
so would cause the Orient to lose "its integrity as an academic
publication." I sincerely hope that Mr. Calzini actually reads
Leung's article, because noneof Leung's suggestions are even
remotely unreasonable. Yet Calzini would have Orien t readers
believe them to be a part of some mass evil movement
sweeping across campus.
Furthermore, in knowing Leung on a personal level, I know
that the Orien t is not the only forum that he receives "feedback"
from. I have witnessed him receive prank calls and hate mail,
which has led me to believe that those who cannot belittle him
in the Orien t ha ve found other means. Having just become one
of the only people ever to endorse "The most hated man on
Bowdoin campus" and having criticized tine Orient and the
attitude of the student body, will I too be slandered and
attacked in the Orient and elsewhere? At this point, I would
not be the least bit surprised. If these people who spend their
time defacing Leung or trying to have him removed from the
Orient would redirect their efforts to trying to offer an opposing
column or a viable alternative to his, they could satisfy not
only themselves, but many others on campus. Until that time,
I suggest everyone be more accepting of Leung's efforts. Even
though I find myself at odds with many things Leung says, I
still think he is one of the few Orient contributors who offers
any dialogue of actual substance.
Sincerely,
Philip M. Sanchez '96
Can you say
Prejudice?,
Economics Will Offer
More Courses
To the Editor:
The April 16 article by Matthew Brown entitled Tre-
registration for classes causes distress for many students,"
states, "For next fall, the economics department expects to
offer only three 300- level courses with only one course outside
of tine core requirement."
This statement is false. We will be offering three applied
200-level courses next fall Because the content of two of these
courses will depend on the faculty hired to teach mem, the
courses (which do not yet exist) could not be listed in the
schedule published for pre-registration. The contents and
times of these courses will be posted and circulated as soon as
possible.
Sincerely,
Michael Jones
Professor of Economics
To the Editor:
I would like to briefly respond to the inept letter submitted
by Eric Kurlander in last week's Orient concerning his M.U.
banner entitled "Famous Heterosexuals Who Have Played
Golf With Michael Ditka ." By the tone and quality of the letter,
it is quite obvious that Mr. Kurlander has entirely missed the
point of the "Famous Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Lesbians"
banner and, for that matter, organizations like B-GLAD in
general. I found his letter to be insipid and offensive. Any
individual could quickly conclude from reading tine invective
letter that Mr. Kurlander was torn while writing it between
his two favorite pastimes: watching N .F.L. football on a wide-
screen color television and gay-bashing. Freedom of speech is
one thing Mr. Kurlander vituperation and stupidity another.
Yes, I can say "blowout." Can you say prejudice?
Sincerely,
Nathaniel Krenkel '95
Put Chamberlain on
the Stamp
To the Editor:
As an admirer of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, I had
made an attempt with the Postal Service in Washington to
issue a commemorative stamp in his honor. They answered
my letter in December of '92 stating that it had been submitted
in the past but not recommended for a stamp.
Not wanting to give up, I recommended in a letter to Susan
Ravdin of Bowdoin's library that a petition be signed by the
students for a Chamberlain stamp. She suggested that I write
to you. The purpose of this petiton would be to keep
Chamberlain's name before the Stamp Committee with many
names, not only mine. He certainly deserves this honor!
Thank you for any assistance or suggestions redarding this
matter. The Postal Service address is:
United States Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW
Washington, DC 20260
attn. James C Tolbrit, Jr.
Manager, Stamp Management
Sincerely,
Diane Brown
"In Xanadu did Kubla
Khan a stately pleasure
dome decree, where Alf,
the sacred river runs from
caverns measureless to
man down into a sunless
sea."
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
[•■I lit! 1 121 II I
which run deep from
caverns measureless for
the Bowdoin Orient.
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23 rising sophomores without any campus housing for
■
next year; many students feel the College does not care
■ Campus Issues: This
year, more seniors than
expected chose to live in
College housing, bumping
first-years out of their
choice picks.
By Archie Lin
orient news editor
On Thursday night, the Moulton Union
served as the stage for the last episode of
Bowdoin's now infamous primetime game
show "Room Draw." Last night's gripping
installment had the best of all the major
network favorites: the excitement of Wheel of
Fortune, the strategy of Jeopardy, the elating
of choosing the audience favorite in the Dating
Came, and for many the agony of having
your choice for a date turn you down in Studs.
Joan Fortin and Doug Ebeling, area
coordinators, and Faith Perry, assistant dean
of students conducted a smooth operation.
The rising sophomore room draw ended at
appoximately 8:30 p.m. All but 23 students
who wanted on-ca mpus housing were denied
and have had their name.; placed on the
waiting list.
Many rising sophomores were seen
wandering around Brunswick Apartments,
Mayflower Apartments, and the houses
asking to look around, checking out the
location and the scenery.
Among the top picks for apartments this
year for the rising sophomores wa s Brunswick
Apartments, especially the doubles facing the
Quad . There were fewer apartments left than
usual this year because many seniors decided
to live on campus, so competition was fierce.
At times, the scene in the Maine Lounge was
"Upset is an
understatement"
-Jessica Keramas '96
described as a "zoo."
For those rising sophomores who were
"lucky enough" to manage to live on campus
this year, their search for housing is now over.
Pulitzer Prize-winners
read poetry this week
poets in America. Unlike the well-
documented correspondence among male
"writers throughout the ages, women have
typically been isolated in their craft
Please set TWO, page 7.
■ Letters: Mere days after
the announcement of the
Pulitzer Prizes, Bowdoin is
honored with the arrival of
two winning poets: Richard
Howard and Louise Glttck.
By Suzanne Renaud
orient copy editor
Dave Simmons
ORIENT ARTS it ENTERTAINMENT
EDITOR
Richard Howard, a Pulitzer Prize- I
winning poet, editor and translator spoke
at Bowdoin last Monday, April 26.
Mr. Howard made two
appearances. The first wasa 1
"Post Feminist American Women ]
Post-feminist poetry is a new g<
discovered by Mr. Howard in his extensive
reading of new poetry for literary
magazines.
Mr. Howard, a congenial, bespectacled Professor Watterson speaks with the
man in his sixties, began his lecture by poet Richard Howard before his
describing the historical plight of female reading Monday.
Maya Khuri/ Bowdoin Onent
Joan Fortin, area coordinator, and Faith Perry, assistant dean of students, discuss
housing, or the lack thereof, with a rising sophomore.
For those who were not so lucky, the saga
continues.
Cui liana Poggio '96 said, "I think it sucks .
. . I felt like the biggest asshole." A number of
other people in her year share the same
sentiment. Toward the end of the night, there
was a rumor spreading "half of the Gass of
'96 has no housing." The waiting list was
rumored to be two to three pages long.
"This * is really
stressful," said a rising
sophomore who wished
to remain anonymous.
Jessica Keramas '96
said, voice cracking,
"Upset is an
understatement."
Keramas originally
wanted to live in
Appleton 26, where she
lives mis year, but even a
room on the quiet-side of
the brick residence hall
was not available.
Two rising sophomores
brainstormed and
devised a comprehensive ^"™^~ ,, "™ ,, "^^^
strategy to live in the
"penthouse suites" of the Tower. They
consulted the "roommates wanted list" posted
in the Hawthorne-Longfellow offices of the
Administration and contacted willing rising
seniors who "hooked them up."
Ms. Keramas' strategy was to look for a
roommate she was "compatible with,"
assuming that there would be enough campus
housing . She was so disgusted that the College
could not even provide her with a "bed or a
desk."
Ms. Keramas changed her room selection a
number of times in order to accomodate her
desires with the reduction in the number of
possibilities she had for housing. Ultimately,
it was futile.
James Garner '96 said, "We had an offer for
the Tower, but we turned it down . . . now
we're pissed." He will be living in Hyde Hall
next year in a double.
Other rising
sophomores had a
more positive
outlook on their
sophomore year. Tim
Lesser '96 will be
living with a
residence assistant
next year. He said,
"We were set from
the start. "He offered
this advice for the
Class of '97: "Get one
of your friends to be
an R.A." Residence
assistants are
mmm ~~^~~ mm """^~'~™™" guaranteed housing.
"The bottom-line is
that there are lot more seniors in campus
housing, that bumped alot of people down,"
said Ms. Fortin. She added that the last night
is always a very stressful night, especoally for
those who have high numbers.
Mr. Ebeling feels very badly about the
situation for thoserising sophomores without
housing and said, "It's hard for us because we
feel for the people with hurt feelings. . . . We
should emphasize that it's not hopeless."
"It 'shard for us
because we feel for
the people with
hurt feelings. "
-Doug Ebeling,
Area Coordinator
Digable Planets, coming Wednesday, May 1 , 8:00
p.m. opening acts: D-Influence British soul act,
and Young Lords, Bowdoin's rap group.
/
THE BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
Nietzsche Quote of the Week
Inside This Issue .
Professors at Piay
Spy Photo
Catch your professors every day at lunch in Morrell Gym.
A Celebration of Sound
Qx&ttm By Nietzsche
Editor Jeff Monroe
The Exiled Student Speak Editor and I realized too late last week
* that in our rush to drown the poison pens that had overlong laid
parched, we missed the boat for Earth Day '93. Sitting at dinner,
surrounded by the token gestures of a dining service which
assumes that overt sensitivity toward ecologically sound practices
once a year will sate the environmentalist's appetite for reform,
we came to a new understanding of Nietzsche as a "proto deep-
ecologist" along the lines of Aldo Leopold and Ame Naess.
Surely Zarathustra's calls to "remain true to the earth" and to
denounce those who advance the insane self-elevation of man
are forerunners to modern environmental philosophy. The
following passage in which Nietzsche paints his vision of an
ecologically harmonious society shows how pertinent his
"Untimely Meditations" can be. Verily, a rejection of Nietzsche
is a rejection of the foundations of modern environmentalism.
"Finally one would live among men and with oneself as in nature,
without praise, reproaches, overzealousness, delighting in many things
as in a spectacle that one formerly had only to fear. One would be free
ofappearanceandwould nolonger feel the goading thought that onewas
not simply nature, or that one was more than nature"
Human, AH Too Human , p37
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dust off their instruments and perform in the chapel.
Men's Lacrosse
Overheard in Station 54
Recently, in a Springfield, Illinois, police station, 7
toilets were stolen from the second story bathroom.
The incident occurred in the wee hours of the morning,
and consequently, there were no witnesses to the
crime. When the detectives examined the scene in the
morning, they found no signs of forced entry into or
out of the bathroom. Speaking to the mysterious
nature of the crime, the head of the department,
Detective Carl Stooper, said, "At this point, we have
nothing to go on."
The mens lacrosse team takes the field against Bates College.
Weather for Brunswick and Vicinity
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with highs in 70s, showers, lows in the the 30s, highs in mid-
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BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1 993
Despite continued efforts, Bowdoin is unsuccessful at
finding a professor to chair African American Studies
■ College Issues: Bowdoin
seeks to increase minoriity
representation in faculty,
but finds few desirable
candidates in small
applicant pool.
By D. Holton Hunter
ORIENT CONTRIBUTOR
According to the 1990 census, over half of
the population in the United States mil be
comprised of minorities by the middle of the
next century. Bowdoin College has failed to
find a chair for the African American Studies
department. So far, Bowdoin's goal of
bettering its last place position in a recent
comparison of minority faculty at 17 other
colleges has not met with a great deal of
success. In mis second of three articles, the
Orient explores some of Bowdoin's efforts at
attracting professors of color to Brunswick
and how we compare to other educational
institutions.
Colleges and universities throughout the
country are now starting a long-term drive to
diversify their student populations and faculty
on the basis of ethnicity. Some are adapting
well to me call to diversify while many are left
struggling.
Duke University, one of the leading
institutions in the country, set out on a mission
in April, 1988, to hire 56 African American
professors, one for each of its departments.
To date, according to the Chronicle for Higher
Education 's March 24 edition, Duke has only
managed to gain a total of five professors in
its four-and-a-half year effort.
Several of the African American professors
that were at Duke when the plan was launched
have been hired away by other institutions,
and, beyond replacing those that have left,
Duke has only managed to hire a few more. It
looks as though the "Duke Plan" is not going
to meet the five-year deadline mat expires in
April, 1993.
There are several important reasons why
Duke and other institutions of higher lea m in g
are having difficulty meeting their goals to
diversify their faculty. Many colleges and
universities have unrealistic goals.
Secondly, there is a small pool of minorities
holding Ph.D.'s. The Chronicle for Higher
Education reports mat African Americans
earned 1047 doctorates in 1982; mat numoer
had fallen drastically to only 768 by 1987.
Fortunately, the numbers have been rising in
the past few years, and last year 933 African
Americans received doctorates.
Third, mere can be significant resistance to
minority recruitment from faculty hiring
panels. And, according to Reginald Wilson, a
senior scholar at the American Council on
Education, "Many colleges, especially those
in the top ranks, artificially shrink the pool of
minority job candidates from which they
recruit, limiting their hiring to minority
scholars whose Ph . D.'s come from the nation's
elite universities. The problem is that's not
where most blacks get their doctoral degrees."
Duke hopes to graduate its first African
American with a Ph D in English mis year.
So where does Bowdoin fit in as one of the
nation's leading colleges? The various ethnic
groups at Bowdoin would like to see more
diversity in the student population and in the
faculty ranks. Nelson Rodriguez '94, a leader
of the Latin American Student Organization,
said one of the reasons for faculty diversity is
that "mere is a need for other black and Latino
role models in the form of professors.*'
Thomas Clave of BCLAD feels that "the
old boys network is not the way of education
any more and that multicultural education is
the way of the future." Other members of the problems with ethnicity of the faculty and the
student body, faculty and Administration student body, the report also made some
have expressed that they would also like to important recommendations. Among them
have greater diversity in me make-up of both were that "the percentage of faculty members
the student and faculty populations. of color should equal that of minority holders
One of Bowdoin's most definite steps in of Ph.D.'s and that student numbers on
this direction was a study entitled the "Report campus should reflect national percentages."
of the Subcommittee on Diversity." The report President Edwards' response to the 20 page
was authored by members of the faculty and report was a sue page letter in which he wrote,
student body and endorsed by the College "I endorse the Report, and most particularly
faculty in November,
1992. It makes "~~"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^~^~
recommendations about
how to improve diversity Qf f fe U QOllegeS Otl tke ReVOH
and compares Bowdoin to J O l
o.h„ co.u g « in .he Q j the Subcommitte on
ro mp"« 0, weii d wth A. Diversity ', Bowdoin ranked last.
other colleges in terms of
the faculty's ethnic _^ — _^__^_— — — . — _^^_
diversity. The results
showed Bowdoin with 6.1 percent minority
faculty in comparison to Haverford's 16.7
percent, Williams' 13.2 percent, Trinity's 11.1
percent, Bates' 10.9 percent and Amherst's
10.0 percent. Of the 17 colleges on the list,
Bowdoin ranked last.
In addition to assessing the College's
its aggressive, optimistic spirit. We all should
recognize that our success in meeting its goals
will be judged not by isolated achievements
or failures, but by broad measures."
Randy Stakeman, associate dean for
academic affairs and director of African
American studies, also worked on the
committee that wrote the report and feels that
these goals are reachable.
Mr. Stakeman stated that he felt "mere are
more aggressive ways of recruiting [minority
faculty] than what comes in the mail from
newspaper advertisements. Those days are
gone. [The Administration needs] to be active
and look for talent." Mr. Stakeman felt
confident regarding Bowdoin's prospects for
achieving a greater minority faculty, citing
that since Williams has done it, Bowdoin will
also be able to.
Mr. Stakeman stated that one of the
consequences of not having an ethnically
diverse faculty in the future will be "not being
one of the elite institutions in the Twenty-first
century." Speaking more broadly of the
College's goals in this matter he said "The
Administration understands the nature of
the problem and has been trying to improve
in the past two years. Thus far, the College
has been unsuccessful. We will continue to
try and improve on recruiting for [minority]
faculty."
Mr. Stakeman felt mat achieving ethnic
diversity on the faculty is "a high priority on
the president's issues of concern," and he
stressed mat the president "sees mis as a
crucial issue."
Stakeman to continue his position as chair
of African American Studies for next year
By Matthew Brown
orient assistant news editor
The recent search to find a new chair for
the African American Studies department
failed. Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Randolph Stakeman will continue to serve
as head of the depa r t men t untiltheinterview
process is started again next year and,
hopefully, a suitable candidate will be found.
For the past several years, Bowdoin has
been advertising and campaigning nation-
wide to find a qualified and suitable
professor to act as chair for the African
American Studies department. They have
advertised in several respected journals and
publications across the nation to spark
interest in as many candidates as possible.
Even though a chair for a specific
department was needed, the College did
not restrict their search to just one discipline.
English, sociology, government, history and
psychology were among the several
disciplines represented by the applicants.
This year, the applicant pool consisted of
30-40 Candida tes that included various cities
and academic backgrounds. The applicant
pool was reviewed by a subcommittee
headed by history department head,
Professor Daniel Levine, and included the
current assistant dean for academic affairs,
Randolph Stakeman. Combined with three
student representatives, the committee read
all of the applications and chose the final
candidates.
"We chose the best and most qualified
applicants from the applican t pool ... several
applicants were very good but, in the end,
withdrew for some reason," said Professor
Levine on the selection of the final
candidates.
The final applicant pool included two
candidates from government, two from
English, and one from film studies and
sociology.
After meeting with all the appropriate
department heads, the final candidates were
History professor Dan Levine worked to get
brought to Bowdoin to lecture in their specific
discipline. Since the appointment of the new
chair is a joint appointment between the
African American studies department and
theacademic discipline of the candidate, many
prof essors of English, history and government
were present for the final lectures.
"Unfortunately," said Levine, "none of the
candidates were met with enthusiasm."
It seems that the candidates were largely
unsuccessful in exciting the attention or
interest of their respective audiences. The
withdrawal of one promising candidate, a
sociology professor who withdrew his
application because his family did not want
to relocate from California, further affected
the College's problem of finding a suitable
chair.
An interesting detail regarding the
Maya Khun /Bowdoin Orient
minority applicants for the position.
appointment of a chair is that the
Administration allowed the African
American Studies department to hire a
professor at whatever level they felt
necessary (e.g. assistant professor, full
professor etc.). Traditionally, Bowdoin has
hired professors at the starting level of
professorship and allowed them to
gradually acquire the status of full
professor. Even though the hiring of a
candidate with any status other than
assistant professor is unusual, the College
was willing to make an exception in order
to find a suitable chair for the African
American Studies department.
Dean Stakeman will continue to serve as
head of the department for the coming
academic year. In the meantime, the school
will continue to search for a candidate.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
Summer is almost here, and students shed their winter clothes . . .
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The scene at the Quad on Thursday afternoon. Students enjoyed themselves under the warm sun.
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
. . . and enjoy a home-cooked meal at "home."
With the rapid
approach of the
summer months, many
Bowdoin students get
a head start on their
summer tans by
relaxing in the beach-
like atmosphere of the
College's quad.
DiningServices made a special home-cooked meal event at Wentworth Hall Thursday evening.
Carey Jones/ Boiodoin Orient
LODGING available for Bowdoin male during summer or
academic year in private home sharing all facilities at 68
Weymouth St. Brunswick. Room and board negotiable.
Phone 207-729-1337.
Atlantic Ocean Livine
Foil time, Live in Child Care PosiuOns starting January-May
1993. Weekends off, use of automobile Enjoy Boston, the
beaches, and beautiful homes. Contact: Helping Hand, 1
West St., Beverly Farms. MA 01915. (508)922-0526
Hebrew School Teachers
Fall '93 openings available at Conservative Sunday/
Morning and Wednesday afternoon Hebrew School.
Background in Hebrew Reading, Prayer, Customs and
Holidays is required. Call or send letter to Linda
Goldberg at Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Avenue,
Portland, ME, 04103. Tel. 774-2649.
HELP WANTED
Sports-oriented boys camp near Sebago Lake needs counselors.
Positions available in tennis, golf, hockey, basketball, lacrosse,
boating and outdoor education (hiking, orienteering, etc.).
June 24 - August 17. Good salary, plus room, board and
laundry. Call or write Camp Skylemar, 7900 Stevenson Rd.,
Baltimore, MD 21208, (410) 653-2480.
BOWDOIN ORIENT NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1 993
William Hughes, 56, professor of
physics passed away in his home
■ Obituary: Professor
Hughes to be missed by
members of the faculty,
staff, students and the
College community. College
memorial service to be
announced.
By Suzanne Ren aud
orient copy editor
William Taylor Hughes, 56, of Brunswick,
a professor of physics and astronomy at
Bowdoin, died Friday, April 23, 1993, at his
home after yea r-and-a -half battle with a brain
tumor.
Born November 15, 1936, in Vidor, Texas,
he was the son of Clarence Leon and Lura
Virginia Hughes. After earning a B.S. degree
in physics and an M.S. degree in astronomy
from Indiana University in Bloomington, Mr.
Hughes taught in Missouri and West Virginia.
He earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at
Northwestern University in 1 967. Mr. Hughes
held several scientific posts, including a
position at the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory Satellite Station, Curacao,N.W J.,
one of twelve in the world established by the
NASA in the early days of the space program.
He also served as a member of NASA's Bio-
satellite Evaluation Panel and as a proposal
reviewer for the National Science Foundation .
In 1967 Mr. Hughes came to Bowdoin
College as an assistant professor of physics
and astronomy, rising to the rank of professor
in 1978. His publications include two books:
"Microbiology for Health Students,"
coauthored with C.T. Settlemire, now an
associate professor of biology and chemistry
at Bowdoin, and "Aspects of Biophysics." Mr.
Hughes wasa member of the Society of Sigma
Xi, the American Astronomical Society, the
Optical Society of America and the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was
also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical
Society.
Mr. Hughes attended the NASA
postdoctoral school in biophysics and the
NASA Advanced Study Institute in
biophysics, and in 1971 he was awarded a
fellowship to study biophysics for a term at
The University of Cambridge, Cavendish
Laboratories, in England.
In addition to his interest in astronomy and
biophysics, he enjoyed gardening, wildlife
and the rural solitude of his camp in
Washington County. His interest in
gardening, especially daylilies, resulted in
the creation of a garden at his home on the
corner of McKeen and Union Streets in
Brunswick.
Mr. Hughes is survived by his wife, the
former Ann Greenway Montgomery of
Gaston, Indiana; a son, Thomas, now a Ph.D.
candidate in physics at the University of
Oregon, Eugene; and his father and two
brothers.
Professor Hughes at the 1991 Commencement exercises.
College Relations
Staff Profile
Roger Pearl of the Service Bureau
By Andrew Wheeler
senior editor
You know who mis person is. You see him
running into the Bowdoin Museum of Art
twice a day. You hear his
favorite country tunes,
bellowing from his beige,
rundown 1986 Chevrolet van.
If it was not for Roger Pearl,
students, staff and faculty
would not receive their mail on
a regular basis. After 31 years
of delivering mail for Wesleyan
University and Bowdoin, Mr.
Pearl will retire as mailman on
June 25. He will no longer hop
in his car twice day and bring
the mail to academic and
administrative departments.
In late February, he signed
up for the College's early
voluntary retirement program
because of recurring arthritis in
his shoulders. He will receive a
base amount of half a year's
salary plus 16 weeks of
additional pay. Although he
looks forward to retiring, he
admits, "I know that I will miss
this place."
Mr Pearl has enjoyed the
people for whom he has
delivered the mail on campus
since his 1976 arrival from Wesleyan
University in Middletown, Connecticut,
where he worked as mail carrier for 16 years.
Mr. Pearl begins and ends his day at the
Brunswick Post Office. At 7:30 am he picks
up all of the College's mail from the post
office and delivers all of the students' mail to
the Union, where it is sorted and placed in
student boxes by 10-30 a.m. every morning.
He then proceeds to his office in the Service
Bureau underneath Dudley Coe Health
Center, where he sorts the mail for staff and
faculty. At 9 a.m., he cranks up his stereo and
hits the campus, delivering letters, campus
mail and packages to the various departments.
He returns to his office by 11:30 a.m. and
combs through campus mail and any U.S.
mail delivered by the Postal Service. After
taking a lunch break, he is driving his van
again by 2 pm ., distributing mail around the
campus for a second time.
At the end of the day, he takes all of the
outgoing mail to the post office. His day ends
Bowdoin environmentalism:
Mixed results in recycling
By Brian Farrow
orient contributor
effective if these problems were remedied."
Usually when recyclables are mixed, "the
Physical Plant does not take the time to sort
them all out before they go to the Brunswick
In an age of both aggressive Recycling Center," said Mr. Barbour. As a
environmentalism and continued exploitation result, most of the recyclables get sent to the
of the Earth, Bowdoin College finds itself in landfill.
Maya Khun/ Bowdobt Orient
Roger Pearl, a key member of the Service Bureau staff.
at 4 JO p.m.
Mr. Pearl credits supervisors such as Mark
Schmitz for making the job enjoyable over the
years. His van has also helped; it replaced the
old Ford Courier seven years ago.
After June 25, he looks forward to driving
up Maine's coast with his girlfriend and
planting a garden in his backyard in Auburn.
Although he will miss the people here at
Bowdoin, he has no regrets about leaving.
"My back is tired of hauling up the heavy
packages from theof fice," explained Mr. Pearl.
Mr. Barbour felt mat the most essential
component missing from Bowdoin 's recycling
program is "education." He said, "TheCollege
has an explicit policy and a reasonably good
recycling program, but most students have
yet to hear about it."
He explained mat if students were educated
about the importance of separating recyclables
^_^^__^_^ and about what happens to
unsorted recyclables, they
might be more apt to
correctly sort their paper,
cans and bottles . In addition,
students could be better
informed by the College
about what happens to the
many recytiinj. ■ . recyclables that are
bins around TCCyClltlg pVOgVCltTl, UUt contaminated with regular
, T garbage. Like mixed
mOSt StUUentS ItaVe Vet recyclables,meyarethrown
t . away by the Physical Plant
to hear about it.
an unlikely position. In many areas Bowdoin
is at the cutting edge and in others it fails
miserably.
On the one hand, Bowdoin is unlike many
educational institutions since we have a
program aimed at composting our natural
wastes. And recently, the dining service hired
student enviornmental consultants to improve
their attention to _^^^^^^__^^_^^_
the en-
vironment. On
the other, there
is a consistent
failure to sort
recylcablefs, in
spite of the
many recycling
"The College has an
explicit policy and a
reasonably good
campus and the
decade that has
passed since the
program began
at Bowdoin.
According to
Physical Plant,
the two
fundamental
weaknesses in ^^^^~"~~~~
the recycling
program are the College's
-David Barbour,
Physical Plant
Mr. Barbour also
suggested that as a part of
orientation, the College
could give a lecture to the
incoming class on
Bowdoin's recycling
. program. One suggestion
that the recycling group
coming out of last semester's Environmental
Studies 101 course was to include a
failure to
thoroughly educate the students about
recycling on campus and the College's explanatory page in the Bowdoin College
negligence in adequately labeling the Student Handbook on the College's recycling
recycling bins so mat people know where to policy. By incorporating such a page into the
place their recyclables. Presently, the only handbook, students might be more likely to
individually labelled recycling bins on campus
are found in the Moulton Union.
David Barbour, director of the Physical
Plant, said "Bowdoin College's recycling
program could be made 100 percent more
take recycling seriously, considering that the
College handbook is largely a list of College
rules and regulations by which every Bowdoin
student is expected to live
Zebediah Rice contributed to this article.
6
bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 30, 1993
Arts & Entertainment
Cool Like Dat: Digable Planets is coming Wednesday
By Andy Droel
orient contributor
Bowdoin's Student Union Committee has
offered a wide a rray of concerts this semester,
from Afrobeat to folk. The diverse offering of
performances at Bowdoin continues with rap/
soul acts Digable Planets and D-Influence,
with special guests The Young Lords, in
Morrell Hall on Wednesday, May 5.
Digable Planets, a trio from Washington,
DC, recently debuted on the national rap
scene with Reachin' (a new refutation of time and
space), an impressive album that combines
conventional rap rhythms with interesting
sounds from other musical genres, including
jazz and psychedelia. Conceptually, Reachin'
resembles De la Soul's work. However, the
album has more of a "street" quality. Butterfly,
one of the three members, says, "This music is
for kids on the street first." And they
accomplish this aim without coming off as
overly cocky or hostile.
Digable Planets' greatest strengths are their
ability to blend different styles of music
through sampling without losing the feeling
of rap music and their strong lyrics. Many
songs feature hom parts, presumably adapted
from old jazz musicians, that enhance the
jazzy feel of the album. Their single "Rebirth
of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" pays homage to the
jazz culture in its heyday, with its quirky,
esoteric language and its colorful cast of
characters. This song was made into an
intelligent, engaging video that received
considerable play on MTV earlier this year.
The music of Digable Planets is light and
fun, but still deeply meaningful and
expressive. The group mentions the influence
of Jimi Hendrix in the song "Jimmi [sic] Diggin'
Cats." Butterfly says, "Jimi Hendrix is always
a reminder to me that art has no mam or
science to it." Their performance promises to
be enjoyable and meaningful.
British quartet D-Influence will warm the
audience up with their soulful hip-hop tunes.
D-Influence may be more accustomed to larger
audiences, though: their first performance
ever was a s the opening act for Michael Jackson
in England, with over 70,000 in the audience.
D-Influence are among the new wave of
"Brit-Soul" acts that have grown popular in
the U.S. over the past few months. Their
highly successful debut album Good 4 We is
very danceable and lively without being
frenzied or obnoxious. Lead singer Sarah
Webb sounds a lot like Sade, but the rhythms
of the group areall taken straight from British
house music. Overall, the album is very
pleasing and demands repeated listens.
Part of the appeal of D-Influence comes
from their simplicity. Keyboard player/
percussionist Steve Marston explains, "It's
the 'strip down sound' ... meaning having
less of the things that can blow your vision of
the music, the meaning and the groove. Ours
is much more of a back-to-basics approach:
piano, keyboards, strings, horns and lyrics as
well."
The Young Lords, composed of Bowdoin
juniors Nelson Rodriguez and Jorge Santiago,
will open Wednesday's show. The three acts
will combine to make a worthwhile
entertainment option for students who need
a break from their hectic study schedules.
Doodle Bug, Ladybug and Butterfly, the members of Digable Planets, are pictured
chiliin' at a cafe.
Brunswick to become a suburb of The Second City
By Nicole Devarenne
orient staff writer
The Second City Theater Company, the
nationally renowned comedy group, comes
to Bowdoin tonight at 8:00 p.m. to give a
spirited performance in Pickard Theater.
The Second City has a long history. In 1959,
The Second City Theater Company opened in
Chicago. It was the work of two men, Bernard
Sahlins and Paul Sills, both University of
Chicago graduates, who first brought it to life
in a converted Chinese laundry. Now the
Chicago parent group is housed in a more
spacious theater, spin-off groups exist in other
cities across the nation, and the troupe has
become recognized in its own right for its
satirical bent and for spawning the careers of
actors like Dan Aykroyd
Roger Lewin/Jennifer Cirard Studio
The Second City National Touring Company will perforin tonight in Pickard at 8:00 p.m.
In 1955, Sills had co-formed The Compass
Players, an i m provi sa tiona 1 group that played
nightclubs in Chicago, with writer-director
David Shepherd. Sahlins had formed the
Studebaker Theater Company at about the
same time in downtown Chicago. Four years
later, after bom companies folded, Sills and
Sahlins formed The Second City, which has
been playing ever since.
After its opening The Second City was
hailed by Time Magazine as "a temple of satire."
The small club became very popular with the
people of Chicago, and in 1961, the company
opened in New York City at the Royale
Theater. The Second City appeared a number
of times in London, and in 1965 toured the
U.S., performing in Detroit, Cincinnati,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston, Pittsburgh,
St. Louis and New Haven.
The group began touring college campuses
as well, and new companies took root in New
Orleans and in the Los Angeles area. In 1963,
The Second City appeared for the first time in
Canada, and in 1967, a specialized Touring
Company was formed to meet the growing
demand for performances.
The Second City has even been adapted for
television. The television special, SCTV, a
satirical look at a day in the life of a "typical"
television station, was originally produced
by the Canadian Second City. It was later
bought by NBC and shown in the Friday late
night slot. The cast included John Candy and
Rick Moranis.
The performance this weekend can be
expected to be composed mostly of rehearsed
vignettes interspersed with improvisation.
Other audiences have numbered among their
favorite skits a portrayal of Joseph and Mary
in a marriage counseling session, a funeral for
a man who died after getting his head stuck in
a can of Van Camps beans and a sketch about
a man teaching his nerdy son to smoke
marijuana. In one popular skit, described in
the March 4, 1985 Time Magazine "Show
Business" section, a horrified Sartre discovers
that there is indeed an afterlife and that God
bears an uncanny resemblance to a camp
counselor:
Sartre: It's not what I expected.
God: What did you expect?
Sartre: Nothing.
One of the most remarkable things about
The Second City is its "revue" policy. At die
end of each performance, die audience is
asked to provide ideas for new routines. The
actors go backstage to create appropriate
sketches and return with the results.
Eventually the best elements of these sketches
are incorporated into the bulk of the show so
that the performances are always being
reworked and new skits added in.
The casts, too, are always changing. The
average actor stays with the group for only
four or five years. Most of the actors leave to
pursue careers in television and movies, and
die group has earned a reputation as a "small
pond that spawned big fish."
The Second City performs tonight at 8.-00
p.m. in Pickard Theater. Tickets cost $4 with
Bowdoin ID and are available at die door and
the Moulton Union Information Desk.
bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, april 30. J993
Two Pulitzer Prize- winning poets visit Bowdoin
Howard's lecture was well-received; Gltick will read her work Monday
Continued from page 1.
A
ccording to Mr. Howard, the poet
Mary Ann Moore was the "first
American woman poet who ...
recognition of their problem and treating it in
a wry, humorous way. Despite Mr. Howard's
presupposition that "weall" were well-versed
in the current array of female poets, he
presented a light speech that served to indicate
changes the situation, so we begin to enter that not all poetry is stuffy and elusive. The
with her a situation that never before existed works of the post-feminists are above all
in America ... She founds a lineage, a understandable by the casual reader,
decadence ... With Elizabeth Bishop, she However, this could also be due in part to
engages in a really profound literary Mr. Howard's dramatic reading style. He
intimacy." added life to the poems of the post-feminists
This started a trend among women poets which was even more readily apparent when
who began to communicate with each other he read his own works,
in earnest and develop a sense of freedom in Mr. Howard's reading, later Monday night
their writings. The "post-feminists" best in the intimate, albeit crowded, Chase Bam
articulate this new liberty They a re an eclectic Chamber, provided tine perfect venue for an
bunch who have "just arrived at poetic introduction to his works or appreciation by
incarnation," according to Howard. long-time fans. Mr. Howard was a master
He then spent the remainder of his speech reader, carefully weaving together narrative
reading selected poems authored by the new
group. He indicated their breadth of subject
matter — topics never before seen in poetry.
"Mothering" and "daughtering" have arisen
as popular subjects for tine post-feminists. Mr.
Howard also read poems on subjects such as
the agony of dieting, the dilemma of having
one's tubes tied and the trials and tribulations
poems to grab the audience's attention.
His works are rarely personal. Rather, his
unconventional style of writing often
produces poems that are elaborations of
interesting facts from life or literature, such as
the myriad of titles contemplated by Proust
before he settled on "In Search of Lost Time"
for his epic 7000-page work (which Mr.
Mr. Howard was a
master reader, carefully
weaving together
narrative poems to
the audience's ~~
attention.
grab
of removing facial hair — quite different from Howard is currently translating). His
me traditional topics that come to mind when imagination ran wild as he envisioned the
the word "poetry" is uttered. fanciful correspondence between Proust and
Ultimately, the post-feminists face "the nisfnendasthenameofthetomewasdecided.
enemy within." Their greatness comes in the The poem is simply Mr. Howard's version of
the dialogue between the two. His
______________________ ___________ _____ other poems are similar in nature,
with references to Shakespeare,
Henry James and Homer's
"Odyssey," one of many allusions
to the Creek mythology that Mr.
Howard studied extensively as a
teenager.
Mr. Howard's most creative
rendition of a poem was his
enactment of a scene in which a
German woman visits an English
doctor's office. Speaking with a
German accent throughout the
work, Mr. Howard spun an
entrancing tale about a medium
who has "relations" with the spirits
on the Other Side.
Upon request, Mr. Howard read
a moving elegy dedicated to his
friend who died of AIDS. He read
another memorial poem as well,
dedicated to a post-feminist student
of his. During his first talk,Howard
read one of her powerful poems,
mentioning that she recently died
of a sudden disease. Mr. Howard's
memorial, however, was rather
detached but unique, taking the
form of a graduate school
recommendation to a Greek Muse.
Mr. Howard is a talented writer
and an extraordinary performer
who began writing poetry at the
age of four. Although most of the
poems he read Monday have yet to
be published, he has ten volumes
of poetry to his credit, including
the 1970 Pulitzer-Prize winner
"Untitled Subjects."
Mr. Howard has translated over
150 works from French and counts
the PEN Translation Medal, the
National Book Award and the
Chevalier de l'Ordre de Merite
given by the French Government
among his many honors. His
translations include the works of
/ leading French writers, including
Robbe-G ril let, Camus and Barthes.
Presently, he is serving as the editor
of The Paris Review and The Western
Humanities Review. Mr. Howard, a
professor at the University of
Houston, is currently the Luce
LayicSiibert Visiting Scholar at the Whitney
Richard Howard read his poetry to a packed house. Humanities Center at Yale.
Louise Gltick will be speaking about
her poetry at 2:00 p.m. in the
Faculty Room a t Massachusetts
Hall and will give a reading of her
work at 7:00 p.m. in Beam
Classroom at the Visual Arts
Center on Monday, May 3.
Ms. Cluck has been honored
with two major awards for
her poetry mis year: the
Bobbit National Poetry
Prize and the Pulitzer
Prize in Poetry for her
latest book of collected
poems, "The Wild Iris."
Ms. Cluck is currently
a senior lecturer in English
at Williams College and
lives in Vermont with her
husband and son. She has
published six books of poetry,
including "The Triumph of
Achilles," which received the
National Book Critics Circle
Award for Poetry, The Boston
Globe Literary Press Award for
Poetry and the Poetry Society
of America's Melville Kane
Award. Another book of
collected essays and poems
is forthcoming.
Ms. Gliick's work has
been translated into a
number of languages and
has been published all over
the world: England,
Australia, Sweden, Japan,
Italy, Spain, Brazil, France
and Greece. Her poems are
also included in more than
20 anthologies, including
the Norton Anthology of
American Poetry. The
critical information in the
Norton Anthology has this
to say about Ms. Gliick's
poetry:
"The first impression of
Louise Gliick's work is its
sensitivity; the second is
its economy. Her poems
generally begin with
sharp, unrelieved feelings
about love, birth and ————-—---——-——---————-—————-——--————----—-——————-
death; they are expressed in short lines as if to be hermetic or reserved," insists Ms. Diehl.
cut deeper into consciousness. Her images, "[Ms. Cluck] is not so much writing to an
though they appear natural, are unexpected audience,butsheiskeenlyawareofhercontrol
and glide easily from momentary perception of voice."
to some abstract word." Ms. Diehl also responded to a comment
made by Bill Watterson, another professor of
"Louise Gliick's voice is among the most English who has read Ms. Gliick's poetry,
accomplished of contemporary American that Ms. Cluck has a strong feminine voice,
poets," according to Professor of English but does not necessarily take a feminist
Joanne Diehl, who knows the poet and is very position in all of her poems. "She is very
Star Black
Louise Gliick's poetry reading will be given in Beam
Classroom at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
"To be one thing / is to be
nothing, " Gltick challenges
the reader. "Is it enough /
only to look inward? "
From the jacket flap of
"The Wild Irises"
familiar with her work. "She combines an
emotional intensity with an almost oracular
power." Ms. Diehl says that in Ms. Gliick's
poetry, "Restraint balances with ecstasy to
create poems that impinge upon silence and
teach us again as if for the first time the power
of song."
"What is so remarkable," Ms. Diehl
continues, "is that the poems are so intense
and in some ways so private, and at the same
time Louise Cluck has managed to create a
rhetoric of restraint that allows her to sustain
an intimate investment with life. Each volume
[of her poems] has been very different form
the others. She has grown tremendously as a
poet."
much aware of resisting that notion of bringing
an agenda to poetry," Ms. Diehl said.
Although Ms. Cluck "is a poet whose work is
informed by her gender," her poems "do not
bear a polemical message."
Bom in New York City in 1943, Ms. Cluck
graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in
1962 and also attended Columbia University.
Her poems have appeared in such periodicals
as The New Yorker, The Yale Review, The New
Republic, Poetry, The Nation and the American
Poetry Review Among her many awards and
honors are two Guggenheim Fellowships for
Poetry and a number of National Endowment
for tine Arts creative writing fellowships. Ms.
Ms. Diehl is especially impressed with the Cluck has also been the Phi Beta Kappa poet
poet's ability to "sustain intensity." Ms. Cluck at Harvard University. Previous to her current
possesses "a kind of discretion that allows her position at Williams, she taught at most of the
to display her power with tact." Despite the campuses of the University of California and
personal and private tone of some of her Columbia University. In addition to her other
poems, Ms. Cluck is by no means a hermetic activities this year, Ms Gluck has been a judge
lyricist. "I find her so evocative in her care for the prestigious poetry prize the Lamont
with which she selects her images that allows and edited the anthology "The Best A merican
her her to break through what mightotherwise Poetry 1993."
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THE BOWDOIN ORIENT . ARTS & LEISURE FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
A little Nudeswirl leads to nausea
By Mathew J. Scease
ORIENT MUSIC REVIEWER
Wah-wah pedal kills album lacking in
imagination
"Gordon's Corner," the opening track on
Nudeswirl's eponymous new release,
immediately gives the impression that they
are one of the many alternative bands who
have recently rediscovered the wah-wah
pedal and the rest of the album bears out this
prediction. (To those readers unfamiliar with
the wah-wah, it's the effect featured
prominently on, for instance, U2's "Until the
End of the World") "Gordon's Corner" and
"Sooner or Later" (to name the two most
egregious offenders) literally drip with mis
guita r effect, and, although me wah-wah pedal
might enhance a song when used judiciously
and with restraint, the resultanteffect of Shane
Green and Diz Cortright's guitar overkill is
analogous to eating a huge butterscotch
sundae: It tastes good at first, but eventually
it makes you nauseous.
"Potato Trip" shows how much their ill-
advised guitar sound hurts the songs because
the best pa rts of the song come when the band
turns off the effects and lets the guitar notes
ring through clearly; elsewhere, the
overwhelming wash of effects simply blurs
the song into cheesy, indistinct riffing.
"Buffalo" likewise shows a few moments of
promise when the guitar is played somewhat
cleanly. But the real distinction of "Buffalo" is
that it's the first truly bad song on the album.
The first four or so tracks are passable if
flawed, but this one achieves true dog-hood.
CD Review
Nudeswirl...
(Megaforce)
It is followed by several other throw-away
tracks ("Three," "Ringworm," "Now
Nothing") as the quality of the songwriting
drops precipitously over the course of the
album's 56 minutes. "Damned," with its
pointlessly jarring guitar riff, epitomizes mis
decline. Its asinine lyrics (the song starts off
with the words, "Chocolate love emotion")
are par for the course on a disc on which
thrown-together phrases without the
slightest taint of wit or invention are
supposed to be "deep."
Besides taking a fair amount of generic
inspiration from punk bands like Husker
Du, Nudeswirl also makes the occasional
foray into the dreamy sonic world of British
bands like Chapterhouse and My Bloody
Valentine, but with considerably less success
at pullin off impressionistic soundscapes.
The languid vocals of guitarist Green and
bassist Christopher Wargo bear a close
resemblance to drawn-out drawl of G'n'R
warbler W. Axl Rose, and significantly they
also highlight the band's debt to the heavy
metal genre in general. At times it seems as
though the only thing standing between this
altemative-music-by-numbers and a metal
album is the packaging.
Frankenstein's Monster, Modernity and the Dysfunctional Family
By Eileen M. Hunt
ORIENT ARTS k ENTERTAINMENT SAVIOR
Imagine if Victor Frankenstein and his
Monster were part of a panel discussion
concerning the dysfunctional family on the
Oprah Winfrey Show. Possible topics of
debate, bleary-eyed confession and horse-
corpse beating might include: "Sons of
Frankensteins: Patricidal Sons, Workaholic
Fathers"; "Home Alone: Coping With Angst
in a Godless Universe"; "It's Alive!: Why
Make Love if We Can Make Test Tube
Babies?"; and "Murphy Brown Revisited: Do
"Get thee to family therapy!"
Imagine if Victor Frankenstein and his
Monster followed the moral mandate of Ms.
Winfrey, the mouthpiece of modernity, and
shelled out the requisite cent-note for an hour's
worth of sordid, self-pitying, skeleton-in-the-
closet exposes. In the name of group healing,
Father and Son would exchange petty yet
cathartic accusations about the lack of
Functional Family Life in the Frankenstein
household, such as: "Dad, why didn't you
Oprah — bustling about the audience, giving feel-good
hugs, gushing sticky-sweet sympathy and turning
opportunely towards the camera — would no doubt confront
Victor in an appropriately shrill and righteously indignant
tone of voice, as she enveloped the pitiful Monster in her
smothering embrace: "Get thee to family therapy!"
Single Parents Really Have Unhappy
Homes?"
Oprah — bustling about the audience,
giving feel-good hugs, gushing sticky-sweet
sympathy and turning opportunely towards
the camera — would no doubt confront Victor
in an appropriately shrill and righteously
indignant tone of voice, as she enveloped the
pitiful Monster in her smothering embrace:
spend more time with me when I was growing
up?" "Son, I was too busy attending the
funerals of all the family members you
murdered."
At the end of a remarkable productive hour,
wherein both Father and Son courageously
resist the urge to hug and make it all better,
the Therapist would glance anxiously at his
watch and signal for his secretary to usher the
next paying customer into his office.
The true terror of Mary Shelley's
"Frankenstein" lies in its fearful anticipation
of how the overwhelming scope and
dangerous power of modem science will bring
about the destruction of the traditional family
What is our cultural fascination with
Frankenstein but a
reflection of our own
deep-seated fears about
how modem technology
has infiltrated every
aspect of our lives and
threatens to tear apart
the moral, social and
fabric which weaves
together the
fundamental strands of
our Western culture?
Victor Frankenstein
and his Monster are
modern man. Victor
Frankenstein and his
Monster are us. Just as
Victor's name has
become confused with
his creature, our
identities have become
confused with the
technology which
controls our lives.
Shelley offers us a
startling look into the
mirror of modernity —
so mat we may see in our
own reflection the
lonely, watery-yellow
eyes of the orphaned
Monster.
For mis reason, Mary
Shelley's "Frankensteii " is not an antique
"classic" to be consumed under the pretext of
self-improvement, but rather a truly
frightening tale of scientific hubris and
unbearable alienation in a godless universe
which should be savoured for the sake of self-
knowledge.
BowDoiNORiEm ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, april 30. 1993
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Spring Jam: A
cappella songfest
returns to Pickard
this Saturday
By Jennifer Hand
orient contributor
The Meddicbempstcn take time out for a quick group shot
Carey Jones /Bowdoin Orient
Maya Khun /Bowdom Orient
Miscellania hard at work practicing for the upcoming Spring Jam this Saturday.
for the Spring Jam. Of about six songs, four
are new since Miscellania last appeared in the
Pub in February, and one has choreography.
Miscellania has also been busy this semester
touring private schools and other private
colleges around New England.
In the past, the Spring Jam has been host to
the Tufts Beelzebubs, whoamazed the crowds
with a stunning version of Prince's own "Let's
Go Crazy"; the Simmons Sirens, who were
fifteen women strong; the Colby Eights, who,
if you counted closely, were really nine; and
of course, last year's favorites, the woodsy
Dartmouth Ayers and stylish Princeton
Footnotes, who kept Bowdoin entertained
with shaving cream fights and mad lib
audience participation.
To be sure, the annual Spring Jam is much
more than just tunes in the night; it is a free-
for-all event which stretches the boundaries
of moral discretion, public conductand overall
good plain fun. The Spring Jam leaves the
audience limp from laughter and rejoicing in
the melodies of tunes from by-gone eras.
Saturday's concertwill bring together an array
of musical styles and genres with a sure
sampling of hits from the '50s through the
'80s. Give it a go — and you might just go
home singing.
Tickets are available at the Moulton Union
Information Desk and at the Pickard Theater
box office for $1 with Bowdoin I.D., $3 without.
This Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. is the
Annual Spring Jam in Pickard Theater. Joining
Bowdoin's own Meddiebempsters and
Miscellania will be the Mount Holyoke V-8's
and the University of New Hampshire
Gentlemen.
The annual a cappella singing fest is a
favorite event on the Bowdoin campus,
bringing together the talents of other college
groups as well as their equally talented senses
of humor. The Meddiebempsters' program
will contain "a little bit of everything" — a
medley of seven lively, traditional and popular
songs. With the addition of two new singers
and a couple of new tunes, the ten member
group hopes to conclude the academic year
with an impressive performance. The
meddiebempsters have been busy and
productive recording their premiere album,
Noteworthy, and are anxiously awaiting its
release in two to three weeks. They hope that
their Spring Jam performance combined with
a May 14 performance in the Pub will help to
rekindle campus interest in order to promote
the sale of their new release.
Miscellania, on the other hand, is rather
secretive about the pieces they have prepared
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First we introduced Group Therapy on
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Bar Wednesday and Friday at Happy Hour.
And we weren't sure if we could top our
Tuesday $1 Off Pint Night. But now we
introduce "Blue Mondays." Come console
other fellow Seniors as Joshua's shows its
sympathy by taking $2 off a pitcher with
every rejection letter.
The last, but certainly not least, nominee for the
Knocker award: Goodie. Winner to be
announced next week.
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bowdoin orient ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT friday, april 30. 1993
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8:00-9:30 p.m. Lecture. "Campus Compromise." Sigmund Diamond, former
Harvard University professor, speaks about the F.B.I, influence on campuses.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
9:00 p.m. GallipolH directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
9:30 p.m. 8 Ways Santa, campus band. Peter Herman '96, Mike Chilcote '95, Richie
Diamond '95, Pat Kent '95 and Cameron Wobus 95. The Pub, Moulton Union.
friday 30
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Saturday 1
^ 4:00 p.m. Jung Seminar. Symbols of the Unconscious: Analysis and Interpre-
™ tat ion "^Memory as a Function of Knowledge/ and Ways of Developing It:
II." The Reverend Sheldon Christian, poet, Brunswick. Faculty Room,
Massachusetts Hall.
7:00 p.m. WBOR 91 .1 FM presents the May Day Pop Kid Festival featuring eight
bands: Small Factory, Flying Nuns, Ste. Marine, Race Car Race Car, The Western
Family, Magpie, St. Allagash School Boys' Choir and Johnny's Butt. Main Lounge,
Moulton Union.
7:30 p.m. Spring Jam. Meddiebempsters, Miscellania, Holyoke V-8s and UNH
Gentlemen. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. Admission: $5 public, $1 with
Bowdoin ID. Tickets available at the Information Desk, Moulton Union, and at
the door.
9:00 p.m. The Year of Living Dangerously directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel
Gibson and Sigoumey Weaver. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
9:00 p.m. Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall.
Sunday 2
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4:00 p.m. Lecture. "Polar Regions and Global Change" by Igor Zotikov, chief
research fellow, Institute of Geography, Moscow, and principal investigator
for the Ross Ice Shelf Project. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
5:00-7:00 p.m. Africa Table Dinner. Chase Barn Chamber, Johnson House.
6:15 p.m. Lecture. "Was James Bowdoin Gay? and Other Thoughts on Sexual
" Identity at the 19th-century College" by Charles C. Calhoun, author of "A
Small College in Maine: Two Hundred Years of Bowdoin" and former editor
of Bowdoin Magazine. Open dinner at 5:30 p.m. Delta Sigma, 259 Maine Street.
^ 7:30 p.m. Organizational meeting to prevent toxic dumping. Plan a
1 " Brunswick street stenciling project for labeling drains that flow into streams
through the sewer system. For more information and to confirm, call 725-
3628. Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
A 7:30 p.m. Lecture. "Cuba: Island in the Storm." Stan Lofchie and Loukie
Lofchie of Brunswick will discuss their impressions of Cuba. Johnson House,
256 Maine Street.
7:30 p.m. Brothers Karamazov. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
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2:15 p.m. Favorite Childhood Pastimes: Depictions by Winslow Homer reading.
'*)) Amanda Reath '93, art history major, reads descriptions qf harvesting in nine-
teenth-century America. Tour of the Winslow Homer Gallery follows. Call 725-
3275 for reservations. Walker Art Building.
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3:00 p.m. Spring Concert. Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra, directed by Robert K.
Greenlee, associate professor of music. Program includes "Eclipse HI," composed
and conducted by Elliott S. Schwartz, professor of music; "Paris Symphony No.
31" by Mozart; and "Cello Concerto No. 1 in
A minor" by Saint-Saens, with Kathy Foster
as guest soloist. Chapel.
3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff's Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom. Bowdoin Chorus and the Down
East Singers, directed by Anthony F.
Antolini, with Andre Papkov, bass soloist.
St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland.
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1:00 p.m. Gallery talk. "Whistler as Printmaker: His Sources and Influence on
His Followers" by Isabel L. Taube '92, Andrew W. Mellon curatorial intern.
Walker Art Museum.
•5) 3:00-5:00 p.m. Lecture? "Creating a Pluralistic Campus and Classroom" by
James Bell, affirmative action officer, Bates College. Mitchell East and West,
Wentworth Hall.
j$) 7:00-9:30 p.m. International Folk Dancing. $3 donation; free for Bowdoin
students. Main Lounge, Moulton Union.
monday 3
2:00 p.m. "A Conversation with Louise
Gluck" by Louise Gluck, 1993 Pulitzer Prize-
winning poet and senior lecturer in English,
Williams College. Faculty Room, Massachu-
setts Hall.
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7.00 p.m. Poetry reading by Louise Cluck,
1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and senior
lecturer in English, Williams College. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
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7:30 Fourth Annual Women's Film Series.
Surname Viet Given Name Nam. Introduced
by Nancy E. Riley, assistant professor, and
Nilanjana Chatterjee, visiting assistant
professor, sociology and anthropology.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
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8:00 p.m. Digable Planets, rap
group. Opening acts: Young
Lords, Bowdoin rap group, and
D-Influence. Morrell Hall.
Admission: $10 public, $5 with '
Bowdoin ID. Tickets available at
the Information Desk, Moulton
Union.
9:00 p.m. Kagemusha (The
Shadow Warrior) directed by
Akira Kurosawa and starring
Tatsuya Nakadai.
thursday 6
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Simon Fowler
D-Influence will open for Digable Planets on Wednesday.
10:00-11: 00 a.m. Workshop.
(fa || 1% "Creating a Pluralistic Campus"
by Betty C. Thompson, coun-
selor, counseling services, and
assistant to the president for
multicultural affairs. Daggett
Lounge, Wentworth Hall.
thursday 6-sunday 9: Bowdoin
College Museum of Art sale at
the Museum Shop. 20% off all
jewelry, pewter and silver gifts.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
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Orient Sports
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Men 's Lacrosse
Lacrosse wins three straight
By Edward Cho
orient staff writer
Last week, the Bowdoin men's lacrosse
team had a winning record. On April 24, the
team travelled to Amherst and had a strong
outing, pulling a huge win with a final score
of 18-12. The highlights of the game included
five goals and two assists for Attackman Marx
Bowens '93, and five goals and one assist for
Co-captain Tom Ryan '93. Adding to the list
was Henry Boeckmann '93, who tallied four
goals of his own. Coalie Ben Cohen '93
contributed with 11 saves mat day, firmly
stopping Amherst short of a victory. Ryan
said of the game, "They were a pretty young
team. The game was a little more lopsided
than die final score because Amherst scored
about six goals in the last couple of minutes."
But apparently this did not prove to be enough,
as the Bears went on to claim the victory.
The next day, the lacrosse team took to the
road again, this time travelling to Bates
College. Again, the Polar Bears outscored
their opponents, finishing the game with a
dominating final score of 20-8. Ryan had five
goals and three assists in the game, Co-captain
Chet Hinds '93, a midfielder, added three
goals and two assists and Boeckmann
accumulated two goals and four assists. The
highlight of the game was marked by an
accomplishment by Hinds who, by the end of
the day, garnered 1 00 goals and 1 00 assists for
a combined total of 200 points for his career at
Bowdoin.
The final game this past week was an away
gameagainstNew England College. Bowdoin
swept by their opponent with a score of 22-9.
"It was pretty close in the first half. We
expected mem to be a weaker team man they
were," said Ryan. By the end of the first half,
the score was tight, 7-6 in favor of Bowdoin.
The second half, however, seemed to be a
different story altogether. "We started slow
but we woke up in the second half. Then we
started playing lacrosse," commented
Boeckmann. In the third quarter alone, the
Bears outscored New England College 9 to 1 .
Contributing to this victory were strong
showings by Boeckmann, who tallied 5 goals,
and Ryan, who had seven goals.
The men's lacrosse team's next game is
against Trinity. Asked on what their
expectations were, Boeckmann had this to
say. "Trinity is going to be tough - they have
a good core coming back and they also have
a good goalie." Hopefully, the men's lacrosse
team can round off this week with another
victory by capping Trinity on their turf. The
next home game for the Bears will be May 3
against Colby.
Carey Jones /Bowdoin Orient
Steve Popeo '93 puts one in the back of the net at Bates in their 20-8 victory.
Men 's Track
Runners perform at State of Maine Championships
By Pat Callahan
orient staff writer
A Bowdoin high jumper clean the bar.
Leigh Perry/ Bowdoin Orient
Wind has always been a track and field
athlete's nightmare. If you're a runner, it's
never at your back; if you're a thrower, it's
always in your face and if you're a jumper, it
leads to frustration and inconsistency.
Unfortunately, last weekend at the University
of Maine, wind was the order of the day for
the State of Maine Championships. Several
elite members of the men's track team refused
to let the elements get the best of them,
however, bringing home two individual State
of MaineChampionships as well as a plethora
of solid, encouraging performances.
As usual, first-year Logan Powell and
Andrew Yim '93 led the assault on the
individual titles, taking the 800 and 1500
meters respectively. These two feared middle-
distance runners used similar tactics in
capturing victories, both choosing to si t behind
the leaders of their respective races in an
effort to conserve energy. Their strategy
proved fruitful as Powell turned in a seasonal
best 1:57.58. He was followed closely by
teammate Nga Selzer '93 who finished third,
with just inches separating him from a Colby
rival. Yim finished up with a nice kick leading
first-year Blaine Maley to an impressive third
place showing.
This weekend the distance corps took a
page from their mid-distance teammates as
seniors Dave Wood and Colin Tory both
turned in excellent times in their races, Wood
taking the runner-up spot in the 5000 meters
and Tory setting an impressive standard in
his debut in the 10,000 meters, an agonizing
25-lap torture session that few athletes even
attempt. Unintimidated by the 6.2 mile
distance Tory waited throughout most of his
race, picking it up with about a mile to go to
capture third place with a solid time of 34:33.
One of Bowdoin's weak spots throughout
their indoor campaign was their lack of
sprinting power. Sophomore Bob Dunn and
first-year Jon Stuhlman did their part to erase
that stigma as they seized third and fourth
places, respectively, in the 110 meter high
hurdles. Coach Slovenski lauded Stuhlman,
who displayed great stamina in coming back
later on in the day to take another fourth the
400 meter intermediate hurdles, registering a
seasonal best of 58.78, an encouraging sign of
things to come.
The Polar Bears did not show superb depth
in the field events, but Scott Dyer '95 made up
for any shortcomings in that area by placing
in the shot put, discus and the javelin, coming
just eight feet short of the win in the javelin.
The only other Bowdoin athlete to place in a
field event was Colin Hamilton '93 who placed
second in the pole vault just one week after
winning the prestigious Roger Castle
Decathalon.
These athletes as well as the rest of the
Bowdoin team will travel to Wesleyan this
weekend to match their best efforts with the
rest of the NESCAC teams in the Conference
Championships. It should prove to be one of
the most competitive meets in recent years,
and the Polar Bears don't expect to come
home empty-handed. /
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1 993
B a s c ball
Polar Bears struggle on offense
By Derek Armstrong
orient assistant sports editor
The baseball team remained consistently
around the .500 level this past week, splitting
a doubleheader with Tufts and coming up
just short at Bates. The Bowdoin season record
remains one game above even at8-7-l . Despite
scoring nine runs in their first victory against
Tufts, the Bears have been in an offensive
funk of late, as was evident in the previous
two games, in which the team scored only
five runs in 16 innings. The players hope to
break out of their scoring slump in a weekend
trip to Connecticut which pits them against
Trinity and Wesleyan.
Saturday's doubleheader against Tufts
started off on the wrong note for the Bears, at
least in terms of pitching. Although starter
Jeff D'Entremont '96 did not give up any hits
in his inning plus of work, he was fairly wild,
walking two and hitting a batter before being
pulled two batters into the second in favor of
Rich Dempsey '96. Dempsey walked the first
two batters he faced, but escaped further
damage with the help of his infield defense.
The team catcher, Captain Brian Crovo '93,
picked a runner off first base for the first out,
and third baseman Tony Abbiati '93 caught a
ha rd liner and stepped on third for the inning-
ending double play.
Dempsey's troubles continued in the third
inningas hehit a batter and walked two more,
and before long Coach Harvey Shapiro had
removed him from the game as well. Dave
Kolojay '93 became the third Bowdoin pitcher
of the day in as many innings, although the
visitors had scored only two runs and had yet
to get a base hit. Kolojay pitched masterfully,
allowing only one inherited runner to cross
the plate in getting out of the bases loaded
jam.
Despite outhi tting the Jumbos 4-0, the Bears
still found themselves down 3-2 heading into
their half of the fourth inning. In the first,
Michael Flaherty '96 had scored on a Crovo
single after singling and moving to second on
a wild pitch. Chris Seeley '94 scored the Bears
second run in the third on another Crovo
single.
In the fourth, however, the Bears really
came alive, sending 1 1 men to the plate and
coming away with seven runs. Pat Ryan '96
keyed the run by leading things off with a
single and then doubling in a couple of runs
nine barters later. Jeremy Gibson '95 also
knocked in two with a single, and Crovo
earned his third RBI of the day by taking a
pitch to the shoulder with the bases loaded.
Meanwhile, Kolojay was incredibly stingy
to the Jumbo hitters. In fact, in his 4 and 2/3
innings of work, the only hit he gave up was
a bunt base-hit which just barely got by his
own diving effort. This was also the only
Tufts hit of the game. Although he could not
quite preserve the no-hitter, Kolojay did
preserve a strong 9-3 victory by whiffing the
last batter of the game in the seventh.
Twenty minutes later, the Bears and Jumbos
started things up again for the second game.
Rick Hernandez '95 started the game for the
Bears and pitched a near flawless first three
innings. He retired the first six men he faced
before Tufts led off the third with a double.
Bowdoin answered with a diving catch by
centerfielder Seeley, who then threw to second
for the double play.
Things unraveled for Hernandez in the
fourth, however. He got the first batter on a
ground out to pitcher, but was then touched
for three hard singles. A fourth man reached
base on the first of two catcher's interferences
called on the Bears. Rick Toothaker '96, who
came on in relief, had some trouble as well,
yielding two doubles before being removed.
Ryan finally came on to get the Bears out of
the inning, but not before seven Jumbos had
crossed the plate. Ryan gave up two more in
the sixth, and the visitors got their tenth run in
the seventh off of Dave Lehanski '96 and
Dempsey, the fourth and fifth Bowdoin
pitchers of the game.
Meanwhile, the Bears were having difficulty
producing the same kind of run-support they
had generated earlier in the afternoon.
Although the home team had runners on base
in every inning, the Bears could not touch the
Tufts starter for a run until the bottom of the
sixth, when Crovo scored on a single by pinch-
hitterChrisMargraf '95. MikeKelley '96plated
two more runs in the seventh on a two-out
single. In fact, the Bears kept fighting all the
way up to the end, as they managed to load
the bases with two men out. The rally ended,
however, on a ground ball to first which the
Tufts first baseman handled all by himself for
the final out of the game.
On another perfect day for baseball, the
Bears faced the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday in
Lewiston. Although both starters were a bit
wild, a pitching duel more or less ensued,
partly because both teams were having
difficulty getting runners in once they had
reached base.
The Bears got to Bates starter Henry Hanley
for the first run of the game in the third.
Flaherty led things off with a beautiful bunt
which rolled all the way down the third base
line and basically stopped. Charlie Gaffney
'95 and Crovo followed with walks, and the
run came in when Abbiati walked with one
out and the bases loaded.
Bates decided to stay with Hanley, which
proved to be a good decision as he induced
the next Bowdoin batter to pop to second
base. Hanley's second pitch to Tim O'Sullivan
'95 was a mistake, however, as the Bowdoin
first baseman hit a hard line drive to center
which looked like trouble. The Bates center
fielder proceeded to makeagreatdiving catch
on O'Sullivan 's shot, robbing him of extra
bases and preventing three or four Bowdoin
runs from scoring.
The Bobcats answered in the bottom of the
inning by getting to Jay Barillaro '95 for the
first time. After getting the first two batters on
fly balls to the^outfield, Barillaro gave up a
double to the Bates second baseman. An error
by the shortstop prolonged the inning and
put runners on first and third, allowing the
next batter to single home a Bates unearned
run.
Barillaro gave up another unearned run in
the fifth when the first two runners reached
base due to errors by the Bowdoin third
baseman. The go-ahead run scored on a
ground ball to shortstop.
The Bears got to Hanley again in the seven th
when Crovo hit a one-out single to right field.
The Bowdoin captain stole second to get
himself into scoring position and came in on
Abbiati's second RBI of the day, a single to
left. Abbiati took second on the throw home,
but was stranded there when the umpire
called Joe Gaffney '95 out on a ball hit to left
field which the fielder seemed to pick up on
the bounce.
The Bobcats broke the tieagain in the bottom
of the eighth with two unearned runs which
did the Bears in. They plated the go-ahead
run after the leid-off batter reached on an
error, got to second on a bunt and came in on
a single.
The second run of the inning came in on a
controversial call which sent Coach Shapiro
out of the dugout on the run to argue with the
ump . With two men out and the bases loaded,
Crovo picked the runner off first base on a
pitch out. O'Sullivan then chased the runner
down toward second while keeping an eye on
the runner at third to make sure he didn't
head toward home. The picked-off managed
to outmaneuver O'Sullivan slightly, forcing
the Bowdoin first baseman to dive to tag the
runner out The umpire called the Bates runner
safe, however, claiming that O'Sullivan had
Maya Khun/ Bowdoin Orient
Tim O'Sullivan '95 snaring the ball while manning first base.
also went the distance but took the loss despite
not giving up an earned run.
Today, the Bears take on Trinity before
travelling to Wesleyan tomorrow for a
missed on the tag. Meanwhile, the runner
from third crossed the plate with the fourth
run of the afternoon.
Pinch-hitter Mark McCormick '96 singled
in the ninth with two outs but was left on base
when the last batter of the game struck out.
Hanley struck out 1 Bears overall on his way
to earning the complete game win. Barillaro
doubleheader. The baseball team also plays
the three following games after those on the
road before finishing up its regular season at
home against Bates on May 12.
From the Bleachers
Sports Commentary
by Tim Smith
Frustration. Despair. Shock. The emotions tailspin. Having lost their last seven games
of the Bruins fan ran the gamut in a matter of of the regular season, they no longer
secondslast Saturday night when theSabres' resembled the squad that had jockeyed with
Brad May tucked the game-winning goal the Bruins for playoff position all season
behind a sprawling Andy Moog. With their long.
forth consecutive loss to forth-place Buffalo, These signs were misleading. Something
the Bruins had been reduced from legitimate went wrong. When the Bruins should have
Stanley Cup contenders to vacationers. They come out mean, confident and fired-up in
were the first team in NHL history to win Game One against Buffalo, they were
fifty games and be
eliminated in the
first round of the
playoffs. While
Buffalo celebrated
its biggest win in
more than a decade,
Boston and its fans
pointed fingers.
Just two short
weeks ago, all the
appropriate signs
had pointed toward
a Boston-Pittsburgh
rematch in the Wales
Conference Finals.
"The Bruins
fan had to ask
'WHY?'"
tentative and sloppy.
Game Two saw more
of the same. By then,
Boston's home-ice
advantage, which it
had played such great
hockey to earn, had
been rendered
meaningless. Two
more Sabre wins in
Buffalo were
predictable, if not
inevitable.
The Bruins fan had
to ask "WHY?" After
such a long, grueling,
Mario's Penguins may have reeled off albeit thrilling, regular season, Boston's best
seventeen in a row, but the Bruins had won in years, why such a sudden fold? Everyone
sixteen of their last eighteen. Cam Neely was had a different answer Brian Sutter hadn't
healthy and ready for his first playoffs in two prepared them mentally; they had peaked
years. Adam Oates had just finished up an too early; Andy Moog hadn't do the job;
MVP-caliber season in which he had finished Grant Fuhr was just too good...
third in the league in scoring. Andy Moog Unfortunately, none of these sufficiently
was the hottest goalie in hockey, amassing a explains Boston's inexplicable collapse. If s
mere 1.88 goals against average over his last an empty feeling, losing a series like that
nineteen games. Most importantly, the Bruins without really understanding why.
hadbeen tearing apart Adams division rivals Somehow, the thought of next season isn't
Quebec, Montreal and Buffalo for the past too comforting or inspiring right now.
month. If you were looking for a team on a So what can you do?
roll heading into the playoffs, the Bruins -~. I suppose you^rnight as well root for
were ft The Sabres, meanwhile, were in a , Buffalo.
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
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W o m e n 's Track
Athlete of the Week: Erin O'Neill
In her four years at Bowdoin, Erin O'Neill
has come to embody two things: track and
success. This superwoman of Farley Field
House has worked long and hard to perfect
her athletic ability and to become the Bowdoin
College all-time record holder in numerous
events from both indoor and outdoor track.
In four varsity seasons in each sport, O'Neill
has worked her way to the top of everything.
She presently holds school records in the long
jump, the triple jump and the 4x200m relay
for indoor track, and the long jump, the triple
jump, the 400 hurdles and the 4x1 00m relay
for outdoor track. She is off to her usual good
start mis season as well, winning three events
in each of the two outdoor meets in which she
has competed. Last week she also travelled
down to Pennsylvania to compete in the Perm
Relays, the biggest indoor track meet of the
year for both high school- and college-aged
students.
A strong role model for the younger
runners, O'Neill acts as co-captain of the
women's outdoor track team and held the
same position of leadership on the indoor
squad . A biology major and chemistry minor,
O'Neill has been offered a summer job
teaching sailing and marine biology in the
Carribean. Beyond mat, she is looking for a
lab job in a Boston hospital in preparation for
medical school at some point down the road.
Orient: What has been your best memory or
your best moment from your Bowdoin sports
career so far?
ONeill: It would probably have to be the
NESCAC meet of last year. We started
planning for it in September of that year,
thinking that we were going to try to peak in
May. So we decided to cut out the December
meets from winter track and just start in
January because people were peaking too
early and we really wanted to do well at
NESCACs. Our big goal in life is just to beat
Williams, and we hadn't for so long, so last
year when we beat Williams was probably
the biggest moment. It came down to the
relays and everything, so it was really exciting.
Orient: What has been the most frustrating
aspect of track for you ?
O'Neill: Let's see, frustrating aspect.
Probably not having a lot of role models as a
first- and second-year person here. My coach
had just gotten here a year previous so was
still in the building process when I came in as
an underclassman. So during those first couple
years I had so many expectations of collegiate
track and what it was supposed to be like, and
I guess I was just disappointed by the seniors
at the time and things like that. I mean, it's a
combination of a lot of things, I think. But that
was probably the most frustrating, so since
then I've learned a lot about myself and
dealing with people like that. But the whole
mentality of the team has gotten so much
better as I've been a junior and senior. We've
overcome that frustration.
Orient: What is your favorite thing about track?
O'Neill: My favorite thing about track —
I've thought about mis a lot, and during the
week sometimes I wonder, "Why am I doing
mis? This takes up so much time." And then,
is to compete in and why?
ONeill: Probably the relays. Either the
4x100 or the 4x400. Just because I think I run
faster with a baton in my hand. I have no idea
why. But when three other people have run
before you, you really feel obligated and
excited, and just so energetic to finish it off
well.
Orient: Describe the role of sports in your life at
Bowdoin.
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Erin O'Neill '93 enjoys the sun before her NESCAC meet mis weekend.
when I finish a meet, I feel so accomplished
that — I've practiced all week and really
accomplished something in the meet. I guess
the best tiling I've gotten out of it is the fact
that I am never afraid to lose. You have to take
risks, and to be a hurdler — you have to fall to
be a hurdler. And I fell in nationals actually
last year. I mean, I was going to do well and
then I just crashed over the third hurdle. And
I learned from that experience that the only
way is to just get back up and finish the race.
I mean it sounds cliche and everything, but I
guess that tha t's the way I treat a lot of tilings
in life now. And I think that track's given me
the confidence to overcome things like that
Orient: What would you say your favorite event
ONeill: I guess I try to have the priorities
straight as far as grades and sports and social
life and things like that. And I've tried to put
classes ahead of track, but as far as time
commitment, from January to May — it's a lot
of time to be at track. So I guess timewise my
commitment sort of slides a little bit during
track season, but for the most part, track
pretty much comes second to grades as far as
my Bowdoin life.
Orient: How long have you been involved in
track, and how did you get started originally in
your life?
ONeill: It's kind of funny because I didn't
think I wanted to do track in high school, so
my first year of high school I played basketball
in the winter. And benched the entire season!
I didn't really like sitting around very much
for a sport. So then I didn't even do spring
track that first year either; I don't know, it was
just being a freshman and being flighty or
whatever. Then the winter of my sophomore
year was when! started. My coach from high
school wanted me to do hurdles so that sort of
became my main interest. I didn't really even
run very much — we had a lot of great runners
at my school, so I did mostly hurdles in high
school, and moved on from there and have
done it ever since. It's going to be weird —
only four more weeks left and then I hang up
the shoes!
Orient: What is yoar goal for the season, or
what do you hope to improve upon ?
O'Neill: Well, the first priority is to do well
at NESCACs this Saturday. I think that's the
main meet we're focusing on right now. The
next couple meets get into reading week and
finals and things, so it's going to be tough as
far as getting everybody into the mindset to
run. It's just hard to expect that, so this week
we're really trying to pull together for that.
Individually, I guess right now I'm trying to
go to nationals in the 400 hurdles like I did last
year. So far, my times are faster right now
than they were at this time last year, but I
haven't automatically qualified yet, so I have
a couple more weeks to do that. So I guess just
go to nationals and have fun, and see what
happens.
Orient: What would your advice be to an
upcoming track athlete, here at Bowdoin or in
general?
O'Neill : Get through your first yea r without
injuries and enjoy yourself. Then second year,
set some goals. And just work hard, don't be
afraid to lose, and most of all, be there because
you like it, not because of anything else. Not
because someone told you its cool or because
you used to do it in high school so you think
you should do it now. But if you're having
fun, it makes it so much better. It's a tough
sport to be in and not enjoy it, and not have
fun at practice — it's too much time to not
love it. So decide whether or not you love it,
and if you do, just go from there and it becomes
easy after that.
ONeill terms the Bears as "the underdog"
in this weekend's ever-important NESCAC
meet at Wesleyan due to some key injuries to
the present team. Still, she feels the team has
the mental and physical ability to repeat as
champions. O'Neill herself will be there in
perfect health, eager to finish off her Bowdoin
career on a positive note. And who knows?
She may even break some records, although
now, the only ones left unbroken a re her own .
Interview by Derek Armstrong
k excels at Aloha Relays
By Dakcy Storin
'ORIENT STAFF WRITER '
l4StSaturday,thewoinm'fttrackandfkld
team hosted the fifth annual Aloha Relays.
The Bean look advantage of the home turf
and the sunny day, having their beat meet of
the season. Coming off important wins over
Bates and Colby the previous week, the team
continued its steady improvement, placing
a doae second out of eight schools. Despite
the inability of two of Bowdom's biggest
point-producers to compete in their normal f:
(76X Bates (54), Connecticut College (54) and
Plymouth State (54).
The first event of the day/ the 10,000m,
bodedwefl for Bowdoin as Laura Kunzlemann
*95 and Jen Champagne *96 seized first and
second places respectively, followed by Darcie
McElwee^m fifth. The long-distance events
were aptiy rounded out by a typical strong
performance by Janet Mulcahy '96, who
finished an impressive fifth in the 5000m.
The rest of the day proceeded with typical
aoudshowmgs by Bowdom's topcompetitors.
Throwers Staci Bell *95 and Becky Rush *95
continued to provide the Polar Bears with
mvahiabtepomts as Bowdoin took a lead that
would not relinquish until the final events,
second in the ehotpttfand third in
hammer throw, while
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Yet ultimately, Bowdoin suffered by failing
to place in the top six of either the 1500m or
the 3000m, buta fourth place finish by Rachel
Geaves '95 in the 800m was an unexpected
bonus. Cleaves arguably had the best
individual race of the day as she clocked a
collegiate personal-best of 2:24.4.
Bowdoin 's impressive showing in tile
individual events was further enhanced by a
fifth-place finish by Cina Coding % in the
100m hurdles (165 sec) and an important
fourth in the heptathlon by Barbara Foster
<*%. ,. )
Bowdom's relay teams managed to come
up big and steal the show. The 4 X 100m team
Amy Toth *95, Danielle Younge '96, Sara
"95 and Erin O'Neill '93 took an
dose third in a time of 502. The
group of runners combined their talents
again to churn out the best 4 X 400m relay of
the year. First-leg Younge handed off to
Toth in fourth place which she maintained
until the hand-off to Soule. SouJe used her
last 200m to move into third with an
impressive split of 59 seconds. Anchor
O'Neill fought off her Mt. Holyoke
competitor, edging into second in her final
100m. Their time of 4.05 .6 was two seconds
shy of the school record.
ONeill also placed first in the triple-jump
and the 400m hurdles, while Soule took
second in the 200m and sixth in the 100m.
Adding to her solid day, Toth also took
fourth in the 100m.
This Saturday, the team looks to continue
their hot streak at the NESCAC meet held at
Wesleyan before the team moves on to the
.NCAA*.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1 993
M e n '$ T e ;/ // i s
■ Team drops matches
against UNH, Middlebury
and Bates to end the regular
season with a 5-5 record.
By Randy Steinberg
orient staff writer
No one said this was going to be an easy
season for the Bowdoin men's tennis team.
Playing with only one senior in a very
competitive NESC AC division, the Polar Bears
managed to survive an up and down ride
through the 1993 spring campaign. Despite
the seemingly mediocre 5-5 record, the Bears
have every reason to be proud of completing
the task which confronted them. The bulk of
the team, madeupof first-year and sophomore
students, went toe-to-toe with some of the
best tennis players in New England and
bravely held their own. Although the regular
season is over, Bowdoin still has a chance to
make its mark in the NESCAC tournament
this weekend at Williams and in the State of
Maine Tournament May 7-8 at Colby.
After jumping out to a sizzling 5-2 record
this season, the Bears headed into their last
three matches hoping to score some upsets
versus three extremely talented squads,
namely the University of New Hampshire
(April 20), Middlebury (April 24) and Bates
(April 28). Unfortunately, the tennis gods
were not smiling on Bowdoin during any of
the matches as they were soundly defeated in
all contests. Despite the losses and apparent
margin of those losses, all of the contests were
close and many of the games could have gone
either way for a much different looking out
come.
On April 20, the Bears travelled to the
University of New Hampshire to take on a
talented Division I team, sporting two
scholarship players. Although Bowdoin was
game, they could not secure any of the eight
individual matches and were blanked, 8-0.
Disregarding the numbers, Coach Dan
Ham mond was very pleased with the way his
J club performed, "UNH is a Division I school
and have two players who are fully
scholarshipped," he said. "Mark Slusar ['95]
played a terrific match against their number
one player,despite losing 7-5, 7-6. Tom
Davidson ['94] also performed admirably,
losing to one of the scholarship players. Joe
Grzymski ['94] lost in three sets to the number
one doubles player in Colorado. Even though
the score was 8-0, 1 feel that we did not get
blown out."
Suffering his first defeat of the year in this
match was Aaron Pratt '96. Previously 5-0,
Pratt's winning streak fell with his 7-6, 6-4
loss at number five singles.
After facing UNH, the Bears came home to
meet the Middlebury Panthers. Bowdoin, now
5-3, was defeated 9-0 by the 7-4 Panthers; the
score of this match does not reveal how close
and exciting this contest was, however. All
three doubles matches were nail-biters and
could have gone to either team. Taking over
two hours to complete, each Middlebury team
was forced to go three sets with the upstart
Bears.
The first doubles team of Slusar and
Grzymski started out well with low returns of
serve to put their opponents on the defensive.
Grzym ski's great kick serve was too much for
their foes to handle, and he and Slusar cruised
to a first set victory of 6-3. However, the
Middlebury tandem was not about to fold.
They came back to win the second set 7-5 and
then capitalized on the momentum to win the
third and final set 6-3 to take the point. At
second doubles Davidson and Pratt met two
very talented players who seemed to get the
better of the Bears early on, winning the first
set 6-4. Down 4-3 in the second set, with their
backs against the wall, Pratt and Davidson
battled back to take the set 6-4. Davidson
seemed to befuddle his opponents with
continuous, high-arcing lobs that the
Middlebury duo could not put away.
Whatever composure the Middlebury team
lost in the second set, they regained to finish
off Pratt and Davidson with a third set victory
of 6-0.
By far the best doubles match pitted John
Winnick '95 and Chris Colclasure '95 at
number three doubles versus their
Middlebury counterparts. Middlebury raced
passed the sophomore duo in the first set 6-0.
However, both Middlebury players soon
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Week in Sports
Date
Team Opponent
Time
4/30
Softball @ Colby
3:30 p.m.
Baseball @ Trinity
3:00 p.m.
Men's Tennis NESCACs
@ Williams
TBA
5/1
Baseball @ Wesleyan (2)
1:00 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse @ Trinity
1:00 p.m.
Women's Lacrosse @ Trinity
12:00 p.m.
Men's Track NESCACs
@ Wesleyan
10:00 a.m.
Women's Track NESCACs
@ Wesleyan
10:00 a.m.
5/2
Women's Lacrosse Springfield
2:00 p.m.
Softball UM-Presque Isle
3:00 p.m.
5/4
Baseball @ St. Joseph's
3:00 p.m.
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Aaron Pratt '96 returns a ball as Tom Davidson '94, his doubles partner, looks on.
became overconfident, and once Winnick and
Colclasure got their feet in the door, no one
was going to throw them out. Using the
Australian style of doubles play, where one
player stays in the back court and one takes
the net, Bowdoin showed signs of life.
Colclasure's blistering ground strokes were
too much for Middlebury.
If Colclasure did not do it from the back
court, the much animated Winnick finished
the job at netwith crisp and con trolled volleys.
Wearing his heart on his sleeve, Winnick led
the two to a second set victory of 6-2.
Middlebury, knowing that complacency
would not cut it, gathered themselves together
for the third set. All seemed to be in hand for
the Bears in the third. Up 5-3 and serving for
the match, Bowdoin could not finish off the
tenacious Panther duo.
At 5-5 in the third and at deuce Winnick
and Colclasure had several chances to take a
6-5 lead but could not capitalize. After a
grueling two hours, Bowdoin finally fell 7-5
and was down 3-0 overall. The loss was the
first for Winnick and Colclasure in mis short
season. Sporting a 6-0 record as a team before
the match, their awesome streak was finally
stopped.
Middlebury had all the momentum it
needed to finish off Bowdoin. At singles,
Bowdoin lost all but one match in straight
sets. The lone three setter was the fourth
singles match, in which Chris Long *94, faced
Middlebury 7 s Chris Butler. Long and Butler
settled themselves in for a patient and
methodical duel. Neither player forced his
shots, hitting smoothly and cautiously. After
splitting the first two sets, Butler prevailed, 6-
2, 1 -6, 6-3. The loss dropped Bowdoin's record
to 5-4 with one match remaining in the regular
season. Of the loss, Coach Hammond said,
"We played well against Middlebury but
could not pull any of the matches out. I am not
disappointed a t all because we have improved
as a team and mat was my goal from die
beginning."
The Bears final match of the season was on
April 28 at Bates College. Bates is arguably
one of the best teams in Maine, and Bowdoin
would have needed a miracle to win. Bates
record of 8-1 is evidence of their talent, and
they defeated Bowdoin by the same mark of
8-1. Bowdoin's lone victory came from Pratt
who got passed his opponent 7-6, 6-4. Pratt's
singles record for the year now stands at 6-2,
an impressive mark for a first-year player.
Coach Hammond said of the match: "Mark
Slusar was phenomenal. He was up against
the third best player in all of the NESCAC. He
was up 5-3 in the second and was serving at 5-
4 for the match but fell short of the victory.
Two of our doubles matches went to a third
set and Aaron Pratt played well for our only
win. Once again, I am not displeased. The
team is performing splendidly and that's all I
can ask for. Last year the team was 3-4 and
this year we a re 5-5 despite a tougher schedule
and the loss of four of the tea m's top players. "
This weekend, the Bears travel to Williams
College to compete in the NESCAC
tournament. Play is arranged in three flights,
A flight, B flight and C flight. Out of six
singles players, the top two are placed in the
A flight, three and four in B flight and so on.
Doubles works the same way with each of
three teams being slated for their respective
flights.
Bowdoin faces a tough challenge in order
to equal last year's surprsing finish of fourth
The competition is staggering. Among the
teams competing are: Bowdoin, Middlebury,
Amherst, Williams, Tufts, Wesleyan,
Connecticut College, Hamilton, Bates and
Colby. To put this task in perspective, keep in
mind mat Middlebury defeated Bowdoin 9-0
but was itself defeated by Amherst 9-0 and
Bates, which trounced the Bears 8-1 was in
turn bea ten 8-1, by Tufts. The team is optimistic
and a finish of fourth, as they did last year,
would be a fine accomplishment
Bowdoin falters in final'three matches
BOWDOIN ORIENT SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
15
Softball
Polar Bears sweep Bates in doubleheader
■ After splitting a
doubleheader with Tufts,
Bowdoin takes two at Bates
to double their victory total.
By Tracy Boulter
ORIENT STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin women's softball team has
been on a streak of late, winning 3 of their last
4 games to improve their record to 4-5. A split
in a doubleheader against Tufts and a
doubleheader sweep of Bates has vaulted the
Polar Bears into a good position to defend
their NESCAC championship.
Last Saturday, the team played a crucial
doubleheader against Tufts, the team they
defeated in the finals of last year's NESCAC
championship. The Jumbos came to
Brunswick with revenge on their minds, but
the Polar Bears were equally determined to
triumph in the rematch . Fortunately, Bowdoin
has one of the best pitchers in New England in
Jessi Beadnell '95, and in the first game of the
doubleheader, she was nothing less than
spectacular, allowing no earned runs. Beadnell
continually frustrated the potent Tufts lineup
into easy ground ball outs, showing once
again why she is one of the premiere pitchers
in the NESCAC.
However, her counterpart was also nearly
unhittable, and the game was a pitcher's duel
all the way. Finally, in the bottom of the
seventhth, Bowdoin's bats came alive as
Samantha Coyne '96 singled, men Kelsey
Zeigler '95 singled her over to third. With the
pressure on, Fran Infantine '95 came through
with a grounder to score Coyne, and then Co-
captain Angela Merryman '94 iced it with
another hard hit grounder that brought in
Zeigler as the winning run in the 2-1 victory.
The second game of the doubleheader was
the antithesis of the low-scoring, well-played
pitchers duel of game one. The many hits,
errors, lineup switches and strange plays
combined to make for a wild game that
Bowdoin eventually lost 19-11. Tufts jumped
all over Bowdoin pitcher Erin Collins '96,
scoring ? runs in the first. Coach John Cullen
brought back ace Beadnell to stop the bleeding
but the Bears only escaped the disasterous
inning after 2 more runs had scored.
In their half of the first, Bowdoin came up
with 5 runs of their own on 3 hits, 3 walks and
a hit batter. However, the Polar Bears were
not able to produce many more runs after
their initial outburst, and Tufts pulled away
to a 19-11 victory. Co-captain Camy Schuler
'94, Beadnell and Kelsey Albanese '95 had
good days at the plate, each getting solid hits
and RBIs, and Merryman went 1-for-l with 6
walks to increase her team leading on-base-
percentage to .548.
On Tuesday, Bowdoin traveled north to
play a doubleheader against rival Bates. The
Polar Bears put it all together to sweep the
games 7-4 and 11-9, reinforcing their
dominance over CBB softball. Beadnell had
another outstanding day, showing her
A
Team Leaders
Jessi Beadnell
lOhits
Jessi Beadnell
Fran Infantine
9 RBIs
8 runs
Angela Merryman
Jessi Beadnell
Jessi Beadnell
5 walks
.556 avg.
1.08 ERA
Carey Jones/ Bowdoin Orient
Kelsey Albanese '95 tags out a runner at
third. .
endurance and talent while picking up the
win in both of the games. Infantine played
great defense and went 2-fbr-4 at the plate
with a double and 2 RBI. First-year Jennifer
Flynn also had a good day offensively, going
3-fbr-4 with a double and 3 RBI in the first
game.
The second game exemplified the Bears'
smart, hussling offense and never-say-die
attitude. The score see-sawed throughout the
game, but in the critical seventh inning,
Bowdoin's offense came through with the
winning runs. Zeigler and Jen Bowdoin '96
had key hits, then Beadnell closed out the
game, punctuating her amazing effort with a
The young Bowdoin team has been steadily
improving over the course of the season,
particularly during the last two weeks. Team
statistician Craig Cheslog '93 pointed out that
the team's collective batting average has
jumped from .218 to .269 in the last four
games, that the team ERA has lowered and
that they have been more solid defensively as
well. He predicts that they will take at least
four of their last six games and could
conceivably finish up the season by going 6-
0. But, as he explained, "For a team this
young, with only 2 juniors and no seniors, just
to play above .500 is a great acheivement."
The team has been surprisingly solid at the
plate, with four players hitting above .300:
Beadnell, Schuler, Flynn and Merryman.
Beadnell, who currently has a seven game
hitting streak going, leads the team with a
.500 batting average, 10 RBIs and 3 extra-base
hits. Her pitching has been incredible, as she
has struck out 18 batters while allowing a
mere 6 earned runs all season for an ERA of
0.99. The depth and athleticism of the team is
reflected in the versatility of the infielders
and outfielders. Every game, there has been
at least one spectacular defensive play and
stolen base.
Bowdoin finishes out the regular season
with doubleheaders against Colby, UMaine-
Presque Isle and UMaine-Farmington. Schuler
offered some thoughts about the rest of the
year, stating, "I think we have a great chance
of making the NESCAC championships again.
We beat Bates twice at Bates, and we should,
beat Colby. We started off a little slow, but we
are pulling it all together at the right time."
Judging by the youth and talent of this exciting
team, it appears that outstanding softball will
continue to be played at Bowdoin long after
this season ends.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
Student Oj>inion
Do you have a job for next year?
By Michael Tiska, with photos by Michael Mansour
Background: As the semester comes to a close, seniors can now be found actually
reading the OCS (£)f fice of Career Services) bulletins and otherwise attempting to
make good on their $80,000 investment. After eliciting tears and fury from many
headed in the direction of the Clinton welfare doles, we finally found a few seniors
willing to come to terms with life after Bowdoin (and one guy who just wanted his
mug in the paper).
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ERIC VINSON 93
The Woodlands, Texas
LINDA LEE '93
Cranston, Rhode Island
I'll be schlepping for a law firm in I'll fee working at an architectural firm
Houston. Long hours, little pay, but in Boston,
best of all — not in Brunswick, Maine.
JOHN SARROUF '93
Belmont, Massachusetts
I've rejected the fifteen offers I've
had; I'm waiting for a big money
movie gig with someone hot like
Hans Lapping.
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JOHN SOTIR *93
Newton, Massachusetts
No, I don't have a job, but I've got a
system at the Newton, Massachsetts,
roulette table.
CAT ELLENDE R '93
Houma, Louisiana
I got a summer job at a camp in N.C.
leading climbing and hiking trips. After
that I wanna do some art thing but have
no real job lined up. My main objective
is to get through life without ever
having to work in an office.
ERIC KURLANDER '94
Chrystal Lake, Illinois
I will be working for a renowned
liquor store in the greater Boston
metropolitan area, hopefully earning
more than minimum wage.
BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
17
Views from the Couch
Brian Sung
What's Going On?
I'm taking a course right now called
"Disaster," and to be honest, it can get rather
depressing at times. Small wonder. But we do
cover a lot of interesting material and ideas,
and one theory thrown out for discussion was
the death of affect. This concept states that
humans have stopped caring — that we're all
now apathetic to everything. Isn't that what it
seems like is happening to everyday people?
That people just don't care anymore?
There's this guy who writes for The Boston
Globe, Mike Barnacle, and he's become one of
my favorite columnists. He just wrote about a
young, All- American, boy-next-door type that
got killed on his way home from a party.
Barnacle wrote of how it's easy to overlook
deaths like mis kid's because there's so much
spectacular death going around, a la David
Koresh, and because we're slowly becoming
conditioned to our situation. Conditioned to
our situation?
People have stopped giving a damn about
things? I don't think so. In the real world,
death has become too omnipresent, personal
tragedy commonplace. Does anyone
remember the rape in a small town in New
In the real world, death
has become too
omnipresent, personal
tragedy commonplace.
Jersey? Here's ten guys, all around eighteen,
who cajole a retarded girl into a basement
and rape her with a fungo bat and a
broomstick. They just got their sentences — I
mink it was a two year term with parole
possible after 14 months. Judge claims that
they are no longer a threat to society, and they
had committed the crime as youth who didn't
know any better. How are we supposed to
react to mat? Anger, I guess, but don't you
feel slightly hopeless after hearing something
like mat?
We're living in a society that is so used to
violence that the absence of it in one day is a
highlight. How many people even cringe
anymore at stories like the black man in Florida
who got kidnapped from a mall and then set
on fire? Who was surprised at the anti-Semi tic
and racist attacks on a Jewish cemetery and a
Korean supermarket in Revere? The only time
a disaster catches our attention is when it is a
disaster or an extremely violent tragedy —
such as the "Z-ing" going on in Florida. I
don't think it's mat we've stopped caring. Far
from it. In fact, we care too much about events
such as these, and they have become so
commonplace that to care about one would
mean to have to care about all. And humans
just can't take that; it's too much for our
emotions to take.
So what to do? Well, some choose to close
their eyes to it all, which is actually
understandable. Some choose to care about
as much as possible, which could become
heinously depressing. And then some choose
where to devote their attention — they pick a
certain cause or tragedy and care about that
one. Did you watch the Oscars? Many of the
actors and actresses spoke briefly about a
certain cause, be it AIDS or Bosnia. Maybe
that's the best way. Who really knows? I
guess you could hope for all the pain and
violence to end, but if you really believe that
is possible, you're a better person man me.
Silverman
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Silverman isn't back yet, but I heard he
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be one with mucho hyphens. This one.
This article is a f!@#$%ing breakthrough.
It's The-First-Drinking-Game-Article. Every
time you see a hyphen, you have to drink a
beer. Every time you see a place where you
knew there should be a swear word, and I had
to use another word like jerk or meanie,
because those g!@o*'d@!d#*a A #m&*n editors
wouldn't print it, you have to do a shot. A
beer a hyphen, a shot for an edited swear
word. Got it?
It's a freaking contest. You have to score
points. Ill tell you how at the end of the ga me.
Or run and ask Dirty-boy or someone else
that has already read it.
Anyway ... Article:
You know the song "Take-Me-Out-To-The-
Ball-Came?" (Drink a cold beer for the
hyphens. ) Remember the lines, "Buy me some
peanuts and cracker jacks, let's make sure
visiting fans never make it back?" Recently,
I've been doing some noticing, and there seems
to be a trend becoming more prevalent in fans
at sports events: mercy. These are bad fans.
Remember it. (Do a shot).
Recently, I was at a Cleveland Cavaliers/
Orlando Magic game, and, let me tell you, the
mercy mat fans were showing to the Shaq
was weeakkk . . .. There were tons of little kids
(probably drug addicts) running around in
black jerseys with "O'Neal" written on the
back of them. Other dudes would go OOOH!
and HOLY ... (appropriate place for another
shot — Fire Water) when he would slam.
Cheering for this huge dude on theof/ierteam.
In Cleveland!! "What the hell?!" I asked
myself, in a most ponderous fashion. These
are bad fans. Remember it. Also remember to
call The-Dirty-One if you get lost.
My first experience with good fans at a
major sports event was at (where else?) a
football game. Six years old. The Browns are
playing Pittsburgh. It's about nine-hundred-
below-zero, I'm wrapped up underneath
thirty pounds of orange and brown parkas
and scarfs, and I notice a couple of guys
running around without shirts on.
They're running from Cleveland law
enforcement bacon.
"Cool," I think, when my attention is
diverted by a loud, collective moan as Brian
Sipe throws an interception. A section or two
over from my seat, a couple of men wearing
yellow and black (why do all Pittsburgh teams
wear yellow and black?) stand up and cheer
wildly. Not bright.
WHAM!! Someone sucker-punches one of
the Steeler's fans right in the nose.
"Dad!" I say, pointing. "Look at what they're
doing to those guys over there."
A few shouts (good spot to do another shot)
later, the two idiots are covered with a swarm
of Browns fans promptly and thoroughly
rucking him over. Good fans.
"They shouldn't have cheered," said my
dad, matter-of-factly.
Then the pigs arrived and arrested one of
the Steelers' fans and left the other one to fend
for himself.
TIME-OUT There's an unbelievable Neil
Young album in the oh-so-righteous
"collectibles" section at Bull Moose. Please
buy it for Silverman when he gets back, so I
can steal it from him.
And drink a beer; you're not paying
attention.
So, since men, I have understood that mere
are certain Rules for The Home Crowd, and
you're gonna have to follow them to be a good
fan.
Rules forThe Home Crowd (at any sporting
event):
*No mercy.
•The rules for a personal foul for our team
are not the same as those for a personal foul
for their team. For instance,oneofourplayers
should be able to punch their coach in the face
and not get a personal foul, but their whole
team should get personals just for showing
up.
*We can take three steps to the basket, but
they sure as hell can't. More than one and
we're gonna yell our heads off and launch
huge soft drinks onto the court. (Not beers,
good-fans-never-throw-a-beer, but they might
spill it on themselves when they tumble down
eighty flights of stairs from the upper deck to
the lower.) (Do a shot of
SKAWWHHTTCHHHH.)
-If the ref calls a penalty on us, and one of
our players protests it, the ref isalways wrong.
Proceed to make comments about the ref's
immediate family. (Bag a shot of Six Fingers
immediately).
-If one of their players makes any kind of
good play, NEVER acknowledge that it was a
decent play. That player cheated, fouled or
got unbelievable-it'll-never-happen-again
lucky.
-The golden rule: Every call against their
team is a good call, and every call against us is
a horrible call . (Theory: Refs a re easy to pick on
because we look at them and we say, "I could
do mat." If their team throws a touchdown
pass or makes a huge dunk, you should scream
in anger, but you still couldn't ha ve done that.
We can all blow a whistle, for God's sake. So
pick on the refs.)
These are the rules that I was brought up
on, and saw reinforced at every Browns or
Cavs game I ever attended. A good fan's rules
(Side note of utmost importance: Baseball
games are different. You should never get too
worked up about anything at a baseball game
except the fact that the beers cost ten bucks
each.) Here comes a hyphen — : chug much.
But it's not just Cleveland, of course. There
are good fans elsewhere, and their numbers
are probably dwindling there too.
Illustrative Example #2: Last spring, my
father and I went to the only-44%-Obstructed-
View -Boston Garden to see the sixth game of
the Cavs-Celtics series. We had two seats
jammed behind an eighty foot pillar so that if
we craned our necks, we could just glimpse
the corner of a television monitor to watch the
game. MTV was on though, and we couldn't
change it because the set was mounted to the
ceiling.
Instead of having all that fun, we decided
to wander around the aisles and rows By the
fourth quarter, after dad had put away six or
seven giant thirty-two doggers and was
thoroughly pissed off because the Cavs were
losing by about ten or so, the Boston crowd
was going crazy. (The only reason the Cavs
were losing, he told me, was that some
computer genius was lodged up in the rafters
over the floor with a remote-controlled-
double-secret-fbrce-field that he kept putting
over the hoop that the Cavs were shooting
into.) But, suddenly, in comes Hot Rod
Williams WHAAMMMMMMH! ! with a huge-
right-handed-slam; and the crowd got quiet
just long enough for thirty or forty people to
hear my dad scream with delight.
The section in front of us was suddenly real
quiet, like when a stranger walks into a local
saloon in a Western, and they all turned
around slowly, looking as if someone behind
mem had just murdered their whole fa mily . I,
of course, pulled my hat down below my
nose, praying they would see no resemblance
between my poor father, who I figured was
already dead, and myself. I could just see it:
the crowd, after actually eating old pops, and
still hungry for more, rums slowly, fixing its
hateful eyes on me. "THAT GUY LOOKS
LIKE HIM!!" they'd yell, and that'd be it.
(Drink a beer, I couldn't figure out where to
put the hyphens in, but they shoulda' been
there). Those were good fans, except they let
us get away ...
TIME-OUT #2: McCruff's Crime Dog tip —
Always keep an eye on your Valiumables.
They might get swallowed.
But times are changing. Arenas across the
country sell out just because the Bulls are in
town, and tons of stupid little kids who aren't
even from Chicago come out of the closet to
scream every time Jordan touches the ball.
And here I was, in Cleveland, and these kids
are wailing and screeching for the Shaq. And
they don't live in Orlando! What are their
parents teaching these kids?! Obviously to be
bad fans. (Proceed to pound a giant shot of
something that you have to light on fire first).
A few weeks ago against the Pistons, Brad
"Dirty" Daugherty obviously fouled
somebody but felt like protesting it with arm
waves and foot stomps, and the crowd got
intoit. "BOOOOOO!!!!''Theyscreamedatthe
ref. Then some absolute idiot sitting in front
of me, after seeing the replay, says "Well, I
don't know why they're booing, he did foul
Laimbeer." And nobody jumped on the guy
and clobbered him to death. Nobody. Not
even the guy to my right who was so
hammered, he was positive he was at a
wedding. (He kept humming here comes the
bride and drooling on himself — good
fan).What's happening to our good fans? I
thought. I was bewildered. I was flustered. I
was angry.
Now, more than ever before and in alarming
numbers, you run into people who root for
teams that aren't from their town. "Well, sure
I'm from Tampa, but I just love those wacky
Cowboys." It's a horrible thing. Pretty soon
well see Jack Nicholson at a Bulls game.
"Well, uh, I just like Mike, I guess." BAD fan.
And the Bill Clin ton Generation is the worst
by far. No loyalty at all. (Drink some water,
the finale is coming up). I attended a Cavs
trouncing of the visiting Minnesota
Timberwolves last winter in which Christian
"No-Friends" Laettner scored twenty points
or so. Every shot he made was greeted by a
loud, piercing cheer, coming from a group of
about twenty little girl, wearing Minnesota
jerseys and waving signs. I thought my worst
nightmare had come true — I was trapped in
one of those Beverly Hills 9025590 episodes.
No drunks bea t them up, either. I mean, would
anyone in their right minds cheer for Christian
Laettner? Would anyone in their wrong
minds? Would anyone alive? Yeah — the kind
ofpeoplethatswitchTV'sofftheever-present-
on-American-TV-rugby-matches to watch
Beverly 902310 and sip Battles & James fairy
flavor. I just don't get it. Losers. As Beedy
would say, "F— ~!!!!!"
What has happened to "root, root, root for
the home team?" Next thing we know, some
fresh-out-of-Harvard-doesn't-know-a-
f A &%$in' thing (chug a beer) jerk (do a shot of
extremely cold Rumplemints) at the White
House will officially change the line to: "root,
root, root for whoever has shoes named after
him . . ." (Microwave a beer for five minutes
and then chug it.)
This Drinking Game article (already U.SA.
Today is considering making their whole
business section a drinking game
extravaganza) is far too long, but if you are
still with me, you deserve an extra point.
How To Score: First, convince the girl that
you really are an honest and sincere guy.
Second, buy her a gift, like some roses or a six-
pack of Natural Light.
OX. Really, if you want to know how you
did on mis Drinking Game article, you did
horribly, because if you had finished, these
words would look like this:
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There has been much talk of late about the
Bowdoin of the twenty-first century.
Unfortunately, a key aspect of any such vision
has been missing in the concrete discussions
taking place today and in any realistic plans for
the future. This missing component is a set of
student services designed to meet the needs of
the information age.
As electronic networks spring up across the
globe, as computers transform the way children
learn, businesses make money, governments
govern and people communicate, one wonders
whether Bowdoin will be left in a kind of
backwater, unable to compete with other
colleges because it has failed to address such
an obvious component of any successful
strategy for the future.
Perhaps a sketch of a futuristic scenario would
engage the mind of the attentive reader and
spur him or her on to change the way Bowdoin
works. Imagine the basement of Coles Tower
holding fifteen high-speed Macintosh
computers and an equal number of high speed
printers with a plethora of network connections
feeding out into every dorm room on campus.
Traveling out to these dorm rooms, we discover
that each student has been required upon
entering the College to purchase a computer
(perhaps with financial aid) and that each of
these units is linked into the high speed Macs
in the Tower.
A closer look opens our eyes to the frenetic
twenty-four hour a day buzz of a College alive
with activity and communication. Students
open the Outing Club folder for up-to-date
information on day-to-day and longer-term
outdoor activities. They check the on-line card
catalog of their school and every other in the
area or download a copy of the problem set
their economics or physics professor left on-
line and double check the electronically stored
syllabus to ensure their assignments are on
track. Career services, athletic teams and every
other student organization has a folder and
constantly interacts with the College
community by e-mail. They send and receive
at no cost to themselves virtually instantaneous
e-mail with friends and strangers alike around
the globe. The twenty-two hour a day printers
constantly feed out student papers and a
monitor duly files the documents in the outbox.
For those doing longer projects, their dorm
room connection gives them instant access to
virtually every other college and university on
earth. They have a direct line into the White
House, the Supreme Court, the National
Weather Service, The CIA factbook, the on-
line, searchable, Bible, Koran, Book of Mormon,
Shakespeare's complete works, New York
Times Archives and the endless volumes of
information which are waiting to be used.
Bowdoin College 2005? Maybe. Dartmouth
College 1993? You got it. The futuristic vision
outlined above is a reality at Dartmouth. One
wonders what Bowdoin planners are thinking.
In fact, we need not wonder, we already
know. Next year will see a new phone system —
complete with network possibilities — installed
in the dorms and it has just been announced
that the Administration's computers are going
to be completely upgraded. In other words,
Bowdoin is moving towards what Dartmouth
achieved many years ago. Unfortunately we
are not moving forward very quickly or
assuredly. There is no guarantee that the dorm
network will actually be extended to each of
the dorm rooms themselves due to the large
cost of putting extra equipment to handle the
large flow of data expected. In fact, given the
current budget climate, it hardly seems likely
that such a plan will be carried forward.
It seems that at least for the foreseeable future,
Bowdoin students are doomed to the present
third rate, incomplete, inconsistent, regressive
and backwards system we have today.
Mountains of paper are still wasted every day
as OCS, Dine with the Pines and many others
deluge the MU and CT Boxes with junk mail
even as they waste valuable hours of Bowdoin
staff. Despite the noble efforts of the people
who actually work with and on the computers,
nothing seems to change.
What an average Bowdoin student faces
today is a world that at times seems to be
plotting to make his or her life miserable. With
a kind of hidden regressivity, computer lab
hours work against those who can't afford to
own their own computers. Rather than a
providing a service to students, the computers
on campus promote injustice and class
oppression. The labs provide enough
computers to get students hooked on the ease
and time-saving technologies and then don't
stay open long enough to service their needs.
Come eleven o'clock, whether the paper or
problem set is finished or not, that lab is going
to close. (For a couple weeks at the end of
every semester this changes, but this is little
more than a half-baked handout.) Those who
can afford their own computers get to go home
and finish their work while those that don't
can fret until eight the next morning when the
labs open once again.
The technology and the ideas exist. The
people who can make it happen are already
here, and any student population would be
the proud beneficiaries. The missing factor is
an Administration with the resolve to carry
forward a brave strategy for the future for a
brave new Bowdoin.
Vw'
BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
19
The Death of Activism at Bowdoin John valentine
On May 29, I will be leaving Brunswick,
Maine, not an angry young man, but an
exasperated graduate who has been well-
prepared by Bowdoin College for the rigors
of the real world. While many of our parents
may find relief in this, I find in this
preparedness a reason for sorrow. Sorrow,
because I've seen the spark of activism die
from many students' eyes only to be replaced
with resignation and acceptance of the status
quo. The most valuable lesson many of us
learned at Bowdoin was found not in our
textbooks, but in our interaction with the
College Administration. The lesson was
largely political and paradigmatic of life
beyond the ivy-covered walls. It is this: ideals
alone are powerless without the political and
financial clout to back mem up. My past three
years here have shown a student body that it
is sorely lacking in such clout, and therefore
has little power within mis institution.
The story behind that statement is long and
complex, but it basically boils down to one
thing. Bowdoin is currently in what the
Administration calls "an exciting transition
period." Exciting. My past
three years here certainly
have been exciting, and for
the student body, often
frustrating and
demoralizing. We've seen
Bowdoin changing before
our very eyes into a school
many of us would not have
recognized four years ago.
Since the Edwards
Administration has taken
power, we've watched
helplessly as one by one
many of the things we love
about Bowdoin have been
sacrificed in the name of
enlightened progress or
fiscal responsibility.
Two years ago, our
beloved and unorthodox
grading system was
replaced by the faculty, with
a more standard one and
approved by the Administration . With almost
total unanimity, students protested the
change. After all, getting an "Honors" grade
instead of a "B" was an integral part of what
made Bowdoin's academic atmosphere so
relaxed. But the grading scale was replaced,
and it was only a harbinger of changes to
come.
Last spring, the Administration and the
Governing Boards saw fit to abolish single-
sex Creek organizations on campus, despite
overwhelming student support for the right
of these organizations to exist. After over 150
years of tradition at Bowdoin, this year Chi
Psi, the sorority, Zeta Psi and DKE bid farewell .
Whether or not you admired these
organizations was irrelevant to the
Administration. If you were a student, they
didn't care what you thought
I've personally seen two wonderful and
productive instructors, Dennis Sweet and
Charles Calhoun, inexplicably shouldered out
by the Administration. In Mr. Sweet's case,
over half the student body signed a petition in
support of his candidacy for a tenure-track
position — to no avail. In retrospect, I think I
do know why these men were ousted: they
encouraged their students to think.
The Administration is also planning a 10 to
20 percent increase in the size of the student
body. The majority of us oppose this
enlargement, especially in light of the fact
that the faculty will not be increased
proportionately. The additional students will
make class sizes larger and courses even more
difficult to get into We've yet to hear the final
decision on this issue, but for most of us, the
outcome is not in doubt The Administration
will have its way, and students will have to
live with it
Obviously, this Administration has its own
ideas of the direction in which it wants doubtthatthey would lay odds on our success.
Bowdoin to go (At least I hope that it does. It It seems to me that the first things to fall by the
would be a real tragedy if all this chaos didn't wayside on the road to affluence and power
fit into some master plan for the greater good are the ideals which sustain us in our younger
of the College.) The Edwards Administration days. They are soon replaced by the hard
has been steadily implementing its plans and, realities of the "rat-race", where ethics aren't
by all indications, eliminating any obstacles quitesoblackandwhiteasthey'vebeenforus
in its way. For example, not a single senior here. As Machiavelli said of goodness,
staff member remains from the G reason "A man who wishes to make a profession of
presidency of only three years ago. goodnessineverythingmustnecessarilycome
Coincidence? No. As many of Bowdoin's to grief among so many who are not good,
dedicated personnel have discovered, failure Therefore, it is necessary ... to learn how not to
to toe the Administration's line may force one be good, and to use this knowledge and not
to seek employment elsewhere. use it, according to the necessity of the case."
Now I didn't say all that just to make the In other words, if you want to get anywhere
Administration look callous and uncaring;
they do a fairly good job of that on their own.
Contrary to the tone of this piece, not all the
Administration's actions have alienated the
student body. I applaud their reforms to
improve the residential life program, their
plans to construct a much-needed student
in this world, ethics are relative, and it's
advisable to play the game of life safely, not
necessarily morally.
I don't mean to say that we're all going to
make careers out of leveling the environment
to build bigger and better strip malls . Many of
us will hold on to our ideals and go on to
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center and their progress in getting Bowdoin become forces for good in society. Others of
back on track financially. us will become lawyers. Currently, I'm stuck
However, they have not made the student betwixt and between the two. I don't mean to
imply that if one is a lawyer,
^_ ^ one cannot also be good. I just
think that it's probably ha rder .
In a way, I'm grateful to the
Administration for teaching
me how to play the game.
\| Forearmed with the
jj knowledge of my limitations,
I should be able to negotiate
the twists and turns of the "real
world" without expecting the
protections of life in the
"Bowdoin Bubble."
But what bothers me about
this is that College isn't
supposed to be like the real
world. In many ways,
Bowdoin has trained us to be
idealists, exhorted us to
environmental awareness,
drilled us in honesty and
academic integrity and,
ironically, handicapped us for
what awaits us after
graduation. I would argue that this is a good
thing. Sheltered as we've so often been from
the unfairness and cruelty beyond Bowdoin,
we recoil whenever it intrudes upon our
domain. It pains us to know that there is no
place where good always triumphs over evil,
that life is not necessarily a meritocracy. We
find such reality disturbing when it creeps
into our idyllic collegiate existence.
This problem is characteristic of our
generation and began long before any of us
had even heard of Bowdoin College. So many
of us have become cynics. What has the
twenty-something generation ever had to
believe in? The God of Christian mythology is
dead, but science never seems to have all the
answers. The government is the bad guys.
Most of us come from broken homes. Sex can
kill you. The prosperity of our childhoods
landed us in the current recession, and a lot of
us won't even have jobs after graduation.
Where are the heroes? Who are our role-
models? What gives us hope for the future? In
a confusing world, all we have to rely on with
any certainty is ourselves, and too often these
past three years the Administration has shown
us that isn't enough.
But it won't always be that way.
To wit, I offer this challenge to the Gass of
'93: Each of you kee pone precious, impractical,
bone-headed, satisfying, non-cost-effective,
good, radical, idealistic belief sacrosanct in
your heart. Make it inviolate. Let no one
body participants in the evolution of their
school. In criticizing the Administration's
actions, I want to illustrate how we, the
students of Bowdoin College, have very little
influence on the direction of this institution.
Time and again, we've seen student opinion
solicited by the Administration and then
promptly ignored. We are given token seats
on the various College committees so that
Administrators can reply that students are
indeed given a voice in Bowdoin's affairs. But
things rarely seem to go our way. The
Executive Board has been remarkably effective
in presenting the Administration with our
views, but they are no more successful in
affecting College policy than committee
members.
If the Administration's mission these past
three years has been to stifle student activism,
they have been doing a fine job. They've
helped a lot of us realize just how powerless
we really are at this point in our lives. The
Administrators can guide the College
anywhere they want, despite our resistance,
because we have no power to stop them. It's
pathetically and frustratingly simple. To fight
the powers that be, one must become a power .
And right now, we are not.
I'd guess that most Bowdoin students, like
myself, are currently in a pretty low tax
bracket. Our relative poverty makes it easy
for us to be radical and idealistic; after all, we
have little to lose or be taxed for. I'd hazard
another guess that most of us will ascend to
defuse it, but rather let it remain and grow
much higher tax brackets within the next 10 to stronger within you. Because somedayu* will
20 years. Knowing how gifted Bowdoin be the ones in power And when we are, those
students are, I dunk that getting there for cherished beliefs could make the difference
most of us will be relatively easy. The tough between our generation accomplishing
part will be getting there with our youthful something worthwhile and blindly following
idealism intact. In mis, history is against us. the path to spiritual dissipation so well-
Older, wiser heads might wish us luck, but I trodden by our predecessors.
Russ Crandell
Idealism or Ignorance
Last week there was a table set up inside the
Moulton Union where some students were
collecting signatures fora petition that would
ban the cutting down of about ten or so pine
trees. Apparently the architect of the new
student center has said that a certain number
of trees will have to come down if the project
is to be completed. I watched in amazement
as several students, hearing those seeking the
signatures saying "Save the Bowdoin Pines,"
credulously signed the petition without
hesitation. I have no problem with students
concerned about saving trees. What bothers
me is that so many students were willing to
sign the petition without really knowing what
they were supporting. Nor did they bother to
inquire as to the ramifications that banning
cutting of the trees would have. I was hoping
students would find out a little more about
the issue before signing away their opinion
and independence to a petition. For instance,
if the pines were saved, would the student
center have to be scuttled? How old are the
trees? Are they native species? How many
trees would be planted to replace those that
were cut? The answers to these questions
could have changed the opinion of some of
the signees.
I am using the example of the Bowdoin
Pines to argue a larger issue. I believe that too
often we have a tendency to see things as
either black or white. We do not want to get
to really know an issue well. We just assume
Idealism must not be
used to mask
ignorance and
intolerance.
that we're right and that they're wrong
Cutting down the pines is bad, so I'll sign a
petition to prevent it. The examples of this are
ubiquitous in our society.
Bill Clinton's recent signing of the Bio-
diversity Treaty is one that comes to mind.
Clinton is seen by many as the good guy who
finally signed a treaty that George Bush, who
was in the pocket of big business, refused to
endorse. Bush's claim, that the treaty would
hurt U.S. industries, is disregarded as tired
rhetoric spoon-fed to him by money grubbing
CEOs. This might very well be true, but before
we condemn Bush and praise Clinton, we
should lookatthepurported economic impact
that the Treaty would have. Maybe it would
cause a precipitous rise in unemployment?
Maybe not? But at least we should find out.
Then, once we feel somewhat more familiar
with the subject, we should decide who is the
hero and who is the villain.
An idealist would accuse me of being
unwilling to take a fervent stand on an issue,
that I prefer to vacillate in tine middle rather
than completely throw my support behind a
cause. I do not buy that criticism. Idealism is
a wonderful concept, and our world would
be a better place if we had more people who
were not afraid to dream. Yet, idealism must
not be used to mask ignorance and intolerance.
Hiding under the blanket of idealism does
not mean we can disregard what others think.
Furthermore, once we have studied the issue
in greater detail, our own position becomes
much more tenable. This is because we've
heard the other side's reasoning, and we still
think we're right.
I am not trying to say that activism is not
important. We need people to boycott milk-
fed veal, Coors beer and the state of Colorado.
If it makes you sleep better at night, get "Rain
Forest Crunch" instead of "Chunky Monkey"
at Ben & Jerry's. Blame the entire "Wacko in
Waco" fiasco on an F.B.I. conspiracy, but
make sure to do it only after you have studied
all the sides of the issue and still feel confident
of your opinion.
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BOWDOIN ORIENT OPINION FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
to the Kdito
To the Editor:
This past weekend I was privileged to be a part of one
million men and women who attended the March on
Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights and Liberties.
While there, I witnessed a loving and caring community of
people of all races, religions, shapesand sizes, from a diversity
of backgrounds and points of view. I saw loving couples,
concerned parents and sympathetic straights. There were no
stereotypical "fags" or "dykes," just people — people who
merely wanted to live their lives in peace and enjoy the same
rights the straight majority does. This event struck a deep
emotional chord in me, eclipsed only by that day in October
of my sixteenth year when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord
and Savior.
Now, in front of the entire Bowdoin community, I will come
out and say it once and for all: I am a lesbian. I am proud to be
associated with the gay and lesbian community and am not
ashamed of who I am. Now, before the words "sinner" or
"pervert" escape some of your mouths, allow me to challenge
you to rethink the way you view gay and lesbian people. We
are all children of the Lord, and it is not a sin to love another
person ("Everyone who loves has been born of God and
knows God ... because God is love- 1 John 4: 7-8). I would also
like to challenge those Bowdoin students who are in the closet
to come out. Gay and lesbian liberation will not occur without
the efforts and struggles of us all.
In closing, I would like to say that the gay and lesbian
liberation movement is not just a passing fad, and it will not
stop until gays, lesbians and bisexuals are treated justly on a
day-to-day basis. You cannot just sweep us under the rug, for
we will not be ignored. Instead, allow me to remind you of
Galatians 3:28 which says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek,
slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ
Jesus." Let's start living like that.
Sincerely,
Sarah E. Heck '96
campus activities may be caused by students' ignorance as to
when and where these activities are taking place. Although
there are announcements all over campus, students may not
notice a sign that may interest them, or an event may not be
publicized. The "Activities Board" (in the M.U.) may not
contain all of the events available to students, and the location
of this board may not allow students a daily opportunity to
view it. If students are not introduced to the wide range of
activities available to them, then they will remain "dormant."
I believe that there are many opportunities which students
on this campus choose to ignore, but if events were given
more exposure than they currently are, maybe students would
not be able to apathetically turn away from these activities.
The purpose of this letter was not to denounce the proposed
suggestions for altering the "numb" state of the campus. I am
merely giving a few other alternatives regarding ways to
change the current lethargic atmosphere which surround the
Bowdoin student body.
Sincerely,
Kristen Card '96
Thanks for black South
African scholarship
To the Editor:
I am pleased to report that contributions from members of
the Bowdoin community to the Open Society Scholars Fund
toward our goal of $6000 have reached $4286. This response
will, for the seventh year, help support two black South
African students. This year, the South African Scholars are
Constance Dyongo, studying at the University of Cape Town,
and Charlson Rametsi, studying at the University of
Witwatersrand.
They and I are most grateful for contributions from members
of the Governing Boards, faculty and staff. Thank you all.
Sincerely,
Robert H. Edwards
Executive Board
rescheduling elections
Cohen makes "gross
generalization"
Suggestions to restore
"vitality"
To the Editor:
The Student Executive Board would like to extend a formal
apology to the student body for the manner in which elections
were conducted last week.
The Board members manning the table ran out of ballots
during the election, and there was a period of time before the
ballots could be replaced in which there were none. Because
of the close results of the election, the Board will hold re-
elections for the representatives to the Board of Trustees on
Tuesday, May 4, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the M.U.
Sincerely,
The Student Executive Board
To the Editor:
At the panel on diversity reported by the Orient (April 23,
1993), Ms. Cohen, who was representing the Bowdoin Jewish
Organization (BJO), was quoted to "experience a lot of subtle
anti-Semitic activity through stereotypes and ignorance."
Paradoxically, she made the most ignorant and stereotypical
statement when she claimed that "Arab groups on most
campuses are the source of anti-Semitic activity." We are
appalled by such a gross generalization and would appreciate
a clarification of her overtly racist statement.
Sincerely,
AH Ahmad 95
Sajjad Jaffer '95
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in response to the Opinion article
entitled "Vapid Pasture Stifles Vitality," which appeared in
last week's issueof the Orient. This article expressed a student's
observations of a Bowdoin campus which lacks "vitality,"
and is thus "unconscious, unproductive (and) ultimately
bovine." Although I agree with the author's belief that the
Bowdoin campus lacks creative, curious individuals, I feel
that the method he proposed for reviving and diversifying the
campus may not be the best place to start.
The author suggests that the admissions office must look at
the vitality of incoming students in order to diversify the
Bowdoin student body. In order for the admissions staff to
fulfill this duty, they should not only offer, scholarships to
incoming students (as the author suggests), they must also
focus on reaching students from a variety of educational
institutions. In this attempt to invigorate the Bowdoin campus,
admissions officers must journey to many different school
systems, advertising Bowdoin and the benefits of attending a
small liberal arts college. Many private schools are visited by
Bowdoin admissions officers and thus have the knowledge of
the educational advantages Bowdoin offers its students.
Admissions officers may not visit as many public schools, and
these are institutions where one may find thegreatestdiversity.
By making Bowdoin known to a wider variety of students,
admissions may find themselves interviewing an incoming
student body of more diversity.
One may ask how more admissions officers visiting public
schools would have an effect on the diversity of the campus.
If more students from diversified public schools a re introduced
to the opportunities Bowdoin presents to its students, there
would be a greater number of different students applying and
being accepted to Bowdoin. Some of these students may
require financial aid in order to attend.
If we look to the Bowdoin student body itself for a way in
which to alter its paralyzed state, we may find that there is
more than one reason for the "inactive" campus observed by
outsiders. While discussing the lack of participation Bowdoin
studen tsare noted for(in thearticle which is being addressed),
friends suggest that one of the reasons for the disinterest in
Nietzsche no role
model for students
Cohen clarifies stand
■
on Arabs
To the Editor:
I am a visitor. I read your Nietzsche Quote of the Week. I
would like to say something to the higher men of your staff
newspaper and College. Nietzsche went mad. Adolf Hitler
was a fan of Nietzsche and his Superman, and this helped him
to kill off six million Jews. Hitler thought himself superior or
a higher man. Nietzsche believed in isolation, alienation and
said "God is dead." He despised inferior man. Sounds like a
good role model to me and for college students.
See if you can recognize these quotes: "When a man thinks
himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives
himself"; "Love one another"; "Care for the poor"; "Humble
yourself"; "Esteem others better than yourself; "Condescend
to man of low estate"; 'Love your neighbor as yourself." They
came from the Bible and are low.
I have a question for the higher men of Nietzsche. What
shall you do with all the low-life and simple people, the
homeless and high school drop-outs and teenagers and senior
citizens and blue collar workers and farmers and those who
pump gas and flip hamburgers and hot dogs for a living? Even
Superman in the movies helped us low-lifes and loved people.
Nietzsche loved ideas and Wagner operas and solitude and
his Zarathustra. He was anti-God, anti-social, anti-people and
anti-love and anti-work.
I think I will continue to care for people and love good and
bad and sick and lowly people regardless of their talents.
Nietzsche is dead, honored by Hitler. Martin Luther King
Jr. honored God who said to love. I say get another role model
for your staff of higher men and for your College students.
Sincerely,
Paul McQueen
PS. If Nietzsche were alive, he would loathe you higher
men for not being high enough. This is the truth if you read
him carefully.
To the Editor:
I would like to clarify the statement I gave in the recent
article on minorities at Bowdoin, concerning my attribution of
the lack of overt anti-Semitism here to the fact mat "we do not
have a strong Arab group." I used the word "Arab" carelessly:
with it I was implying, rather, a type of anti-Israel group
which does exist on many campuses, though not here. It is my
observation that anti-Israel activities may translate into anti-
Semitic incidents on campus. However, this is only one
explanation for anti-Semitic activities, and though they are
not addressed in this article, there may be a variety of reasons
for what I see as the lack of overt — meaning violent — anti-
Semitism at Bowdoin. It should be emphasized that these
observations are my own and not collectively of the Bowdoin
Jewish Organization, for which mere exists no collective
voice. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Amy Cohen '95
Bring back Student
Speak's sensation
To the Editor:
To my disappointment, the April 16, 1993 Orient ran a serious
Student Speak column in response to a letter from a reader. In
past weeks I bad grown accustomed to opening up each issue of
the Orient, turning first to the Student Speak column, enjoying a
good laugh and reading it out loud to whomever was in earshot at
the moment. I hope I speak for a silent majority in asking that
Student Speak return to its old sensational ways of entertaining its
readers. We need a little humor to get us through the week.
Very Truly Yours,
George A. Rice
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